News
Between the Kitchen and the Living Room EP Out Now via Dead Oceans
May 29, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey has surprise released a new EP, Between the Kitchen and the Living Room, which features new home recordings of some of her previous songs. She has also shared a lyric video for “Let’s Go Out (Bedroom Version).” The EP is out now digitally via Dead Oceans. More
Plus U.S. Girls, Moaning, Anna Burch, Alex Lahey, Caroline Rose, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 14, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a solid week for new tracks, but we managed to keep it reined in to our regular 10 tracks as opposed to last week's supersized 13-song edition. And in a rarity for Songs of the Week, the same artist is #1 two weeks in a row! More
The Best of Luck Club Out Now via Dead Oceans
Feb 10, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey has shared a new song, "Sucker For Punishment," via a lyric video for track. She has also announced some new U.S. tour dates. More
Issue 66 Features Musicians and Actors on Their All-Time Favorite Albums, including Tegan and Sara, Wilco, Weyes Blood, Sigur Rós, Fred Armisen, Topher Grace, Jay Baruchel, Low, and more
Sep 27, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More
Alex Lahey Is the Runner-up (Plus Stream New Albums and EPs from Interpol; Carly Rae Jepsen; Tyler, The Creator; and More)
May 17, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
The National released a new album, I Am Easy to Find, today via 4AD and it's our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album her, as well as on a strong runner-up that was almost our Album of the Week. There are also streams of other notable albums released today. More
Plus Men I Trust, Alex Lahey, The Raconteurs, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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
The Best of Luck Club Out Now via Dead Oceans
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
Plus Flying Lotus, Africa Express, Alex Cameron, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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.
The Best of Luck Club Due Out May 17 via Dead Oceans
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
Plus The National, Alex Lahey, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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
The Best of Luck Club Due Out May 17 via Dead Oceans
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
Plus Better Oblivion Community Center, Leon Bridges, Phosphorescent, Toro y Moi, and 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
Plus Ioanna Gika, Murray A. Lightburn, Amanda Palmer, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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
The Best of Luck Club Due Out May 17 via Dead Oceans
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
I Love You Like a Brother Out Now via Dead Oceans
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
The Government Shutdown is Mainly Averted
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
Plus Muse, Eminem, First Aid Kit, Moses Sumney, Japanese Breakfast, Alex Lahey, Everything Everything, and Others
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
Our Favorite First Full-Lengths From the Last Year
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
I Love You Like a Brother Out Now via Dead Oceans
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
Issue 62 Also Includes Interviews with Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, The Horrors, Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, King Krule, and Much 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
Support Under the Radar on Patreon to Access Exclusive Content
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
Alex Lahey's I Love You Like a Brother Out Now via Dead Oceans and Yumi Zouma's Willowbank Out Now via Cascine
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
Plus Björk, Grooms, Jessie Ware, Cut Copy, Yumi Zouma, Alex Lahey, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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
Plus Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware, Mathew Dear + Tegan and Sara, Ted Leo, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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
Interviews
“It was the first time I heard a record on my own accord, that my parent hadn’t shown me, that was a really, really, really great album.”
Oct 06, 2020
By Frank Valish (As Told To)
I think I was about 12 or 13 when it came out, but I think I really got into it when I was about 14. I was sort of resistant to it for a little while, I think because it was a really successful record and I was sort of getting into my stage, you know how we all go through that stage—some people never get out of it—where they try to resist what’s popular. More
Dec 14, 2017
By Laura Stanley
Alex Lahey is honest on her debut album I Love You Like a Brother. "I've gained weight and I drink too much, maybe that's why you don't love me as much," she speculates on "I Haven't Been Taking Care of Myself." "Am I scared of losing you or am I scared to be alone?" she asks on the biting "Lotto in Reverse." More
Reviews
The Best of Luck Club
Dead Oceans
May 16, 2019
By Michael James Hall
Somewhere in the wake of Courtney Barnett's hundred-foot-wave of cultural impact lies an entire fleet of Australian artists, poised for invasion, disparate in all but heritage, offering up the sounds of down under to sun-starved shores. More
I Love You Like a Brother
Dead Oceans
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
