Dec 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch has shared a brand new song, “Your Heart May Be Heavy.” Burch says it’s a hopeful Christmas song to close out a tough year, one in which she was diagnosed with COVID-19 and recovered. More

Apr 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch has released a new album, If You’re Dreaming, today via Polyvinyl. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. You can also read our review of the album. More

Mar 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch is releasing a new album, If You’re Dreaming, on April 3 via Polyvinyl. Now she has shared another song from it, “Tell Me What’s True,” via a self-directed video that was inspired by Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. More

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

Feb 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch is releasing a new album, If You’re Dreaming, on April 3 via Polyvinyl. Now she has shared another song from it, “Party’s Over,” via a self-directed video that stars Burch as a jilted bride after the groom goes on the run thanks to a sea monster. More

Jan 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a very strong week for new songs, especially as a slew of notable new albums were announced this week. More

Jan 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch has announced a new album, If You’re Dreaming, and shared its first single, “Not So Bad,” via a self-directed video for the track. She’s also announced some tour dates. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

The big news in Under the Radar land this week was that we announced our new print issue today. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Feb 27, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch and Fred Thomas are both from Michigan and are previous friends and collaborators. In fact, it was Thomas who suggested to his label Polyvinyl that they sign Burch and the label released her debut solo album, Quit the Curse, back in February 2018 via the label. More

Dec 21, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Ahead of our forthcoming Top 100 Albums of 2018 list, we present our favorite debut albums of the year. To qualify, an album simply had to be the artist’s first full-length release under their current artist name. More

Apr 26, 2018 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 and you will also help keep one of the last print music magazines strong and vital. More

Apr 02, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Detroit singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna Burch released her debut solo album, Quit the Curse, back in February via Polyvinyl. Previously “Asking 4 a Friend” was one of our Songs of the Week and we also posted the album’s title track, “Quit the Curse” (Burch also previously shared videos for “Tea-Soaked Letter” and “2 Cool 2 Care.”) Now she has shared a video for “With You Every Day.” More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Jan 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Anna Burch is a new singer/songwriter from Detroit who is releasing her debut album, Quit the Curse, on February 2 via Polyvinyl. Previously “Asking 4 a Friend” was one of our Songs of the Week. Now she has shared the album’s title track. Listen to “Quit the Curse” below. More

Jan 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it’s a long list featuring 570 artists! More

Nov 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

As we get into the holiday season and build up to Thanksgiving next year there were inevitably less new songs of note this week, but there were still enough gems for a Songs of the Week post. We’ve got three songs from upcoming debut albums due out in 2018 and two songs from Tame Impala tied for #2. More

May 18, 2018 By Jasper Willems

Over Skype, Anna Burch often finishes her answers with an awkward giggle; as if she prefers gift-wrapping presents over opening them. The title of her excellent debut LP Quit the Curse strikes as a tongue-in-cheek bristle at romanticism and superstition. More