Apr 14, 2020 By Mark Redfern

Australian psych-pop musician Jay Watson, who releases music as GUM, but is also a member of both Tame Impala and POND, shared a new song, “Out In the World,” in March via Spinning Top Music/Kung Fu Nation. Now we are premiering a new video of Watson performing the song recently from his living room in Perth (he plans to release other such videos in the future). It accompanies a new interview with Watson as part of our COVID-19 Quarantine Artist Check In series.  More

Dec 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn't do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week's installment covers songs from the last two weeks. Hence we have a Top 13 instead of a Top 10. More

Dec 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Toronto's Holy Fuck are releasing a new album, Deleter, on January 17, 2020 via Last Gang. Now they have shared another song from it, "Free Gloss," that features the guest vocals of Nicolas Allbrook from POND.  More

Oct 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, Tasmania, back in March via Interscope and are releasing a new one, Sessions, on November 8, also via Interscope. It features newly recorded live studio performances of songs from across their discography. Now they have shared a video for "Hand Mouth Dancer," a song featured in different versions on both albums.  More

Jul 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, Tasmania, back in March via Interscope. Now they have shared a video for the album's "The Boys Are Killing Me." It was shot during the band's recent tour of Europe and the UK. More

Mar 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, Tasmania, at the start of the month via Interscope. Now they have stopped by Australia's Triple J radio station to take part in their Like a Version series where a band does a cover version.  More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apr 10, 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. Previously the band shared "Sweep Me Off My Feet," as well as a video for the song, a video for album opener "30000 Megatons," and the audio for title track "The Weather." 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

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

Mar 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. More

Feb 02, 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. Previously the band shared "Sweep Me Off My Feet," as well as a video for the song. More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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