News
Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and more
Dec 23, 2011
By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus
Under the Radar's Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More
Off Upcoming All Things Will Unwind
Sep 20, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
After recently announcing the upcoming release of her third LP All Things Will Unwind opera-pop musical artist Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, has debuted an in-studio music video for the featured track "Be Brave." More
Out October 18 Via Asthmatic Kitty
Jul 06, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Opera-pop songstress Shara Worden (who performs as My Brightest Diamond) has announced her third album All Things Will Unwind (out October 18 via Asthmatic Kitty). We have the details and lead single. More
Letters to Distant Cities Out March 29, 2011
Feb 25, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Clare and the Reasons and My Brightest Diamond—both known for their orchestral pop—are joining forces on new project, Letters to Distant Cities. We have the details. More
New Song “We Added it Up”
Jan 26, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Former Sufjan Stevens and Decemberist backer, and current solo chanteuse My Brightest Diamond (a.k.a Shara Worden), took to the studio at WNYC to preview new songs for Studio 360. More
Singer/Songwriters to Cover Each Other’s Material
Jun 30, 2010
By Laura Studarus
My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden is set to a release a split EP with singer/songwriter Dayna Kurtz. Available July 20th, the project sees the ladies covering each other’s material. Worden will be taking on “Postcards from Downtown” while Kurtz is retooling Bring Me the Workhorse cut, “Gone Away.” More
From September 16th to 19th, Illinois is the Place to Be for Iron & Wine, The Antlers, My Brightest Diamond, Low, etc.
Aug 13, 2009
By Laura Studarus
Longing for one last summer-ish experience? Well, if you're in Champaign-Urbana Illinois, the fifth annual Pygmalion Music Festival has you covered. A mere $60 dollars gets you four days of music, including such notable indie bands as Iron & Wine, The Books, My Brightest Diamond, The Antlers, Headlights, Wavves, BLK JKS, Autolux, Low, Japandroids, YACHT, and Ra Ra Riot. We have the full lineup and schedule. More
Interviews
Following the White Rabbit
Feb 07, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Ever since Shara Worden (who performs as My Brightest Diamond) donned a cheerleader uniform to tour with Sufjan Stevens, there’s been an approachable, yet otherworldly presence about her. Since her time with the Illinoisemakers, Worden has produced three albums of material—wrapping big ideas about life and death in a chamber-pop beauty. Her new album, All Things Will Unwind, follows suit. Under the Radar caught up with the songstress via e-mail to get her take on collaborations, going out on a limb, and what current artist is making the next generation dance. More
Jun 01, 2008
By Matt Fink
Given that the prospect of describing music is an inherently abstract process—entrusting words or images to capture the infinite permutations of rhythms, tones, and textures—it only makes sense that some artists who work in the sound medium would perceive these qualities differently than the rest of us. In technical terms, such folks are said to have “narrow band synesthesia,” a phenomenon where certain sounds or instruments consistently evoke a particular visual essence, and ideas for songs might only be intelligible as collages of color. In this case, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is a shadowy landscape of grays and dark blues, graceful and brooding, an album created by someone who saw it all in her head. More
Reviews
All Things Will Unwind
Asthmatic Kitty
Oct 19, 2011
By John Everhart
My Brightest Diamond, aka Shara Worden, is anything if not polarizing. More
