Jul 08, 2011
By Lily Moayeri
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If you see Michael B. Jordan in the street, you can call out "Vince," the character he has played on Friday Night Lights for the last two seasons, or "Alex," the character he has played on Parenthood for the last season, or "Wallace," the character he played on The Wire 10 years ago, or "Mike"—his actual name—and Jordan will answer to any one. More
May 25, 2011
By Matt Fink
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As indie bands and comedians have been sharing bills long enough that it's no longer a novelty, the question of whether they should is rarely asked. But Michael Ian Black has always been the inquisitive sort, and after years of sharing stages with music acts, he has some questions. More
May 22, 2011
By Matt Fink
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It's hard to say exactly what it is that makes Eugene Mirman such an obvious fit for indie rock listeners—his distinctly absurdist outsider perspective, his understatedly shrugging demeanor, his full embrace of non-mainstream media—but few comedians have been as widely embraced by fans of underground music. More
Apr 22, 2011
By John Everhart
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Under the Radar caught up with comedian Ed Helms (The Office, The Hangover) to discuss his upcoming bluegrass festival, formative musical influences, and the karma he'll never earn back from some of his segments on The Daily Show. More
Apr 18, 2011
By Chris Tinkham
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16-year-old Miles Heizer plays the introverted, mature-minded Drew Holt on the NBC Tuesday-night drama Parenthood. Although Drew's sister, Amber (played by Mae Whitman), is a novice singer-songwriter with a giant-sized Tegan and Sara poster on her wall, Under the Radar learned, while looking into the show's occasional Tegan and Sara references, that Heizer is passionate about music and a fan of numerous indie-rock bands, with Beach House currently reigning supreme among them in his estimation. This writer spotted Heizer at a Lykke Li show in Los Angeles last month and struck up a conversation with him about music prior to the performance. With the season finale of Parenthood set to air tomorrow night, now seemed like a good time to find out more about Heizer, to continue the conversation about music, and to settle the mystery of the show's Tegan and Sara connections. More
Oct 11, 2010
By Mike Hilleary
Issue #33 - Fall 2010 - Interpol
While he's never engaged in a down-and-out brawl before, actor Simon Helberg can throw a mean punch, having earned a black belt in karate by the time he was 10 years old. That's not to say, however, that he won't feel really, really bad about it. More
Oct 06, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
Issue #33 - Fall 2010 - Interpol
"This is not good.” Those are the foreboding first words you read in the debut issue of Image Comics’ The Walking Dead. There is no over-the-top internal monologue from a main character, or omnipresent narrator clueing you in to the overall through-line. It’s just a bleak, monochromatic landscape, punctuated by telephone poles and a pivotal police shootout. More
Aug 01, 2010
By Jim James
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
