News
Madness Due Out June 3 via Memphis Industries
May 09, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Minneapolis’ Poliça have shared a new single “Violence.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Madness, which will be out on June 3 via Memphis Industries. More
Plus Melody’s Echo Chamber, Florist, Horsegirl, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 08, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a fantastic new release day, with fresh albums by Wet Leg, Father John Misty, Jack White, Oceanator, Daniel Rossen, Orville Peck, Lucius, and others. Some of those artists end up on this week’s Songs of the Week, which is a Top 12 this week. More
Madness Due Out June 3 via Memphis Industries
Apr 04, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Minneapolis’ Poliça have announced the release of a new album, Madness, which will be out on June 3 via Memphis Industries. They have also shared the album’s lead single, “Alive.” More
New Single Out Now via Memphis Industries
Feb 28, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Minneapolis’ Poliça have shared a new single, “Rotting.” They have also announced a string of North American tour dates for 2022. More
When We Stay Alive Out Now via Memphis Industries
Feb 04, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Minneapolis’ Poliça released a new album, When We Stay Alive, last Friday via Memphis Industries. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Steady.” More
Plus Stream the New Albums from TORRES, Frances Quinlan, Dan Deacon, Drive-By Truckers, POLIÇA, and More
Jan 31, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Destroyer (the project of Dan Bejar) has released a new album, Have We Met, today via Merge and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. Below that are streams of other notable albums and EPs released today: TORRES, Frances Quinlan, Wild Nothing, Dan Deacon, Drive-By Truckers, POLIÇA, and Squirrel Flower. More
When We Stay Alive Due Out January 31, 2020 via Memphis Industries
Dec 04, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Minneapolis’ POLIÇA are releasing a new album, When We Stay Alive, on January 31, 2020 via Memphis Industries. Now they have shared another song from it, “Forget Me Now,” via an Isaac Gale-directed video for the track. Watch it below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More
When We Stay Alive Due Out January 31, 2020 via Memphis Industries
Oct 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Minneapolis’ POLIÇA have announced a new album, When We Stay Alive, and shared a video for its first single, “Driving.” They have also shared the new non-album track “trash in bed” and announced some tour dates. More
Music For the Long Emergency Due Out February 16 via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive
Feb 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Minneapolis electronic quintet POLIÇA have teamed up with European orchestral collective s t a r g a z e for the collaborative album Music For the Long Emergency, which is due out this Friday (February 16) via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive. More
Music For the Long Emergency Due Out February 16 via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive
Feb 06, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Minneapolis electronic quintet POLIÇA have teamed up with European orchestral collective s t a r g a z e for the collaborative album Music For the Long Emergency, which is due out February 16 via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive. More
August 5 - 7 in San Francisco, Lineup Also Includes Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana
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
United Crushers Due Out March 4 via Mom + Pop
Feb 25, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
POLIÇA are releasing their new album, United Crushers, next Friday, March 4, via Mom + Pop (and Memphis Industries in the U.K.). More
United Crushers Due Out March 4 via Mom + Pop
Feb 18, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
POLIÇA are releasing their new album, United Crushers, on March 4 via Mom + Pop (and Memphis Industries in the U.K.). Now they have shared another song from it, “Lately.” Lead vocalist Channy Leaneagh commented on the song in a press release, saying: “Don’t let love become a distraction. More
Shulamith Deluxe Reissue is Out Now on Mom + Pop
Jun 11, 2014
By Laura Studarus
In the Isaac Gale directed video for “Raw Exit,” Poliça frontwoman Channy Leaneagh becomes the master of disguise. More
Shulamith will be reissued June 10 Via Mom + Pop
Jun 04, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Is it possible for Poliça to sound both dark and poppy at the same time? More
May 15, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Poliça and AllSaints clothing have paired up to film two live videos for Shulamith cuts “Smug” and “Spilling Lines.” More
New Album Shulamith Out Now
Feb 28, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Releasing their latest album Shulamith last year Minneapolis synth experimentalists Poliça have announced plans for a new tour. More
Another Day At the Office
Jan 23, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Poliça’s new video strings together two cuts from last year’s album Shulamith—“I Need $” and “So Leave.” More
Shulamith Out This Fall Via Mom+Pop
Jun 11, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Recently we shared “Tiff” a slinky duet between Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. That track got a seriously disturbing video, wherein Leaneagh plays both the victim and the abuser. More
New Album Out Later This Year
Apr 15, 2013
By Laura Studarus
As revealed at last weekend’s Coachella, Minneapolis outfit Poliça have a new album due out later this year. More
Aug 15, 2012
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Poliça (consisting of Ryan Olson and Channy Leaneagh of supergroup Gayngs) have released a video for “Dark Star” off of April release, Give You the Ghost. More
Interviews
Channy Leaneagh, Drew Christopherson, and Ryan Olson on 2017's Best Albums, #MeToo and Sexual Harassment, President Trump, and Racism in America
Feb 08, 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
Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu on First Heartbreaks, First R-rated Movies, Obamacare, Spotify, Bad Reviews, and More
Jan 31, 2014
By Under the Radar Staff
For Under the Radar‘s 11th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the important issues of the last year, as well as some quirkier subjects. Check out our next print issue and digital issue for surveys from My Morning Jacket, Foals, Amanda Palmer, Local Natives, Wild Nothing, These New Puritans, Lanterns on the Lake, Xiu Xiu, and Summer Camp.
Reviews
Mar 17, 2016
By Will Moss
POLIÇA has never been one to paint pop music by numbers, and United Crushers is no exception. The follow-up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Shulamith, it continues along its predecessor’s path into the darkest electronic recesses of Channy Leaneagh’s psyche. More
Oct 21, 2013
By Michele Yamamoto
Experimental pop outfit Poliça returns with the unsettling Shulamith, replete with grisly cover art and the video for “Tiff,” which indulges in a twisted self-torture scene with singer Channy Leaneagh. More