News
Exit Index Due Out October 20 via Western Vinyl
Nov 21, 2017
By Charles Steinberg
Brooklyn’s Grooms just released a new album Exit Index, the follow up to 2015’s Comb The Feelings Through Your Hair. Under the Radar has the premiere of the video for “Softer Now,” which offers a portrait of alienation. More
Plus Björk, Grooms, Jessie Ware, Cut Copy, Yumi Zouma, Alex Lahey, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 15, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Okay, okay. Since starting our Songs of the Week posts, we’ve slowly increased from having five songs, then six songs, then seven songs, then eight songs, and then for the last couple of weeks, nine songs. We think it’s time to just settle on an even Top 10. More
Exit Index Due Out October 20 via Western Vinyl
Sep 12, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Brooklyn trio Grooms are releasing a new album, Exit Index, on October 20 via Western Vinyl. Previously they shared the album’s first single, “Turn Your Body.” Now here’s another song from the album, the shoegaze-y “Magistrate Seeks Romance.” More
Infinity Caller out September 3
Jul 18, 2013
By Scott Dransfield
Brooklyn indie-rock group Grooms has announced a new album on a new label. Infinity Caller will be released on September 3, 2013, on Western Vinyl. More
Music vs. Comedy Issue on Stands Now
Jun 20, 2011
By Laura Studarus
In honor of our Music vs. Comedy issue (on stands now) we asked a few musicians to film a video of themselves telling us their favorite joke. The third installment of our ongoing series features Grooms.
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Interviews
Johnson on 2017's Best Albums, the "Me Too" Movement and Sexual Harassment, Trump's First Year in Office, and the End of the World
Jan 10, 2018
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar‘s 15th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2017 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
Reviews
Dec 14, 2017
By John Everhart
“Where are my millions?,” Grooms’ frontman Travis Johnson sings in nearly a catatonic stupor on the crepuscular Exit Index opener “The Directory.” It conveys the dystopian nightmare of living in modern America, a fool’s gold promise predicated upon avarice and a disdain for aesthetic beauty, making money and gaining power at any cost possible. More
Sep 13, 2013
By Austin Trunick
Frustration over feeling stalled in their development almost led this Brooklyn band to call it quits after two albums, but an invitation from Michael Azerrad to perform as Hüsker Dü at his 2011 Our Band Could Be Your Lifeanniversary show compelled them to continue on for this third record. More
