DeVotchKa, The Dears, and J Mascis Slated to Play the Fest
Nov 23, 2010By Lauren Barbato
Today, SXSW released a generous batch of bands that will be joining A Place to Bury Strangers, Asobi Seksu, Nite Jewel, and Erykah Badu, to name a few, in the numerous live venues of downtown Austin. More
A Place To Bury Strangers will headline a tour of the West Coast mid-June in support of their album Exploding Head, released last October. Chicago’s Light Pollution will join the band. We have the dates. More
Brooklyn's A Place to Bury Strangers and their U.K. shoegazing cousins The Big Pink will tour America together next spring. New A Place To Bury Strangers single out today.
Work With David Bowie/Paul Simon Engineer Andy Smith
Jul 21, 2009By Kyle Lemmon
If you were to put your head up to a cement mixer for several hours you might get close to the sound of the industrial-tinged experimental rockers A Place to Bury Strangers. Keep at it and eventally you may burst a blood vessel in your forehead or worse. Strangers' type of glorious din requires such a warning label. So it comes with no surprise that the cacophonous New York trio's sophomore longplayer is entitled Exploding Head—out October 6th on Mute. More
Fans storm M.I.A.'s stage and Glasvegas cancel due to a hospitalized singer
Apr 20, 2009By Mark Redfern
Day two of Coachella 2009 failed to top day one, in part because of a weak headliner. But the second day did feature strong sets from M.I.A., Jenny Lewis, and Fleet Foxes. Fans storm M.I.A.'s stage and Glasvegas cancel due to a hospitalized singer. More
Under the Radar articles on Those Performing This Weekend
Apr 16, 2009By Mark Redfern
We have posted to our website select previous Under the Radar interviews with some of the great artists playing the Coachella festival this weekend. If you're heading out to the festival, then check out these interviews at the links below to either give you a primer on an unfamiliar artist or remind you why they are one of your favorites whose set you will definitely be catching. Even if you're not hitting the desert festival, this is a great collection of back issue content newly posted to the site. More
The set times for Coachella have finally been posted to the festival website. With a nerve-shattering 3 days to go, festival goers can finally agonize over conflicts, geography and meal times. More
For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou,Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Here’s a survey from A Place to Bury Strangers. More
With 2009's Exploding Head, A Place to Bury Strangers screeched past the sophomore slump, receiving roughly the same critical response they did for their debut—a handful of music scribes who couldn't handle the obvious influences, and a handful who welcomed another take on the 1-2-3s of JAMCs and MBVs. More
