News
Plus New Madrid, Du Blonde, Indigo Sparke, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 05, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone, Emma Goad, and Jimi Arundell)
Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a fairly low-key week, news wise, although crackpot Q-Anon believing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was removed from her committee assignments, thanks in part to 11 Republicans who crossed the aisle and voted with Democrats, and the Senate passed a budget resolution early this morning that paved the way for President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package to be passed without any votes from Republicans. More
Homecoming Will be Out April 2 via Moshi Moshi
Feb 04, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Du Blonde (aka Beth Jeans Houghton) has shared a new song “I’m Glad That We Broke Up,” which features Ezra Furman. The song will be featured on Houghton’s upcoming album as Du Blonde, Homecoming, which releases on April 2 via Moshi Moshi. More
Our Podcast Also Airs on the Virginia NPR Affiliate Radio Station
Dec 03, 2020
By Celine Teo-Blockey
This year we launched a new podcast, simply titled Under the Radar, and also announced that as well as being available on all podcasting platforms the podcast will also be airing on WLUR, an NPR affiliate based in Lexington, VA (the city where Under the Radar is currently based). Our sixth episode, featuring an interview with Fran Healy, frontman of Scotish rockers Travis is airing today (Thursday, December 3) at 5 p.m. EST. More
Our Podcast Now Airs on the Virginia NPR Affiliate Radio Station
Aug 20, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
We recently launched a new podcast, simply titled Under the Radar, and also announced that as well as being available on all podcasting platforms the podcast will now also be airing on WLUR, an NPR affiliate based in Lexington, VA (the city where Under the Radar is currently based). Our first episode, which featured an in-depth story on Black Belt Eagle Scout (aka Katherine Paul), broadcasted last month. Our second episode, featuring an interview with gender non-conforming, indie rocker Ezra Furman, is airing today ( More
The Second Episode of the Simply Titled Under the Radar Is Out Now on Major Podcasting Platforms
Jun 23, 2020
By Mark Redfern
To celebrate Pride Month and last week’s ruling on the Supreme Court landmark case— that existing civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers against job discrimination—we have dropped episode two of our new podcast that’s simply titled Under the Radar, and it features gender non-conforming, indie rocker Ezra Furman. More
Sex Education Original Soundtrack Out Now via Bella Union
Feb 24, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman recently released the soundtrack to the acclaimed Netflix show Sex Education on Bella Union. Now Furman has shared an animated video for the album’s “Every Feeling.” More
Sex Education Original Soundtrack Due Out Digitally This Friday via Bella Union
Jan 21, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman has announced the release of her soundtrack to the acclaimed Netflix show Sex Education and shared a track from it, “Every Feeling.” More
Twelve Nudes Out Now via Bella Union
Sep 17, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman released a new album, Twelve Nudes, last month via Bella Union (stream it here). Now Furman has shared a video for the album’s “Thermometer” and announced some more tour dates for next February. More
Twelve Nudes Out Now via Bella Union
Aug 30, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman has released a new album, Twelve Nudes, today via Bella Union. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. You can also read our review of it. More
Plus Ezra Furman, Luke Temple, Wilco, Squid, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 19, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of solid tracks to choose from this week, making it extra hard to narrow the list down. Hence there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions. But we had some self-control and kept the main list to a Top 10. More
Twelve Nudes Due Out August 30 via Bella Union
Jul 15, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman is releasing a new album, Twelve Nudes, on August 30 via Bella Union. Now he has shared two more songs from it: “I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend” and “Evening Prayer.” “I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend” is accompanied by an Alix Spence-directed video. More
Plus Ezra Furman, Cherry Glazerr, Bill Callahan, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
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
Twelve Nudes Due Out August 30 via Bella Union; Tour Dates Also Announced
May 21, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman has announced a new album, Twelve Nudes, and shared a video for its first single (and opening track) “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone.” He’s also announced some tour dates. More
Issue 65 is Out Now and Also Includes Interviews with Sharon Van Etten, Deerhunter, Foals, and Kurt Vile; Plus a Tribute to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, and Much More
Mar 01, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More
Transangelic Exodus Out Now via Bella Union
Aug 29, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman released a new album, Transangelic Exodus, back in February via Bella Union. Now Furman has shared a cover of Vampire Weekend’s “Unbelievers” (a song from their last album, 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City). He has also added a few more tour dates to his schedule. More
Transangelic Exodus Out Now via Bella Union
Jul 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Ezra Furman released a new album, Transangelic Exodus, back in February via Bella Union. Now Furman has announced some new fall tour dates. They go down this October, November, and December and include two shows in Canada. More
Issue 63 Also Includes Interviews with MGMT, The Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian, The National, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Fleet Foxes, Parquet Courts, Noel Gallagher, Spoon, and More
Mar 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More
Low, Ought, Gaz Coombes, Girl Ray, Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Hinds, and More Added to the List
Jan 10, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it’s a long list featuring 570 artists! More
Plus Queens of the Stone Age, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne, Franz Ferdinand, Alvvays, and Others
Jan 08, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The lineup for the 2018 Shaky Knees Music Festival has been announced. The festival goes down in Atlanta, GA’s Central Park May 4-6. The headliners are The National, Jack White, and Queens of the Stone Age. More
Interviews
Furman on The Muppets, Climate Change, Childhood Birthday Parties and Vacations, and His First Job
Mar 07, 2019
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar‘s 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. More
Don't Feel the Squeeze For Art
May 29, 2018
By Lee Adcock
first time I try to call Ezra Furman in Belgium, I’m greeted by his voicemail: “This is Ezra, leave a message. Don’t be shy, it’s just you and me.” I was, in fact, hella nervous: the gender-fluid frontman had directed several incarnations of his backing band for 11 years before I’d stumbled into his sphere. More
Furman on Trump, First Kisses, Scary Movies, Elementary School, and Memorable Fan Encounters
Feb 20, 2017
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Ezra Furman. Furman’s last full-length was 2015’s Perpetual Motion People, but in 2016 he released the Big Fugitive Life EP on Bella Union.
Reviews
Aug 28, 2019
By Michael James Hall
Only 18 months after his astounding record Transangelic Exodus brought Ezra Furman high acclaim, appearing on almost every best of the year list that counts, Twelve Nudes crashes into the world. It’s very different to Exodus in many ways, yet very similar in its breathtaking consistency of quality. More
Feb 09, 2018
By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Transangelic Exodus is a record just as dramatic as its title. It is Ezra Furman’s seventh album, his second on Bella Union, and his first under a new band name. Ezra Furman’s Boy-Friends are dead: enter The Visions. More
Jul 27, 2015
By Zach Hollwedel
Ezra Furman‘s third solo album is about youth, discontentment, and longing. A little scattered and with occasionally mediocre lyrics, it congeals into a fun, extremely varied, and repeatedly listenable album. More
