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The Best Songs from the Best Albums of the Last Year
Jan 07, 2025
By Mark Redfern
We have put together a Spotify playlist for our Top 100 Albums of 2024 list and it’s 10 hours long. It features at least one song from each of our Top 100 in the order the albums appear on the list, from our #1 album to our #100. Some albums are represented by multiple songs filtered throughout the list. More
Escaping the Nostalgia Trap
Dec 29, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. More
Nov 08, 2024
By Mark Redfern
The Grammy Nominations were announced today. We’re not sure we care, in light of Tuesday’s election results. More
A Bonus Track From Bright Future, Out Now on 4AD
Aug 06, 2024
By Marina Malin
Today, Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker shared her new single “Once a Bunch” which was recorded during the sessions for her recent album Bright Future, via 4AD. More
Plus Maya Hawke, Elbow, Julia Holter, Parsnip, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 22, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip and Scott Dransfield both helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 11 this week, narrowed down from the 16 songs we seriously considered. More
Bright Future Due Out This Friday via 4AD
Mar 18, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief is releasing a new solo album, Bright Future, this Friday via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “Free Treasure.” More
Plus Adrianne Lenker, Khruangbin, Drahla, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 23, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 8 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More
Bright Future Due Out March 22 via 4AD
Feb 20, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief is releasing a new solo album, Bright Future, on March 22 via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “Fool.” It was shared via a video directed by Lenker’s brother, Noah Lenker. More
Plus Boeckner, IDLES, Sam Evian, Tomato Flower, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list was fueled by lots of notable album announcements. More
Bright Future Due Out March 22 via 4AD
Jan 17, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has announced a new solo album, Bright Future, and shared a new song from it, “Sadness as a Gift.” She has also announced a whole lot of North American tour dates for this summer and fall. More
Plus J Mascis, Birthmark, Fat White Family, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Dec 15, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 40th Songs of the Week of 2023. This will probably be the final Songs of the Week of 2023. More
The First Taste of Her Upcoming Album on 4AD
Dec 05, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has shared a new solo song, “Ruined,” via a music video. She has also announced some new 2024 tour dates. More
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Due Out February 11 via 4AD
Nov 16, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Big Thief have announced the release of a new studio album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, which will be out on February 11 via 4AD. They have also shared a new single from the album, “Time Escaping.” More
New Single Out Now via 4AD
Oct 06, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Big Thief have shared a new song, “Change,” and have announced some new 2022 North American tour dates. The delicate song seems to tackle the passage of time and death. “Would you live forever, never die?/While everything around passes?” frontwoman Adrianne Lenker asks in the song, later singing: “Death/Like a door/To a place/We’ve never been before.” The new tour dates encompass next April and May. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More
New Single Out Now via 4AD
Sep 07, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Big Thief have shared a new song, “Certainty.” It was recorded direct to four-track when there was a power outage for three days while they were recording with Sam Evian at Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills. Evian’s romantic partner Hannah Cohen adds harmonies to the track. More
echo Will Be Out on February 19 via Sacred Bones
Feb 04, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Australian artist Indigo Sparke has just shared a video for a new song titled “Colourblind,” which is the latest single from her upcoming album, echo, out February 19 on Sacred Bones. The video, which is heavily inspired by the 1984 Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas, was co-directed by Sparke and cinematographer Monica Buscarino. More
songs and instrumentals Both Out Now via 4AD
Feb 04, 2021
By Emma Goad
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has released a new video for her song “forwards beckon rebound,” from her 2020 solo album songs. More
songs and instrumentals Both Out October 23 via 4AD
Oct 01, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief is releasing two new solo albums, one simply titled songs and another simply titled instrumentals, on October 23 via 4AD. Now she has shared another single from songs, “dragon eyes.” More
Plus John Jeffrey, Kevin Morby, BUMPER, Adrianne Lenker, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 04, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s list is a bit more scaled back than usual, but there was still much to like. More
songs and instrumentals Both Out October 23 via 4AD
Sep 02, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has announced two new solo albums, one simply titled songs and another simply titled instrumentals, and has shared the former’s first single, “anything.” More
abysskiss Out Now via Saddle Creek
Nov 29, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker released a new solo album, abysskiss, back in October via Saddle Creek. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “symbol.” Adam Gundersheimer and V Haddad directed the clip, which was filmed in Coney Island. More
abysskiss Out Now via Saddle Creek
Oct 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker released a new solo album, abysskiss, today via Saddle Creek. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are her upcoming tour dates. More
abysskiss Due Out This Friday via Saddle Creek
Oct 02, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker is releasing a new solo album, abysskiss, this Friday (October 5) via Saddle Creek. Previously she shared its first two singles, “cradle” and “symbol.” Now she has shared another new song from the album, “from.” More
abysskiss Due Out October 5 via Saddle Creek
Sep 12, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker is releasing a new solo album, abysskiss, on October 5 via Saddle Creek. Now she has shared another new song from the album, “symbol,” and announced some new solo tour dates. More
abysskiss Due Out October 5 via Saddle Creek
Aug 07, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Big Thief released their debut album, Masterpiece, in May 2016, and their sophomore album, Capacity, in June 2017, both via Saddle Creek. Now Big Thief’s singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker has announced a new solo album, abysskiss, and shared its first single, “cradle.” Abysskiss is due out October 5 via Saddle Creek. More
Reviews
Mar 22, 2024
By Mark Moody
Similar to Emily Sprague’s self-titled Florist album of a few years back, Adrianne Lenker’s woodshed approach on Bright Future brings warm and wonderful results. More
Oct 09, 2018
By Charles Steinberg
How does folk music pacify the way it does? All it is is centrally a combination of a guitar and a voice. Actor Sam Elliott’s character makes the fundamental observation in the 2018 remake of A Star is Born that, “Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave…. More
