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Plus Gorillaz and Tame Impala, Crack Cloud, Francis Lung, Alex Lahey, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 02, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2022. Lots of British artists this week! Including the entire Top 3. This week after much inner-dialogue, we settled on a Top 12. More
Shepherd Head Due Out September 16 via Saddle Creek
Aug 31, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Young Jesus have shared a video for their new single, “Rose Eater.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Shepherd Head, due out on September 16 via Saddle Creek. More
Plus Hot Chip, Young Jesus, Whitmer Thomas, Hans Pucket, Suede, The 1975, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 05, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, although there was a pretty clear #1 and our #2 was a new band we’d never even heard of before this week. We settled on a Top 12 again this week, like last week. More
Shepherd Head Due Out September 16 via Saddle Creek
Aug 03, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Young Jesus have announced the release of a new album, Shepherd Head, due out on September 16 via Saddle Creek. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Ocean,” which features Tomberlin. More
“I really hope people take an interest in their local elections.”
Nov 03, 2020
By John Rossiter
In anticipation of today’s election day, we put the word out to see if any musicians wanted to write about why they were voting for Former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in a series we are simply calling Why I’m Voting for Biden. John Rossiter of Young Jesus wrote this entry. More
Plus Cults, Cut Copy, Young Jesus, snny, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
Welcome to Conceptual Beach Due Out August 14th via Saddle Creek
Aug 04, 2020
By Jennifer Irving
Coming in at over 10 minutes, “Magicians” is the latest single off of Welcome to Conceptual Beach, the newest Young Jesus album, out next week via Saddle Creek. More
Issue 65 is Out Now and Also Includes Interviews with Sharon Van Etten, Deerhunter, Foals, and Kurt Vile; Plus a Tribute to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, and Much More
Mar 01, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, 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 Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More
Love Is Magic Out Now via Partisan and Bella Union
Oct 12, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
John Grant released a new album, Love Is Magic, today via Partisan in the U.S. (and Bella Union elsewhere) and it’s our Album of the Week. It was a strong week for new albums and the new albums by Kurt Vile and Jaakko Eino Kalevi could’ve just as easily taken the crown and there are eight runner-ups this week in total. More
Plus BADBADNOTGOOD, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Young Galaxy, Ryley Walker, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 28, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
We tend to avoid including cover versions in our Songs of the Week list, as they are not truly new songs, but this week we have included two notable ones in our main list. We also rarely include live songs in our Top 10 songs, but have made a big exception this week. More
The Whole Thing Is Just There Due Out October 12 via Saddle Creek
Sep 26, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Young Jesus have shared a video for an eight-minute new song “Saganism vs. Buddhism.” The Los Angeles-based band led by Chicago native John Rossiter are releasing a new album, The Whole Thing Is Just There, on October 12 via Saddle Creek. More
Interviews
Apr 22, 2019
By Charles Steinberg
The welcoming of the new incarnation of LA-via Chicago quartet Young Jesus to the current scene blatantly devoid of a presence such as theirs didn’t come without some book cover judging. More