Jan 09, 2020 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive

The Orielles are one of the most innovative bands on the UK music scene right now. Under the Radar caught up with the band recently and found carefully planned, rather than difficult, second albums are the way forward.  More

Jan 07, 2020 By Frank Valish

In January of 2018, when Tegan and Sara finished the tour and promotion for the band's eighth album, Love You to Death, the Quin sisters were confronted with the question of what to do next.  More

Dec 19, 2019 By Steve King Web Exclusive

He's been called the "Millennial/Hipster Mayor," but the citizens of his town just know him as Mayor Ted. Since being elected in 2013 at 30 years old, with 53% of the vote and then winning reelection with 59%, Clarkston, Georgia Mayor Ted Terry has a hell of a track record. More

Dec 18, 2019 By Chris Davidson Issue #66 - My Favorite Album - Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney

Eleven albums into their career, Chicago's Wilco has been labeled everything from "alt-country heroes'' to "the American Radiohead" to "sellouts" for licensing songs to VW commercials.  More

Dec 17, 2019 By Mark Moody Web Exclusive

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has just recently passed the mark of having lived in the U.S. as long as in her native Cameroon. In the brief 13 years that have passed since her immigration to America, Tamko has taught herself guitar, graduated college, and in 2017 released her first album, the critically acclaimed Infinite Worlds.  More

Dec 12, 2019 By Matt Conner Web Exclusive

"I was a passenger in my own body for 36 years and never realized it." The opening line of Jim Adkins' personal statement issued with Jimmy Eat World's newest album, Surviving, reveals the personal nature of the material within. Adkins, the band's frontman and lyricist, has been wrestling with identity and fear, expectations and pressure. More

Dec 11, 2019 By Matt Fink Issue #66 - My Favorite Album - Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney

Melina Duterte has no need for embellishment. Ask her how she came up with the title of her third full-length release as Jay Som, Anak Ko, and she admits it has no particular connection to the album.  More

Dec 05, 2019 By Jaakko Eino Kalevi Web Exclusive

For our recurring Self-Portrait feature we ask a musician to take a self-portrait photo (or paint/draw a self-portrait) and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Jaakko Eino Kalevi.

Dec 04, 2019 By Dom Gourlay

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are back on January 17 with their 10th album, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, via Dine Alone. Founding members Jason Reece and Conrad Keely tell Under the Radar about the new record and how a complete clearout revitalised the band in their 25th year of existence. More