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Pitchfork Music Festival Announces 2023 Lineup: The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver to Headline

Festival Will Take Place July 21–23 at Chicago’s Union Park; Lineup Also Features Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, and More

Mar 20, 2023

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2023 lineup. The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver will be headlining. Other acts include Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, Nation of Language, and more. More

Coachella Announces 2023 Lineup: Wet Leg, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Björk, Frank Ocean, and boygenius

Plus Alex G, Magdalena Bay, BLACKPINK, Bad Bunny, Blondie, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Sleaford Mods, Snail Mail, The Breeders, and Many Others

Jan 10, 2023

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2023 festival. Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK, and Bad Bunny are the headliners. The lineup also features Wet Leg, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Björk, boygenius, Alex G, Magdalena Bay, Blondie, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Sleaford Mods, Snail Mail, The Breeders, and many others. More

Jun 29, 2022

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has shared a cover of Superdrag’s “Feeling Like I Do” in addition to a new version of her song “Headlock.” Both songs were recorded for Spotify Singles. More

Snail Mail Shares Early Demo “Adore You”

Valentine Out Now via Matador

Feb 14, 2022

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has shared an early demo version of the title track from her latest album, Valentine. The demo, entitled “Adore You,” is a whispery and lo-fi version of the album track with differing structure and lyrics. More

Feb 10, 2022

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has shared a live performance of “Valentine,” taken from her recently released album of the same name. The performance was recorded for The Current radio station in Minnesota. More

Jan 07, 2022

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Under the Radar Announces Special 20th Anniversary Double Issue

Issue 69 Has Two Cover Group Shots Featuring Grandaddy, CHVRCHES, Kamasi Washington, Bat For Lashes, Weyes Blood, The Divine Comedy, Elbow, Nilüfer Yanya, Miki Berenyi, The Horrors, and Rose Elinor Dougall

Dec 21, 2021

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

Snail Mail Reschedules 2021 U.S. and Early 2022 U.K./E.U. Tour Dates Due to Vocal Cord Surgery

Rescheduled U.S. Dates Announced, U.K./E.U Dates To Be Announced

Nov 22, 2021

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has announced the rescheduling of all 2021 U.S. and early 2022 U.K./E.U. tour dates due to the immediate need for vocal cord surgery. More

Nov 05, 2021

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has released her sophomore studio album, Valentine, today via Matador. More

Snail Mail Shares New Song “Madonna” (Plus Live Video)

Valentine Due Out November 5 via Matador

Oct 27, 2021

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has shared a new song “Madonna,” plus a live performance video for the song. It is the latest release from her forthcoming sophomore studio album, Valentine, which will be out on November 5 via Matador. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Cate Le Bon, Imarhan, Elbow, Snail Mail, and More

Plus Laetitia Sadier, Michael Kiwanuka, HARD FEELINGS, Hamilton Leithauser and Kevin Morby, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Oct 15, 2021

Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, although the week’s biggest song (Adele’s “Easy On Me”) didn’t make the list. But “Easy On Me” did set the all-time record for biggest single day streams for a song in Spotify history, so Adele will be fine. This week we have a supersized Top 12 and a solid honorable mentions list. More

Snail Mail Shares Video for New Single “Ben Franklin”

Valentine Due Out November 5 via Matador

Oct 13, 2021

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has shared a video for her new single “Ben Franklin.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming sophomore studio album, Valentine, which will be out on November 5 via Matador. More

14 Best Songs of the Week: The War on Drugs, Hatchie, Sam Evian, Magdalena Bay, and More

Plus Tonstartssbandht, Snail Mail, My Morning Jacket, Coco, Ducks Ltd., and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 17, 2021

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, with lots of strong contenders. We tried to show a bit of restraint and keep it to an already over-stuffed Top 12, but then we just went for it with a Top 14. I mean, whose going to tell us we can’t pick 14 favorite songs? It’s our website and we have no corporate overlords. More

Sep 15, 2021

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has announced the release of her sophomore studio album, Valentine, which will be out on November 5 via Matador. Jordan has also shared a new video for the album’s title track and has announced a new 2021/2022 tour. More

May 01, 2019

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) released her debut album, Lush, back in June 2018 via Matador. It was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 100 Albums of 2018. Now she has announced some more tour dates for this summer, with some new shows in August, including her biggest headlining shows so far in New York and Los Angeles. More

Feb 04, 2019

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) released her debut album, Lush, back in June 2018 via Matador. It was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 100 Albums of 2018. Now she has announced some more tour dates for this summer, with some new shows in July. More

Under the Radar’s Top 25 Debut Albums of 2018

A Soccer Mommy Sends Some Snail Mail to a Flasher, a Goat Girl, and a Serpent with Feet; What a Shame

Dec 21, 2018

Ahead of our forthcoming Top 100 Albums of 2018 list, we present our favorite debut albums of the year. To qualify, an album simply had to be the artist’s first full-length release under their current artist name. More

Sep 04, 2018

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) released her debut album, Lush, back in June via Matador. It was our Album of the Week. Now she has announced some more tour dates for this fall and early 2019. Also, KEXP has shared the full video of her live session with them, which was recorded back in June. More

Under the Radar Announces Issue 64 with Kamasi Washington on the Cover

Issue 64 Out Now and Also Includes Interviews with Interpol, Beach House, Wild Nothing, Death Cab for Cutie, Suede, Natalie Prass, Ethan Hawke vs. Phosphorescent, Christine and the Queens, Low, Snail Mail, and Much More

Aug 31, 2018

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Kamasi Washington on the cover. More

Album of the Week: Snail Mail

Lush Out Now via Matador

Jun 08, 2018

In Lindsey Jordan’s short time as Snail Mail, the 18-year-old has cultivated an assured but dedicated following. Harking back to her ‘90s indie rock predecessors such as Liz Phair, Fiona Apple, and even further back to the likes of The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, she offers guitar-centerd songs that don’t whine or moan or even look for a nostalgia in a past that she hasn’t even lived-as seems to be one of the millennial trends nowadays-but find beauty in the mundane and the small details, the likes of which has been done as successfully by only a handful of her contemporaries in recent years. More

May 16, 2018

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) is releasing her debut album, Lush, on June 8 via Matador. Now she has shared another song from it, “Let’s Find An Out.” Listen to it below, followed by her upcoming tour dates.

10 Best Songs of the Last Two Weeks: Courtney Barnett, Hatchie, Snail Mail, and More

Plus Father John Misty, Jim James, Wooden Shjips, Amber Arcades, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 27, 2018

We skipped Songs of the Week last week because we were kind of on vacation, so this week’s post encompasses songs from the last two weeks. And that’s just as well, because this week was light on new tracks, whereas last week was fairly strong (only three of our Top 10 are songs from this week). More

Apr 26, 2018

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) is releasing her debut album, Lush, on June 8 via Matador. Now she has shared another song from it, “Heat Wave,” via a video for the track that features her playing an unfair ice hockey game against several men. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Courtney Barnett, Gaz Coombes, Let’s Eat Grandma, Snail Mail, and More

Plus Okkervil River, The Go! Team, King Tuff (feat. Jenny Lewis), Hiss Golden Messenger, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 23, 2018

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 21, 2018

Snail Mail (aka Lindsey Jordan) has been garnering growing attention since her 2016 EP Habit. The Baltimore musician has only recently graduated from high school, but she’s now announced her debut album, Lush, and shared its first single, “Pristine.” More

Belle and Sebastian Announce Summer U.S. Tour Dates, Japanese Breakfast and More to Support

Snail Mail, Perfume Genius, Men I Trust, and Frankie Cosmos Also to Support

Jan 22, 2018

Belle and Sebastian are releasing three interconnected EPs, all titled How to Solve Your Human Problems. How to Solve Your Human Problems Part 1 came out back on December 8, Part 2 came out January 19, and Part 3 is due out February 16. More

SXSW Music 2018 Announces First Round of Artists

Shamir, The Weather Station, Marlon Williams, The Wedding Present, Snail Mail, and More on List

Oct 11, 2017

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the first round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018. More

Feb 08, 2017

Merchandise released a new album, A Corpse Wired For Sound, last fall via 4AD. Now they have shared a video for “Right Back to the Start.” The band’s own Carson Cox directed the video, in which he has a dream about women with the same spider tattoo on their wrists. More



Interviews

Snail Mail on “Valentine”

Balancing Intentionality with Intuition

Mar 24, 2022

“Nothing’s gonna stop me now,” Snail Mail sings on the chorus of “Light Blue,” one of many standout tracks on her latest album, Valentine. However the 22-year-old indie rocker—born Lindsey Jordan—doesn’t belt out that lyric with the same assuredness she brings to bear on Valentine’s more propulsive tracks. More

Snail Mail on “Lush”

Everything Is New

Nov 29, 2018

With her parents at work, Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan has the house to herself for the next several hours. Though she still lives at home, the 18-year-old’s time back in the Baltimore suburb of Ellicott City, Maryland is more or less a stopover between several days of promo in New York City earlier in the week and a flight in a few days’ time that will take her across the Atlantic for her first European tour. More


Reviews

Nov 04, 2021

Under the semi-ironic stage name Snail Mail, Maryland-born singer/songwriter Lindsey Jordan constructs cerebral, approachable indie rock worthy of her delicate, prodigious veneer. To most, her 2018 debut Lush heralded the arrival of indie’s next whiz kid. On her long-awaited second album, Valentine, carefully arranged love songs are placed on a glasslike pedestal and surrounded by confident, unobtrusive vocal performances, the likes of which fans have come to love and appreciate. More

Jun 08, 2018

Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan is victim of the music press’s fixation with hyperbole. More