News
Pang Due Out This Fall via Columbia
Jul 24, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has tentatively announced a new solo album, Pang, and shared two songs from it: “Ocean of Tears” and “Parachute.” More
The Duo's Final Tour Starts Friday
Apr 05, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Chairlift released their third album, Moth, last January via Columbia. Back in December singer Caroline Polachek and multi-instrumentalist/producer Patrick Wimberly announced that it’ll be their last; that they are breaking up. In January the duo announced their final shows, which start this Friday. More
Drawing the Target Around the Arrow Out Now
Jan 19, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Chairlift released their third album, Moth, last January via Columbia. Back in December singer Caroline Polachek and multi-instrumentalist/producer Patrick Wimberly announced that it’ll be their last; that they are breaking up. More
“The time has come to take the next step towards where our passion is pulling us.”
Dec 16, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Chairlift released their third album, Moth, in late January via Columbia. Now singer Caroline Polachek and multi-instrumentalist/producer Patrick Wimberly have announced it’ll be their last; they are breaking up. More
Produced in Conjunction with MAKE Beauty
Nov 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Chairlift front-woman Caroline Polachek has teamed up with MAKE Beauty for a new solo song and video, “The Boy Who I’ll See Again.” Adam McClelland directed the video, which is a reworking of the Greek myth of Endymion. You can watch the black & white clip below and head over to the MAKE Beauty website to download the song for free. More
Return to the Moon Due Out October 30 via 4AD
Aug 04, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The National’s frontman Matt Berninger has teamed up with former Menomena member Brent Knopf (who also records as Ramona Falls) for the new project EL VY. More
Sep 12, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Releasing her debut solo album Arcadia under the moniker Ramona Lisa earlier this year, Chairlift frontwomen Caroline Polacheck has released a surprise EP titled Dominic. More
Also featuring interviews with Slowdive, Slow Club, First Aid Kit, Lykke Li, James McAvoy, The Horrors, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The War on Drugs vs. Sharon Van Etten, and More
May 23, 2014
By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the June/July issue, which is on newsstands now. It features Future Islands on the cover as well as interviews with Slow Club, Lykke Li, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Horrors, Slowdive, The War on Drugs vs. Sharon Van Etten, First Aid Kit, James McAvoy, John Slattery, tUnE-yArDs, and more. More
Apr 24, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Next week Ramona Lisa (Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek) will release her debut solo album Arcadia. More
Due Out April 29 on Terrible Records
Apr 22, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Chairlift’s Carolina Polachek has slowly been letting us into her world with her solo project Ramona Lisa. More
Mar 07, 2014
By Laura Studarus
As previously announced, Caroline Polachek of Chairlift has a solo album on the way under the name Ramona Lisa. More
Feb 18, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Chairlift frontwoman Caroline Polachek has announced the release of her debut solo album, Arcadia. More
Interviews
Jul 29, 2014
By Austin Trunick
Caroline Polachek wrote music as a way to fill the long stretches of downtime while on a world tour with her band, Chairlift. As she continued composing songs on her laptop—hiding in closets or hotel bathrooms when she needed a quiet place to record—they took on a peaceful, often sorrowful sound that wasn’t a fit for Chairlift’s upbeat electropop. The songs eventually made their way onto her solo debut, Arcadia, which was released under the name Ramona Lisa. Here, she talks about composing an album on the road and the inspirations that went into her project. More
Seeing Herself With New Eyes
Jul 28, 2014
By Austin Trunick
When it came time for Caroline Polachek to embark on her first solo record, she opted to follow a non-traditional route. Rather than emblazoning her own name—or that of Chairlift, her well-known band—across the front of the LP, she released Arcadia under the alias Ramona Lisa. More
Reviews
Apr 11, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Two albums deep with pop outfit Chairlift, Caroline Polachek has become one of pop’s go-to girls for upping a song’s seductive power. (See her work with Washed Out, Delorean, and Blood Orange.) More