Feb 22, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

No stranger to putting her own unique take on the works of others, demonstrated by a beautiful cover of Radiohead's "All I Need" last year, Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan has released an equally fitting rendition of Depeche Mode's "Strangelove." More

Jun 02, 2010 By Laura Studarus

As previously announced, Twilight’s newest installment Eclipse includes contributions several Under the Radar-friendly bands including Vampire Weekend, Florence and the Machine, Metric, and a show-stopping duet between Beck and Bat For Lashes. Today, for a scant 24 hours, the powers that be are offering a preview of the album in full. More

May 13, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Sad but true, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Well, sad for us that is. Swamped with back issues—which I’m all sure we can agree is a good thing—Under the Radar is passing them on to you with a sale on selected issues. The question is, can you have too much of a good thing? We're offering two dollars off most available back issues! More

May 12, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Today the third Twilight film Eclipse's soundtrack was announced. This time Under the Radar-friendly artists Metric, Beck, Bat For Lashes, and Florence and the Machine join the franchise who's last installment included Thom Yorke, Lykke Li, and Grizzly Bear. More

Feb 25, 2010 By Laura Studarus

At last Friday’s show at De La Warr Pavilion in England’s Bexhill-on-Sea, mysterious songstress Bat for Lashes pulled out an unexpected, yet shockingly appropriate cover of Radiohead's "All I Need" (complete with string section). We have the video. More

Sep 08, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Speech Debelle has won this year's Mercury Prize, it was just announced at a ceremony in London. The British rapper was something of a surprise winner and beat out the likes of The Horrors, Friendly Fires, Bat For Lashes, The Invisible, Florence and the Machine, Kasabian, Glasvegas, and others. Debelle took the stage and immediately gave a shout out to one of her fellow nominees. "Big up The Invisible," she said. Debelle had told BBC 6 Music radio earlier in the evenining that The Invisible were her favorite other nominee. Ironically, despite her name, Speech Debelle gave a short speech. She thanked her label, producers, and family ("my gran's over there").The winner is awarded 20,000 pounds and Debelle also said, "Thank-you to whoever's name is on the check." More

Aug 24, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

Bat For Lashes' Two Suns only came out in April, but there's already a 2xCD/DVD Special Edition slated for a September 7th release, according to the official BFL site. We're quite smitten with our Spring issue cover artist so we welcome such a seemingly premature deluxe treatment. More

Jul 21, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Every year since 1992 The Mercury Prize has been awarded to the best album recorded by an artist from either the United Kingdom or Ireland. Last year Elbow won it. This morning 2009's nominees were announced. They include Bat For Lashes, Florence and the Machine, Friendly Fires, The Invisible, Glasvegas, The Horrors, Kasabian, and others. More

Jun 17, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Bat For Lashes concluded their current tour for a sold-out show at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles. Natasha Khan was backed by a three-piece band. They opened with a one-two punch of "Glass" and "Sleep Alone," the two songs that open Bat For Lashes' acclaimed sophomore album, Two Suns, which was released in April. Midway through the set Khan performed a stripped down version of Karate Kid-inspired single "Daniel," but then for the last song of the encore all four members performed a full-band version of "Daniel." That's double the "Daniel!" More

Apr 11, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar's Spring Issue will be hitting stands soon. Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan graces the cover and the issue features an in-depth nine-page interview with Khan that traces the long road to her amazing new album Two Suns. More

Apr 11, 2009 By J. Pace

Two Suns finds Natasha Khan sharing the conceptual zeitgeist with Beyoncé by exploring her own Sasha Fierce, an alter ego named Pearl-a "destructive, self-absorbed, blond femme fatale" to contrast her everyday "mystical, desert-born spiritual self." More