Oct 13, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Austin Saalman, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, and Scott Dransfield all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More

Oct 13, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Boygenius have released a new EP, The Rest, today via Interscope and it features four new songs: “Black Hole,” “Afraid of Heights,” “Voyager,” and “powers.” The supergroup features Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Now that the EP is out, you can stream it here. More

Oct 04, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Late night TV finally returned this week, following the end of the writers’ strike, and one of the first musical guests was boygenius, who performed “Cool About It” last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers performed the song acoustically, all huddled around the same microphone, and it was an intimate and special performance. More

Jun 27, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

American punk collective The Armed have announced a new album, Perfect Saviors, and shared an Iggy Pop featured music video for its first single, “Sport of Form,” which features Julien Baker. More

Jun 21, 2023 By Laura Studarus

Behold, another Why Not Both Wednesday! Over the years we have interviewed so many amazing guests that we are releasing a series of Best of Why Not Both episodes which feature clips from our favorite chats. Join us as we unravel the secrets of these amazing individuals who have fearlessly pursued various artistic avenues and discovered their true passion. More

Mar 31, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2023. The pickings were a little slimmer this week, but we found enough singles (and one album track) to come up with a solid Top 10. More

Mar 31, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Boygenius, the supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, have released their debut full-length album, the record, today via Interscope and have also shared an accompanying short film directed by actor/director Kristen Stewart simply titled the film. Stream the album here and also watch the film. More

Mar 28, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Boygenius, the supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, are releasing their debut full-length album, the record, this Friday via Interscope. Now they have announced some North American tour dates for this summer. A slew of openers are spread across the tour, depending on the date, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Broken Social Scene, Bartees Strange, Claud, and Illuminati Hotties. More

Mar 03, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were quite a few strong contenders this week. We were especially enamored by the top two. More

Mar 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Boygenius, the supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, are releasing their debut full-length album, the record, on March 31 via Interscope. Now they have shared the album’s fourth single, “Not Strong Enough,” via a music video. More

Jan 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2023. It was a stacked week for new songs and album announcements. Boygenius alone released three songs to consider! There were enough tracks we liked that we settled on a super-sized Top 13 this week. More

Jan 18, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Boygenius, the supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, have announced their debut full-length album, the record, and shared three new songs from it: “$20,” “Emily I’m Sorry,” and “True Blue.” More

Aug 26, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2022. This week there were three strong album tracks, songs from albums released today that weren’t previously put out as pre-release singles, that made the list. More

Aug 24, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Wild Pink have shared a new single, “Hold My Hand,” a duet with Julien Baker. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, ILYSM, which will be out on October 14 via Royal Mountain. More

Jul 27, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Wild Pink have announced the release of a new album, ILYSM, which will be out on October 14 via Royal Mountain. They have also announced a tour in support of the album and have shared a video for the album’s title track, “ILYSM.” More

Jul 21, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker has released a new EP, B-Sides, today via Matador. The EP features three songs recorded during the sessions for Baker’s last album, Little Oblivions. It includes the previously released song “Guthrie” in addition to two new songs, “Vanishing Point” and “Mental Math.” More

Jul 07, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker has announced the release of a new EP consisting of tracks taken from the recording sessions of her most recent album, Little Oblivions. The EP, entitled, B-Sides, will be out on July 21 via Matador. Baker has also shared a new single from the EP, “Guthrie.” More

Apr 11, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The lineup for this year’s All Things Go festival has just been announced. It will feature Lorde, Mitski, and Bleachers as headliners in addition to Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Bartees Strange, and more. All Things Go 2022 will take place on Saturday, October 1 at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Tickets go on sale this Friday (April 15) at 10 a.m. EDT. More

Feb 25, 2022 By Celine Teo-Blockey

Julien Baker is our final guest on Season 2 of the Under the Radar with Celine Teo-Blockey podcast. She discusses the songwriting behind her third album Little Oblivions (released last year on Matador), just how close she came to giving up a career in music after losing her sobriety in 2018, and her misgivings about how she’s handled her quick and unexpected fame after the success of her debut, Sprained Ankle. More

Jan 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, and Julien Baker have all teamed up for a joint tour this summer, called The Wild Hearts tour. 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

Sep 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Home Video, in June via Matador (stream it here). Now she has shared a fun fan-sourced video for the album’s “Brando.” Dacus previously put out the call for fans to submit footage of themselves for the video and they didn’t disappoint. Behold rollerskaters, iceskaters, dancers, hand puppet shows in the shower, acrobatics, and a man in his underwear on top of a snowy mountain. More

Sep 01, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Today, Julien Baker releases her EP Little Oblivions Remixes, which features reworkings of songs from her most recent album Little Oblivions done by artists Helios, Jesu, Gordi, Half Waif, and Thao. It is out via Matador Records. More

Aug 24, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker has shared a Jesu (British musician Justin Broadrick) remix of the song “Favor,” originally found on her latest album Little Oblivions. The new remix is the latest release from Baker’s upcoming EP Little Oblivions Remixes, which will be out on September 1 via Matador. More

Apr 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, 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 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 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Julien Baker released a new album, Little Oblivions, in February on Matador. Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where she performed the album’s “Favor” and was also interviewed by the British host. All of this was done remotely. More

Apr 06, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker has just announced a string of tour dates for later this year. Yes, you read that right, new tour dates! Katie Malco will be the opening act for all North American tour dates, with Thao as support for the September 2021 dates and Dehd supporting the October/November 21 dates. Ratboys will be the opening act for all of the 2022 European dates. More

Mar 02, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Julien Baker was on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she performed “Hardline,” a song from her newly-released album Little Oblivions. More

Feb 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2021. This week’s big music news was probably that Daft Punk had broken up. More

Feb 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker has released a new album, Little Oblivions, today via Matador. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, earlier this week we posted our rave review of the album. More

Feb 25, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker was on Sirius XM for an XMU Live Session last night (Feb. 24) to perform songs from her upcoming album, as well as performing a cover of Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place” from their 2000 album Kid A. Baker’s new album, Little Oblivions, will be out tomorrow (Feb. 26) on Matador. More

Feb 24, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, this Friday via Matador. Now she has shared the album’s fourth single, “Heatwave,” which is about trying not to worry about trivial things. Also, today we posted our rave review of the album. More

Feb 18, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Julien Baker has announced a new livestream concert in support of her upcoming album Little Oblivions to be held at Nashville’s Analog on March 25, with indie group Mini Trees as the supporting act. The performance will take place via STAGED, a virtual concert series created by Audiotree. It will be aired three separate times, at 8 p.m. AEDT, 7 p.m. GMT, and 9 p.m. EDT. More

Feb 03, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “Favor,” which features backing vocals from Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, her bandmates in the supergroup Boygenius. More

Jan 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a little less trying than last week, but Donald Trump did earn the dubious honor of being the first ever president to be impeached twice. It was a fantastic week for new songs; after a slow week last week with only a Top 6, this week we present double the songs with a Top 12. More

Jan 13, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Hardline,” via an animated video for the propulsive single. She has also done a session for Seattle radio station KEXP. More

Jan 08, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador. Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where she performed the album’s first single, “Faith Healer,” with her band. More

Oct 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week there was a second and final presidential debate that, unlike the first one, was an actual debate. More

Oct 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker has announced a new album, Little Oblivions, and shared its first single, “Faith Healer,” via a video for it. More

Aug 04, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

This weekend was the finale of the entirely virtual Newport Folk Festival, aptly dubbed “Our Voices Together,” as it features upward of 20 artists covering Burt Bacharach’s classic “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” The cover was led by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and music directed by Chris Funk of The Decemberists, wrapping up the week-long virtual fest. More

Jul 02, 2020 By Samantha Small

It’s almost here… yet another Bandcamp fee-free Friday. For this upcoming July 3 event, boygenius—the supergroup comprised of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus—is sharing an extra special treat: three voice recorded demos from their 2018 eponymous EP. More

Jun 29, 2020 By Mark Redfern

Stereogum have launched a new Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to help raise money to keep the site going and the centerpiece is an exclusive compilation of current artists covering songs from the 2000s, the decade the site launched. Among the artists taking part are Death Cab For Cutie, Julien Baker, The National, Mac DeMarco, Soccer Mommy, Shamir, Sharon Van Etten, Dirty Projectors, Waxahatchee, Anna Calvi, Hamilton Leithauser, Strand of Oaks, The New Pornographers, Wye Oak, Ty Segall, Ryley Walker, El-P, Car Seat Headrest, Charly Bliss, Bedouine, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, and many others. More

Oct 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker has shared two new songs, “Tokyo” and “Sucker Punch.” Even though she’s officially signed to Matador, the songs are part of the Sub Pop Singles Club, which are 7-inch singles, and the tracks are now available digitally. More

Aug 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Frightened Rabbit have shared Tiny Changes, a new 24-minute behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of their recent tribute album Tiny Changes - A Celebration of ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’, where different artists covered each song on the band’s 2008 album The Midnight Organ Fight. The documentary features interviews with many of the artists on the tribute album about how they got involved and what the original 2008 album meant to them, including Benjamin Gibbard, Julien Baker, Sarah Silverman, The Twilight Sad, and others. More

Jun 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Last year, Scott Hutchison, 36-year-old frontman for Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit, was found dead of apparent suicide after he was earlier reported missing by the band. Now the band have announced Tiny Changes - A Celebration of The Midnight Organ Fight, a new tribute album where different artists cover each song on their 2008 album The Midnight Organ Fight. More

Jun 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker released a 7-inch single on Record Store Day featuring the new songs “Red Door” and “Conversation Piece.” Now she has posted both songs officially online for all to hear. More

May 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The National are releasing a new album, I Am Easy to Find, which is accompanied by a 24-minute short film directed by Mike Mills and starring Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, this Friday (May 17) via 4AD. Now they have shared the full short film several days early. They have also released two separate commentary videos on the film, one by Mills and one by frontman Matt Berninger and his wife (and lyric co-writer) Carin Besser. And there is also a video of a live Q&A in New York about the film featuring Mills and the band, hosted by Julien Baker. More

Mar 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

In May 2018, Scott Hutchison, 36-year-old frontman for Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit, was found dead of apparent suicide after he was earlier reported missing by the band. Last December there was a benefit concert at Rough Trade in Brooklyn featuring the songs of Hutchison performed by Julien Baker, Ben Gibbard, Aaron Dessner from The National, Craig Finn, and others. Now the remaining members of Frightened Rabbit have released the concert as a live album that’s a free download or available to stream. 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

Dec 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Matt Berninger of The National previously teamed up with Stephan Altman for the song “All I Want” for American Chaos, a documentary on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Now they have shared a new version of the song that features Julien Baker. More

Nov 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Their self-titled debut EP came out recently via Matador. More

Nov 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Last night the trio and their backing band stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform “Me & My Dog,” a song led by Bridgers. More

Oct 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Their self-titled debut EP was due out November 9 via Matador and while the physical release is still scheduled for that day, they have released the EP digitally two weeks early. You can stream the whole thing here. More

Aug 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week’s Songs of the Week is packed. Firstly boygenius, the new supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, released three songs this week and all were worthy of the list. Thus we decided to expand it from a Top 10 to a Top 12, so that 10 separate artists were still included, be even that wasn’t enough, so we added one more for an unlucky Top 13. More

Aug 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. They have announced their self-titled debut EP, which is due out November 9 via Matador. But you don’t have to wait until then to hear half the EP, as today they have shared three of its six tracks: “Bite the Hand” (led by Dacus), “Me & My Dog” (led by Bridgers), and “Stay Down” (led by Baker). 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

Mar 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Chicago’s the Pitchfork Music Festival has been slowly announcing their lineup via a mural with the artists’ names being painted on it over the last few weeks. Now the final and full lineup has been revealed for the festival, which goes down July 20 to 22 in Chicago’s Union Park. More

Feb 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker released her new album, Turn Out the Lights, back in October via Matador, her first for the label. It was our Album of the Week and more importantly it was #2 on our Top 100 Albums of 2017 list. Now she has teamed up with Manchester Orchestra to cover Pedro the Lion’s “Bad Things to Such Good People” (from Winners Never Quit, a 2000-released album by Pedro the Lion, aka David Bazan). More

Feb 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett is releasing a new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, on May 18 via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! Records. Previously she shared its first single, “Nameless, Faceless,” via a video for the song. (It was our #1 Song of the Week.) Now she has announced some new North American tour dates to go down this July. More

Feb 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2018 festival, their 17th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 - 28) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. The lineup includes Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, TV On The Radio, Tune-Yards, Wolf Parade, Japandroids, Big Thief, Perfume Genius, Japanese Breakfast, Benjamin Clementine, Phoebe Bridgers, Algiers, Pond, and others. More

Jan 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker released her new album, Turn Out the Lights, back in October via Matador, her first for the label. It was our Album of the Week and more importantly it was #2 on our Top 100 Albums of 2017 list. Now she has stopped by NPR’s offices to perform three songs as a Tiny Desk Concert. More

Jan 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker released her new album, Turn Out the Lights, back in October via Matador, her first for the label. It was our Album of the Week and more importantly it was #2 on our Top 100 Albums of 2017 list. More

Dec 30, 2017 By Mark Redfern

2016 was regarded as a fairly rough year by many, but 2017 was no walk in the park either. 2016 was mired by the deaths of several beloved musical icons (David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, and Sharon Jones among them) and the disappointing and divisive Presidential election, but in 2017 we had to deal with the ramifications of said election (we’d say that roughly 95% of the musicians we interview likely don’t support many, if any, of President Trump’s policies). More

Oct 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker released her new album, Turn Out the Lights, last Friday via Matador, her first for the label. It was our Album of the Week. On Saturday she stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs from the album: “Appointments,” “Turn Out the Lights,” and “Televangelist.” More

Oct 27, 2017 By Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Stephen Wyatt

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker is on the cover of Under the Radar‘s current print issue (Issue 62/Fall 2017) and earlier this week we gave her new album Turn Out the Lights a rave 9/10 review. So it should come as no surprise that Turn Out the Lights is our Album of the Week. We liked it so much that we’ve had two of our writers, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Stephen Wyatt, write about how great it is. Read both their write-ups below. More

Oct 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker released her new album, Turn Out the Lights, today via Matador, her first for the label. Now you can stream the whole album below. More

Oct 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar‘s Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters. Now Matador have also donated a vinyl copy of Julien Baker‘s amazing sophomore album, Turn Out the Lights, to give away to one lucky Under the Radar Patreon supporter. More

Oct 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Fall 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Julien Baker on the cover. More

Oct 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we didn’t do a Songs of the Week post simply because there truly were hardly any new tracks worth considering for it. But this week there was a wealth of exciting new music. To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared this week. Check out the full list below. More

Oct 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing her new album, Turn Out the Lights, on October 27 via Matador, her first for the label. Previously she shared its first single, “Appointments,” (which was our #1 Song of the Week), as well as a moving video for the song. More

Oct 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing her new album, Turn Out the Lights, on October 27 via Matador, her first for the label. Previously she shared its first single, “Appointments,” (which was our #1 Song of the Week), as well as a moving video for the song. More

Sep 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing her new album, Turn Out the Lights, on October 27 via Matador, her first for the label. Previously she shared its first single, “Appointments,”(which was our #1 Song of the Week). Now the song has a video. Sophia Peer directed the clip, which starts with Baker singing the song in an empty cabin, with a single candle. More

Aug 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Charlottesville, Virginia is only just over an hour a way from Under the Radar‘s headquarters. It’s the best local city to see shows in and it’s a great little progressive college town that we visit often. So we watched in horror, disbelief, and disgust last weekend as the violent and tragic events in Charlottesville surrounding the white supremacist rally dominated the news. More

Aug 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker has announced her new album, Turn Out the Lights, and shared its first single, “Appointments.” Turn Out the Lights is due out October 27 via Matador, her first for the label. Below is “Appointments,” followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as her upcoming tour dates. More

Jul 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker announced back in January that she had signed to Matador after interest from most of the important American indie labels. Matador previously released a new Baker 7-inch and shared both its A-side, “Funeral Pyre,” and B-side, “Distant Solar System,” an unreleased track from the sessions of her Sprained Ankle debut album. Now Baker has announced some new fall tour dates and a press release promises that her new album is due out soon. More

Jun 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds have organized a series of concerts in houses to raise awareness for the refugee crisis. More

Mar 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

“Our First 100 Days” is an anti-President Donald Trump project. The good folks behind the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Trump campaign during the election have teamed up with Secretly Group for “Our First 100 Days.” More

Mar 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker, who was the talk of SXSW 2016, recently signed to Matador after interest from most of the important American indie labels. Matador previously announced a new Baker 7-inch and shared its A-side, “Funeral Pyre.” More

Jan 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

At SXSW last year everyone was talking about Julien Baker. As well as her fantastic performances, there was a lot of music industry chatter about which label, out of the many notable ones that were courting her, she would sign to. More

Aug 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Julien Baker performed at the Newport Folk Festival last month and backstage she was filmed performing a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Badlands.” It was filmed by MyMusicRX, which is part of the Children’s Cancer Association. More

Jul 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Julien Baker released her acclaimed debut album, Sprained Ankle, last fall via 6131 Records and performed at Under the Radar‘s official nighttime SXSW showcase back in March (she was one of the most buzzed about artists at this year’s SXSW). Now she has announced some new September tour dates. More

May 31, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Julien Baker has taken part in the A.V. Club’s A.V. Undercover video series where bands pick a song to cover from a predetermined list and has covered Death Cab for Cutie’s “Photobooth,” a song from the band’s Forbidden Love EP from 2000. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More

Apr 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down August 5 - 7 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Highlights of the lineup include Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana Del Rey, DIIV, Big Grams, Julien Baker, Lionel Richie, Major Lazer, Jason Isbell, Lord Huron, Vince Staples, Years & Years, HÆLOS, POLIÇA, Ra Ra Riot, Rogue Wave, Caveman, Whitney, Miguel, and Chance the Rapper. More

Apr 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

American Laundromat Records are releasing Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith on October 15. The Elliott Smith tribute album will feature newly recorded covers of Smith’s songs by Amanda Palmer, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, Yuck, Waxahatchee, Lou Barlow, J Mascis, Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, Tanya Donelly, and others. More

Mar 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup and it’s another impressive one. The event is due to take place August 27 and 28 at LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park. Saturday will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar and Tame Impala and Sunday will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem (who seem to be playing every festival this year) and Grace Jones. More

Mar 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Julien Baker stopped by NPR’s offices to perform a Tiny Desk Concert. For the uninitiated, Tiny Desk Concerts are stripped down sets recorded at the desk of Bob Boilen, the host of NPR’s All Songs Considered. Watch below as Baker performs two songs from last fall’s acclaimed debut album,Sprained Ankle (out now via 6131 Records). More

Mar 04, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2016 events: two day parties on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 and one official nighttime showcase on Wednesday, March 16. The lineups include Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Yuck, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Girls Names, Gwenno, MONEY, Cullen Omori, TEEN, Mass Gothic, Younghusband, and more. More

Mar 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

American Laundromat Records have announced Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith, which is due out October 15. The Elliott Smith tribute album will feature newly recorded covers of Smith’s songs by Julien Baker, Amanda Palmer, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, Yuck, Waxahatchee, Lou Barlow, J Mascis, Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, Tanya Donelly, and others. More

Jun 14, 2019 By Matt Conner and Max Freedman

The term supergroup is primarily reserved for a band comprised of people well established at their craft—say, a quartet of recognizable rock stars. Although boygenius’ members have each released at most two albums, the term is already being regularly applied to the trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. More

Feb 09, 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

Dec 22, 2017 By Matt Fink

Julien Baker doesn’t hide her excitement. At the end of the first of two 75-minute interviews, I mention that Under the Radar is pleased to feature her on our cover, not realizing that this is news she is hearing for the first time. More

Dec 22, 2017 By Matt Fink

When Under the Radar first spoke with Julien Baker in the spring of 2016, it was a few weeks after her headline-grabbing round of performances at that year’s South by Southwest festival and less than five months since her debut album, Sprained Ankle—a dazzlingly intimate album made over two days and with zero expectations of an audience—had become one of the most out-of-nowhere breakthroughs of 2015. More

Jun 16, 2016 By Matt Fink

It has been two weeks since Julien Baker made a triumphal trek through SXSW, but she is still buzzing. Playing five shows in four days, the 20-year-old singer/songwriter became one of the festival’s breakout acts, taking a victory lap after her 2015 full-length debut, Sprained Ankle, became one of the year’s most-acclaimed breakthroughs. More

Mar 08, 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 Julien Baker. Baker released her acclaimed debut album, Sprained Ankle, last fall via 6131 Records. More

Feb 24, 2021 By Caleb Campbell

Julien Baker sounds reinvented on Little Oblivions, employing an expanded sound that is instantly gratifying and anthemic, drawing you in before hitting you with the full force of its crushing emotional weight. More