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2011 Artist Survey: RACES

Feb 02, 2012 Artist Surveys 2011

For Under the Radar‘s 9th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2011. Here’s a survey from RACES. More

2011 Artist Survey: Radiation City

Feb 01, 2012 Artist Surveys 2011

For Under the Radar‘s 9th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2011. Here’s a survey from Radiation City. More

Hooray For Earth

Jan 31, 2012 Issue #39 - Best of 2011

While Hooray for Earth’s superb debut LP True Loves has frequently been hailed as the synth-pop record MGMT’s oft-maligned sophomore effort Congratulations should have been, Hooray for Earth’s Brooklyn-via-Boston frontman, Noel Heroux, is befuddled by the connection. More

Porcelain Raft

Jan 30, 2012 Porcelain Raft

Under the guise of Porcelain Raft, Mauro Remiddi makes gauzy bedroom pop—constructing dream-laden choruses from loops of gently strummed guitars, drum machines, and tape hiss. Impressed with the several EPs he already has to his name (including last year’s excellent Gone Blind), Under the Radar spoke with the Italian troubadour on the eve of the release of his first full-length Strange Weekend (out via Secretly Canadian). Remiddi told us about simplifying the process, the marriage of image and sound, and what he really wanted to do with his life. More

2011 Artist Survey: Carter Tanton

Jan 27, 2012 Artist Surveys 2011

For Under the Radar’s 9th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2011. Here’s a survey from Carter Tanton. More

Body Language

Jan 26, 2012 Web Exclusive

Body Language’s squiggly, headphone-worthy electro-soul feels very… 2011-ish. Social Studies, the band’s excellent EP (with its sugary synth pads and smooth percussion), may harken back to the glistening, disco-lite pop of the early ’80s, but the songs seem linked genetically to this decade, if for no other reason than the music press’s fascination with genre trends. More

2011 Artist Survey: Miracle Fortress

Jan 26, 2012 Artist Surveys 2011

For Under the Radar’s 9th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2011. Here’s a survey from Miracle Fortress. More

2011 Artist Survey: Lost in the Trees

Jan 25, 2012 Artist Surveys 2011

For Under the Radar’s 9th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2011. Here’s a survey from Lost in the Trees.

Caveman

Jan 24, 2012 Caveman

The New York-based Caveman have had a whirlwind two years since they first started playing music together. Veterans of separate projects that folded around the same time, these long-time friends looked to each other to find a new outlet for their musical compulsions. More