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Dec 05, 2022

Superorganism have shared a new holiday-themed song, “Woofin’ and Meowin’.” It was written for the Christmas episodes of the Fox animated show HouseBroken. More

Superorganism Share Video For “Solar System”

World Wide Pop Out Now via Domino

Aug 11, 2022

Superorganism have shared a video for the song “Solar System” from their latest album, World Wide Pop. More

15 Best Songs of the Week: Crack Cloud, Hot Chip, The 1975, Alvvays, and More

Plus Viagra Boys, Band Spectra and The Anchoress, Margaret Glaspy, Men I Trust, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 08, 2022

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week as pickings were slim in the run up to the long July 4th weekend, so this week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks. Thus we have a supersized Top 15. The list includes two pro-choice songs. More

Jul 06, 2022

Japan’s CHAI have shared a new collaborative single with Superorganism, “Hero Journey.” More

Superorganism Share New Song “Into the Sun”

World Wide Pop Due Out July 15 via Domino

Jun 28, 2022

Superorganism have shared a video for their new single, “Into the Sun,” featuring Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus, and Pi Ja Ma. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, World Wide Pop, which will be out on July 15 via Domino. More

Superorganism Share Video for New Single “On & On”

World Wide Pop Due Out July 15 via Domino

May 25, 2022

Superorganism have shared a video for their new single, “On & On.” It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, World Wide Pop, which will be out on July 15 via Domino. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Shearwater, Tegan and Sara, Katy J Pearson, Martin Courtney, and More

Plus Metric, beabadoobee, Angel Olsen, Arcade Fire, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 29, 2022

Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2022. It’s a very Canadian edition of Songs of the Week, with four artists from north of the border making this week’s Top 10. More

Superorganism Share Video for New Single “crushed.zip”

World Wide Pop Due Out July 15 via Domino

Apr 27, 2022

Superorganism have shared a video for their new single, “crushed.zip.” It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, World Wide Pop, which will be out on July 15 via Domino. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Angel Olsen, Everything Everything, Katy J Pearson, and More

Plus Sondre Lerche and AURORA, Rosie Carney, My Idea, Superorganism, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 01, 2022

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a solid week for new music, with a strong and obvious #1 song. Today we posted an April Fools’ Day joke on our site. Did you notice it? More

Mar 30, 2022

Superorganism have shared an animated video for their new single, “It’s Raining,” which features Stephen Malkmus and British rapper Dylan Cartlidge. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, World Wide Pop, which will be out on July 15 via Domino. More

15 Best Songs of the Week: Spiritualized, Horsegirl, Destroyer, Gruff Rhys, and More

Plus Belle and Sebastian, Sondre Lerche and CHAI, Father John Misty, Tess Parks, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 11, 2022

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was without a doubt the strongest week for new tracks so far this year. Some of our all time favorite artists put out new songs this week and there were several amazing songs that were seven or eight minutes long. There was much debate on what should make the main list and the best we could narrow it down to was a Top 15. More

Mar 07, 2022

Superorganism have announced the release of a new album, World Wide Pop, which will be out on July 15 via Domino. The band have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Teenager.” The song features CHAI and Pi Ja Ma, with the accompanying video starring actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez. An upcoming North American and European tour has also been announced. More

Hot Chip Announce Livestream Featuring Jarvis Cocker to Benefit Homeless Charity Crisis

The Livestream Will Also Include DJ Sets from Superorganism, Django Django, Kero Kero Bonito, and More

Dec 10, 2020

Hot Chip have announced that they will be hosting a charity livestream event, “Hot Chip and Friends,” on December 18 (next Friday). Proceeds will support Crisis, a British charity for the homeless. The livestream is set to feature back-to-back DJ sets from Hot Chip, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Dillon Francis, Superorganism, Kero Kero Bonito, LA Priest, Django Django, Para One, Lou Hayter, Mighty Mouse, and Myd. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Wand, Idlewild, Barrie, Charly Bliss, SOAK, and More

Plus The Love Language, Foxygen, These New Puritans, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 08, 2019

This week’s Songs of the Week was almost just a Top 8. However two fun, but seriously inessential, songs from the Lego Movie 2 soundtrack skated in at the bottom of the list. Veteran Scottish rockers Idlewild surprised us with an interesting new song, even though we admittedly haven’t paid much attention to their last few albums. More

Superorganism Share New “Lego Movie 2” Song “Hello Me & You”

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Due Out This Friday via Warner Bros.

Feb 07, 2019

Superorganism are a multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut album came out in March 2018 via Domino. Now they have shared a new song, “Hello Me & You,” that’s featured in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, the new animated film that comes out this Friday via Warner Bros. More

Jan 29, 2019

Superorganism are a multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut album came out in March 2018 via Domino. 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 25, 2018

Superorganism are a promising new multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut album came out in March via Domino. Last night they stopped by Conan to perform “Everybody Wants to Be Famous.” The delightfully quirky performance began with singer Orono Noguchi sitting in a lawn chair, wearing sunglasses, and it progressed from there. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Madeline Kenney, Campdogzz, John Grant, Suede, and More

Plus The Lemon Twigs, Christine and the Queens, Phantastic Ferniture, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 13, 2018

Hello again. We haven’t done a Songs of the Week for almost five weeks, since June 9. We were on vacation from mid to late June and then when we returned there really weren’t enough compelling songs last week to justify doing Songs of the Week lists, mainly because of the July 4th holiday being smack dab in the middle of the week and so labels mainly avoided sharing new songs. More

Jul 12, 2018

Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz released a new album, The Now Now, last month via Warner Bros. Now they have shared a pair of remixes for the album’s first single, “Humility,” via videos for each remix. DJ Koze‘s version is a more standard remix and the video just features a warped version of the album’s artwork. The remix by Superorganism, however, is more radical, with that band’s singer Orono Noguchi contributing new vocals and appearing in a remixed version of the song’s video. More

Watch Superorganism’s Super Fun Tiny Desk Concert

Superorganism Out Now via Domino

May 07, 2018

Superorganism are a promising new multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut album came out in March via Domino. More

Apr 10, 2018

Superorganism are a promising new multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut albumcame out last via Domino. More

Soundtracking the Resistance - MLK At 50

Reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination

Apr 06, 2018

This week we look at Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had half a century on from his death, plus there’re sanctions, walls, pay gaps, reworked wedding songs, and Superorganism. More

Under the Radar Announces Spring 2018 Issue with Courtney Barnett on the Cover

Issue 63 Also Includes Interviews with MGMT, The Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian, The National, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Fleet Foxes, Parquet Courts, Noel Gallagher, Spoon, and More

Mar 28, 2018

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

Feb 28, 2018

Superorganism are a promising new multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut album is due out this Friday (March 2) via Domino. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Janelle Monáe, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Parquet Courts, and More

Plus Mount Eerie, Father John Misty, Twin Shadow, Mark Kozelek, Alexis Taylor, Wye Oak, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 23, 2018

It was a crazy good week for new songs. So much so that we could only narrow down this week’s Songs of the Week to 12 tracks, as opposed to our normal 10. Speedy Ortiz almost made the list with “Lucky 88,” the first single off their newly announced new album Twerp Verse, but then it would’ve been 13 songs and we gave into superstition. More

Feb 19, 2018

Superorganism are a promising new multi-national band based in London. They feature members from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and the U.K. and their self-titled debut album is due out March 2 via Domino. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Reflections on the Screen,” via its video. More

SXSW Music 2018 Announces 570 More Artists

Low, Ought, Gaz Coombes, Girl Ray, Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Hinds, and More Added to the List

Jan 10, 2018

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it’s a long list featuring 570 artists! More



Interviews

Superorganism on “World Wide Pop”

Finding Inspiration During Isolation

Aug 05, 2022

“Welcome back,” chants the indietronica band Superorganism on “Black Hole Baby,” the opener from their new album World Wide Pop. More

Jun 20, 2018

On record, Orono Noguchi sounds so nonchalant that she almost seems bored of being in a band. In person, she’s nothing like that. We’re speaking in the middle of Superorganism‘s first European tour and a packed day for Orono, the band’s lead singer, which has included a morning recording session, but she’s still animated and engaging. More


Reviews

Aug 05, 2022

When Superorganism first started making noise on the indie scene back in 2017 and 2018 they were imagined as “the Internet’s band,” a group whose cut-and-paste indie pop, hyper-online references, and patchwork songwriting approach captured the era’s manic online culture. More

Mar 20, 2018

With their membership spread across multiple continents, it makes sense that Superorganism would draw from a wide range of influences. Their sound is every bit a brightly-colored collage as their video aesthetic: a blend of modern meme imagery and Windows 95-era nostalgia. More