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
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
By Mark Redfern
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
At Weddings Out Now via Saddle Creek
Aug 10, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tomberlin is the project of Sarah Beth Tomberlin. Her debut album, At Weddings, came out today via Saddle Creek. 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
At Weddings Out Now via Saddle Creek
Aug 10, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tomberlin is the project of Sarah Beth Tomberlin. Her debut album, At Weddings, came out today via Saddle Creek. Now you can stream the whole thing below. More
At Weddings Due Out This Friday via Saddle Creek
Aug 07, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tomberlin is the project of Sarah Beth Tomberlin. Her debut album, At Weddings, is due out August 10 via Saddle Creek. Previously she shared a video for its first single, "Self-Help" (which was one of our Songs of the Week), as well as a video for "Seventeen" and the audio for haunting folk ballad "I'm Not Scared" (which was also one of our Songs of the Week). Now she has shared another song from the album, "Any Other Way," via a vintage looking video directed by Laura-Lynn Petrick. 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
At Weddings Due Out August 10 via Saddle Creek
Jul 18, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tomberlin is the project of Sarah Beth Tomberlin. Her debut album, At Weddings, is due out August 10 via Saddle Creek. Previously she shared a video for its first single, "Self-Help" (which was one of our Songs of the Week), as well as a video for "Seventeen." Now she has shared another song from the album, haunting folk ballad "I'm Not Scared." More
At Weddings Due Out August 10 via Saddle Creek
Jun 21, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tomberlin is the project of Sarah Beth Tomberlin. Her debut album, At Weddings, is due out August 10 via Saddle Creek. Previously she shared a video for its first single, "Self-Help" (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now she has shared another song from the album, "Seventeen," via its video. Zach Xanders directed the video, which features the singer driving around a small town and hanging out in the country and at a graveyard. 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
Sarah Beth Tomberlin on Her First Job, First Car, Early Celebrity Crushes, First Concert, and the First Time She Got Drunk
Aug 10, 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 Tomberlin (aka Sarah Beth Tomberlin). More
Reviews
Nov 13, 2018
By Stephen Axeman
There is no love more restless and anxiety inducing than a love that remains unconfirmed. Unreciprocated love is one thing—you know where you stand at least—whatever pain that may bring, but to be constantly given contradictory impressions of how someone actually feels about you is a pain that can provoke ceaseless torment. More
