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Devendra Banhart Announces New Album, Shares Music Video for New Song “Twin”

Flying Wig Due Out September 22 via Mexican Summer; Cate Le Bon Produced the Album

Jun 13, 2023

Devendra Banhart has announced the release of his Cate Le Bon produced album, Flying Wig, and shared its first single “Twin” through a music video. More

Feb 16, 2023

H. Hawkline (aka Huw Evans) is releasing a new album, Milk For Flowers, which was produced by Cate Le Bon, on March 10 via Heavenly. Now he has shared another single from it, “Empty Room,” via a music video. More

Jan 30, 2023

H. Hawkline (aka Huw Evans) is releasing a new album, Milk For Flowers, which was produced by Cate Le Bon, on March 10 via Heavenly. Now he has shared another single from it, “Plastic Man,” via a music video. More

Dec 23, 2022

Are things back to normal in 2022? They are, aren’t they? Well not quite. More

H. Hawkline Shares New Song “Suppression Street” (Produced by Cate Le Bon)

Milk For Flowers Due Out March 10, 2023 via Heavenly

Dec 08, 2022

H. Hawkline (Huw Evans) has shared a new song, “Suppression Street.” The track, produced by Cate Le Bon, is the latest release from Evans’ forthcoming album, Milk For Flowers, which will be out on March 10, 2023 via Heavenly. More

9 Best Songs of the Week: Weyes Blood, Suede, The Orielles, Death Cab for Cutie, and More

Plus Algiers, Cate Le Bon, Gilla Band, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 16, 2022

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week we had a very clear #1. Two album tracks, from records released today, made the list. And all in all we settled on a Top 9. More

Sep 14, 2022

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has shared a video for her new single “Typical Love.” The video was directed by Phil Collins and Stefan Ramírez Pérez in Cologne, Germany, and is an homage to Henri-Georges Clouzot’s unfinished 1964 film Inferno. More

Cate Le Bon Announces Fall Tour

Pompeii Out Now via Mexican Summer

Aug 02, 2022

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has announced a U.S. fall tour in support of her newest album, Pompeii. The tour’s supporting act will be A. Savage of Parquet Courts. Tickets go on sale this Friday (Aug. 5) at 10 a.m. local time. More

Glastonbury 2022: Watch Performances from Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, Mitski, HAIM, Foals, and More

Plus Courtney Barnett, Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Caribou, St. Vincent, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, and Many Others

Jun 27, 2022

Couldn’t make it to Glastonbury this past weekend? We have you covered, with highlights from some of the performances including ones by Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, Courtney Barnett, Mitski, HAIM, Foals, and many more. Plus Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C., Lorde, Caribou, Metronomy, St. Vincent, Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, IDLES, Crowded House, and much more. More

Pitchfork Music Festival Announces 2022 Lineup: The National, Mitski, and The Roots to Headline

Festival Will Take Place July 15–17 at Chicago’s Union Park; Tickets Go On Sale This Friday

Mar 08, 2022

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2022 lineup. The National, Mitski, and The Roots will be headlining. Other acts include Spiritualized, Parquet Courts, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, SPELLLING, Camp Cope, Wiki, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Toro y Moi, and Cate Le Bon, among others. The festival will take place from July 1517 at Union Park in Chicago. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (March 11) at 10 a.m. CST. More

Feb 04, 2022

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has released a new album, Pompeii, today via Mexican Summer. Today we posted our interview with her about the album. You can also stream the album and read our rave review of it. More

14 Best Songs of the Week: Cate Le Bon, Destroyer, Spoon, Aldous Harding, and More

Plus Mitski, Guerilla Toss, Methyl Ethyl, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jan 14, 2022

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a spectacular week for new songs, overwhelming almost, with several notable album announcements. So this week we have an oversized Top 14, rather than our regular Top 10. Fourteen songs for January 14! More

Cate Le Bon Shares Colorful Video for New Song “Remembering Me”

Pompeii Due Out February 4 via Mexican Summer

Jan 11, 2022

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon is releasing a new album, Pompeii, on February 4 via Mexican Summer. Now she has shared its third and final pre-release single, “Remembering Me,” via a colorful video for it that features Le Bon in various exaggerated costumes and poses. More

Under the Radar Announces Special 20th Anniversary Double Issue

Issue 69 Has Two Cover Group Shots Featuring Grandaddy, CHVRCHES, Kamasi Washington, Bat For Lashes, Weyes Blood, The Divine Comedy, Elbow, Nilüfer Yanya, Miki Berenyi, The Horrors, and Rose Elinor Dougall

Dec 21, 2021

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Cate Le Bon, Big Thief, Alex Cameron, Madeline Kenney, and More

Plus Sweeping Promises, Just Mustard, Aeon Station, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Nov 19, 2021

Welcome to the 44th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a fairly slow week for new songs, perhaps with Thanksgiving impending next week, but we found 10 we liked. More

Cate Le Bon Shares Video for New Single “Moderation”

Pompeii Due Out February 4, 2022 via Mexican Summer

Nov 17, 2021

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has shared a video for her new single “Moderation.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, Pompeii, which will be out on February 4, 2022 via Mexican Summer. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Cate Le Bon, Imarhan, Elbow, Snail Mail, and More

Plus Laetitia Sadier, Michael Kiwanuka, HARD FEELINGS, Hamilton Leithauser and Kevin Morby, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Oct 15, 2021

Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, although the week’s biggest song (Adele’s “Easy On Me”) didn’t make the list. But “Easy On Me” did set the all-time record for biggest single day streams for a song in Spotify history, so Adele will be fine. This week we have a supersized Top 12 and a solid honorable mentions list. More

Oct 12, 2021

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has announced the release of her sixth studio album, Pompeii, which will be out on February 4, 2022 via Mexican Summer. Le Bon has also shared a video for its lead single “Running Away,” and has announced a set of US/UK/European tour dates for next year. More

John Grant Announces New Album, Shares Video for Title Track “Boy from Michigan”

Boy from Michigan Due Out June 25 via Partisan and Bella Union; Album Produced by Cate Le Bon

Mar 24, 2021

John Grant has announced a new album, Boy from Michigan, and shared its title track via a video for it. Boy From Michigan was produced by Welsh musician Cate Le Bon and is due out June 25 via Partisan in the U.S. (and Bella Union in the U.K.). More

Dec 18, 2019

Kurt Vile released a new album, Bottle It In, back in October 2018 via Matador. Now he has announced some new tour dates that will be his first solo North American tour in 10 years. More

8 Best Songs of the Week: HAIM, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, and More

Plus Cate Le Bon and Bradford Cox, Tindersticks, TORRES, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Nov 01, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another light week, in terms of compelling new songs this week. Hence, just like last week’s list and the week before, we only have a Top 8 again, instead of a Top 10. More

Nov 01, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has teamed up with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound for a new EP, Myths 04, which was released today via Mexican Summer. Now that the EP is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

12 Best Songs of the Last Two Weeks: Angel Olsen, Elbow, Dry Cleaning, and More

Plus Cate Le Bon and Bradford Cox, Chromatics, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Oct 04, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We had to skip it last week because we were too busy announcing our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the covers (buy it here), and also we weren’t overly inspired by last week’s selection of new tracks. So this week we cover the best songs of the last two weeks. More

Sep 24, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has teamed up with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound for a new EP, Myths 04. The duo has shared its first single, “Secretary.” More

Cate Le Bon Covers Wilco’s “Company In My Back”

From Uncut Magazine’s Wilco Covered Compilation

Sep 13, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has covered Wilco‘s “Company In My Back,” a song from their 2004 album A Ghost Is Born. The cover is taken from a new compilation of Wilco covers fittingly entitled Wilco Covered that is being put out with the November issue of the British music magazine Uncut. More

Mercury Prize 2019 Nominees Announced – Cate Le Bon, Anna Calvi, IDLES, Foals, and More

The 1975, Black Midi, Fontaines D.C., slowthai, and Others Also Nominated

Jul 25, 2019

This year’s Mercury Prize nominees have been announced and they include the latest albums by Cate Le Bon, Anna Calvi, IDLES, Foals, The 1975, Black Midi, Fontaines D.C., slowtai, and more. More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Yumi Zouma, Hayden Thorpe, Cate Le Bon, Flying Lotus, and More

Plus Ezra Furman, Cherry Glazerr, Bill Callahan, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 24, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. Last week we only had a Top 7 instead of our usual Top 10 and this week it’s only a little better with a Top 8. More

Album of the Week: Cate Le Bon

Hayden Thorpe Is the Runner-up (Plus Stream New Albums from Flying Lotus, Mavis Staples, Black Mountain, Morrissey, and More)

May 24, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has released a new album, Reward, today via Mexican Summer and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album here, as well as on a strong runner-up that was almost our Album of the Week, Hayden Thorpe‘s Diviner. Plus there are streams of other notable albums released today. More

Cate Le Bon – Stream the New Album

Reward Out Now via Mexican Summer

May 24, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has released a new album, Reward, today via Mexican Summer. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: The National, Penelope Isles, Vampire Weekend, Bleached, and More

Plus Absolutely Free (Feat. U.S. Girls), Kindness, Cate Le Bon, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

May 03, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were lots of great new tracks this week, some from the usual suspects, others less expected. We’ve even got a whopping nine honorable mentions, but still managed to reign it in to just a main Top 10. More

Cate Le Bon Shares New Song “The Light”

Reward Due Out May 24 via Mexican Summer

May 02, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon is releasing a new album, Reward, on May 24 via Mexican Summer. Now she has shared another song from the album, “The Light.” More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Cate Le Bon, Kevin Morby, Fat White Family, C Dunan, and More

Plus Heather Woods Broderick, Wand, The Soft Cavalry, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 19, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was slim pickings this week for truly inspiring new tracks, but there were enough to recommend to put together this week’s list. We also realized their were two songs we should’ve included on recent Songs of the Week lists but neglected to, so we’ve given them special mention here. More

Apr 16, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon is releasing a new album, Reward, on May 24 via Mexican Summer. Now she has shared another new song from the album, “Home to You,” via a video for the track. Le Bon doesn’t feature in the video. It was filmed in the Lunik IX neighborhood of Košice (Eastern Slovakia), which houses a Roma community that, as a press release states, “due to successive governmental and municipal policies, often live in slums and on isolated, dilapidated estates.” More

Cate Le Bon Shares Video for “Daylight Matters”

Reward Due Out May 24 via Mexican Summer

Mar 28, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon is releasing a new album, Reward, on May 24 via Mexican Summer. Previously she shared its first single, “Daylight Matters,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Now “Daylight Matters” has a video. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Strand of Oaks, Rose Elinor Dougall, Weyes Blood, and More

Plus Tamaryn, Fat White Family, Tame Impala, Cate Le Bon, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 22, 2019

Today was a fantastic day for new album releases, with fresh full-lengths from Strand of Oaks, Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Tamaryn, Sleeper, These New Puritans, American Football, Lambchop, Avey Tare, Nilüfer Yanya, Ex Hex, and others. Album tracks from some of them made this week’s Songs of the Week list, which also contains several new singles released this week. More

Mar 20, 2019

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has announced a new album, Reward, and shared its first single, “Daylight Matters.” Reward is due out May 24 via Mexican Summer. More

Marfa Myths 2019 Initial Lineup Announced: Deerhunter, Cass McCombs, and More

Plus Woodworker in Residence Cate Le Bon and Painter in Residence Connan Mockasin

Nov 14, 2018

Marfa Myths have announced their initial 2019 lineup. The festival goes down April 25 - 28 in Marfa, Texas and is put together by Mexican Summer and Ballroom Marfa. The lineup includes Deerhunter, Cass McCombs, Jess Williamson, and more. More

Deerhunter Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song “Death in Midsummer”

Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? Due Out January 18, 2019 via 4AD

Oct 30, 2018

Deerhunter have announced a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, and shared its first single, “Death in Midsummer,” via a video for the song. The band have also announced some new tour dates. More

Oct 17, 2018

Eleanor Friedberger (of the long on hiatus The Fiery Furnaces) released a new album, Rebound, back in May via Frenchkiss. Now she’s shared a video for “It’s Hard” and a remix of “Are We Good?” by Cate Le Bon. Christine Pfister directed the video, in which Friedberger enters a doll world, while a doll enters the read world. More

Apr 20, 2018

In 2015 San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon teamed up as DRINKS and released their debut album together, Hermits On Holiday. Today they released their sophomore album, Hippo Lite, via Drag City. In honor of that they have shared a video for “Corner Shops.” You can also stream the album. More

Apr 04, 2018

In 2015 San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon teamed up as DRINKS and released their debut album together, Hermits On Holiday. They are releasing their sophomore album, Hippo Lite, on April 20 via Drag City. Previously they shared its first single, “Real Outside.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Corner Shops.”

DRINKS (Cate Le Bon + Tim Presley of White Fence) Announce New Album, Share “Real Outside”

Hippo Lite Due Out April 20 via Drag City, It's Apparently Bradford Cox's New Favorite Album

Feb 13, 2018

In 2015 San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon teamed up as DRINKS and released their debut album together, Hermits On Holiday. Now they have announced a new album, Hippo Lite, and shared its first single, “Real Outside.” More

Dec 06, 2016

Marfa Myths have announced their 2017 lineup. The festival goes down March 9 - 12 in Marfa, Texas and is put together by Mexican Summer and Ballroom Marfa. Weyes Blood and Perfume Genius will do a collaborative performance together. More

Watch: Cate Le Bon - “Love Is Not Love” Video

Crab Day Out Now via Drag City

May 24, 2016

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon released her new album, Crab Day, on Drag City last month. Now Le Bon has shared a video for “Love Is Not Love.” Phil Collins (no, not that Phil Collins) directed the clip, which features Le Bon and some dancers in a church. Watch it below. More

Watch: Cate Le Bon - “Crab Day” Video

Crab Day Out Friday Via Drag City

Apr 11, 2016

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon will release her new album Crab Day on Friday. Today she has shared the movie-like video for the title track. More

Watch: Cate Le Bon - “Wonderful” Video

Crab Day Due Out April 15 via Drag City

Feb 29, 2016

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon is releasing new album, Crab Day, on Drag City on April 15. Now Le Bon has shared a video for “Wonderful.” Casey Raymond directed the clip, which features a very pale looking Le Bon running and dancing in place on a desolate street in Berlin. Watch it below, followed by her U.S. tour dates.

Cate Le Bon Announces New Album, Shares Funny Album Trailer

Crab Day Due Out April 15 via Drag City

Jan 26, 2016

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has announced a new album, Crab Day. It’s her first for Drag City and is due out April 15. Le Bon made a film in Berlin with visual artist/filmmaker Phil Collins (presumably not that Phil Collins) to accompany the album and below is the funny little trailer for the film, followed by some tour dates. More

Aug 27, 2015

San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon have teamed up as DRINKS. As we previously reported, they released their debut album, Hermits On Holiday, last week via Birth Records and Heavenly Recordings. More

Jul 20, 2015

San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon have teamed up as DRINKS. More

Watch: DRINKS – Hermits On Holiday Video (Cate Le Bon + Tim Presley of White Fence)

Hermits On Holiday Due Out August 21; U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Jun 04, 2015

San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon have teamed up as DRINKS. As we previously reported, they are releasing their debut album, Hermits On Holiday, on August 21 via Birth Records and Heavenly Recordings. They have now released a video for the album’s title track, “Hermits On Holiday.” More

Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley of White Fence Announce Debut Album as DRINKS, Share Song

Hermits On Holiday Due Out August 21, Listen to Title Track Now

May 19, 2015

San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon have teamed up as DRINKS and are releasing their debut album, Hermits On Holiday, on August 21 via Birth Records and Heavenly Recordings. They have released the album’s title track, “Hermits On Holiday,” which you can stream below. More

Nov 11, 2013

Set to release her new album full-length album Mug Museum tomorrow Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon has premiered a music video for the record’s lead single “Are You With Me Now?” More

Aug 28, 2013

Singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon has announced she will release her third full-length album Mug Museum this fall. More



Interviews

Cate Le Bon on “Pompeii”

Adapting to the Vacuum

Feb 04, 2022

“It became a symbol to me of everything that I was marinating in, all this existential fear of this relationship with time that was just changing,” says Cate Le Bon, on her latest studio album, Pompeii. “Someone was just constantly fucking with the focus lens.” More

Nov 12, 2015

“You get asked in interviews, ‘What would your dream collaboration be?’ I would always say Tim Presley, and he’d say me,” recalls Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon. After remaining close friends and adoring mutual fans for years, it was perhaps inevitable that Le Bon and White Fence architect Presley would join forces. More


Reviews

Feb 02, 2022

My imagined travelogue listening to the newest Cate Le Bon goes something like this: Dreaming of stardust on the French Riviera, then collapsing into a cesspool in an abandoned hotel, and finally, feeling fine linens as the ash from Vesuvius engulfs and petrifies you, immortalizing you in your final gesture. More

May 31, 2019

The Italo Calvino short story “Adventure of a Bather” concerns itself with the sudden disappearance of a bather’s swimsuit and her subsequent alienation from the rest of the beach goers and fishers around her. More

Apr 19, 2016

There’s greater beauty in imagination than there is in information, and Cate Le Bon knows it. “Crab Day is an old holiday. Crab Day is a new holiday. More

Nov 15, 2013

Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon returns, less than two years removed from her triumphant Cyrk. There’s a dreamy, gauzy feel in many of the record’s 10 tracks; Le Bon’s recent relocation to sunny CaliforniaMug Museum was recorded in Los Angelescould have a lot to do with it. More

Jan 18, 2012

Welsh singer/songwriter Cate Le Bon opens her latest album CYRK with the jangling, infectious “Falcon Eyed,” a carousing rocker that sounds like Nico if she had stuck around with The Velvet Underground long enough to be a part of Loaded. More