Nov 13, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Boygenius performed on Saturday Night Live on Saturday night, doing “Not Strong Enough” and “Satanist” from their debut full-length album, the record, released in March via Interscope. They also briefly appeared in a sketch with host Timothée Chalamet that poked fun at Australian pop singer Troye Sivan. More

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

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

Sep 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Lucy Dacus has shared covers of Carole King’s “Home Again” and “It’s Too Late,” both from her 1971 album Tapestry. More

Jul 20, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Lucy Dacus has shared a cover of Cher’s 1998 song “Believe” along with a reworking of the track “Partner in Crime” from her latest album, Home Video. Both singles are out now as part of the Spotify Singles series. Dacus has also announced over 20 new North American tour dates. 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

Mar 08, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2022 lineup. The National, Mitski, and The Roots will be headlining. Other acts include Spiritualized, Parquet Courts, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, SPELLLING, Camp Cope, Wiki, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Toro y Moi, and Cate Le Bon, among others. The festival will take place from July 15–17 at Union Park in Chicago. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (March 11) at 10 a.m. CST. More

Mar 08, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Lucy Dacus took to the stage on Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform “Kissing Lessons,” a song recorded during the sessions for her newest album, Home Video. More

Feb 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week saw the start of the Winter Olympics in China, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day, the U.S. military took out the head of ISIS, and tensions continued between Russia and the Ukraine. More

Feb 02, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus has shared a brand new song, “Kissing Lessons,” via a video for it. It was recorded during the sessions of her 2021 album, Home Video, but was held back for a standalone release. Like much of Home Video, “Kissing Lessons” pulls from Dacus’ childhood in Richmond, VA and is about two girls practicing how to kiss. 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

Nov 10, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Lucy Dacus has shared a new version of “Thumbs” from her latest album, Home Video. The new song, titled “Thumbs Again,” is a full-band version of the original, complete with electric guitar, drums, and synth. Dacus has also announced a North American tour set for early 2022, with Indigo De Souza as a supporting act. More

Nov 03, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Lucy Dacus was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she performed “VBS,” a song from her latest album, Home Video. Dacus performed in a church-like setting with her band, who are making their first in-studio late night TV appearance. More

Oct 12, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Shamir has shared a video for his new single, “Gay Agenda,” also announcing a national tour with Lucy Dacus and Courtney Barnett as supporting acts. More

Sep 23, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Bartees Strange has announced a deluxe edition of his highly-acclaimed debut album, Live Forever, to celebrate its one-year anniversary. It will be out next Friday (Oct. 1) via Memory Music. He has also shared a new song titled “Weights,” which features production from Will Yip. 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

Jul 16, 2021 By Celine Teo-Blockey

Lucy Dacus is the latest guest on the Under the Radar Podcast, discussing her new album, Home Video, which came out a couple of weeks ago on Matador. More

Jun 25, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus has released a new album, Home Video, today via Matador. Now that the album is out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, on Wednesday we posted our review of the album. More

Jun 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Home Video, this Friday via Matador. Last night she was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where she performed the album’s latest single, “Brando,” from the Theatre Gym of the Virginia Repertory Theatre, in her native Richmond. More

Jun 11, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2021. Admittedly, there weren’t too many new songs that overly impressed us this week. We almost considered taking a week off. But there were enough tracks of note to keep us in the game. Still, we only came up with a Top 8, instead of our usual Top 10 (or sometimes we have an expanded Top 12). More

Jun 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Wolcott) have announced some new summer tour dates, in what will be their first tour in 10 years. The shows go down this July and August and Lucy Dacus will support all dates. One show will also feature Japanese Breakfast and Waxahatchee will be opening another show. More

Jun 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Home Video, on June 25 via Matador. Now she has shared another song from it, “Brando,” via a lyric video for the single. The song is about a friend Dacus had in high school who was obsessed with old films. More

May 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week there was finally a ceasefire in the latest Israeli Palestinian conflict. More

May 19, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Home Video, on June 25 via Matador. Now she has shared another song from it, “VBS,” via an animated video for the single. She has also added a handful more tour dates. 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 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone, Caleb Campbell, and Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 14th Songs of the Week of 2021. In this week’s news, the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd wound down, with closing arguments expected on Monday. More

Apr 14, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Yesterday, Lucy Dacus announced a new album, Home Video, and shared a self-directed video for a new song from it, “Hot & Heavy.” Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she performed the new single with her backing band from the stage of the Virginia Repertory Theatre, in her native Richmond. More

Apr 13, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lucy Dacus has announced a new album, Home Video, and shared a self-directed video for a new song from it, “Hot & Heavy.” She has also announced some fall tour dates. It’s also been announced that Dacus will be performing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight. More

Mar 12, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2021. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill was signed into law by the president yesterday and many Americans will soon be receiving new $1400 stimulus checks, as well as other relief. More

Mar 09, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Lucy Dacus has shared a new single titled “Thumbs.” She originally premiered the song live in fall of 2018, and the studio version is out now today via Matador. 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

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

Feb 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced some new North American tour dates. They go down this July and August. Lucy Dacus and Julia Jacklin will take turns opening most of the dates, with Sharon Van Etten also supporting one show. More

Feb 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott) have announced a world tour, with dates in America, the UK, Europe, and Japan. They will be the band’s their first new shows in nine years. More

Nov 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. The last three weeks we could only come up with a Top 8, instead of our customary Top 10, but this week’s choices were surprisingly much stronger once we did some deeper digging. More

Nov 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus has been working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she has been releasing seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. Now she has shared its final song, “Fool’s Gold,” which takes its inspiration from New Year’s. More

Nov 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus has been working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she has been releasing seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. Now she has shared a cover of Wham!‘s 1984 holiday classic “Last Christmas.” Her version is faster and punkier, because she doesn’t like Christmas apparently. More

Oct 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus is working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. It’ll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared another installment, a cover of Phil Collins’ 1981 classic “In the Air Tonight” timed to Halloween. She has also confirmed the details of the 2019 EP. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus is working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. It’ll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared another installment, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” in honor of his birthday (he turns 70 on September 23). More

Jun 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. The Top 2 are by the same artist, which rarely happens, if ever. This week was a challenge, as there were less immediately obvious tracks to make the Top 10, but then we dug deep and ended up with too many tracks (there are an additional 10 honorable mentions). So there are lots and lots of songs to listen to below. More

Jun 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus is working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. It’ll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared another installment, “Forever Half Mast,” timed to July 4th. More

May 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus has announced some new fall tour dates. They happen this September and October and include shows on both coasts, in Canada, and elsewhere. More

Apr 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a plethora of strong tracks to choose from this week, thanks in part to both some new albums that were announced this week and some other albums that were released today. So much so that we have expanded it to a Top 12 this week (as we’ve done from time to time in the past). More

Apr 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus previously announced a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs this year, each timed to a different holiday. It’ll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared its second installment, “My Mother & I,” which is fittingly timed to Mother’s Day and Taurus season. 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

Jan 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Historian, back in March via Matador. It was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 100 Albums of 2018. Now she has announced a singles series entitled 2019where she will release seven songs this year, each timed to a different holiday. More

Dec 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Historian, back in March via Matador. It was our Album of the Week. Now she has announced some new 2019 U.S. tour dates. They mainly encompass February and March and go on sale this Friday, January 14. Check them out below. 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

Apr 09, 2018 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 and you will also help keep one of the last print music magazines strong and vital. 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

FYF Fest has announced its 2018 lineup. The event is due to take place July 21 and 22 at Los Angeles’ Exposition Park. The headliners are Florence and the Machine and Janet Jackson. 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

Mar 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Historian, on a couple of weeks back via Matador. It was our Album of the Week. Over the weekend she stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs: “Addictions,” “Pillar of Truth,” and “Yours & Mine.” More

Mar 02, 2018 By Lee Adcock

Debate the credibility of the term “indie” all you want-but even in today’s landscape of monolithic labels and bustling support crews, we still expect the independent artist to follow their own vision. To say, then, that rising star Lucy Dacus may have almost single-handedly penned a cinematic masterpiece in Historian shouldn’t surprise you that much. More

Feb 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week Under the Radar favorite Courtney Barnett announced her new album and shared a new song and fellow favorites Beach House announced that a new album was coming and shared a new song. More

Feb 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Historian, on March 2 via Matador. Previously she shared its first single and opening track, “Night Shift,” as well as a self-directed video for “Addictions.” Now she’s shared a third song from the album, “Next of Kin.” More

Jan 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

2018 is coming on strong with lots of fantastic new tracks this week in our second Songs of the Week post of the year. Like last week, it was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to only 10. Preoccupations, The Spook School, Hinds, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, St. Vincent remixed by Kelly Lee Owens, Eels, and Hinds all could have easily made the Top 10, but it was a competitive week. More

Jan 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Historian, on March 2, 2018 via Matador. Previously she shared its first single and opening track, “Night Shift.” Now she has shared a self-directed video for another song from the album, “Addictions.” More

Dec 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus has announced a new album, Historian, and shared its first single and opening track, “Night Shift.” Historian is due out March 2, 2018 via Matador. Check out “Night Shift” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. She has also announced some tour dates, which are below too. More

May 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Real Estate released a new album, In Mind, earlier this year via Domino. Now they have shared a new video for “Stained Glass” and announced some more tour dates. More

Nov 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Today was Bedstock, an Internet charity music festival. It featured videos of various musicians performing songs in bed, including Jenny Lewis, Tegan and Sara, Moby, Warpaint, Norah Jones, Lucy Dacus, Radiation City, and others. More

Jan 31, 2020 By Mike Hilleary (As Told To)

The best record ever is Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie. But my favorite record, that’s just personal to my experience, is This is Happening by LCD Soundsystem, which might come as a surprise to people. 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

Jun 07, 2018 By Mike Hilleary

With over 2,000 handwritten pages, Lucy Dacus is currently on Journal #11. Since her days as a fifth-grader, the Richmond, Virginia-based singer/songwriter has spent countless hours diligently documenting the minutiae of her everyday life. More

Feb 17, 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. More

Feb 28, 2018 By Jasper Willems

Richmond, Virginia-based musician Lucy Dacus is painfully aware of the end. On “Pillar of Truth,” an arresting and dirgeful augur to Dacus’ late grandmother, she holistically reflects on accepting mortality with dignity. More