Feb 09, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More

Feb 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek has shared a new version of “Butterfly Net” that features guest vocals from Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering). The original version of the song was found on Polachek’s 2023 album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, and the new version will be featured on a deluxe edition of that album, titled Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: Everasking Edition. More

Aug 11, 2023 By Andy Von Pip

Weyes Blood has released a new video for “Hearts Aglow” from her acclaimed album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, out now on Sub Pop. More

Jun 26, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

If you missed the Glastonbury Music Festival this last weekend, never fear. This is your one-stop shop for many of the performances, including highlights from Elton John, Weyes Blood, CHVRCHES, Billy Nomates, Caroline Polachek, Manic Street Preachers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Young Fathers, and many others. More

Apr 05, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 71, which features Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout on the two covers. Issue 71 also features interviews with Angel Olsen, M83, The New Pornographers, John Cale, Indigo De Souza, Lael Neale, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Miss Grit, Sleaford Mods, The WAEVE, Shame, Bartees Strange, Caroline Rose, Stella Donnelly, Florist, Hot Chip, black midi, Jockstrap, Horsegirl, Blondshell, Sleaford Mods, Beth Orton, and others. More

Mar 31, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, last November via Sub Pop. Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she performed the album’s “God Turn Me Into a Flower.” It was a truly gorgeous and stirring performance. More

Mar 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2023 lineup. The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver will be headlining. Other acts include Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, Nation of Language, and more. More

Jan 23, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Beck and Phoenix have announced a co-headlining tour they are calling the Summer Odyssey tour. Select dates feature support from Weyes Blood, Jenny Lewis, and Japanese Breakfast, depending on the show, with Sir Chloe to be the opener for all shows. More

Jan 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2023 festival. Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK, and Bad Bunny are the headliners. The lineup also features Wet Leg, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Björk, boygenius, Alex G, Magdalena Bay, Blondie, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Sleaford Mods, Snail Mail, The Breeders, and many others. More

Dec 23, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Are things back to normal in 2022? They are, aren’t they? Well not quite. More

Nov 18, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 40th Songs of the Week of 2022. After a few weeks of doing a Songs of the Week every other week, we’re back on the regular weekly schedule now. Although next week we won’t being doing a Songs of the Week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. More

Nov 18, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, today via Sub Pop. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here and also read our rave 9/10 review of the album. More

Nov 16, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, this Friday via Sub Pop. Now she has shared its third single, “God Turn Me Into a Flower.” Also, today we posted our rave review of the album. The song features synthesizer from Daniel Lopatin. More

Oct 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were turning our new print issue into the printer last Friday. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a slightly supersized Top 13 list. More

Oct 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, on November 18 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared a spooky video for the previously shared second single, “Grapevine.” More

Oct 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

John Cale has announced the release of his first new album in a decade, MERCY, which will be out on January 20, 2023 via Double Six/Domino. He has also shared a video for a new album single, the Weyes Blood collaboration “STORY OF BLOOD.” More

Oct 14, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we’ve been too busy working on our next two print issues and we also didn’t feel like there were a lot of strong contenders last week. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a supersized Top 16 list. More

Oct 11, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, on November 18 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared its second single, “Grapevine,” another lush gem of a song in a long line of gorgeous Weyes Blood tracks. More

Sep 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, on November 18 via Sub Pop. Previously she shared its first single, “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody,” and now the song has a cinematic music video that features Mering singing and dancing to the song in an Art Deco theater alongside a murderous anthropomorphic animated cellphone. The whole thing ends with a football trophy and dead bodies. More

Sep 16, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week we had a very clear #1. Two album tracks, from records released today, made the list. And all in all we settled on a Top 9. More

Sep 12, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) has announced a new album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, and shared its first single, “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody,” via a lyric video. She’s also announced some tour dates. More

May 10, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The official soundtrack for the upcoming film Minions: The Rise of Gru, has been announced. It was produced by Jack Antonoff and will be out on July 1 via Decca. The first single from the soundtrack is a collaboration between Diana Ross and Tame Impala titled “Turn Up the Sunshine,” which is set for release on May 20. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

Feb 05, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Zella Day has shared a new song, “Holoscene,” that features guest vocals by Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood), who also co-wrote the song with Day and Mia Kerr. Mering also contributed keyboards and co-production. More

Sep 25, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2020. This was the week where those on the left mourned the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and worried about the future of the Supreme Court, as her dying wish to have her replacement be appointed by the next president was ignored by hypocritical Republicans who blocked President Obama’s Supreme Court pick because it was an election year. Meanwhile America reached the sad milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, there was no justice for Breonna Taylor, and President Trump strongly suggested that he may not leave office peacefully if Biden wins. More

Sep 22, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Actor/comedian/musician Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric and Heidecker & Wood) is releasing a new album, Fear of Death, this Friday via Spacebomb. Now he has shared another song from it, “Oh How We Drift Away,” that features lead vocals by Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood), and has also shared a unique stream of the whole album three days early.

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Sep 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2020. Just as we were finishing up this week’s list we got word that beloved Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse. R.I.P. a true legend, the Notorious RBG. More

Sep 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Actor/comedian/musician Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric and Heidecker & Wood) is releasing a new album, Fear of Death, on September 25 via Spacebomb. Now he has shared another song from it, “Property,” that features backing vocals by Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood). The song is about the likelihood of cemeteries being turned into neighborhoods with houses. More

Aug 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving and Samantha Small)

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2020. The Republican National Convention was this week, in which President Trump and his party attempted to convince the country that if Joe Biden and the Democrats take over it will be a lawless land with a defunded police and riots in every city (um…no, that won’t happen). In a nomination acceptance speech on the White House lawn (which was a breach of protocol), complete with fireworks and an opera singer, Trump tried to pull one over on America that he has handled the coronavirus well (um…no, that hasn’t happened). More

Aug 26, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Actor/comedian/musician Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric and Heidecker & Wood) is releasing a new album, Fear of Death, on September 25 via Spacebomb. Now he has shared another song from it, “Nothing,” that was co-written by Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood), who also sings backing vocals on the song. Befitting the theme of the album, the song is about the finality of death for those who don’t believe in an afterlife. More

Aug 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small, Jennifer Irving, and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week Democrats, Republicans, and the Trump Administration couldn’t all agree on a new stimulus package a week after expanded unemployment benefits expired (something Democrats wanted to extend and Republicans didn’t). More

Aug 06, 2020 By Samantha Small

Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric and Heidecker & Wood) is a man of many skills: an actor, comedian, podcast host, musician, and producer. Yesterday, he announced his new album, Fear of Death, is coming out September 25 via Spacebomb Records. He also shared the title track with features from none other than Natalie Mering, aka Weyes Blood, via a video. More

May 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Titanic Rising, back in April 2019 via Sub Pop. Now she has shared a self-directed video for the album’s “Wild Time.” It was shot on 16mm before the pandemic and is mildly NSFW. More

Jan 22, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Titanic Rising, back in April 2019 via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. It was #2 on our Top 100 Albums of 2019 list. Now she has announced some new 2020 tour dates she’s dubbing the “A Lot Has Changed” tour. More

Dec 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Titanic Rising, back in April via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. Now she has stopped by NPR Music to perform three songs as part of their Tiny Desk Concert series. More

Oct 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lana Del Rey released a new album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, in August via Interscope. She’s currently touring the album and each night has been covering Joni Mitchell’s “For Free” (from her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon). Tonight she plays the Hollywood Bowl and has shared a backstage video of her rehearsing “For Free” as a trio with Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) and Zella Day. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Jul 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Titanic Rising, back in April via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. Last night she stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform the album’s “Everyday.” More

May 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Titanic Rising, last month via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. Now she has announced some new tour dates that stretch from August to November, include shows in North America and Europe. More

Apr 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2019 festival to go down in the Texas capitol this October. The event is headlined by Guns N’ Roses, The Cure, Tame Impala, Childish Gambino, Robyn, Mumford & Sons, Billie Eilish, and Cardi B. More

Apr 05, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of notable new tracks to choose from this week, but our #1 is a song we’ve been planning to add to the Songs of the Week list for a while now and finally could now that the album has been released today. More

Apr 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

For this week’s Album of the Week we have a tie, two albums we’ve been heavily supporting for several months now: Rose Elinor Dougall‘s A New Illusion and Weyes Blood‘s Titanic Rising. Below is info on both albums, as well as a round up and streams for other notable albums released today. More

Mar 29, 2019 By Mark Redfern

This week’s Songs of the Week list stars with a 24-minute first movement of a symphony featuring a trip-hop icon, but most of the songs in the Top 10 are by artists that have already made the list in recent weeks with previous songs. More

Mar 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, Titanic Rising, on April 5 via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. You can now stream the whole album a week early. More

Mar 27, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Drugdealer (the project of Michael Collins) are releasing a new album, Raw Honey, on April 19 via Mexican Summer. Previously they shared a video for its first single, the ‘70s rock sounding “Fools” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared another song from the album, “Honey,” which features the guest vocals of Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood). More

Mar 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2019 lineup. The festival goes down August 9 - 11 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, and Twenty One Pilots. More

Mar 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Today was a fantastic day for new album releases, with fresh full-lengths from Strand of Oaks, Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Tamaryn, Sleeper, These New Puritans, American Football, Lambchop, Avey Tare, Nilüfer Yanya, Ex Hex, and others. Album tracks from some of them made this week’s Songs of the Week list, which also contains several new singles released this week. More

Mar 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, Titanic Rising, on April 5 via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. Now she has shared another song from it, “Movies,” via a stirring self-directed video for the song. The video begins with beautiful images of a woman underwater before it’s revealed that it’s a film being watched by a movie theater audience. Soon the audience is magically jumping into the film (à la Last Action Hero, Sherlock Jr., or The Purple Rose of Cairo) and then Mering shows up. More

Mar 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, Titanic Rising, on April 5 via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. Now a video has been shared of her recently performing a new song from the album, “Something to Believe,” at Pitchfork’s Midwinter Festival in Chicago. More

Feb 15, 2019 By Mark Redfern

It was pretty rough week to be a Ryan Adams fan. We won’t regurgitate the details, but if you haven’t already done so then you should read The New York Times article detailing the sexual misconduct allegations made against him by Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers, and several other women. More

Feb 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) has announced a new album, Titanic Rising, and shared a video for a new song, “Everyday.” Titanic Rising is due out April 5 via Sub Pop, her first album for the label. She has also announced some new tour dates, dubbed the “True Love is Making a Comeback” tour. More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2019. This week’s list includes tracks from freshly announced albums (Strand of Oaks, The Drums, Tamaryn, C Duncan, Glen Hansard), as well as by artists who have already made this list with previous songs from their upcoming albums (Telekinesis, Piroshka, Cass McCombs). More

Jan 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) has shared a brand new song, “Andromeda.” Right now it’s just a standalone single on her new label Sub Pop, but it’s expected to also be found on her next album, reportedly due out this spring. More

Jun 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) released a new album, God’s Favorite Customer, earlier in the month via Sub Pop worldwide (except for Europe, where it’s on Bella Union). Now he has shared a video for the album’s title track, “God’s Favorite Customer” (the song features guest vocals from Weyes Blood). More

May 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last night at Los Angeles’ Largo venue an interesting all-star band performed. Neil Finn of Crowded House was joined by his son Liam Finn, along with Mac DeMarco (so I guess he definitely wasn’t at the Met Gala after all), Kirin J Callinan, Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering), and Connan Mockasin. More

Sep 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Of late we’ve been presenting the eight best songs of the week, but last week we expanded it to a Top 9 because there were so many strong choices. This week we kept it as nine, but because we had trouble narrowing the list down in a week of solid new songs, but few obvious standouts. More

Sep 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, last October via Mexican Summer and it made it all the way to #9 on our Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. In January she teamed up with Ariel Pink for a collaborative EP, Myths 002. More

Apr 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has announced a new album, Bravado, and shared a slightly NSFW video for “S.A.D.” (which stands for “Song About Drugs”). More

Apr 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) is releasing a new 75-minute long album, Pure Comedy, this Friday (April 7) via Sub Pop worldwide (except in Europe, where it’s a Bella Union release). More

Mar 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has shared a funny mockumentary video about his song “Telling Me This.” It features Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson, Weyes Blood, Jack Black, Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Gum, POND), Sebastien Tellier, Ladyhawke, and others. More

Mar 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood and Ariel Pink recently put out a collaborative EP, Myths 002, via Mexican Summer. Previously the duo shared the EP’s first single, “Tears on Fire.” Now the song has a video. Charlotte Linden Ercoli Coe directed the silly clip, which features Ariel Pink as a Medieval knight and Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) dramatically singing in front of flames. More

Jan 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood and Ariel Pink are putting out a collaborative EP, Myths 002, on January 27 via Mexican Summer. It partly ties into the label’s Marfa Myths festival on March 9 - 12 in Marfa, Texas. More

Dec 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our joint Best of 2016 / 15th Anniversary Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readbug). The issue celebrates the best albums of 2016, reflects on Under the Radar‘s 15th anniversary and albums released in 2001, looks forward to albums due out in early 2017, and features The Flaming Lips on the cover. There’s also a big article examining how the music industry has changed in the last 15 years and in our Artist Survey section various musicians comment on the music and events of 2016. More

Dec 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, back in October via Mexican Summer and it’s surely one of the year’s best. More

Dec 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Marfa Myths have announced their 2017 lineup. The festival goes down March 9 - 12 in Marfa, Texas and is put together by Mexican Summer and Ballroom Marfa. Weyes Blood and Perfume Genius will do a collaborative performance together. More

Nov 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) released a new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, a few weeks back via Mexican Summer. Recently she shared videos for “Do You Need My Love” and “Generation Why.” More

Oct 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, next Friday (October 21) via Mexican Summer. Recently she shared videos for “Do You Need My Love” and “Generation Why.” Now you can stream the whole beautiful album via NPR First Listen. More

Oct 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, on October 21 via Mexican Summer. Last week she put out a video for the six-and-a-half minute long “Do You Need My Love,” now here’s one for another track from the album, “Generation Why.” More

Sep 26, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) is releasing a new album, Front Row Seat to Earth, on October 21 via Mexican Summer. Now she’s shared a video for the six-and-a-half minute long “Do You Need My Love.” More

Sep 25, 2020 By Ben Jardine

Collaborations are nothing new for Tim Heidecker. The comedian and musician, perhaps most known as one half of the comedy duo, Tim and Eric, has worked with a range of comedians and musicians in his time. And now, with the release of his latest album, Fear of Death, Heidecker has amassed a tight-knit collaborative group of professional musicians (including Natalie Mering of Weyes Blood and Jonathan Rado from Foxygen) to play alongside him. More

Jul 17, 2020 By Stephen Axeman

“I think it’s a sleeper, I’ve been hearing the record and knowing it for a long time and it all of a sudden came to me like a revelation that it was a great record,” Natalie Mering, aka Weyes Blood, says of her deferred realization of her favorite album, Hejira by Joni Mitchell.

Mar 01, 2017 By Matt Fink

Ten years ago, you never would have expected Natalie Mering to make an album like Front Row Seat to Earth. Back then, she was 18 years old and playing bass with noise-rockers Jackie-O Motherfucker, working on tracks that tangled witchy electronics around gothy folk as Weyes Bluhd. More

Dec 02, 2016 By Mark Redfern

To end out the week, we ask Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) some questions about endings and death. Weyes Blood’s latest album, Front Row Seat to Earth, is out now via Mexican Summer. More

Nov 16, 2022 By Chris Thiessen

On 2019’s Titanic Rising, Natalie Mering of Weyes Blood echoed a hurting world as she poured out her fear of loneliness, desire for love, and need to belong over grand swells of cinematic folk-pop. More

Apr 01, 2019 By Stephen Axeman

The past is compiled like a palimpsest—-the fossils of former years exerting their pressure on the new grass that grows around them. But in this repetition of the old is an incarnation of the new. More

Dec 14, 2016 By John Everhart

Weyes Blood, aka Natalie Mering, is a musician who spent copious time early in her musical career delving deeply into DIY ventures and noise projects such as Jackie-O Motherfucker and Nautical Almanac. More