May 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We weren't blown away by too many new tracks this week, beyond the Top 4 on the list below, hence a slightly shorter list this week. More

May 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey has released a new album, The Best of Luck Club, today via Dead Oceans. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

May 10, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We worried we were going to be able to come up with a Top 8 this week, but a couple of album tracks were able to round out the list.

May 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey is releasing a new album, The Best of Luck Club, on May 17 via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared another song from the album, the ballad "Unspoken History," which is the third and final pre-release single from the album. More

Apr 05, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of notable new tracks to choose from this week, but our #1 is a song we've been planning to add to the Songs of the Week list for a while now and finally could now that the album has been released today.  More

Apr 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey is releasing a new album, The Best of Luck Club, on May 17 via Dead Oceans. Previously she shared a video for its first single, "Don't Be so Hard on Yourself,"which features a prominent saxophone solo from Lahey and was one of our Songs of the Week. Now she has shared another song from the album, "Am I Doing It Right." More

Mar 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2019 lineup. The festival goes down August 9 - 11 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, and Twenty One Pilots. More

Feb 22, 2019 By Mark Redfern

There were many strong contenders for this week's Songs of the Week. We could've gone as high as a Top 15 instead of the regular Top 10 and as it is there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions, with some good tracks that also almost made the honorable mention list to.  More

Feb 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey has announced a new album, The Best of Luck Club, and shared a video for its first single, "Don't Be so Hard on Yourself," which features a prominent saxophone solo from Lahey.  More

Mar 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Alex Lahey is a promising new Australian singer/songwriter. She released her debut album, I Love You Like a Brother, last fall via Dead Oceans (it was our joint Album of the Week). Now Lahey has shared a video for the album's title track, "I Love You Like a Brother."  More

Feb 09, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

Things have gone south and then been rescued in Washington (again) as yet another attempt not to shut down the government fell short. It's also not been a good week for economic benchmarks, or Chiefs of Staff. For that reason, we close by getting away from the swamp to hit up "Middle America." More

Jan 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Bonnaroo have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 7-10 and this year, their 17th year, the headliners are Eminem, The Killers, and Muse.  More

Dec 31, 2017 By Mark Redfern

The majority of 2017's best debut albums came from female artists or bands fronted by women, from London-based all-female indie-pop teenaged trio Girl Ray and Syria-born singer/songwriter Bedouine (aka Azniv Korkejian) to Australian indie rocker Alex Lahey and New Zealand bedroom pop artist Fazerdaze (aka Amelia Murray). Midnight Sister, Priests, and Charly Bliss are all female-fronted bands as well, on top of other women solo artists on our Top 15 Debut Albums of 2017 list.  More

Nov 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Alex Lahey is a promising new Australian singer/songwriter. She released her debut album, I Love You Like a Brother, last month via Dead Oceans (it was our joint Album of the Week). Last night Lahey stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to make her TV debut and perform "Every Day's the Weekend."  More

Oct 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Fall 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar's app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Julien Baker on the cover. More

Oct 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar's Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters.  More

Oct 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

This week we have a tie for Album of the Week, two albums we've been digging for awhile and both by artists who hail from south of the equator: Australia's Alex Lahey and New Zealand's Yumi Zouma. Below is info on each album. More

Sep 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Okay, okay. Since starting our Songs of the Week posts, we've slowly increased from having five songs, then six songs, then seven songs, then eight songs, and then for the last couple of weeks, nine songs. We think it's time to just settle on an even Top 10.  More

Sep 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Alex Lahey is a promising new Australian singer/songwriter. She is releasing her debut album, I Love You Like a Brother, on October 6 via Dead Oceans. Previously we posted the video for "Every Day's the Weekend" and the audio for "Lotto in Reverse" (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now she has shared another song from the album, "I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself," via a video.  More

Sep 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

What a packed week for great new tracks. We could have easily done a Top 15. Some artists that almost made the cut include A. Savage, Bully, John Maus, Father John Misty (remixed by The Haxan Cloak), Tricky, Wolf Parade, and Zola Jesus.  More

Aug 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Alex Lahey is a promising new Australian singer/songwriter. She is releasing her debut album, I Love You Like a Brother, on October 6 via Dead Oceans. Previously we posted the video for "Every Day's the Weekend." More

Oct 04, 2017 By Laura Stanley

For many, your early 20s is a time for self-discovery. It's for late nights and late mornings, sleeping with the wrong people and sometimes sleeping with the right people. It's a time for falling down but getting back up and trying again. More