Apr 19, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More

Apr 16, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have shared a new song, “What Happened to You, Son?,” that was originally intended for their last album, 2023’s Late Developers. It has been released via Matador ahead of the band’s North American tour, which starts next week. More

Nov 14, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have announced some new 2024 North American tour dates. They happen next April and May and support comes from The Weather Station or Haley Heynderickx, depending on the show. More

Jun 13, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Indie pop artists Suki Waterhouse and Belle and Sebastian have teamed up to release a new song “Every Day’s a Lesson in Humility,” for the Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 8. More

Jan 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have been forced to cancel their North American tour dates due to health challenges frontman Stuart Murdoch has been facing since November. More

Jan 13, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2023. After a quiet period last week, this week was roaring with album announcements and new songs. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More

Jan 13, 2023 By Mark Redfern

On Monday, Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian announced a brand new album, Late Developers, that was due out today via Matador, only seven months since their last album came out. Now that it’s out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jan 09, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have announced a brand new album, Late Developers, and it’s due out via Matador this Friday, only seven months since their last one came out. They have also shared its first single, “I Don’t Know What You See In Me,” via a music video. More

Oct 18, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have announced some new North American tour dates for 2023. More

Jul 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have performed their first ever Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music. The band performed four songs: “Unnecessary Drama,” “Working Boy in New York City,” “Reclaim the Night,” and “Judy and the Dream of Horses.” It was filmed late last month during the band’s recent U.S. tour. More

Jun 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have shared a new song, “A Bit of Previous,” via a video. The song shares the title of their newest album, A Bit of Previous, which came out last month via Matador, but confusingly wasn’t featured on that album. Instead it’s a standalone single. More

May 06, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have released a new album, A Bit of Previous, today via Matador. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Talk to Me, Talk to Me,” which was directed by 15-year-old South London siblings Freya and Rosalie Salkeld. You can also stream the new album here and read our review of it.& More

Apr 15, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week our new favorite band, Wet Leg, hit #1 on the British album charts with their debut album. It was a solid week for new tracks, but none that screamed #1 Song of the Week, so this week’s order should be considered less strict than some weeks. More

Apr 13, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian are releasing a new album, A Bit of Previous, on May 6 via Matador. Now they have shared its third single, “Young and Stupid,” via a lyric video featuring photos of the band as children, teenagers, and in their 20s. The band has also issued a statement from actor Jon Hamm. More

Mar 11, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was without a doubt the strongest week for new tracks so far this year. Some of our all time favorite artists put out new songs this week and there were several amazing songs that were seven or eight minutes long. There was much debate on what should make the main list and the best we could narrow it down to was a Top 15. More

Mar 11, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian are releasing a new album, A Bit of Previous, on May 6 via Matador. Now they have shared its second single, “If They’re Shooting At You,” which they have dedicated to the people of Ukraine and are donating all proceeds from the song to the Red Cross. It is accompanied by a video featuring images from photographers covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More

Mar 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a stellar week for new tracks and we could only narrow it down to a Top 12, with several strong honorable mentions. More

Mar 02, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have announced a new album, A Bit of Previous, and shared its first single, “Unnecessary Drama,” via a video for it. They have also announced some new tour dates that include shows in America, the UK, and Europe. More

Dec 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog is back with this year’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled This Is Just a Modern Xmas Song. For over a decade now Goodwin has tirelessly been putting together an annual mix of indie rock Christmas songs, handing CDs out to friends and also posting it online via Mixcloud and Christmas Underground. More

Jan 28, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have shared a new video for a live version of their song “Belle and Sebastian” which features footage of fans lip syncing and dancing to the song. More

Dec 22, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Grandaddy have shared cover versions of two classic introversion rock anthems, “Fox in the Snow” by Belle and Sebastian and “In My Room” by The Beach Boys. The two songs comprise a new release titled 2020’s Over Covers, which is now available via Bandcamp. More

Dec 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have released a new live album, What to Look for in Summer, today via Matador. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. The band has also shared new videos for each song on the album and you can watch those here too. Also today we posted our review of the album. More

Oct 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have announced a new live album, What to Look for in Summer, and have shared videos for two tracks from it, live versions of “The Boy With the Arab Strap” and “My Wandering Days Are Over.” The album is not the document of one concert, instead the tracks are culled from various shows in their summer 2019 tour, including their “Boaty Weekender” floating festival. More

Apr 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)

Welcome to the sixteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. More

Apr 21, 2020 By Lily Guthrie

Belle and Sebastian are layering music with lyrics from fans on their thoughts and feelings about being quarantined at home alone to create a conspired artwork they are calling Protecting the Hive. The first release from this series is narrated by bandleader Stuart Murdoch and friend Alessandra Lupo, which is set to an aerial view of Glasgow in its current lockdown state. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

It was announced last year that Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian would be providing the score for the indie film Days of the Bagnold Summer and the soundtrack came out a couple of weeks ago via Matador. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “This Letter.” Frontman Stuart Murdoch directed the video, which features three of the four members of the Glasgow band Wet Look. More

Sep 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It should’ve been a quiet week due to Monday’s Labor Day holiday here in America. And it was quiet at first, but then in the latter half of the week there was a rally of worthy new tracks. We settled on 11 tracks this week (we did only nine last week). More

Sep 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

It was announced last year that Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian would be providing the score for the indie film Days of the Bagnold Summer and the soundtrack is due out September 13 via Matador. Now they have shared another song from it, “This Letter.” More

Jul 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the July 4th holiday; there really weren’t too many new songs last week. So this week’s edition covers songs from both this week and last week, hence we have 12 choices. More

Jul 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

It was announced last year that Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian would be providing the score for the indie film Days of the Bagnold Summer. Now the band has officially announced its soundtrack and shared a video for its first single, “Sister Buddha.” More

Feb 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian have announced some new North American tour dates for this summer. They go down in July and include shows in Charlottesville, Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Cleveland, and more. More

Oct 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian are scoring a new British indie film, Days of the Bagnold Summer, that stars Nick Cave’s 18-year-old son, Earl Cave (The End of the F***ing World). The film is the directorial debut of Simon Bird, an actor and comedian known for his role as Will McKenzie in The Inbetweeners TV and movie series. More

Sep 07, 2018 By Mark Redfern

The Boy With the Arab Strap, the third studio album by Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian, was first released on September 7, 1998 via British independent label Jeepster. We wanted to acknowledge the classic album’s 20th anniversary. More

Sep 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Back in February Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian told fans they were considering launching a Belle and Sebastian cruise in 2019 and wanted their fans’ opinions on it via a survey on their website. Then in May the band announced The Boaty Weekender, a floating festival to set sale from Barcelona to Sardinia and back again on August 8-12, 2019. Now Belle and Sebastian have announced the initial line-up. Most notably, it features Camera Obscura, who are making their return to performing live for the first time since the 2015 death of the band’s Carey Lander from cancer. More

May 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Back in February Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian told fans they were considering launching a Belle and Sebastian cruise in 2019 and wanted their fans’ opinions on it via a survey on their website. Well, it seems like the fans wanted it to happen, because today the band have announced The Boaty Weekender, a floating festival to set sale from Barcelona to Sardinia and back again on August 8-12, 2019. More

May 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Music Festival has announced its initial 2018 lineup. Highlights include Grizzly Bear, Belle and Sebastian, Miguel, Real Estate, MC50 performing MC5’s Kick Out the Jams, Liz Phair, Moses Sumney, Gang Gang Dance, More

Apr 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar‘s Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters and you will also help keep one of the last print music magazines strong and vital. More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Mar 22, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

In the last few months Belle and Sebastian have released three interconnected EPs, all titled How to Solve Your Human Problems. How to Solve Your Human Problems Part 1 came out in December, Part 2 came out in January, and Part 3 came out in February. Then all three EPs were collected in a vinyl box set and CD compilation that also came out in February. Now they have shared a video for “Poor Boy.” More

Feb 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian are thinking of launching a cruise festival in August 2019, one that would leave from Barcelona, Spain and feature performances from the band as well as dozens of other bands. They say they’ve been contemplating the idea for 20 years, but before they move ahead with it they want to know if their fans are into the idea and get their opinion on other details, such as who else they’d like to see on the bill and where they’d like the cruise to go to. More

Jan 22, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian are releasing three interconnected EPs, all titled How to Solve Your Human Problems. How to Solve Your Human Problems Part 1 came out back on December 8, Part 2 came out January 19, and Part 3 is due out February 16. More

Jan 12, 2018 By Mark Redfern

We haven’t posted a Songs of the Week post in quite awhile, as there weren’t that many new songs of note over the holidays or at the start of the year, but this week there was an tidal wave of new tracks worth considering for this list. It was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to only 10 (Franz Ferdinand and Marlon Williams almost made the Top 10). More

Jan 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian are releasing three interconnected EPs, all titled How to Solve Your Human Problems. How to Solve Your Human Problems Part 1 came out back on December 8, Part 2 is due out January 19, and Part 3 is due out February 16. More

Dec 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian are releasing three interconnected EPs, all titled How to Solve Your Human Problems. How to Solve Your Human Problems Part 1 is due out tomorrow (December 8), Part 2 is due out January 19, and Part 3 is due out February 16. Then all three EPs will be collected in a vinyl box set and CD compilation, both due out February 17. Previously the band shared Part 1‘s “We Are Beautiful” (as well as a video for the song) and Part 2‘s “I’ll Be Your Pilot.” Now “I’ll Be Your Pilot” has a video. More

Oct 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we didn’t do a Songs of the Week post simply because there truly were hardly any new tracks worth considering for it. But this week there was a wealth of exciting new music. To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared this week. Check out the full list below. More

Oct 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian shared a brand new song, “We Are Beautiful,” back in July, as well as a video for the song in September. There was previously no word on whether the song was from a future EP or album. Now the Scottish band have announced three interconnected EPs, all titled How to Solve Your Human Problems, and have shared a new song, “I’ll Be Your Pilot.” More

Sep 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian shared a brand new song, “We Were Beautiful,” back in July. Now the song has a video. The band has also announced some new European tour dates for early 2018. More

Jul 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

It was a busy week for new tracks, with two pop singers (Jessie Ware and Charli XCX) making a strong showing. A couple of classic rockers made a return, and while Ringo Starr’s new song (featuring Paul McCartney and others) was pretty standard old rocker fare, one of Mick Jagger’s new songs (either “Gotta Get a Grip” or the remix of it by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker) surprisingly almost made our Top 8. More

Jul 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian have shared a brand new song, “We Were Beautiful.” Right now it’s just a standalone single, there’s no word if the song is from an upcoming album or EP. The band just embarked on a North American tour, so it could be in honor of that. More

Feb 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian have announced some summer North American tour dates. They go down this July and August. Select shows with include support from Julien Baker, Spoon, Andrew Bird, Porches, Ex Hex, and/or Benjamin Clementine, depending on the date. More

Nov 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian are working on new music that they plan to release as a series of vinyl EPs and frontman Stuart Murdoch has posted a casting call looking for models to appear on the covers of the EPs. More

Aug 10, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian have shared a brand new Olympics-themed song, “Olympic Village, 6am,” via its music video. The band are clear fans of track and field events (one of their most iconic songs is “The Stars of Track and Field” after all). The song is an instrumental and the video is cut to BBC archival footage of Olympic track and field events. More

Nov 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian have announced on their website that they are cancelling all their November tour dates due to health issues with frontman Stuart Murdoch. We hope it’s nothing serious and wish him a full recovery. Here’s the band’s full statement:

Aug 28, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend Los Angeles hosted FYF Festival. Check out Robert Redfield’s gallery of images from day two featuring Belle and Sebastian, D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Laura Marling,Lower Dens, Mac DeMarco, Morrissey, Solange, Toro Y Moi, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. More

Aug 19, 2015 By Julia Underwood

Last weekend Helsinki hosted Flow Festival. More

Jul 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Belle and Sebastian have released a video for “Perfect Couples,” which can be found on Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, released back in January on Matador. More

Jun 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

At Glastonbury this past weekend, a lot of British bands who made their marks in the 1990s performed. The BBC has posted an impressive amount of videos from the festival and so we decided to collect those performances from ‘90s heroes, all of whom are still going strong today. More

Jun 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Last night Belle and Sebastian stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers on NBC. On the broadcast show they performed “Allie,” which can be found on Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, released back in January on Matador. More

Apr 09, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

On May 1 Belle and Sebastian co-found and former member Stuart David will release a new memoir titled In the All-Night Café, tracing the early days of longtime band. More

Apr 06, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On April 3, Belle and Sebastian stopped by Riviera Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. More

Jan 22, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating the release of their newest album Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance, Belle and Sebastian were welcomed as the musical guest on Conan last night. More

Jan 07, 2015 By Laura Studarus

“The Cat With the Cream,” the newest cut revealed from Belle and Sebastian’s forthcoming album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, is a classic string and pop-hook heavy anthem from the Scottish outfit. More

Dec 16, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Belle & Sebastian, Caribou, and The War on Drugs are all slated to play Way Out West this August. More

Dec 10, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch calls the band’s new single “Nobody’s Empire” “Absolutely the most personal [song] I’ve ever written.” More

Nov 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Due to release their brand new album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance on Jan. 20, Belle and Sebastian have premiered a brand new music video featuring their lead single “The Party Line.” More

Oct 28, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Poised to release their brand new album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance this January, Belle and Sebastian has shared a brand new song off the effort titled “The Party Line.” More

Oct 14, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Belle and Sebastian have revealed new details pertaining to their forthcoming ninth studio album, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, due out this January. More

Sep 29, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Belle and Sebastian have announced the release of their ninth studio album, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance. More

Sep 05, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Today the Glasgow-set musical film God Help the Girl opens in Los Angeles and New York and will be available to download or rent via Vimeo and iTunes. Then next week it gets a wider theatrical release. God Help the Girl is the feature film writing and directing debut of Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch. More

Sep 05, 2014 By Gary Knight

We have a special theme on Under the Radar’s website this week which we’re simply calling Scotland Week. All throughout the week we will be posting interviews, reviews, lists, and blog posts relating to Scotland and in particular Scottish music. We’ve put together a list of the 10 most essential Belle and Sebastian songs. More

Sep 01, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

This Friday the film God Help the Girl is released in America. It’s the feature film writing and directing debut of Stuart Murdoch, the frontman for beloved Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. The film takes place in Murdoch’s native Glasgow and involves, among other things, the formation of an indie pop band. Partly in honor of the film’s release we’ve decided to have a special theme on Under the Radar‘s website this week which we’re simply calling Scotland Week. More

Aug 26, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next month on Sept. 9 NYC trio Interpol are due to return with the release of their fifth album El Pintor. More

Aug 06, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Stuart Murdoch has released a new music video for the title track of his film God Help The Girl. The clip features the film’s star, Emily Browning, performing the song among scenes from the film. If you ever pictured a Belle and Sebastian film playing in your head while listening to their music, it probably looked a lot like this. More

Jul 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Coming to theaters on Sept. 5 is God Help the Girl, a musical written, directed, and scored by Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch. More

May 28, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Belle and Sebastian has finished recording the follow-up to their 2010 album, Write About Love. More

Nov 11, 2013 By John Everhart

As a trainspotter who can wax rhapsodic over obscure B-sides from The Smiths and extol the virtues of Felt’s Goldmine Trash, Belle and Sebastian‘s Stuart Murdoch is something of an aficionado of compilation albums. In 2005 his band released Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, a compilation of their early singles and EPs from their time with Jeepster Records. More

Aug 27, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. Last week we featured Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre, and for three days we posted commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Now we’ve compiled all three posts into one complete interview. More

Aug 27, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last week Belle and Sebastian released The Third Eye Centre, a new compilation of b-sides and rarities spanning between 2003’s Dear Catastrophe Waitress and 2010’s Write About Love. More

Aug 23, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre and posting commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part three, where Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson discuss the final seven songs on the album. More

Aug 22, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre and posting commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part two, where Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson discuss the next six songs on the album. More

Aug 21, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre, and for the next three days we’ll post commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part one, where Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson discuss the first six songs on the album. More

Aug 21, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Belle and Sebastian will be releasing a brand new collection of b-side and rarities titled The Third Eye Centre. More

Jul 15, 2013 By Laura Studarus

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. The Scottish singer/songwriter admits at a press conference that he spent the earlier portion of the day walking around an upscale housing area and thinking about his musical hero, Leonard Cohen. More

Jul 06, 2013 By Julia Underwood

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal runs until July 7. We sent writer/photographer Laura Studarus to Montréal to check out the action. Check out her shots of Belle & Sebastian. More

Jul 02, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Belle and Sebastian have announced the release of a forthcoming b-side and rarities compilation titled The Third Eye Centre. More

Feb 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Recently chosen to co-headline the Pitchfork Music Festival this July, Belle and Sebastian have announced a numerous of performances throughout the U.S. and Canada in the lead-up to their appearance in Chicago. More

Jul 09, 2012 By Austin Trunick

Ranked is our new series in which one of our writers takes an artist’s catalogue and ranks all their official studio albums from best to worst. The order is decided by the individual writer, rather than our editors. This time Austin Trunick ranks Belle & Sebastian. More

Mar 26, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

A while back Belle and Sebastian became the latest to curate a new installment of the music compilation series LateNight Tales. More

Feb 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Belle and Sebastian have curated the latest installment of the music compilation series LateNight Tales, including a cover by the band itself of The Primitives’ 1988 single, “Crash.” More

Jun 10, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The life of a rock star is a rough one. At least, that’s the takeaway video from the new Belle and Sebastian video for Write About Love cut, “Come on Sister. We have the clip. More

Dec 21, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Scottish pop royalty Belle and Sebastian is playing a hometown concert right now. More

Nov 30, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Belle and Sebastian vocalist Stuart Murdoch announced today the publication of his first book, The Celestial Cafe, which is a collection of diary entries. More

Nov 15, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Primavera promoters have announced today a slew of buzz-worthy acts joining Pulp for the epic five-day fest, which runs from May 25th through the 29th in Barcelona, Spain. More

Oct 06, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Love Belle and Sebastian? Love to write about love? Great—Belle and Sebastian would love to write about you. We have the details of this cool contest. More

Oct 04, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Write About Love, the forthcoming new album from Scottish indie-popsters Belle and Sebastian, is now streaming in its entirety over at NPR. The album is due out via Matador on October 12th. We have the details and the full list of tour dates. More

Sep 30, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Belle and Sebastian stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to perform the title track off Belle and Sebastian Write About Love, which streets October 12 in North America through Matador. We have the video.

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Sep 07, 2010 By John Everhart

Belle and Sebastian have released the title track from their upcoming album Write About Love, featuring actress Carey Mulligan on guest vocals, along with the record’s full tracklisting. We have the details. More

Aug 31, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Belle and Sebastian has announced an October 5th show at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. The Scottish band will be performing after a screening of the classic 1996 junkie film Trainspotting, which was set in Scotland. More

May 31, 2018 By Austin Trunick

For a creative person, a shift in medium can open new channels of thinking. When Belle and Sebastian leader Stuart Murdoch temporarily stepped away from music to write and direct the 2014 film musical, God Help the Girl, the experience forever left a mark on the way he would approach composing. More

Sep 18, 2014 By Mark Redfern

Today is a historic day in Scotland as it is the day the nation votes on the Scottish Independence Referendum. The people of Scotland get to vote on whether or not to secede from the United Kingdom and have Scotland become its own country. Here various Scottish musicians weigh in on the subject. More

Sep 05, 2014 By Mark Redfern

For this Scotland Week interview we talk to Stevie Jackson of Belle and Sebastian. One of the most iconic Scottish bands of the last two decades, the indie pop six-piece barely needs any introduction (especially to the readers of this website). Read on as Jackson discusses his favorite Scottish albums, bands, authors, and films, as well as his thoughts on the Scottish Independence Referendum. More

Sep 04, 2014 By Matt Fink

In honor of Scotland Week, for this Throwback Thursday we revisit our 2006 cover story article on Belle and Sebastian, which was centered on The Life Pursuit. This Friday God Help the Girl, the feature film writing and directing debut of frontman Stuart Murdoch, is released. The band is also currently working on a new album. More

Nov 11, 2013 By John Everhart

As a trainspotter who can wax rhapsodic over obscure B-sides from The Smiths and extol the virtues of Felt’s Goldmine Trash, Belle and Sebastian‘s Stuart Murdoch is something of an aficionado of compilation albums. In 2005 his band released Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, a compilation of their early singles and EPs from their time with Jeepster Records. More

Aug 27, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. Last week we featured Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre, and for three days we posted commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Now we’ve compiled all three posts into one complete interview. More

Aug 23, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre and posting commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part three, where Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson discuss the final seven songs on the album. More

Aug 22, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre and posting commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part two, where Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson discuss the next six songs on the album. More

Aug 21, 2013 By John Everhart

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring Belle and Sebastian’s Third Eye Centre, and for the next three days we’ll post commentary by the band on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part one, where Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson discuss the first six songs on the album. More

Jul 15, 2013 By Laura Studarus

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

May 05, 2022 By Austin Saalman

Belle and Sebastian’s first album recorded in its native Glasgow in over 20 years, A Bit of Previous demonstrates the group’s devotion to its roots. In this respect, the group’s 10th studio album feels both like a step forward and a welcome retrospective of the Scottish indie pop outfit’s earlier output, continuing its eclectic genre explorations and warm retro-inspired pop stylings. More

Oct 01, 2019 By Blaise Radley

Belle and Sebastian’s quiveringly earnest brand of indie pop has been the soundtrack of enough coming-of-age moments (both on screen and otherwise) that this, their soundtrack to the titular film Days of the Bagnold Summer, doesn’t come as a particular surprise. More

Feb 26, 2018 By Ben Jardine

When Belle and Sebastian released their ninth studio album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, in 2015, many fans weren’t expecting the slew of dance-centric tracks that made up the album’s critical success. Now three years later, Belle and Sebastian return to the dancefloor fray with new music, in the form of three connected EPs released over several months and also collected as a compilation CD and in a vinyl box set. More

Jan 19, 2015 By Laura Studarus

To quote Woody Allen, relationships are “...absurd, but we keep going through it because we need the eggs.” Belle and Sebastian get it. Their ninth album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance features a cast of damaged idealists on the hunt for love. More

Dec 09, 2014 By Billy Hamilton

Eighteen years. That’s how long Scotland’s most whimsical indie ensemble Belle and Sebastian has been around. For a band that’s barely scratched the mainstream surface, it’s some achievement, especially as Stuart Murdoch’s wistful troupe still look a long way off from calling it quits. More

Mar 19, 2014 By Laura Studarus

We begin this recap of SXSW 2014 with a classic caveat: It’s not you, it’s me. Really. More

Mar 18, 2014 By Austin Trunick

Staff writer Austin Trunick spent six days in Austin, Texas, taking in this year’s South By Southwest. More

Aug 28, 2013 By Austin Trunick

B-side collections should rarely be as good as albums. They offer wonderful glimpses of your favorite bands’ development processes—B-sides are the rock record equivalent of a DVD’s deleted scenes—showing off ill-fitting tracks, interesting failures, and songs deemed unworthy of wider release for other various reasons. More

Jul 06, 2013 By Laura Studarus

While the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal carried on through the weekend, Friday was Under the Radar’s final day of musical adventures. One could not ask for a better sendoff than standout sets from Here We Go Magic and Belle and Sebastian.

Nov 24, 2010 By John Everhart

What’s always differentiated Belle and Sebastian from legions of overly precious twee acts is the sheer emotional clarity with which Stuart Murdoch has written from a feminine perspective. More