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
Listen to Bonus Tracks “Baby’s Got It Bad” and “Can’t Get Over You”
Oct 03, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tracyanne & Danny is a new project from Camera Obscura frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell and Danny Coughlan (who has previously released music as Crybaby). Their self-titled debut album, Tracyanne & Danny, came out back in May via Merge (it was our Album of the Week). Now they have shared a video for “Cellophane Girl.” It features footage filmed on their recent U.S. tour as the goof around America. The band has also shared two bonus tracks from the album, “Baby’s Got It Bad” and “Can’t Get Over You.” More
Floating Festival on a Cruise Ship Also Includes Alvvays, Mogwai, Japanese Breakfast, Django Django, Tracyanne & Danny, Kelly Lee Owens, and More
Sep 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Back in February Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian told fans they were considering launching a Belle and Sebastian cruise in 2019 and wanted their fans’ opinions on it via a survey on their website. Then in May the band announced The Boaty Weekender, a floating festival to set sale from Barcelona to Sardinia and back again on August 8-12, 2019. Now Belle and Sebastian have announced the initial line-up. Most notably, it features Camera Obscura, who are making their return to performing live for the first time since the 2015 death of the band’s Carey Lander from cancer. 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
Tracyanne & Danny Out Now via Merge
May 25, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tracyanne & Danny, is a new project from Camera Obscura frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell and Danny Coughlan (who has previously released music as Crybaby). Their self-titled debut album, Tracyanne & Danny, came out today via Merge. More
Plus Tracyanne & Danny, Mass Gothic, Future Islands, Dirty Projectors, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
May 04, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Last week’s Songs of the Week encompassed two week’s worth of songs. This week we’re back to normal. This week’s list features lots of Songs of the Week alumni, with three of the top four being former #1s. More
Tracyanne & Danny Due Out May 25 via Merge, Duo Features Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell
May 01, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tracyanne & Danny, is a new project from Camera Obscura frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell and Danny Coughlan (who has previously released music as Crybaby). Their self-titled debut album, Tracyanne & Danny, is due out May 25 via Merge. Now they have shared the album’s third single, string-swept duet “It Can’t Be Love Unless It Hurts.” More
Plus Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Laura Veirs, CHVRCHES, John Parish, Eels, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 30, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Last week we crammed two weeks into Songs of the Week, but this week we’re back on track with a regular one-week wrap-up. There was plenty to choose from this week. Our #1 is a funky feminist anthem and our #2 was a close second. Artists whose songs almost made the Top 10 include Hinds, Air Waves (feat. Kevin Morby), mastersystem (remixed by Mogwai), The Lemon Twigs, Sam Evian, and Bernice. More
Plus Ryley Walker, Young Fathers, Lost Under Heaven, Gwenno, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 02, 2018
By Mark Redfern
It was another good week for new songs. Any of our Top 3 songs could’ve been our #1 and we also quite enjoyed CHVRCHES’ collaboration with The National‘s Matt Berninger (on a weaker week that probably would’ve been #1). More
Tracyanne & Danny Due Out May 25 via Merge
Feb 27, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Yesterday we reported that Camera Obscura frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell had announced Tracyanne & Danny, a new project with Danny Coughlan (who has previously released music as Crybaby), and we shared a teaser trailer for the project. Now Tracyanne & Danny have announced their self-titled debut album and shared its lovely first single, “Home & Dry.” More
Project Features Danny Coughlan of Crybaby and is For Merge Records
Feb 26, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Camera Obscura understandably haven’t had much activity since the tragic and untimely passing due to cancer of founding member and keyboardist Carey Lander in 2015. The band’s last album was 2013’s Desire Lines. But now frontwoman Tracyanne Campbell has announced Tracyanne & Danny, a new project with Danny Coughlan (who has previously released music as Crybaby). More
Interviews
"It reminds me of when I was a wee girl and I got into records for the first time, and listening to this album, I am envious of little kids getting into it."
Feb 07, 2020
By Max Pilley (As Told To)
Kacey Musgraves’ previous records are a bit sweeter. I don’t want to call Golden Hour raw, but it kind of is compared to her earlier albums. It’s a bit more bare, a bit more real. To me, she writes really classic ‘60s pop songs, so strong, so powerful. More
Oct 15, 2018
By Laura Studarus
Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell, and Danny Coughlan, who records as Crybaby, were set up on a blind date of sorts, by a manager and publisher who thought the two musicians’ guitar pop might make for a fruitful collaboration. More
Reviews
May 25, 2018
By Max Pilley
The voice of Tracyanne Campbell is among 21st century music’s most precious commodities. Its increasingly rare appearances should elicit a public reaction akin to a supermoon lunar eclipse. More