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Go to School Out Now via 4AD
Sep 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) released their sophomore album, a concept musical entitled Go to School, a couple of weeks back via 4AD. Last night they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform two songs from the album, "Small Victories" on the air and "The Fire" as a web-exclusive. Watch both performances below. More
Songs You Make At Night Out Now via Full Time Hobby
Aug 24, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tunng released a new album, Songs You Make At Night, today via Full Time Hobby. It's the first album with the original lineup (including founding members Sam Genders and Mike Lindsay) since 2007's Good Arrows. While we are not doing a full-on Album of the Week post on it, we wanted to acknowledge it as this week's Album of the Week. More
Go to School Due Out August 23 via 4AD
Aug 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) are releasing their sophomore album, a concept musical entitled Go to School, on August 23 via 4AD. Now they have shared another song from the album, "The Fire." 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
Go to School Due Out August 23 via 4AD
Jul 17, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) are releasing their sophomore album, a concept musical entitled Go to School, on August 23 via 4AD. Previously they shared its the string- and piano-backed closing track, "If You Give Enough" (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared another song from the album, "Small Victories." 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
By Christopher Roberts
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
Go to School Due Out August 23 via 4AD
Jul 10, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) released their debut album, Do Hollywood, in 2016 on 4AD. Late last night shared a new song, the string- and piano-backed "If You Give Enough." Last month the band shared a teaser video for something called Go to School, which was described as "a musical by The Lemon Twigs" (watch it below again). Now Go to School has been officially announced as their sophomore album. More
Could It Be From Their Sophomore Album?
Jul 09, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) released their debut album, Do Hollywood, in 2016 on 4AD. Last year they followed it up with the Brothers of Destruction EP and back in March they shared two new songs, "Foolin' Around" and "Tailor Made." Now they have shared another new song, the string- and piano-backed "If You Give Enough." More
They Are Also Working on a New Album
Mar 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) released their debut album, Do Hollywood, in 2016 on 4AD. Last year they followed it up with the Brothers of Destruction EP. Now they have shared two new songs, "Foolin' Around" and "Tailor Made." More
Do Hollywood Out Now via 4AD, Brothers of Destruction EP Announced
Jul 18, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs are a promising new brother duo (Brian and Michael D'Addario) from Long Island. Last October they released their debut album, Do Hollywood, on 4AD. The album was recorded in Los Angeles (hence its title) and was produced by Foxygen's Jonathan Rado and partly mirrors Foxygen's glorious retro '70s rock vibe. More
Plus: Glass Animals, Cut Copy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, Solange, The Killers, Run the Jewels, Car Seat Headrest, and Others
May 04, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2017 festival to go down in the Texas capitol this October. The event is headlined by Gorillaz, The xx, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Martin Garrix, and Chance the Rapper. More
Cover Your Ass Vol. 1 Due Out May 26; Also Features Hinds, TEEN, The Lemon Twigs, and Luke Temple
Apr 18, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Another benefit for Planned Parenthood has been announced. Cover Your Ass Vol. 1 is due out May 26 via Lionfish Music. It features covers by Cass McCombs (Pointer Sisters), Speedy Ortiz (TV on the Radio), Deerhoof (Public Enemy), Hinds (Dead Ghosts), TEEN (David Bowie), The Lemon Twigs (Dido), Luke Temple (Scott Walker), Porches (Big Star), and more. More
A New Album Is Expected This Year
Mar 27, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
France's Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced some shows for 2017, including a headlining appearance at the Governor's Ball in New York and a stop at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl. More
Do Hollywood Out Now via 4AD
Feb 23, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs are a promising new brother duo (Brian and Michael D'Addario) from Long Island. Last October they released their debut album, Do Hollywood, on 4AD. The album was recorded in Los Angeles (hence its title) and was produced by Foxygen's Jonathan Rado and partly mirrors Foxygen's glorious retro '70s rock vibe. More
Do Hollywood Out Now via 4AD
Feb 13, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs are a promising new brother duo (Brian and Michael D'Addario) from Long Island. Last October they released their debut album, Do Hollywood, on 4AD. The album was recorded in Los Angeles (hence its title) and was produced by Foxygen'sJonathan Rado and partly mirrors Foxygen's glorious retro '70s rock vibe. More
Plus Glass Animals, The Weeknd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Car Seat Headrest, Kevin Morby, and Others
Jan 11, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Bonnaroo have announced their 2017 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 8-11 and this year, their 16th year, the lineup includes U2 performing The Joshua Tree (which was announced on Monday), More
Hang Due Out January 20, 2017 via Jagjaguwar and Features Matthew E. White, The Lemon Twigs, and Steve Drozd of The Flaming Lips
Nov 02, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Foxygen's last album was 2014's ...And Star Power, but recently the duo (Jonathan Rado and Sam France) shared a brand new song, "America," a grandiose track that featured an orchestra. More
Do Hollywood Due Out Tomorrow via 4AD
Oct 13, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs are a promising new brother duo from Long Island. Tomorrow (October 14) they release their debut album, Do Hollywood, on 4AD. The album was recorded in Los Angeles (hence its title) and was produced by Foxygen's Jonathan Radoand partly mirrors Foxygen's glorious retro '70s rock vibe. More
Do Hollywood Due Out October 14 via 4AD
Sep 27, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
The Lemon Twigs are a promising new brother duo from Long Island. On October 14th they release their debut album, Do Hollywood, on 4AD. More
Special Issue Takes On Sexism and Feminism in the Music Industry, Tackles the Election, and Features Amanda Palmer on the Cover
Sep 09, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We've done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More
Interviews
Oct 19, 2016
By Joshua M. Miller
Brothers often fight and clash. But they can also be the biggest motivators for each other. Take for example 19-year-old Brian D'Addario and his 17-year-old brother Michael. They've used their differences and similarities to create the catchy pop-rock of their Long Island, New York, band The Lemon Twigs. More
Reviews
Aug 15, 2018
By Max Pilley
They say that each generation's cycle is shorter than the last. It was once thought unbearably precocious that a 24-year-old Pete Townshend would compose and release a rock opera, but here we are at the release of the second Lemon Twigs album and the brothers D'Addario are still only 19 and 21. More
Nov 08, 2016
By David Edwards
The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario) are looking poignantly backwards while moving gracefully forward on their debut record: a love letter to the past and a signpost towards the future. More
