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Patrick Watson

May 04, 2015 Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson’s forthcoming sixth album Love Songs for Robots is a heady slice of pop. More

AURORA

May 03, 2015 AURORA

Aurora Aksnes, (better known as simply Aurora) is in the middle of describing how she fell in love with music when reality chimes in. Loudly.

Lush - Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson on Their 1994 Album “Split”

Apr 29, 2015 Web Exclusive

Lush never really fit in. Formed in London in 1988, the band—guitarists/vocalists Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson, bassist Philip King, and drummer Chris Acland—went on to release three proper full-length albums. More

Lush - Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson on 1996 Album “Lovelife” and the Last Days of the Band

Apr 28, 2015 Issue #51 - September/October 2014 - alt-J

The year was 1996. Lush had released its third full-length album, Lovelife. Although their shoegaze-crossed-with-pop songwriting never truly fit into Britain’s chart-centric musical atmosphere, the band was finally getting its due, with Lovelife cracking the Top 10 on Britain’s album charts and spawning three charting singles, “Single Girl,” “Ladykiller,” and “500 (Shake Baby Shake).” More

Gruff Rhys

Apr 26, 2015 Gruff Rhys

In the late 1700s, John Evans, Gruff Rhys’ great-great-something traveled from Wales to America. More

Track-by-Track: Built to Spill on “Untethered Moon”

Apr 22, 2015 Built to Spill

If you hadn’t heard anything new from Built to Spill in the last 20 years and then picked up their eighth LP Untethered Moon, you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking they have not aged a day. Untethered Moon is full of the same charming guitar—heavy ‘90s rock that flooded their early alt—rock staples like Perfect From Now On and Keep It Like a Secret. More

Track-by-Track: East India Youth on “Culture of Volume”

Apr 17, 2015 East India Youth

When we interviewed East India Youth (aka London-based electronic musician William Doyle) last fall for our Best of 2014 issue it was in celebration of his 2014-released debut album, Total Strife Forever, being one of Under the Radar‘s favorite albums of the year. More

Manic Street Preachers – Nicky Wire on “The Holy Bible” and “Futurology”

Apr 14, 2015 Manic Street Preachers

As Britpop was taking off in 1994, the Welsh quartet Manic Street Preachers entered the marketplace with an acclaimed, dark classic of an album that exposed the raw nerves of the human experience. In this new interview bassist Nicky Wire discusses the band’s iconic 1994 album, The Holy Bible, as well as last year’s acclaimed album, Futurology. More