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Album Reviews

Soulsavers
The Light the Dead See

May 23, 2012 Web Exclusive

Over their last two albums, Rich Machin and Ian Glover of Soulsavers have created epic soundscapes of emotion, filled out by guest singers who penned lyrics and sang to Machin and Glover's compositions.

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Acid House Kings
Music Sounds Better With Them

Nov 05, 2010 Web Exclusive

From Twittering self-evaluations of songs, to transforming photo shoots into rogue music video shoots, to creating self-dubbed “World’s First Indie Pop Karaoke,” Swedish poppers Acid House Kings, (Julia Lannerheim, Niklas Angergård, and Johan Angergård), explore the lighter sides of life and love on a wink and catchy chord cluster. Under the Radar joined the amicable bunch on a warm afternoon outside of Labrador Records in Stockholm Sweden to check on the progress on fifth full-length, Music Sounds Better With You.

Comic Book Reviews

American Vampire Volume 3
DC/Vertigo

Apr 16, 2012 Web Exclusive

American Vampire Volume 3 collects issues 12-18 of the ongoing series from Vertigo as well as the American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest mini. The contents are nothing short of stunning.

Book Reviews

Shadows in Flight

Feb 29, 2012 Web Exclusive

Once upon a time there was a boy name Bean who saved the world from destruction both alien and human, helped install a one world power and fathered a brood of children with his best friend Petra, all before the age of eighteen. Not a bad resume. That is, if the Bean of previous Shadow books had anything in common with the passive giant in Shadows in Flight.

Video Game Reviews

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (Android)
HeroCraft Ltd

Aug 12, 2011 #37 – St. Vincent

The purest measure of any game on a phone or tablet is addictiveness, and Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim ends up somewhere right around crack.

News

Listen: The Mynabirds - “Body of Work”

May 23, 2012 Mike Hilleary

Having already granted a teasing listen to her forthcoming new album Generals with its title track not too long ago, The Mynabirds' Laura Burhenn has offered up yet another piece of the full-length with the cut "Body of Work."

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Interviews

Caribou (In the Studio)

May 23, 2012 Web Exclusive

Under the Radar caught up with Caribou frontman Dan Snaith on break from his band's tour with Radiohead to discuss what he's been up to since Swim, his plans for his next album, his formative influences growing up in suburban Canada, and why a PhD in mathematics doesn't necessarily translate to an enhanced musical acumen.

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Pleased to meet you

Keep Shelly in Athens

May 02, 2012

Keep Shelly in Athens actually hail from Athens, Greece. This much we do know. But very little else has been said about the enigmatic duo, who seemingly snuck onto the music scene with last year’s debut EP Our Own Dream.

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Lists

Under the Radar’s Top 40 Debut Albums of 2011

Feb 08, 2012

It may have been a difficult year for many people for a multitude of reasons (not least of all, the weak economy), but 2011 was certainly a great year for music. Here at Under the Radar we'd argue that it was an even better year for music than 2010 was, which is why this year we've come up with a Top 40 best debut albums of 2011, versus last year's Top 30.

Each of Under the Radar's writers submitted a list of their Top 20 favorite debut albums of the year. Those lists were all combined and tallied up to form Under the Radar's master Top 40 debuts of 2011 below.

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