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Plus SOAK, SASAMI, POND, Beirut, Priests, Steve Gunn, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 11, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2019. We took an extended break in December, as there aren't too many notable new songs released at the end of the year (beyond endless Christmas covers), but the past week has been filled with exciting new album announcements, most accompanied by new singles worthy of consideration for this list. More
Tasmania Due Out March 1 via Interscope
Jan 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND have announced a new album, Tasmania, and shared a video for its new single, "Daisy." Tasmania is due out March 1 via Interscope. Check out the "Daisy" video below, followed by the album's tracklist and cover art. More
Plus Metric, Joey Dosik, Underworld & Iggy Pop, Still Corners, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 27, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
There was a trend this week for artists to share two songs at once, rather than just one. We saw it with Blood Orange, Trevor Powers, Elvis Costello, Jungle, Cornershop, and Fucked Up (and Pussy Riot released three songs this week). In cases where the artist made our main best songs list we tried to pick just one song, although that proved challenging with our #1. More
They Join Previously Announced Lineup Including Tame Impala, Jarvis Cocker, Mercury Rev Performing Deserter's Songs, and More
Jul 24, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
California's Desert Daze festival has been announcing its lineup in stages. Now they have announced the third round of artists, including second headliner My Bloody Valentine, as well as Julia Holter, Shellac, Escape-ism, and Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers. More
New Single Out Now via Interscope
Jul 23, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, The Weather, back in May 2017 via Marathon Artists. Now they have shared a brand new song, "Burnt Out Star." It's a slowly building and somewhat funky eight-minute long track and it's out now via Interscope. More
Bon Voyage Due Out Tomorrow via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond
Jun 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Melody's Echo Chamber, the project of French musician Melody Prochet, is releasing her long-awaited second album, Bon Voyage, tomorrow via Fat Possum. Previously she shared a video for its first single, "Breathe In, Breathe Out"(which was one of our Songs of the Week), as well as another song from the album, "Desert Horse" (which was also one of our Songs of the Week). More
The Underdog Out Now via Spinning Top Music
Jun 04, 2018
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 released a new GUM album, The Underdog, back in April. Now he has shared a video for "Couldn't See Past My Ego." More
October San Francisco Festival Also Features A$AP Rocky, Lord Huron, Jungle, Santigold, U.S. Girls, Moses Sumney, Soccer Mommy, and More
May 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
San Francisco's Treasure Island Music Festival took a year off in 2017 to find a new festival site. Now it's back, this time at Oakland's Middle Harbor Shoreline Park as opposed to the titular Treasure Island. The two-day festival goes down October 13-14. More
Bon Voyage Due Out June 15 via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond
May 15, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Melody's Echo Chamber, the project of French musician Melody Prochet, is releasing her long-awaited second album, Bon Voyage, on June 15 via Fat Possum. Now she has shared another song from the album, "Desert Horse." More
Bon Voyage Due Out June 15 via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond
Apr 03, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Melody's Echo Chamber, the project of French musician Melody Prochet, has officially announced her long-awaited second album, Bon Voyage, and shared a video for its first single, "Breathe In, Breathe Out." More
Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, and others on Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 – 28) in Quincy, Washington
Feb 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2018 festival, their 17th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 - 28) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. The lineup includes Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, TV On The Radio, Tune-Yards, Wolf Parade, Japandroids, Big Thief, Perfume Genius, Japanese Breakfast, Benjamin Clementine, Phoebe Bridgers, Algiers, Pond, and others. More
The Underdog Due Out April 6 via Spinning Top Music, Listen to "The Underdog" and "S.I.A."
Feb 02, 2018
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 announced a new GUM album, The Underdog, and shared two songs from it, title track "The Underdog" and "S.I.A." More
Plus Wolf Alice, Eminem, Cut Copy, Margo Price, Alvvays, Moses Sumney, Dirty Projectors, and Others
Jan 03, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Governors Ball has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in New York City's Randall's Island Park the weekend of June 1 - 3. The headliners are Eminem (also announced as a Coachella headliner today), Jack White, Travis Scott, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. More
The Weather Out Now via Marathon Artists
Sep 22, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, The Weather, back in May via Marathon Artists. The album was produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. Now they have shared a video for "Colder Than Ice." More
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
Putting the Puzzle Together
Jun 21, 2018
By Ben Jardine
For fans of Tame Impala and its many side projects, few might be familiar with the solo work of one of both group's common denominators: Jay Watson, aka GUM. Watson—a multi-instrumentalist—is known for playing drums, bass, keyboards, and synths in both Tame Impala and POND. More
Allbrook on the "Me Too" Movement and Sexual Harassment, Donald Trump, and Professional Regrets
Jan 23, 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
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
