News
Plus Lala Lala, Ty Segall, Yumi Zouma, Julia Holter, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 10, 2023
By Mark Redfern (and Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, and Scott Dransfield all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week. More
Big Sigh Due Out January 12, 2024 via Chrysalis
Nov 07, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman is releasing a new album, Big Sigh, on January 12, 2024 via Chrysalis, her first album for the label. Now she has shared its third single, “Slime,” via a music video. More
Plus Jamila Woods, Brittany Howard, Spyres, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
Big Sigh Due Out January 12, 2024 via Chrysalis
Oct 11, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has announced a new album, Big Sigh on Chrysalis, and shared a new song from it, “Hanging,” via a lyric video. She’s also announced some UK and European tour dates. More
Plus The Joy Formidable, John Raymond and S. Carey, Metric, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 08, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2023. Despite it being a short week due to Labor Day, there were plenty of new tracks to choose from. Some of our writers voted and we ended up with a Top 13. More
Her First Single for Chrysalis
Sep 08, 2023
By Mark Redfern
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has returned with a new song, “No Caffeine,” shared via a music video. It’s her first single for Chrysalis. More
Covers Due Out November 13 via Sub Pop
Oct 20, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman is releasing a new covers album, simply titled Covers, on November 13 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared two of its tracks, covers of Elliott Smith’s “Between the Bars” and Beyoncé’s “All Night.” More
Covers Due Out November 13 via Sub Pop
Sep 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has announced a new covers album, simply titled Covers, and shared its first single, a cover of Grimes’ “Realiti.” More
Issue 66 Features Musicians and Actors on Their All-Time Favorite Albums, including Tegan and Sara, Wilco, Weyes Blood, Sigur Rós, Fred Armisen, Topher Grace, Jay Baruchel, Low, and 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
Plus Joyero, Bat For Lashes, Jay Som, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. With last week’s list we had a clear #1 and #2 in Angel Olsen and HAIM. This week it was a bit more of a challenge to decide the final order. But we still managed a solid Top 10. More
Plus Stream New Albums from Bon Iver, Electric Youth, Ra Ra Riot, WHY?, and More
Aug 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman released a new album, Any Human Friend, today via Sub Pop and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. Below that are streams of other notable albums released today: Bon Iver, Electric Youth, Ra Ra Riot, WHY?, The Regrettes, and G&D. More
Any Human Friend Out Now via Sub Pop
Aug 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has released a new album, Any Human Friend, today via Sub Pop. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More
Plus Metronomy, DIIV, Chance The Rapper + Ben Gibbard, Tegan and Sara, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 26, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another strong week for new tracks. There are some repeat offenders (artists who have had previous Songs of the Week in recent months), some newbies, and a surprising collaboration. More
Any Human Friend Due Out August 9 via Sub Pop
Jul 25, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman is releasing a new album, Any Human Friend, on August 9 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared another song from the album, the sexually charged “all night.” More
Plus Bruce Springsteen, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Purple Mountains, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 14, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We couldn’t quite limit it to a Top 10 this week, there were enough strong new tracks to stretch it to a Top 11. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant a lot of strong new singles to choose from. More
Any Human Friend Due Out August 9 via Sub Pop
Jun 12, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman is releasing a new album, Any Human Friend, on August 9 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared another song from the album, “the one.” More
Any Human Friend Due Out August 9 via Sub Pop
May 22, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has announced a new album, Any Human Friend, and shared a video for its first single “i’m not where you are” (the audio of which was shared last month and was one of our Songs of the Week). She’s also announced some U.S. tour dates for this fall. More
Plus FKA twigs, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Japanese Breakfast, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
First Single From Upcoming New Album on Sub Pop
Apr 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has shared a new song, “i’m not where you are” (it’s intentionally styled as all lowercase). It’s the first single from her upcoming new album on Sub Pop (details are still forthcoming). 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
Issue 60 Also Includes Interviews with alt-J, Grandaddy, Jarvis Cocker, Mount Eerie, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Perfume Genius, Slowdive, Little Dragon, London Grammar, Mew, Real Estate, Goldfrapp, The New Pornographers and Much More
Apr 07, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly). More
I'm Not Your Man Due Out June 2 via Sub Pop
Apr 06, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Marika Hackman is a promising 25-year-old British singer/songwriter with a ‘90s alt-rock kind of vibe. She has toured with Laura Marling and sang on alt-J’s last album. Her debut album, We Slept at Last, came out in the U.K. in 2015. More
I'm Not Your Man Due Out June 2 via Sub Pop
Feb 23, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Marika Hackman is a promising 25-year-old British singer/songwriter with a ‘90s alt-rock kind of vibe. She has toured with Laura Marling and sang on alt-J’s last album. Her debut album, We Slept at Last, came out in the U.K. in 2015. More
Interviews
"I remember when 'Undertow' came out and I used to have to get the train regularly and I think I listened to it 35 times on one journey."
Feb 05, 2020
By Max Pilley (As Told To)
I was 18 or 19 and I had been listening to Warpaint’s Exquisite Corpse EP relentlessly. I was studying down in Brighton and I remember when “Undertow” came out and I used to have to get the train regularly and I think I listened to it 35 times on one journey. More
Hackman on 2017's Best Albums, the "Me Too" Movement and Sexual Harassment, Implanted Technology, and Inhaling a Fly
Jan 19, 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
Jun 01, 2017
By Laura Studarus
Marika Hackman‘s sophomore album, I’m Not Your Man, is mainly about relationships with women. (The romantic kind-although she does credit her mom and female friends for helping her navigate life.) More
Reviews
Aug 09, 2019
By Marty Hill
Marika Hackman describes how she stopped being able to sleep properly over the 12 months that she wrote Any Human Friend across, and would wake up in the middle of the night needing to write. It’s not hard to believe; the London-based musician’s third LP is loaded with songs that feel as though they demanded to be written. More
