Jun 17, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list features several artists from Down Under, with some great tracks from artists from both Australia and New Zealand. There were too many fantastic songs this week, so we have a super-sized Top 15 main list and lots of strong honorable mentions too. More

Jun 14, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Preoccupations have announced a new album, Arrangements, and shared its first single, “Ricochet.” The band has also announced some fall tour dates. More

Jun 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations have shared a new video for “Decompose.” Directed by Evan Henderson, the video was filmed while the band performed live at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern and shot on film which had been boiled for two weeks in a salt water brine prior to filming. More

May 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations have been robbed twice in the last week. Yesterday morning the band woke up at their Travelodge in San Francisco to discover that their van and trailer, containing all their gear, had been stolen. But that was on top of them already being robbed in Vancouver in the last week. More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Mar 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we skipped Songs of the Week. Most of the music industry was in Austin for SXSW and thus few notable songs were shared last week, leaving us with not enough contenders to even put together a Top 5 we were truly excited about. So this week’s Songs of the Week mainly covers this week, but has a few songs from last week, including the song that would’ve been our #1 last week if we’d done a list. Hence we have a Top 12 this week. More

Mar 23, 2018 By Adam Turner-Heffer

Those looking for a return to Viet Cong, look away now. At this point it might just be easier to think of Preoccupations as a different band, as their latest album New Material shares a lot more in common with the first, self-titled Preoccupations album than their debut under their former name. Luckily, this is no bad thing, even if different, as Preoccupations have yet again created a gothy, atmospheric post-punk cracker. More

Mar 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations are releasing a new album, the amusingly titled New Material, this Friday (March 23) via Jagjaguwar. Previously they shared its first single, “Espionage,” as well as a video for the pulsing “Antidote” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared another song from the album, “Disarray,” via a video directed by Ruff Mercy. More

Feb 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week Under the Radar favorite Courtney Barnett announced her new album and shared a new song and fellow favorites Beach House announced that a new album was coming and shared a new song. More

Feb 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations are releasing a new album, the amusingly titled New Material, on March 23 via Jagjaguwar. Previously they shared its first single, “Espionage.” Now they have shared another song from the album, the pulsing “Antidote,” via a video. More

Feb 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations, the post-punk band formerly known as Viet Cong, released their first album under their new name, also titled Preoccupations, last September via Jagjaguwar. More

Dec 01, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations, the band formerly known as Viet Cong, released their first album under their new name, also titled Preoccupations, back in September via Jagjaguwar. Now the band has shared a video for the album’s 11-minute centerpiece track, “Memory.” More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Sep 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations, the band formerly known as Viet Cong, are releasing their first album under their new name, also titled Preoccupations, on September 16 via Jagjaguwar. More

Aug 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations, the band formerly known as Viet Cong, are releasing their first album under their new name, also titled Preoccupations, on September 16 via Jagjaguwar. Previously they had shared the album’s first single, “Anxiety,” via its video, along with another track from the record, “Degraded.” Now “Degraded” has an abstract animated video. More

Jul 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Preoccupations, the band formerly known as Viet Cong, are releasing their first album under their new name, also titled Preoccupations, on September 16 via Jagjaguwar. Previously they had shared the album’s first single, “Anxiety,” via its video. Now we have another track from the record, “Degraded.” More

Jun 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

In September 2015 Viet Cong announced that they would be changing their name after facing much controversy because of its association with the original Viet Cong from the Vietnam War and in April 2016 the band announced that their new name would be Preoccupations. More

Nov 01, 2016 By Matt Fink

In the middle of April, the members of Viet Cong found themselves in an unusual position. It was a little over a year since their self-titled debut had established them as a post-punk buzz band, but they already had their sophomore album exactly how they wanted it: completely mixed, mastered, and its song titles chosen. More