Jan 12, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks, as we didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week due to it being the first week of the year and there not being a lot of worthy songs to consider. But this week the music industry was in full swing, with plenty of important album announcements. More

Jan 04, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, Little Rope, on January 19 via Loma Vista. Now they have shared its third single, “Untidy Creature,” via a one-shot video starring freediver Amber Bourke as she holds her breath for most of the song. More

Nov 08, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, Little Rope, on January 19, 2024 via Loma Vista. Now they have shared its second single, “Say It Like You Mean It,” via a video starring J. Smith-Cameron of the hit HBO show Succession. The band’s own Carrie Brownstein directed the black & white video. More

Oct 03, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney have announced a new album, Little Rope, and shared its first single, “Hell,” via a music video starring Miranda July. They have also announced some new tour dates. More

Sep 23, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Sleater-Kinney have confirmed the details of a covers/tribute version of their 1997 album, Dig Me Out. The new version, entitled Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album, will feature covers of album tracks from a variety of artists, including St. Vincent, Wilco, and many more. Sleater-Kinney have shared a Courtney Barnett cover of the album track “Words and Guitar.” More

Sep 14, 2021 By Joey Arnone

St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) has shared a video for her new song “The Nowhere Inn,” which will be featured in the upcoming mockumentary feature film of the same name. The Nowhere Inn stars Clark alongside Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, and will be out on September 17 (this Friday) in theatres and on demand via IFC Films. The soundtrack will be released two days later via Loma Vista. More

Aug 12, 2021 By Mark Redfern

A new trailer for The Nowhere Inn has been shared. Part mocumentary, part concert film, it stars St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney as versions of themselves, as Brownstein attempts to make a St. Vincent tour documentary until things go off the rails. More

Jun 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney recently released a new album, Path of Wellness, via Mom + Pop. Last night they were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where they performed the album’s “Worry With You” with a new live band backing up founders Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker. More

Jun 11, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney have released a new album, Path of Wellness, today via Mom + Pop. Now that it’s out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jun 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, Path of Wellness, this Friday via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “Method,” via a Lance Bangs-directed lyric video for it. More

May 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, Path of Wellness, on June 11 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared the album’s second single, “High in the Grass,” via a video for it. More

May 14, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week the CDC relaxed mask guidelines for those who have been vaccinated, helping to further pave the way for live music to return this fall. Although, right now there’s no clear way for venues or stores to check if someone is vaccinated. More

May 11, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sleater-Kinney have announced a new album, Path of Wellness, and shared a video for a new song from it, “Worry With You.” Path of Wellness is the first album to be self-produced by the band and the first to be recorded since drummer Janet Weiss left the band in 2019. More

Mar 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco and Sleater-Kinney have announced some co-headlining tour dates. The bands have also shared a tour announcement video. More

Dec 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The lineup for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was announced today and among them is The Nowhere Inn, in which St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney play versions of themselves. More

Nov 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney released a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, in August via Mom + Pop (stream it here). Last night they stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform the album’s “Can I Go On.” It was the band’s first late night TV performance since longtime drummer Janet Weiss left the band. More

Oct 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney released a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, in August via Mom + Pop (stream it here). Now they have shared a brand new non-album track, “Animal.” More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney released a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, last month via Mom + Pop (stream it here). Now they have shared a video for “Can I Go On.” The video stars Lauri Guzda and Mami Kimura, who at first are engaged in a civilized tea date before things turn towards mud wrestling. More

Aug 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was a super strong week for new songs. There was lots of debate about how many tracks we should include this week and what would make the list. Hence we ended up with a Top 12, instead of our usual Top 10. There are also a whole lot of honorable mentions. More

Aug 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney have released a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, today via Mom + Pop and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. Below that are streams of other notable albums released today: Amason, Blanck Mass, Friendly Fires, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Hold Steady, Oso Oso, Ride, and Shura. More

Aug 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney have released a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, today via Mom + Pop. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Yesterday we posted our review of the album. Plus today they shared a lyric video for the album’s “LOVE.” More

Aug 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, this Friday via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared a video for them performing the album’s closing track “Broken” live, with just Carrie Brownstein on keyboards and Corin Tucker standing next to her singing. More

Aug 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. As soon as this week’s #1 song was shared on Tuesday morning we knew it would be the song to beat this week and it easily held off all challengers. Although, there were strong showings at #2 and #3 too. More

Jul 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, on August 16 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared another song from it, “Can I Go On,” via a lyric video. It comes accompanied by the band’s first new press photo as a duo (Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker) in the wake of drummer Janet Weiss unexpectedly announcing at the start of the month that she was leaving Sleater-Kinney only a month and a half before their new album is to be released. More

Jul 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

At the Newport Folk Festival this past weekend none other than the legendary Kermit the Frog took the stage to perform his classic “Rainbow Connection” in honor of The Muppet Movie turning 40. He was joined by Jim James of My Morning Jacket on vocals and former Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss on drums. More

Jul 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of solid tracks to choose from this week, making it extra hard to narrow the list down. Hence there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions. But we had some self-control and kept the main list to a Top 10. More

Jul 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, on August 16 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared its title track, “The Center Won’t Hold.” It’s the first new track shared from the album since drummer Janet Weiss unexpectedly announced at the start of the month that she was leaving Sleater-Kinney. More

Jul 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

SOAK (Northern Ireland singer/songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson) released a new album, Grim Town, in April via Rough Trade. Now she has shared a cover of Sleater-Kinney‘s “Modern Girl,” recorded for Amazon Music as an Amazon Original. More

Jul 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Janet Weiss has announced that she is leaving Sleater-Kinney only a month and a half before their new album is released (The Center Won’t Hold, due out August 16 via Mom + Pop). Weiss, the band’s longtime drummer, said in a Twitter post that “the band is heading in a new direction and it is time for me to move on.” Sleater-Kinney has responded with an Instagram post. More

Jun 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney are releasing a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, on August 16 via Mom + Pop. Last night the trio stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s first single “Hurry On Home.” It was a fierce performance, aided by cool shadow puppet-like images. More

Jun 14, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We couldn’t quite limit it to a Top 10 this week, there were enough strong new tracks to stretch it to a Top 11. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant a lot of strong new singles to choose from. More

Jun 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney have announced a new album, The Center Won’t Hold, and shared a lyric video for a new song from it, “The Future Is Here.” St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) produced The Center Won’t Hold, which is due out August 16 via Mom + Pop. More

May 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. After two weeks where we couldn’t even muster a Top 10, this week was an embarrassment of aural riches. We almost went for a Top 12 instead of our usual Top 10, but restrained ourselves. More

May 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney have shared a brand new song, “Hurry On Home,” via a lyric video for the track. St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) produced the song and Miranda July directed the video (and also appears in it). They have also announced some tour dates. More

May 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Music Festival has announced its initial 2019 lineup. Headliners include CHVRCHES, Sleater-Kinney, Jenny Lewis, Little Brother, and James Blake. More

Feb 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Filthy Friends is a supergroup that features Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck, along with Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, and Linda Pitmon. They have announced a new album, Emerald Valley, and shared its first single, “Last Chance County.” More

Aug 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Filthy Friends is a new supergroup that features Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck, along with Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, and Bill Rieflin. They are releasing their debut album, Invitation, on August 25 via Kill Rock Stars. More

Jun 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett and American singer/songwriter/guitarist Kurt Vile are teaming up for a new collaborative album, which will be supported by a collaborative fall tour featuring an “all-star band.” More

May 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Deadline reports that singer/actress/comedian Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Portlandia) is set to make her feature film directorial debut with a film entitled Fairy Godmother, for MGM. Brownstein has already directed episodes of Portlandia, Casual, and Idiotsitter, as well as the short film for KENZO, The Realest Real. More

Apr 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

7-Inches for Planned Parenthood is a new 7-inch box set with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Planned Parenthood. More

Jan 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Battle Hymns is a new protest compilation released today timed to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss of Quasi put it together. More

Jan 03, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney released a well-received comeback album, No Cities to Love, in 2015 via Sub Pop. Now the band are releasing their first ever live album. Live in Paris was recorded at La Cigale in the City of Lights on March 20, 2015. It’s due out January 27 via Sub Pop. More

Sep 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Former Sonic Youth icon Kim Gordon has shared a brand new solo song entitled “Murdered Out.” Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira) produced the song, which features Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint on drums. Listen below. Gordon shared a statement about the song, which is also below. More

Jul 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Last year Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett released her debut full-length album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, via Mom + Pop and landed at #6 on Under the Radar‘s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list. Now she has shared a video for “Elevator Operator,” which fittingly features Barnett as an elevator operator and features some cool cameos. More

Dec 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to perform “Bury Our Friends.” The song can be found on the reformed band’s well-received comeback album, No Cities to Love, which came out back in January via Sub Pop. The band have been playing a series of shows in New York this week. More

Jul 22, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend, Chicago hosted the annual Pitchfork Festival. Check out Annie Lesser’s shots from day two, featuring Jimmy Whispers, Protomartyr, Bully, Future Brown, Mr. Twin Sister, Ariel Pink, Shamir, ASAP Ferg, The New Pornographers, Future Islands, and Sleater-Kinney. More

Jul 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Rookie Mag’s “Ask a Grown Woman” series takes life questions from their teen girl readers and gets advice from adult women. More

Jun 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Sleater-Kinney have announced some new fall tour dates as they continue to support their critically acclaimed reunion album, No Cities to Love, released back in January on Sub Pop. Most of the dates are in December and include a five-night stint in New York where each successive night the venue size will get smaller. More

Mar 10, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Following in the footsteps of St. Vincent, HAIM, and many other poor souls, Sleater-Kinney recently became the latest victims of the world’s worst music publicist Janessa Slater, Saturday Night Live castmember Vanessa Bayer’s recurring web series character for Above Average. More

Feb 27, 2015 By Mike HIlleary

Last night reunited riot grrrls Sleater-Kinney were welcomed as the musical guest on Seth Meyers’ Late Night. More

Feb 19, 2015 By Laura Studarus

The ladies of Sleater-Kinney seem to be everywhere these days. More

Feb 18, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last night Sleater-Kinney performed at The Riviera Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. More

Jan 21, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last night Sleater-Kinney took a victory lap on Conan. More

Jan 16, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday after delivering a celebrity-assisted music video for their new album’s title track, “No Cities to Love,” a reunited Sleater-Kinney decided to finish out their day by appearing as the musical guest on Dave Letterman’s Late Show. More

Jan 15, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Sleater-Kinney do it all with a little help from their friends. More

Jan 12, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Next week riot grrrl veterans Sleater-Kinney will release No Cities to Love, the trio’s first album in 10 years. More

Dec 09, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Acknowledging the heavy demand of their fans since announcing No Cities to Love—their first album in ten years—Sleater-Kinney have announced 19 additional shows to their already extensive 2015 tour. More

Dec 02, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next month Sleater-Kinney will release No Cities to Love, the band’s first album in 10 years. In anticipation of the reunion record, the band has shared a brand new track, “Surface Envy.” More

Nov 21, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Jan. 20 Sleater-Kinney will release No Cities to Love, the riot grrrl trio’s first album in 10 years. More

Oct 20, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Fueling speculation with the release of their upcoming box set and their newly revealed song “Bury Our Friends,” Sleater-Kinney have announced No Cities To Love, their first album since 2005’s The Woods. More

Oct 20, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Tomorrow Sub Pop will release Start Together, a limited edition deluxe vinyl box set comprised of remastered editions of Sleater-Kinney‘s seven studio albums. More

Sep 26, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next month on Oct. 21 Sub Pop is released Start Together, a limited edition deluxe vinyl box set making up remastered editions of Sleater-Kinney‘s seven studio albums. More

Sep 02, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Oct. 21 Sub Pop will release Start Together, a limited edition deluxe vinyl box set comprised of remastered editions of Sleater-Kinney‘s seven studio albums. More

Dec 02, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend riot grrrl veterans Sleater-Kinney reunited live onstage. More

Jul 31, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Following up last month’s giveaway track “Groundhog Day,” former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman Corin Tucker and her band have up and shared yet another cut from the group’s forthcoming new album Kill My Blues. More

Jun 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman Corin Tucker will soon release Kill My Blues, the sophomore follow-up to her solo debut 1,000 Years. More

Jun 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman Corin Tucker has announced her return with a new album scheduled for release on Sept. 18. More

Aug 01, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Supergroup Wild Flag have released an album trailer for their self-titled debut, which is due out September 13 via Merge. More

Jul 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Last week Under the Radar premiered an unreleased Ryan Adams song, “Shine Through the Dark,” and now we’re pleased to premiere a full stream of the album it’s taken from —the 64-track charity compilation Live From Nowhere Near You: Volume Two, which is out today via Greyday Records. The album features rare and unreleased tracks from the likes of Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes (featuring Spoon’s Britt Daniel), The Shins’ James Mercer, Modest Mouse, Wilco, Daniel Johnston, The Helio Sequence, Blue Giant (featuring members of Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, and Viva Voce), and much more. More

Jun 17, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Super-group Wild Flag have announced that their self-titled debut album will be released September 13 via Merge Records. More

Nov 16, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Led by today’s most musically inclined femme fatales—Sleater Kinney frontwoman Carrie Brownstein and drummer Janet Weiss, Minders’ Rebecca Cole and Helium vocalist-guitarist Mary Timony—Wild Flag have been working hard on their debut LP, which is due out some time next year. More

Jul 13, 2010 By John Everhart

After a protracted break from music since Sleater-Kinney’s indefinite hiatus announced in 2006, Corin Tucker has at last revealed the details of her highly anticipated new album under the moniker The Corin Tucker Band. We have the details. More

Jul 01, 2021 By Matthew Berlyant

After the 2019 departure of longtime member Janet Weiss—an absolute monster drummer and fixture on every Sleater-Kinney record since 1997’s breakthrough third album Dig Me Out—just a month before the release of that year’s St. Vincent-produced The Center Won’t Hold (a record which Weiss is credited for, but barely plays on), the trio was reduced to the duo of Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. More

Aug 15, 2019 By Adam Turner-Heffer

When the news broke in January that Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, would be producing the new album from the now-legendary feminist punk-rock trio Sleater-Kinney, the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. More

Jan 22, 2015 By Scott Dransfield

In the chorus of “A New Wave,” halfway through Sleater-Kinney‘s new comeback album, No Cities to Love, Carrie Brownstein sings “No one here is taking notice/No outline will ever hold us/It’s not a new wave, it’s just you and me.” More