Aug 19, 2013
By Austin Trunick
Camera Obscura
When Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell interviewed Lloyd Cole for the June/July 2013 issue of Under the Radar, the two spoke as if they were close friends; we were surprised to find out they’d only briefly met. After Cole had answered Campbell’s questions, both artists stayed on the line to answer a few more from us about their history, hobbies, and current albums. Last Friday we posted the main print magazine Q&A between Cole and Campbell. These are extra portions of our interview, quotes that didn’t make it into the print article. More
Aug 16, 2013
By Austin Trunick
Lloyd Cole
Lloyd Cole broke out on the Glasgow, Scotland scene in the mid-‘80s, releasing a string of successful albums with his band, The Commotions, before embarking on a remarkably deep solo career. His 1984 debut record with The Commotions, Rattlesnakes, closed with a song titled “Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?” Twenty-two years later, another Glasgow artist would answer that question. More
Aug 09, 2013
By Matt Fink
Issue #46 - June/July 2013 - Charli XCX
Though The National’s latest release isn’t a huge departure in any musical or conceptual sense, vocalist and songwriter Matt Berninger says it was made by a different group of men than those who made their previous albums. More
Aug 01, 2013
By Charlie Duerr
Issue #46 - June/July 2013 - Charli XCX
“We don’t want to be a party band,” Smith Westerns guitarist and co-songwriter Max Kakacek says from his cell phone while visiting friends in Austin, Texas, just a few days after the Chicago-based wunderkinds’ performance at Coachella. More
Jul 26, 2013
By Selena Fragassi
Austra
“Poetry is not one of my strengths,” admits Austra founder and frontwoman Katie Stelmanis, reflecting on the Toronto band’s 2011 debut, Feel It Break. More
Jul 23, 2013
By Lily Moayeri
Web Exclusive
It is one night into Junip’s North American tour and no one at the Troubadour in Los Angeles is quite sure of the group’s whereabouts. More
Jul 16, 2013
By Frank Valish
Issue #45 - Winter 2013 - Phoenix
Suede frontman Brett Anderson admits that he never thought much about reforming Suede after the band broke up in 2003. After storming onto the British music scene with its first two albums—Suede in 1993 and Dog Man Star in 1994—Suede saw founding guitarist Bernard Butler leave the band, but it soldiered on to release three more albums without him. After a brief reteaming with Butler as The Tears in 2004, Anderson embarked upon a solo career. The four albums he released under his own name, starting with a self-titled release in 2007, mostly eschewed Suede’s patented guitar rock sound for softer, gentler landscapes. Anderson seemed to have left Suede far behind. More
Jul 15, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Web Exclusive
It’s Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch’s first visit to Montréal in seven years, and he has one of its more famous residents on his mind. More
Jul 09, 2013
By Matt Fink
Issue #45 - Winter 2013 - Phoenix
The Knife didn’t need to make a new album—they are clear about that—and you probably need to hang onto that thought if you’re going to have the mindset needed to unravel their latest release, the sprawling 96-minuteShaking the Habitual. True to its title, the fourth Knife album is all about breaking down routines and questioning the way things are done—something that has resulted in an album that is part hypnotic synth-pop opus, part noise collage, and part unclassifiable hybrid of every nightmare you’ve ever had. More