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Made For Sounds of Saving’s “Song That Found Me At The Right Time” Series
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
Plus Marie Davidson, The Flaming Lips, TRAAMS, Future Islands, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
SUGAREGG Due Out August 21 via Sub Pop
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
Plus Cults, Cut Copy, Young Jesus, snny, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
SUGAREGG Due Out August 21 via Sub Pop
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
SUGAREGG Due Out August 21 via Sub Pop
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
Plus Leon Bridges, Plants and Animals, Michael Stipe, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
SUGAREGG Due Out August 21 via Sub Pop
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
Losing Out Now via Sub Pop
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
There's No Leaving New York at Forest Hills Stadium September 29 and 30, Plus Band Have Launched Fan Club
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
Losing Out Now via Sub Pop
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
Losing Out Now via Sub Pop
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
Losing Out Now via Sub Pop
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
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
Losing Due Out October 20 via Sub Pop
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
Losing Due Out October 20 via Sub Pop
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
Plus Everything Everything, Deerhoof, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
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
Losing Due Out October 20 via Sub Pop
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
"Our First 100 Days" Will Include a New Song Every Day for the First 100 Days of Donald Trump's Presidency
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
"Our First 100 Days" Will Include a New Song Every Day for the First 100 Days of Trump's Presidency
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
Grimes, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, and others on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) in Quincy, Washington
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.
Feels Like Out Now via StarTime International
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
Feels Like Out Now via StarTime International
Aug 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Bully, the Nashville-based band fronted by Alicia Bognanno, stopped by Conan last night. More
Last Weekend in Chicago, Illinois
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
Interviews
Dec 07, 2017
By Ed McMenamin
A sophomore slump can be a self-fulfilling prophesy, or deliberate subterfuge by a band looking to reframe expectations, or often just a lazy way for rock critics to build narrative around a band’s second release. The idea is so engrained that following up a well-received debut can understandably cause jitters. More
Feels Like Something Real
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
Reviews
Jul 02, 2015
By David Edwards
If there is one aspect of Bully‘s breathless, hyperactive sound that befits their moniker on Feels Like, it is Alicia Bognanno’s gloriously ragged power-tool of a voice—shrieking and rasping from amongst the dark corners and feedback of the record to force your ears against the lyrics in a way that the most compelling singers always do. More
