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The Album First Came Out on April 3, 2001
Oct 06, 2021
By Austin Saalman
There is a curse cast upon those bands unfortunate enough to outdo themselves before there is truly an established self to outdo. Strong debuts spawn high expectations straight out of the gate and such acts are pressured to run before they’ve learned to walk, each subsequent album resulting all too often in an endless barrage of conversations and debates concerning the “old stuff.” More
Plus Queens of the Stone Age, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne, Franz Ferdinand, Alvvays, and Others
Jan 08, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The lineup for the 2018 Shaky Knees Music Festival has been announced. The festival goes down in Atlanta, GA’s Central Park May 4-6. The headliners are The National, Jack White, and Queens of the Stone Age. More
Wrong Creatures Due Out January 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are one of those band’s that’s never quite lived down the success and acclaim of their debut album, 2001’s B.R.M.C. 2003’s Take Them On, On Your Own (for which they were on the cover of Under the Radar‘s fifth print issue) and 2005’s Howl were both fine albums, but didn’t quite match the visceral impact of their debut, and their last three albums haven’t been quite as well received as the first three. More
Jaunt Kicks Off This March
Nov 16, 2012
By Laura Studarus
This March, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will take to the venues of Europe in support of a forthcoming album to be released around the same time. More
Plus: Paul Rudd vs. The Divine Comedy, plus interviews with Broadcast, Grandaddy, The Flaming Lips, Bat For Lashes, Rilo Kiley, Broken Social Scene, and much more
Oct 19, 2011
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More
Live Due November 10th, Band Working on New Studio Album
Sep 08, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Black Rebel Motorcycle club has announced Live, a 2-DVD, 1CD set featuring over two hours of performance footage from the end of the band’s 2007 tour. The band’s own Abstract Dragon label will release the package in conjuction with Vagrant Records on November 10th. The band is also working on a new album. More
Interviews
Apr 08, 2013
By Lily Moayeri
Dark, brooding, dangerous, and tortured is the vibe that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club gives off. Robert Levon Been, bassist/vocalist for the trio—who just released its seventh album,Specter At the Feast—shatters this image from his first utterances. More
Reviews
Jan 25, 2018
By Stephen Wyatt
Today, there is not much an avid listener can expect from their beloved bands other than to simply rock. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Wrong Creatures ravages, destroys, pillages, and burns over regions of rock music’s most heralded aspects: serrating distortion, kindling rhythms, Lou Reed-copied vocal tonality. More
Jul 23, 2015
By Lily Moayeri
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is, arguably, more popular outside of its native U.S. The trio is known for capturing the dedication of its European fans live on DVD/CD combos, first with sold-out shows in Berlin, Dublin, and Glasgow in 2007, then in London in 2011, and now in Paris. More
May 17, 2013
By Kenny S. McGuane
With Howl, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s best album, eight years behind them now, the Los Angeles trio seems content churning out respectable moody-but-energized rock records that very rarely break the mold. More
