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Poliça Share New Single “Violence”

Madness Due Out June 3 via Memphis Industries

May 09, 2022

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

12 Best Songs of the Week: Father John Misty, Wet Leg, Sun’s Signature, The Smile, and More

Plus Melody’s Echo Chamber, Florist, Horsegirl, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 08, 2022

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

Poliça Announce New Album, Share Lead Single “Alive”

Madness Due Out June 3 via Memphis Industries

Apr 04, 2022

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

Feb 28, 2022

Minneapolis’ Poliça have shared a new single, “Rotting.” They have also announced a string of North American tour dates for 2022. More

Poliça Share Video for “Steady”

When We Stay Alive Out Now via Memphis Industries

Feb 04, 2020

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

Album of the Week: Destroyer

Plus Stream the New Albums from TORRES, Frances Quinlan, Dan Deacon, Drive-By Truckers, POLIÇA, and More

Jan 31, 2020

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

POLIÇA Share Video for New Song “Forget Me Now”

When We Stay Alive Due Out January 31, 2020 via Memphis Industries

Dec 04, 2019

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

POLIÇA Announce New Album and Tour Dates, Share New Songs “Driving” and “trash in bed”

When We Stay Alive Due Out January 31, 2020 via Memphis Industries

Oct 09, 2019

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

Listen: POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e - “Speaking of a Ghost”

Music For the Long Emergency Due Out February 16 via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive

Feb 14, 2018

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

Watch: POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e - “Agree” Video

Music For the Long Emergency Due Out February 16 via Totally Gross National Product/Transgressive

Feb 06, 2018

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

Outside Lands 2016 Lineup: Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, and The Muppets

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

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

Stream the New Album by POLIÇA - “United Crushers”

United Crushers Due Out March 4 via Mom + Pop

Feb 25, 2016

POLIÇA are releasing their new album, United Crushers, next Friday, March 4, via Mom + Pop (and Memphis Industries in the U.K.). More

Listen: POLIÇA - “Lately”

United Crushers Due Out March 4 via Mom + Pop

Feb 18, 2016

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

Watch: Poliça – “Raw Exit” Video

Shulamith Deluxe Reissue is Out Now on Mom + Pop

Jun 11, 2014

In the Isaac Gale directed video for “Raw Exit,” Poliça frontwoman Channy Leaneagh becomes the master of disguise. More

Listen: Poliça – “You Don’t Own Me” (Leslie Gore Cover)

Shulamith will be reissued June 10 Via Mom + Pop

Jun 04, 2014

Is it possible for Poliça to sound both dark and poppy at the same time? More

May 15, 2014

Poliça and AllSaints clothing have paired up to film two live videos for Shulamith cuts “Smug” and “Spilling Lines.” More

Poliça Announce Summer Tour

New Album Shulamith Out Now

Feb 28, 2014

Releasing their latest album Shulamith last year Minneapolis synth experimentalists Poliça have announced plans for a new tour. More

Jan 23, 2014

Poliça’s new video strings together two cuts from last year’s album Shulamith—“I Need $” and “So Leave.” More

Jun 11, 2013

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

Apr 15, 2013

As revealed at last weekend’s Coachella, Minneapolis outfit Poliça have a new album due out later this year. More

Watch: Poliça “Dark Star” Video

Remix EP Released Today

Aug 15, 2012

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

2017 Artist Survey: POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e

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

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

2013 Artist Survey: Poliça

Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu on First Heartbreaks, First R-rated Movies, Obamacare, Spotify, Bad Reviews, and More

Jan 31, 2014

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

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

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