Aug 04, 2010 Web Exclusive

Early blushes of success and all the superlatives that come with it can threaten to topple even the most level-headed of bands. But Delphic—whose debut full-length Acolyte was released earlier this summer in the U.S.—is well studied for their role as “next big thing.” Under the Radar originally interviewed the band in our Winter 2010 Issue in January (when the album came out in the U.K.), but in honor of their U.S. release we sat down with two-thirds of the Manchester trio—James Cook (vocal/guitar) and Rick Boardman (multi-instrumentalist)—before their performance at Dangerbird Records to discuss first musical obsessions, first gigs, and everything that went into their first tastes of success. More

Aug 03, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

When I was six years old, Friday night was important. More

Aug 03, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

I can remember the first time I played Super Street Fighter II. It must have been 1993, I was seven years old and we were living in Mission Viejo, California. More

Aug 02, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

The cliché goes something like this: "When I was your age... insert over-the-top trial." More

Aug 02, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

Music made an impression for me as far back as I can remember being alive, even as a little kid. More

Aug 02, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, I went to a magnet school that was out away from the neighborhood that I lived in, so when I was at home I really didn't have any friends in my neighborhood. More

Aug 02, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

Everyone can point to formative experiences from childhood that influence his or her future endeavors. More

Aug 01, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

Born in 1980, Sara Quin was too young to experience the juggernaut that was Phil Collins during the mid-1980s. As a solo artist and the lead singer of Genesis, Collins became a persistent hit-maker and pop culture presence, from his chart-topping theme song to the 1984 film Against All Odds and his 1985 transatlantic Live Aid performances, to the use of “In the Air Tonight” on Miami Vice, and the Genesis track “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” in Michelob commercials. More

Aug 01, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth

Making sure I had properly saved my game, I pushed the power button on my Nintendo Entertainment System to bring that day's Legend of Zelda adventures to a close. When Zelda disappeared, there was a man staring at me from the TV—a sharp-dressed man in a fine suit with his black hair slicked back, eyes searching for something beyond me at that time. Special Agent Dale Cooper—he spoke to something in me that was “good.” Something that wanted to know the truth about what all those grownups were doing. More