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12 Best Songs of the Week: Westerman, Alex Lahey, Little Dragon, Modern Woman, and More

Plus Strange Ranger, Lightning Dust, High Pulp, Sen Morimoto, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 05, 2023

Welcome to the sixteenth Songs of the Week of 2023. There weren’t any tracks this week that screamed, “This is the very best song of the week!” But still there was plenty to like. More

Baxter Dury Shares Video for New Song “Celebrate Me”

I Thought I Was Better Than You Due Out June 2 via Heavenly Recordings

May 02, 2023

Baxter Dury is releasing a new album, I Thought I Was Better Than You, on June 2 via Heavenly Recordings. Now he has shared its third single, “Celebrate Me,” via a music video. More

Baxter Dury Shares New Song “Leon”

I Thought I Was Better Than You Due Out June 2 via Heavenly Recordings

Apr 05, 2023

Baxter Dury is releasing a new album, I Thought I Was Better Than You, on June 2 via Heavenly Recordings. Now he has shared its second single, “Leon.” More

13 Best Songs of the Last Two Weeks: Angel Olsen, Ratboys, Feist, The New Pornographers, and More

Plus ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT, Caroline Rose, Nation of Language, Indigo De Souza, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 17, 2023

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was sick with a bad cold (which still lingers) and we were putting the finishing touches on our latest print issue. So this week’s Songs of the Week encompasses songs from the last two weeks. More

13 Best Songs of the Week: I Break Horses, Hinds, Baxter Dury, Sharon Van Etten, and More

Plus Christine and the Queens, Jehnny Beth, Hamilton Leithauser, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 07, 2020

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was tough to narrow things down to a Top 10 this week, too many great tracks, so we’ve got a super-sized edition. More

Baxter Dury Shares Video for New Song “I’m Not Your Dog”

The Night Chancers Due Out March 20 via Heavenly

Feb 05, 2020

Baxter Dury is releasing a new album, The Night Chancers, on March 20 via Heavenly. Now he has shared another song from the album, “I’m Not Your Dog,” via a video for the track that finds Dury on the beach somewhere in a bad way. More

Baxter Dury Shares New Song “Carla’s Got a Boyfriend”

The Night Chancers Due Out March 20, 2020 via Heavenly

Dec 13, 2019

Baxter Dury is releasing a new album, The Night Chancers, on March 20, 2020 via Heavenly. Now he has shared another song from it, “Carla’s Got a Boyfriend.” More

8 Best Songs of the Week: HAIM, Baxter Dury, Soccer Mommy, Destroyer, and More

Plus Girl Ray, Field Music, Max Bloom, SASAMI, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Nov 22, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were quite a few notable cover songs released this week, including some of the Christmas variety, but not as many strong originals as the last couple of weeks. Hence we are down to a Top 8 instead of our preferred Top 10. More

Baxter Dury Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song “Slumlord”

The Night Chancers Due Out March 20, 2020 via Heavenly

Nov 19, 2019

Baxter Dury has announced a new album, The Night Chancers, and shared its first single, “Slumlord,” via a video for the track. More

Fat White Family Share Bloody Monty Python-Esque Video for New Song Feat. Baxter Dury

“Tastes Good With the Money” Video Directed by Róisín Murphy

Mar 20, 2019

England’s Fat White Family are releasing a new album, Serfs Up!, on April 19 via Domino. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Tastes Good With the Money,” via a crazy and bloody video directed by fellow musician Róisín Murphy that has a bit of a Monty Python vibe to it. The song features Baxter Dury, who also appears in the video. More

Fat White Family Announce New Album, Share New Song “Feet”

Serfs Up! Due Out April 19 via Domino and Features Baxter Dury

Jan 10, 2019

British trio Fat White Family have announced a new album, Serfs Up!, and shared a new song from it, the string-backed “Feet.” More

Sep 10, 2018

B.E.D is a new project teaming up Baxter Dury, Etienne de Crécy, and Delilah Holiday of London punks Skinny Girl Diet. They have announced their self-titled debut album and shared its first single, “White Coats.” B.E.D is due out October 26 via Heavenly. Check out “White Coats” below, followed by the album’s tracklist. More

Nov 13, 2017

Baxter Dury released a new album, Prince of Tears, a couple of weeks back via Heavenly. Now he has shared a video for the album’s title track, “Prince of Tears.” Roger Sargent directed the video, which features Dury in a boxing match. Watch it below. More

Under the Radar Announces Fall 2017 Issue with Julien Baker on the Cover

Issue 62 Also Includes Interviews with Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, The Horrors, Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, King Krule, and Much More

Oct 20, 2017

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Fall 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Julien Baker on the cover. More

Nine Best Songs of the Week: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, The National, Baxter Dury, and More

Plus Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware, Mathew Dear + Tegan and Sara, Ted Leo, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 01, 2017

What a packed week for great new tracks. We could have easily done a Top 15. Some artists that almost made the cut include A. Savage, Bully, John Maus, Father John Misty (remixed by The Haxan Cloak), Tricky, Wolf Parade, and Zola Jesus. More

Baxter Dury Announces New Album, Shares “Miami” Video

Prince of Tears Due Out October 27 via Heavenly, Features Rose Elinor Dougall and Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson

Aug 29, 2017

Baxter Dury has announced a new album, Prince of Tears, and shared a video for its first single, “Miami.” Prince of Tears is due out October 27 via Heavenly. It features two special guests: Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods on “Almond Milk” and Rose Elinor Dougall on “Porcelain.” More



Interviews

Apr 20, 2020

Baxter Dury returns waxing indignant about slumlords, the fashion set, and a segment of the ultra rich with more money than empathy, taste, or sense, in his disaffected spoken-sung manner on his new album The Night Chancers. More

Baxter Dury on “Prince of Tears”

Synthetically Authentic

Dec 12, 2017

On his new album, Prince of Tears, Baxter Dury takes on a persona named Miami, and the results aren’t pretty. “Miami,” the four-and-a-half minute album opener, finds the British avant garde rocker (and son of the late, iconic 1970s/1980s singer/songwriter Ian Dury, of Ian Dury and the Blockheads fame) cursing, insulting, and grandstanding to no end against a nameless antagonist, sounding like id unbound, all over infectious, dancefloor ready beats and synths crafted by him and co-producer Ash Workman. More


Reviews

Nov 15, 2018

It’s better to be late than never, and if that saying could be applied to anyone in music right now there’s no one more appropriate that Baxter Dury. As the son of legendary punk and New Wave artist Ian Dury it’s probably fair to say music’s been in his blood since the day he was born. More