Oct 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Lauren Mayberry, singer with Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, has shared her second solo single, “Shame.” More

Sep 08, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, on October 13 via Glassnote. Now they have shared another previously unreleased song from it, “Talking In My Sleep.” More

Sep 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 27th Songs of the Week of 2023. It was another quiet week for new songs, but we settled on 10 we liked. More

Sep 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Lauren Mayberry, singer with Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, has shared her debut solo song, “Are You Awake?” Mayberry has been teasing her solo single in recent weeks and previously announced some solo tour dates. More

Aug 16, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced a 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, and shared a previously unreleased song, “Manhattan,” from it. More

Aug 16, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Death Cab for Cutie have shared a brand new song, “An Arrow In the Wall,” as well as a CHVRCHES remix of the single. More

Jun 26, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

If you missed the Glastonbury Music Festival this last weekend, never fear. This is your one-stop shop for many of the performances, including highlights from Elton John, Weyes Blood, CHVRCHES, Billy Nomates, Caroline Polachek, Manic Street Preachers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Young Fathers, and many others. More

Apr 04, 2023 By Mark Redfern

In February, Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES shared a new song, “Over,” via a music video. Last night they were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed the song. More

Feb 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2023. Thanks in part to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, the week was light on big album announcements, but there were still enough worthy songs to pick from. More

Feb 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a new song, “Over.” It’s the first single for the band’s new label, Island Records. More

Jan 26, 2022 By Laura Studarus

And we’re back! Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives. This week, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES on scary movies and crystals at the bottom of her dresser drawer. More

Jan 25, 2022 By Mark Redfern

It is confounding that so many outlets insist on posting best songs of the year lists in early December. Not only are there several more weeks left in the year, in which a number of potential great songs could be released, it also takes time to digest all the tracks released in November and earlier in the fall. We’ve obviously taken too much time. More

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

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

Oct 29, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared an expanded version of their latest album, Screen Violence. The new version, titled Screen Violence: Director’s Cut, features three new tracks: “Killer,” “Screaming,” and “Bitter End.” They are out now via Glassnote. More

Sep 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have covered Gerard McMann’s “Cry Little Sister,” a song made famous due to its inclusion on the soundtrack to 1987’s vampire horror film The Lost Boys. CHVRCHES version was also recorded for a soundtrack, to the Netflix film Nightbooks, which began streaming today and stars Krysten Ritter as a witch who imprisons a boy. More

Aug 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have released a new album, Screen Violence, today via Glassnote. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. The band has also shared a new lyric video for the album’s “California.” More

Aug 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, tomorrow via Glassnote. Last night they were the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed the album’s “Good Girls.” The performances begins with frontwoman Lauren Mayberry singing on an old TV set, before the camera pans over to reveal that the full band is performing the song at night in what appears to be somewhere that overlooks the Los Angeles sprawl. More

Aug 06, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a remix of their song “Good Girls” done by legendary horror director John Carpenter. In return, Carpenter has shared a CHVRCHES remix of his song “Turning the Bones,” taken from his most recent instrumental album, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death. More

Jul 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, on August 27 via Glassnote. Earlier this week they shared its third single, “Good Girls.” Now they have shared a video for the song. More

Jul 12, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, on August 27 via Glassnote. Now they have shared its third single, “Good Girls,” which is about “the misogynistic ideals inflicted upon women.” More

Jun 25, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, on August 27 via Glassnote. Now they have shared a remix of recent single “How Not to Drown” by Robert Smith of The Cure, which is of particular interest because he also sings guest vocals on both the original version and his remix. More

Jun 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2021. We figured it would be a quiet week for new songs, with Monday being a holiday here in America, but we were wrong. More

Jun 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, on August 27 via Glassnote. On Tuesday they shared a new song from it, “How Not to Drown,” which features Robert Smith of The Cure. Now the band has shared a video for the song. The atmospheric video features both the band and Smith. More

Jun 02, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced a new album, Screen Violence, and shared a new song from it, “How Not to Drown,” which features Robert Smith of The Cure. The band have also announced some tour dates. More

Apr 23, 2021 By Mark Redfern

On Monday, Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES shared a brand new song, “He Said She Said,” which is about the modern challenges of being a woman. Now they have shared a video for the song. More

Apr 23, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 15th Songs of the Week of 2021.The big Under the Radar news was that on Wednesday we announced our new print issue. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Apr 19, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a brand new song, “He Said She Said,” which is about the modern challenges of being a woman. The song was recorded remotely during the pandemic, with Lauren Mayberry and Martin Doherty in Los Angeles and Iain Cook in Glasgow. More

Apr 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, in May 2018 via Glassnote. On Friday night they performed the album’s “Forever” for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They did so remotely, with each member in their homes, but unlike most such performances in the pandemic era, it was quite dynamic, full of energy and with cool video effects. More

Nov 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES recently shared a brand new song, “Death Stranding,” taken from the soundtrack of the PlayStation4 game of the same name. Last night they stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform the song. More

Oct 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a brand new song, “Death Stranding.” It is taken from the soundtrack of the forthcoming PlayStation4 game of the same name. The soundtrack, DEATH STRANDING: Timefall (Original Music from the World of DEATH STRANDING), is due out November 7 via RCA. More

Sep 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, in May 2018 via Glassnote. Its track “Graves” is the intro song for the latest season of the Japanese Netflix reality show Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020 and now the band has shared a video of them performing the song in the living room of the Terrace House. More

May 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Music Festival has announced its initial 2019 lineup. Headliners include CHVRCHES, Sleater-Kinney, Jenny Lewis, Little Brother, and James Blake. More

Apr 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced some new summer North American tour dates. They include a show at Radio City Music Hall with Charly Bliss opening. More

Apr 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Marshmello, the 26-year-old dance producer from Philadelphia who wears a smiley marshmallow mask when he performs, recently teamed up with Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES for the new song “Here With Me.” More

Mar 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Marshmello is a 26-year-old dance producer from Philadelphia who wears a smiley marshmallow mask when he performs. We have admittedly never covered him before, but now he has shared a new song, “Here With Me,” that is a collaboration with Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, a band we have covered a lot over the years. More

Jan 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, in May 2018 via Glassnote. Then in November they released the five-song Hansa Session EP that was recorded in Berlin’s Hansa Studios, the same studio where David Bowie recorded his iconic Berlin trilogy with Brian Eno in the 1970s (Low, “Heroes”, Lodger). More

Nov 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, back in May via Glassnote. Now they have announced a new EP, Hansa Session, that was recorded in Berlin’s Hansa Studios, the same studio where David Bowie recorded his iconic Berlin trilogy with Brian Eno in the 1970s (Low, “Heroes”, Lodger), as well as where albums by U2, Depeche Mode, Iggy Pop, and others were recorded. More

Oct 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, back in May via Glassnote. Last week they shared a video for the album’s “Graffiti” and somehow we missed it, but we’re posting it now. More

Oct 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, back in May via Glassnote. Now they have stopped by Ellen to make their daytime television debut and perform “Miracle,” a song that seems to be the big single from Love Is Dead (for example, it was played in this week’s episode of the FOX drama 9-1-1, while the firefighters were rescuing someone). More

Aug 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lots of strong Songs of the Week contenders this week. We were tempted to do a Top 12 again like last week, instead of our usual Top 10, but resisted the excess. There are lots of Europeans in this week’s list. More

Aug 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, back in May via Glassnote. Now they have shared a brand new song, “Out of My Head,” that is a collaboration with the Japanese pop trio Wednesday Campanella. It was shared via an animated video. More

Jul 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released a new album, Love Is Dead, back in May via Glassnote. Now they have stopped by Australia’s Triple J radio station to take part in their Like a Version series where a band does a cover version. Their choice: Kendrick Lamar‘s “LOVE.” from his Pulitzer Prize winning DAMN. album. More

May 25, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tracyanne & Danny, is a new project from Camera Obscura frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell and Danny Coughlan (who has previously released music as Crybaby). Their self-titled debut album, Tracyanne & Danny, came out today via Merge. More

May 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Last night they stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform “Miracle.” Watch the energetic performance below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Apr 25, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Now they have shared a new video for recent single “Miracle.” Warren Fu directed the clip, which was shot in one take and features frontwoman Lauren Mayberry wandering a street battle at night that slowly takes on science fiction vibes. More

Apr 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Now they have announced some fall North American tour dates. More

Apr 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Now they have shared a fourth song from the album, “Miracle.” CHVRCHES are sponsoring Girls Rock Glasgow this summer, which is a program in the Scottish city for girls aged 8-16 where they learn instruments, can form a band, make merchandise and zines, and more. More

Apr 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down August 10 - 12 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, and The Weeknd. More

Mar 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we crammed two weeks into Songs of the Week, but this week we’re back on track with a regular one-week wrap-up. There was plenty to choose from this week. Our #1 is a funky feminist anthem and our #2 was a close second. Artists whose songs almost made the Top 10 include Hinds, Air Waves (feat. Kevin Morby), mastersystem (remixed by Mogwai), The Lemon Twigs, Sam Evian, and Bernice. More

Mar 30, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

This week we talk the anti-gun violence movement which seems to be picking up steam, plus scandals, redistricting, Julian Assange, racism, Wes Anderson, and CHVRCHES. More

Mar 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Previously they shared its first two singles, “Get Out” (which was our #1 Song of the Week) and “My Enemy”(which features the guest vocals of Matt Berninger of The National and EL VY and was also one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared the third single from the album, the ultra shiny “Never Say Die.” More

Mar 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Previously they shared its first two singles, “Get Out” (which was our #1 Song of the Week) and “My Enemy”(which features the guest vocals of Matt Berninger of The National and EL VY and was also one of our Songs of the Week). More

Mar 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This year’s Lollapalooza is going down August 2-5 at Grant Park in Chicago and now the lineup has been revealed. The headliners are The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott, The National, Vampire Weekend, and Odesza. More

Mar 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Love Is Dead, on May 25 via Glassnote. Previously they have shared its first two singles, “Get Out” (which was our #1 Song of the Week) and “My Enemy” (which features the guest vocals of Matt Berninger of The National and EL VY and was also one of our Songs of the Week). More

Mar 02, 2018 By Mark Redfern

It was another good week for new songs. Any of our Top 3 songs could’ve been our #1 and we also quite enjoyed CHVRCHES’ collaboration with The National‘s Matt Berninger (on a weaker week that probably would’ve been #1). More

Feb 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced their new album, Love Is Dead, and shared another song from it, “My Enemy,” which features the guest vocals of Matt Berninger of The National (and EL VY). More

Feb 02, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Wow, what a week for fantastic new tracks. Last week when we were putting together the Songs of the Week the pickings were slimmer and the best we could come up with was nine songs, rather than a full 10. More

Jan 31, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a new song, “Get Out.” It follows a mysterious social media video they posted yesterday that teased the song and is the first taste of their yet-to-be-announced third album. More

Jan 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have been working on a new album. In February 2017 we reported that the band had started work on their third album and were working with Dave Stewart of iconic 1980s duo Eurythmics. Then there was word they were working with Grammy winning producer Greg Kurstin (Adele, Tegan and Sara). Now they have shared a mysterious social media video that features frontwoman Lauren Mayberry drawing a heart on a bathroom mirror and then crossing it out. More

Jan 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Governors Ball has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in New York City’s Randall’s Island Park the weekend of June 1 - 3. The headliners are Eminem (also announced as a Coachella headliner today), Jack White, Travis Scott, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. More

Dec 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Archies is a new comic book series that features Archie and his friends (Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and Reggie) in a band on tour. Most issues will feature a guest appearance by a different real life band. Under the Radar‘s publishers Mark and Wendy Redfern have a cameo in issue #3, where they are interviewing CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry backstage, alongside MTV’s Crystal Bell. More

Nov 10, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

We’ve had a year of a world in which America elected Donald Trump to run the country, so we’re talking about the anniversary this week, while also catching up on local elections, gun control, and repression outside Trump’s America. More

Nov 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman for Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, has posted a new video to her Twitter account in which she addresses gun control in the wake of yesterday’s mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. More

Sep 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

We’re back down to eight Songs of the Week, after promising last week to stick with a Top 10 for awhile. But it was a slow week for new tracks. Still, there were some clear gems this week, as you will see below, with an easy choice for top song. More

Sep 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tegan and Sara previously announced that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album The Con with a tour and The Con X: Covers, an album due out October 20 (via Warner Bros) in which other artists cover each song on The Con, with all net proceeds going to the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which works in support of LGBTQ girls and women. More

Sep 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tegan and Sara previously announced that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album The Con with a tour and The Con X: Covers, an album due out October 20 (via Warner Bros) in which other artists cover each song on The Con, with all net proceeds going to the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which works in support of LGBTQ girls and women. More

Aug 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Archie and his friends Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and Reggie have gotten a lot hipper in recent years, in part thanks to the darker version of their story and characters in Riverdale (and the well-received CW TV adaptation). In October a new comic book series, The Archies, will feature Archie and his friends in a band on tour. More

Apr 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

CHVRCHES have shared a new live version of “Down Side of Me” via a video directed by actress Kristen Stewart. It’s for the 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood project, which is a new 7-inch box set with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Planned Parenthood. More

Apr 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

7-Inches for Planned Parenthood is a new 7-inch box set with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Planned Parenthood. More

Feb 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released their well-received second album, Every Open Eye, in 2015 via Glassnote (it was #9 on Under the Radar‘s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). The band have started work on their third album and they are working with Dave Stewart of iconic 1980s duo Eurythmics. More

Nov 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Last night Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman of Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, took part in a comedy show at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right venue. The show included standup sets from Greg Barris, Dave Hill, Seaton Smith, and others, but Mayberry wasn’t there to tell jokes, instead she performed a set of cover songs with a backing band. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Jul 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES last month shared a new version of their song “Bury It” that featured additional vocals from Paramore’s Hayley Williams. Now this version of the song has a video. More

Jun 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES and American indie-rock mainstays Death Cab for Cutie have had a handful of tour dates together this month. Last night in Charleston, SC, CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry got up on stage with Death Cab for Cutie to sing the band’s “Brothers on a Hotel Bed,” from Death Cab’s 2005 album Plans. More

Jun 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES and American indie-rock mainstays Death Cab for Cutie have a handful of tour dates together this month. In honor of this The Talkhouse Music Podcast have gotten CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry and Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard together for a joint interview, which was apparently the first time the two had ever actually met. More

Jun 10, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

CHVRCHES have shared a new version of their song “Bury It” that features Hayley Williams of Paramore. More

Jun 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES and American indie-rock mainstays Death Cab for Cutie have a handful of tour dates together this month. They include a show in Charlotte, North Carolina at The Uptown Amphitheater on June 16. More

May 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a brand new song, “Warning Call.” It was written for the new video game Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, an update of the 2008 game Mirror’s Edge. Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry wrote the lyrics from the perspective of the game’s main character, Faith, “a daring Runner who uncovers a hidden truth within the walls of the city of Glass,” as the game’s description describes her. More

May 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released their well-received second album, Every Open Eye, last year via Glassnote (it was #9 on Under the Radar‘s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). More

Mar 01, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES and American indie-rock mainstays Death Cab for Cutie have announced some co-headlining tour dates together. The dates go down in June are below. More

Feb 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES released their well-received second album, Every Open Eye, last year via Glassnote (it was #9 on Under the Radar‘s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). Now the band has shared a video for single “Clearest Blue.” More

Jan 26, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES recently stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden and delivered a great performance of “Clearest Blue.” Now the show has shared a video of the band backstage at the show in which frontwoman Lauren Mayberry is convinced by her bandmates to impersonate Cher, specifically the song “Believe.” Watch the clip below, followed by the band’s tour dates. More

Jan 22, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced some more tour dates. They include some European shows and some U.S. festival dates and are in honor of CHVRCHES’ well-received second album, Every Open Eye, which is out now via Glassnote. Check out the dates below, followed by the video for “Leave a Trace.” More

Jan 20, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Bonnaroo have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 9-12 and this year, their 15th year, the lineup includes LCD Soundsystem, M83, Tame Impala, CHVRCHES, Father John Misty, HAIM, Death Cab For Cutie, Kurt Vile, Natalie Prass, Purity Ring, Pearl Jam, and many others. More

Jan 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the line-up for their 2016 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday and Saturday are headlined by two newly reformed bands, LCD Soundsystem and Guns N’ Roses (featuring the reunion of Axl Rose and Slash). Calvin Harris headlines Sunday night. More

Dec 17, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES’ “Leave a Trace” has gotten the remix treatment by Goldroom. The Los Angeles producer keeps the basic skeleton of the song, but adds more beats to make it a bit more dancefloor-friendly. Check it out below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Dec 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden last night and absolutely killed, delivering a great performance of “Clearest Blue.” Lots of flashing lights and frontwoman Lauren Mayberry dancing like crazy. More

Dec 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

In the Mortified podcast adults reflect on embarrassing moments of their youth. In the latest installment, entitled “Boys Do Cry,” they debuted a segment called “The Mortified Muse.” For it they got the Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES to cover a song a man named Nat Miller wrote when he was 14 for his unrequited love Laurel. More

Dec 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Lauren Mayberry of Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES and Matt Berninger of The National and EL VY have interviewed each other for Live Nation TV. Mayberry and Berninger sat down together before the Treasure Island festival in San Francisco in October. At the festival Mayberry got up on stage with The National to perform The National’s “I Need My Girl.” More

Nov 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have put together a “Bedtime Mix” for Phil Taggart’s show on BBC Radio 1. It’s a regular feature on the Sunday night show and last night CHVRCHES’ Ian Cook put together the mix and was interviewed by Taggart. It features Mogwai, Tangerine Dream, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, My Bloody Valentine, and more. More

Nov 20, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have shared a video for “Empty Threat,” a track from the band’s well-received second album, Every Open Eye, which is out now via Glassnote. CHVRCHES don’t actually appear in the video, which instead centers of Florida teen goth girls who all go to a waterpark, a very un-goth thing to do. More

Oct 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES performed at Nashville, TN’s Marathon Music Works last night. Paramore’s Hayley Williams joined them onstage as a special guest to help sing “Bury It,” a track from CHVRCHES’ well-received second album, Every Open Eye, which is out now via Glassnote. More

Oct 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Last night at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco The National brought up Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman for Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, to duet on “I Need My Girl,” a song from The National’s Trouble Will Find Me. Of course a fan captured video of the performance, which you can watch below. More

Sep 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, today via Glassnote. We’ve already heard a stream of the whole album, but now you can check out the album’s three bonus tracks (“Get Away,” “Follow You,” and “Bow Down”) if you stream the album via Spotify. More

Sep 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, this Friday (September 25) via Glassnote. Today they stopped by BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” where they covered Justin Bieber’s recent song “What Do You Mean?” and discussed how they think it’s okay to be a fan of Beiber’s music now. More

Sep 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, this Friday (September 25) via Glassnote. Now you can stream the whole thing below via NPR First Listen. More

Sep 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, on September 25 via Glassnote. Last night Annie Mac premiered on her BBC Radio 1 show the third single from the album, “Clearest Blue.” More

Sep 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, on September 25 via Glassnote. Tonight Annie Mac premiered on her BBC Radio 1 show the third single from the album, “Clearest Blue.” Click here to hear it and fast forward to around the 1:03:50 mark. More

Dec 28, 2016 By Mike Hilleary

A Conversation with Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry, Lower Dens’ Jana Hunter, Lush’s Miki Berenyi, Beth Martinez, Amanda Palmer, Natalie Prass, Perfect Pussy’s Meredith Graves, Tegan and Sara’s Sara Quin, and Chelsea Wolfe. More

Feb 26, 2016 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar’s 13th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2015. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2015 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Lauren Mayberry and Iain Cook of CHVRCHES. More

Nov 20, 2015 By Matt Fink

To hear them tell it, everything has been easy for the members of CHVRCHES since they officially formed in the fall of 2012. Well, maybe not everything—they’ve had to deal with the pressure of being an overnight blog sensation, the wear and tear of two years on the road, and the stress of creating the follow-up to their breakthrough debut album, 2013’s The Bones of What You Believe. More

Nov 19, 2015 By Matt Fink

It’s a rare sunny day in Glasgow in early July, and the members of CHVRCHES are finally able to take a breath. After an intensive six-month period of writing and recording, they have (as of this afternoon) signed off on the final masters for Every Open Eye, their second full-length release. More

Jul 12, 2013 By Austin Trunick

CHVRCHES’ euphoric electro pop can’t be shaken. The Scottish trio blends floor-rattling synths and rhythm loops with sweet, wide-eyed vocals. Ahead of the release of their first EP, Recover, and forthcoming debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, the band, which uses the ‘v’ rather than ‘u’ to make their name easier to find on search engines, has already earned comparisons to Purity Ring and The xx. Singer Lauren Mayberry had only been recording with keyboardists Iain Cook and Martin Doherty for less than a year before two of their early tracks, “Lies” and “The Mother We Share,” took off online in mid-2012. More

Sep 23, 2015 By David Edwards

As good as CHVRCHES’ debut album The Bones of What You Believe was (and it was very good indeed), the whole record did often seem to be running to catch up with arguably the finest opening track on a debut album this decade in “The Mother We Share.” More

Oct 04, 2013 By Frank Valish

CHVRCHES thrilled to a near-packed house in Philadelphia. More

Sep 20, 2013 By Chris Tinkham

Last year, when the walloping “Lies” and bittersweet “The Mother We Share” introduced listeners to the Glasgow synthpop trio, CHVRCHES, two focal points were vocalist Lauren Mayberry’s stirring soprano and lyrics that exuded Glaswegian bite and gloom. More

Mar 26, 2013 By Austin Trunick

Liverpool’s Dan Croll survived the SXSW performance maelstrom only to pop up to a horribly snowy and cold New York City for a pair of back-to-back shows with CHVRCHES. It was nice to find the congenial singer and his band in such high spirits after working their asses off for most of the last week in Austin, Texas. More

Mar 26, 2013 By Chris Tinkham

Glasgow synthpop trio CHVRCHES sparked fervent interest last year with two tracks that brought out different sides of the band. “Lies” was a staggering, minor-key powerhouse complemented by wily lyrics from singer Lauren Mayberry, while its official debut single, “The Mother We Share,” expressed a more solemn sentiment. More

Mar 23, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Despite our high hopes and daisy-fresh worldviews, Wednesday night was a mixed bag, with sets from Peace, NO CEREMONY///, Ex Cops, CHVRCHES, and alt-J. More

Mar 22, 2013 By Mark Redfern

My wife Wendy and I were warned not to bring a baby to SXSW but had little choice but to take our two-and-a-half-month-old daughter Rose to Austin with us. Here’s a recap of what I saw Tuesday and Wednesday night during the music portion of SXSW in between worrying about the new addition to our family, including sets by Divine Fits, CHVRCHES, Peace, EX Cops, alt-J, and others. More