Aug 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice are releasing their sophomore album, Visions of a Life, on September 29 via Dirty Hit/RCA. Now they have shared another song from it, the short and poppy "Beautifully Unconventional," which sounds very little like the other two singles released from the album thus far, "Yuk Foo" and "Don't Delete the Kisses."  More

Aug 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice are releasing their sophomore album, Visions of a Life, on September 29 via Dirty Hit/RCA. Now they have shared a video for "Don't Delete the Kisses."  More

Jul 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice are releasing their sophomore album, Visions of a Life, on September 29 via Dirty Hit/RCA. Previously the band shared a lyric video for the album's punky and profanity-laden first single, the two-minute long "Yuk Foo," in which frontwoman Ellie Rowsell declares in the chorus "you bore me, you bore me to death, well you bore me, no I don't give a shit." More

Jul 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Most of the American music industry took Monday and Tuesday off for the long July 4th weekend, leaving only three days to produce worthy new songs this week. But that was good enough for some strong new offerings, including one song actually called "Offering." More

Jul 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice are releasing their sophomore album, Visions of a Life, on September 29 via Dirty Hit/RCA. Previously the band shared a lyric video for the album's punky and profanity-laden first single, the two-minute long "Yuk Foo," in which frontwoman Ellie Rowsell declares in the chorus "you bore me, you bore me to death, well you bore me, no I don't give a shit." More

Jun 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

So many notable new tracks this week! To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer.  More

Jun 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice released their amazing debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in 2015. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2015 list and landed frontwoman Ellie Rowsell on the cover of our Best of 2015 print issue, in a joint cover with Father John Misty.  More

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Alt-J are releasing their third album, Relaxer, on June 2 via Canvasback Music. Previously they shared "3WW," which featured the vocals of Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, and "In Cold Blood," which sounded like something that could have easily been found on the band's Mercury Prize-winning debut album from 2012, An Awesome Wave. More

Mar 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Alt-J have announced a new album, Relaxer, and shared its first single, "3WW." Relaxer is the British trio's third album and is due out June 9 via Canvasback Music. It's the follow-up to 2014's This Is All Yours (and 2012's An Awesome Wave, which won the Mercury Prize). More

Nov 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Trainspotting 2 (or T2 Trainspotting as they seem to be calling it), the long-awaited sequel to the beloved Scottish cult classic from 1996, started shooting back in May and in July we were treated to a new teaser trailer that didn't show much footage from the movie, beyond the main original cast (Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewen Bremner) standing on a rural train platform, in reference to an iconic shot in the original film.  More

Jan 22, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice released their excellent debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in June on Dirty Hit/RCA. Now the band has stopped by NPR's offices to perform a Tiny Desk Concert. For the uninitiated, Tiny Desk Concerts are stripped down sets recorded at the desk of Bob Boilen, the host NPR's All Songs Considered.  More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It's a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Jan 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the line-up for their 2016 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday and Saturday are headlined by two newly reformed bands, LCD Soundsystem and Guns N' Roses (featuring the reunion of Axl Rose and Slash). Calvin Harris headlines Sunday night. More

Dec 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

This morning nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, with the ceremony to go down on February 15, 2016. Kendrick Lamar is nominated 11 times. Other nominees include Mark Ronson, Tame Impala, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett, Florence and the Machine, The Weeknd, Caribou, Jamie xx, Alabama Shakes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Dead Weather, and more. More

Nov 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice released their excellent debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in June on Dirty Hit/RCA. Now the band has shared a colorful video for "Freazy." In the tongue-in-cheek clip the band have a picnic in a Wonderland-esque setting, but then they take some major magic mushrooms and go on a crazy trip. More

Nov 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice released their excellent debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in June on Dirty Hit/RCA. Now the band has announced some spring 2016 U.S. tour dates, which are below. More

Oct 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Since 1992 the Mercury Prize has been awarded to the best British album of the year, meaning an album created by a citizen of the U.K. and Ireland. It's become one of the biggest honors a British musician can receive and can also boost an album's sales in the U.K., especially if it wins. Now this year's nominees have been announced. More

Sep 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice released their excellent debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in June on Dirty Hit/RCA. Now the single "Bros" has been remixed by fellow Brit Nao, who not only messes with the instrumentation but adds her own soulful vocals to the song.  More

Sep 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice may have only just released their excellent debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in June on Dirty Hit/RCA, but they already have a brand new song to share with you.  More

Aug 20, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice have shared a video for "You're a Germ." The song can be found on their debut album, My Love Is Cool, which came out back in June on Dirty Hit/RCA. More

Aug 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the August/September 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via Under the Radar's app and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It features CHVRCHES on the cover. Garbage's Shirley Manson discusses the 20th anniversary of the band's self-titled debut album. We talk to the creators and various cast members of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. Star Cliff Curtis and producer Gale Anne Hurd talk about The Walking Dead companion series Fear the Walking Dead. The issue also includes interviews with Beach House, New Order, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, Telekinesis, Ducktails, DRINKS, Briana Marela, LA Priest, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Chelsea Wolfe, and more.  More

Jun 24, 2015 By Julia Underwood

From June 19-21, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands hosted the third edition of Best Kept Secret.  More

Jun 17, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice made it across the pond and to the west coast for a performance of "Moaning Lisa Smile" on Conan last night. The song can be found on their forthcoming debut album, My Love Is Cool, which is due out next week (June 23) via Dirty Hit/RCA. More

Jun 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice has released a new song, "You're a Germ." The song can be found on their forthcoming debut album, My Love Is Cool, which is due out June 23 via Dirty Hit/RCA. More

May 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Britain's Wolf Alice has released a new video for "Bros." The simple but effective clip was directed by 'Sblood and features two young girls, best friends, who pal around and generally have a fun day in London. More

Feb 25, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Following their buzz-garnering EP Creature Songs last year, London-based rockers Wolf Alice have announced the release of their proper full-length debut, My Love Is Cool. More

Mar 28, 2016 By Matt Fink

Ellie Rowsell closes her eyes and winces. Here it comes: the questions about how Wolf Alice sounds so much like a '90s band. She's heard this all before—how their guitars grunt and drums crash in ways that prove they've mastered the loud/soft dynamic, how their sound owes so much to a generation of alt rockers that it couldn't be anything but intentional—and she seems tired of explaining why all of this seems so strange for someone who is barely old enough to remember life before the millennium.  More

Dec 02, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Sitting in the lobby of a Best Western hotel just a few hours before his band will perform a sold-out show at Austin, TX's Holy Mountain music venue, Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie says he recently experienced a bit of an epiphany: since vocalist Ellie Rowsell first found and contacted him through local online classifieds back in 2010, the London outfit—also featuring bassist Theo Ellis and drummer Joel Amey—have already released two EPs; performed across the U.K. countless times; appeared on the bill of numerous large-scale festivals including SXSW, Reading and Leeds, and Glastonbury; opened for alt-J across Europe; and toured the U.S. on four separate occasions, all without a full-length album to their name. More

Aug 21, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Going to school in London Ellie Rowsell knew she wanted to be in a band. Unfortunately none of the people she knew within her immediate social circle could even put a few chords together on guitar or play the drums.  More