Feb 02, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) has shared a new single titled “How Long.” It is out now via Polyvinyl. More

Aug 06, 2020 By Samantha Small

For our My Favorite Album print issue last fall, Ellen Kempner of Palehound wrote about her favorite album: Elliot Smith’s Either/Or. Coincidentally, Kempner has just released her cover of Smith’s “Southern Belle.” It’s from his 1995 self-titled album, though, not Either/Or. But that doesn't matter because it's a lovely ode to the magnificent songwriter, More

Apr 28, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Ellen Kempner, frontwoman and songwriter for Palehound. More

Oct 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) released a new album, Black Friday, back in June via Polyvinyl. Now she has shared two new tracks, the new song "Your Boyfriend's Gun" and a new cover of Yo La Tengo's "Autumn Sweater." 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

Jun 07, 2019 By Mark Redfern

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, has released a new album, Office Politics, today via Hannon's own Divine Comedy Records and it's our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below.  More

Jun 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) has released a new album, Black Friday, today via Polyvinyl. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are her upcoming tour dates. More

May 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) is releasing a new album, Black Friday, on June 7 via Polyvinyl. Now she has shared another song from it, title track "Black Friday." More

May 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) is releasing a new album, Black Friday, on June 7 via Polyvinyl. Now she has shared another song from it, "Worthy," via a video for the track. More

Apr 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) has announced a new album, Black Friday, and shared a video for a new song from it, "Aaron." Despite its title, Black Friday is not due out the day after Thanksgiving, instead it's coming out June 7 via Polyvinyl.  More

Feb 22, 2019 By Mark Redfern

There were many strong contenders for this week's Songs of the Week. We could've gone as high as a Top 15 instead of the regular Top 10 and as it is there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions, with some good tracks that also almost made the honorable mention list to.  More

Feb 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) has shared a brand new song, "Killer." It is out now via Polyvinyl and shared in honor of her current tour dates opening for Cherry Glazerr, which start tonight. More

Apr 28, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Ellen Kempner, frontwoman and songwriter for Palehound. More

Jun 18, 2019 By Ellen Kempner

For our recurring Self-Portrait feature we ask a musician to take a self-portrait photo (or paint/draw a self-portrait) and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Ellen Kempner of Palehound and she painted her own self-portrait. More

Jan 25, 2019 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar's 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2018 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions.  More

Jun 21, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

Like any self-respecting Boston resident, Ellen Kempner can't resist namechecking Dunkin Donuts. More