News
A Soccer Mommy Sends Some Snail Mail to a Flasher, a Goat Girl, and a Serpent with Feet; What a Shame
Dec 21, 2018
By Mark Redfern
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
7-Inch Out Now via Carpark, Benefits Charity
Dec 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, back in August via Carpark. Late last month they shared a cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and now the cover has a video. More
7-Inch Out Now via Carpark, Benefits Charity
Nov 30, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, back in August via Carpark. Now they have shared a cover of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." More
Future Hates Me Out Now via Carpark
Sep 06, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, last month via Carpark. Now they have shared a video for "Little Death." Norwood Cheek directed the video, which was filmed on tour. More
Plus We Were Promised Jetpacks, Saintseneca, Richard Reed Parry, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 20, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Songs of the Week returned last week after a five-week hiatus and now we're back into the full swing of things. This week's list features some returning artists who have appeared on other Songs of the Week lists lately, including a repeat #1, as well as some artists making their debut on the list. It all ends with one of the silliest songs to ever make the Songs of the Week list, which will hopefully lift your spirits. More
Future Hates Me Due Out August 10 via Carpark
Jul 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who are releasing their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, on August 10 via Carpark. More
Plus Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tomberlin, Interpol, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 08, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This was a strong week for new tracks, so much so that we almost expanded this week's Songs of the Week list to a Top 13. Instead we decided to include three honorable mentions. The full list includes two legendary artists who we will soon be getting previously unreleased posthumous albums from. More
Interviews
Elizabeth Stokes on 2018's Best Albums, MeToo a Year Later, The Muppets, Childhood Birthday Parties, and Family Vacations
Jan 17, 2019
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar's 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2018 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
Sep 07, 2018
By Mark Redfern
My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Elizabeth Stokes of The Beths. More
