News
With Support from Chromatics
Apr 15, 2012
By Cody Ray Shafer
Last year Pulp reunited and last Tuesday, April 10, Jarvis Cocker and co. played their first show in the United States in 14 long years at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Support came from Chromatics. Under the Radar's photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern was there to capture the band's long awaited return to North America. More
Apr 03, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Already riding pretty high on the number of favorable reviews coming in for their latest album Kill for Love, Chromatics got what could considered an even bigger ego-boost when they found out today they'd been selected as Pulp's opening act at the reunited band's Radio City Music Hall performance. More
Listen to New Album in Full
Mar 29, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Clocking in at about 90-minutes, Kill For Love, the latest album by Portland-based band Chromatics, is not going to be easy to get through in one sitting if you've already landed yourself with a laundry list of to-dos for the day. More
Mar 12, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Having already released a number of video clips and a Neil Young cover, all featured on their upcoming full-length Kill For Love, Chromatics have premiered yet another audio/visual taste of their new record with a music video for their track "Back From the Grave." More
A Multi-Exposure Daydream
Mar 05, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Check out this dreamy video for “Candy,” a cut from Chromatics forthcoming album Kill For Love. More
Bright Lights and Bobbing Heads
Feb 17, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Just days after unveiling their cover of Neil Young's "Into the Black" with an accompanying music video Portland-based band Chromatics have released yet another clip, this time for the track "Lady." More
“Into The Black” to Appear on Forthcoming Album Kill For Love
Feb 11, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Just to make the remainder your Saturday night a bit more atmospheric, about an hour ago Chromatics posted a haunting cover of Neil Young’s “Into the Black.” More
Reviews
Kill for Love
Italians Do It Better
Apr 24, 2012
By Austin Trunick
Kill for Love opens with the unlikeliest of covers—a watery, electronic take on Neil Young's "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)." An allegory for what Young saw as his own growing irrelevance, the song spawned his most quoted lyric—"It's better to burn out than to fade away"—which is perhaps the saddest of rock 'n' roll credos (its appearance in Kurt Cobain's suicide note rendering it all the more tragic). More
Pulp (with Chromatics), Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY - April 10, 2012
Apr 18, 2012
By Mark Redfern
Britpop heroes Pulp returned to the U.S. last week for their first American shows in 14 years, starting with a show at Radio City Music Hall last Tuesday night. More
