Feb 02, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) has performed a cover of PJ Harvey’s “Dry” as a part of suicide prevention organization Sound of Saving’s “Song That Found Me At The Right Time” series. The performance, which was preceded by a Q&A with Bognanno, was done in partnership with the American Association of Suicidology. More

Aug 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s big political news was Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announcing his highly capable running mate, Senator Kamala Harris. More

Aug 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

“‘Prism’ is about the process of letting go and realizing which aspects continue to resonate as time passes,” says Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) about her new song. “Prism” is the latest single from her upcoming third album, SUGAREGG, due out August 21 via Sub Pop. More

Aug 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small, Jennifer Irving, and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week Democrats, Republicans, and the Trump Administration couldn’t all agree on a new stimulus package a week after expanded unemployment benefits expired (something Democrats wanted to extend and Republicans didn’t). More

Aug 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

“I’m not angry anymore,” sings Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) on “Hours and Hours,” the latest single from her upcoming third album, SUGAREGG, due out August 21 via Sub Pop. Bognanno says the song is about rebuilding her relationship with her mother. More

Jul 08, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) is releasing her third album, SUGAREGG, on August 21 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Every Tradition,” via a video for the track. More

Jun 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Mark Moody and Samantha Small)

Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a bit more of a chill week than last week. Black Lives Matter protests continued across the world, but generally remained peaceful. More

Jun 11, 2020 By Samantha Small

Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) has announced her third album, SUGAREGG, and shared its lead single, “Where to Start,” via a video for it. More

Jul 16, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Our longtime amazing writer Laura Studarus hates snails. She started off as intern for us and at some point early on in her internship she presented this fact and it’s since become a running joke for years. More

Apr 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced a two-day live event at Forest Hills Stadium on September 29 and 30 that will features performances from the band as well as from Cat Power, Future Islands, U.S. Girls, Phoebe Bridges, Bully, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Cigarettes After Sex, and Adia Victoria. More

Feb 07, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, released a new album, Losing, back in October via Sub Pop, their first for the iconic label. Now they have shared a video for “Focused.” Rozalina Burkova directed the animated video. Watch it below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Dec 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, released a new album, Losing, back in October via Sub Pop, their first for the iconic label. Now they have shared a video for “Running.” Alan Del Rio Ortiz directed the clip, which was shot in Nashville and is purposefully influenced by music videos from the 1990s (which fits the band’s grunge-influenced sound). More

Nov 02, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, released a new album, Losing, a couple of weeks back via Sub Pop, their first for the iconic label. Now they have shared a video for “Feel the Same.” 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

Sep 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, are releasing a new album, Losing, on October 20 via Sub Pop, their first for the iconic label. More

Aug 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, are releasing a new album, Losing, on October 20 via Sub Pop, their first for the iconic label. Previously they shared its first single, album opener “Feel the Same” (which was one of our favorite Songs of the Week). Now they are back with the album’s second single, “Running.” More

Aug 04, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The War on Drugs’ last album, Lost in the Dream, was our #1 album of 2014 and a lot of other people agreed with us too. Based on the four singles shared thus far from their forthcoming new album, A Deeper Understanding, the band is already in strong Album of the Year waters for 2017. More

Aug 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, have announced a new album, Losing, and shared its first single, album opener “Feel the Same.” They have also announced some tour dates. Losing is due out October 20 via Sub Pop, their first for the iconic label. More

Apr 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

“Our First 100 Days” is an anti-President Donald Trump project. The good folks behind the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Trump campaign during the election have teamed up with Secretly Group for “Our First 100 Days.” More

Jan 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

During the election many indie rock musicians released anti-Donald Trump songs and likely assumed, like many liberals and Hillary Clinton supporters did, that Trump didn’t have a strong chance of winning. More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It’s a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Sep 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, has shared a video for “Too Tough,” a song taken from the acclaimed new album, Feels Like, which is out now via StarTime International. In the clip the band seem bored as they perform the song in a suburban living room and hang out in a junkyard. More

Aug 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, stopped by Conan last night. More

Jul 22, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend, Chicago hosted the annual Pitchfork Festival. Check out Annie Lesser’s shots from day two, featuring Jimmy Whispers, Protomartyr, Bully, Future Brown, Mr. Twin Sister, Ariel Pink, Shamir, ASAP Ferg, The New Pornographers, Future Islands, and Sleater-Kinney. More

Nov 19, 2015 By Natasha Aftandilians

Alicia Bognanno is tired. You can practically hear her rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, even through the static of the phone. Luckily that weariness is buoyed out of annoyance by her ineffable excitement for where her life is currently headed. More