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Plus The Afghan Whigs, Blondie, Black Lips, Fazerdaze, and Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel
May 05, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Here we highlight nine albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you've clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More
The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists
Apr 21, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. The album is produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. 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
Video Also Features Jack Black, Tame Impala's Jay Watson, Sebastien Tellier, and More
Mar 29, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has shared a funny mockumentary video about his song "Telling Me This." It features Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson, Weyes Blood, Jack Black, Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Gum, POND), Sebastien Tellier, Ladyhawke, and others. More
The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists
Mar 21, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. More
The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists
Jan 25, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Back in October Australian psych-rockers POND shared a brand new song, "Sweep Me Off My Feet," which was produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. More
Flash in the Pan Due Out November 11 via Spinning Top Music
Nov 04, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who's a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician has just announced a new GUM album. It's almost a surprise release, as it's due out next Friday, November 11, via Spinning Top Music. More
From Forthcoming 2017 Album
Oct 07, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND have shared a brand new song, "Sweep Me Off My Feet." Frontman Nick Allbrook used to play bass in Tame Impala and now Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has returned the favor and produced their new song. More
Four Words: Crotch Hot Dog Xylophone
Jan 13, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Later this month Tame Impala's fellow pysch-rock compatriots Pond will release their brand new LP, Man It Feels Like Space Again. More
Man It Feels Like Space Again is Out Jan 27
Dec 17, 2014
By Laura Studarus
On Jan 27, Tame Impala side project Pond will release their sophomore album Man It Feels Like Space Again. More
Oct 20, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Made up of former and current members of Tame Impala, Australia psychedelic outfit Pond will release a brand new album called Man It Feels Like Space Again in January, the follow-up to their 2013 LP Hobo Rocket. More
Jul 29, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
On Aug. 6 Australia-based psyche-rock ensemble Pond will release their fifth studio album Hobo Rocket in the U.S. More
Hobo Rocket Coming Aug. 6
May 15, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
As previously reported, Perth, Australia-based psyche-rock ensemble Pond will soon release their fifth album, Hobo Rocket. More
New Album Hobo Rocket Out This Spring
Feb 01, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Later this spring Australian psych-rock band Pond (who share three members with the similiarly veined Tame Impala, including frontman Kevin Parker on drums) will release their fifth full-length album Hobo Rocket on Modular Recordings. More
Interviews
Jun 06, 2017
By Lily Moayeri
Nick Allbrook's large, very round eyes blink questioningly into the screen. He's looking to connect on FaceTime, but it feels like he's searching for himself. More
Oct 17, 2013
By Dan Lucas
The past 18 months or so have been busy for Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. The band has released two albums in that time—March 2012's Beard, Wives, Denim and this August's Hobo Rocket—with a third one, Man, It Feels Like Space Again, due out in 2014. More
Reviews
The Weather
Marathon Artists
May 04, 2017
By Scott Dransfield
Australian psych-rockers POND have often been seen as Tame Impala's slightly weirder, more unruly younger brother. Their sense of humor, compounded with the almost unhinged performances that popped up on albums like 2015's Man, It Feels Like Space Again, ensured that POND had a personality that set them apart. More
Man, It Feels Like Space Again
Caroline
Jan 26, 2015
By Christian Koons
Six albums into their career, Pond is still known by most as that other psych-rock band from Australia. More
Aug 08, 2013
By Danielle Sills
Pond's Hobo Rocket is an exercise in organized chaos. When the band organizes its classic rock tendencies, hammering down power chords and feeding a hunger for severe fuzzy guitar freakouts, it makes for a perfect storm. Here, the '70s merge with today, creating timeless songs that get inside your head. More
Beard, Wives, Denim
Modular
Mar 08, 2012
By J. Pace
Pond—not to be confused with the great grunge-era group of the same name—share a few members with Tame Impala, and that fact alone probably gives you a few (safe) assumptions. Indeed, this stuff is soaked in the same psychedelic sunshine; the same throwback, compression-heavy recording flavor; and the same fuzz guitar as their Perth, Australia sister band. More
