Apr 01, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a solid week for new music, with a strong and obvious #1 song. Today we posted an April Fools’ Day joke on our site. Did you notice it? More

Apr 01, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) is releasing a new album, Alluvium, on May 6 via Bella Union / [PIAS]. Now he has shared the album’s fourth single, “Bell Toll,” via a lyric video for it. More

Mar 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Covers of Covers, our first album, came out today on CD and digitally via American Laundromat. You can stream it now. You can also buy it directly from American Laundromat, via Bandcamp, or on Amazon. Today we posted a track-by-track article on the album, in which all 20 artists discuss their contribution. More

Jan 21, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2022. This week there were some exciting new album announcements (Hatchie, Daniel Rossen, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Jenny Hval) and Beach House put out another five songs from their new album. More

Jan 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) has announced the release of a new album, Alluvium, which will be out on May 6 via Bella Union / [PIAS]. Duncan has also shared a new single from the album, “Heaven.” More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is proud to announce Covers of Covers, which is the magazine’s first ever album. In honor of our 20th anniversary we approached some of our favorite musicians and asked them to cover any song by any artist who had been on the front or back cover of our print issue over the years. Covers of Covers is due out March 4, 2022 via American Laundromat, but today we are sharing two of its tracks: Grandaddy’s cover of Metric’s “Blindness” and EMA’s cover of Modest Mouse’s “Trailer Trash.” More

Nov 12, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 43rd Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a packed week for new songs. There were lots of big album announcements (Jack White even announced two new albums, although he didn’t share any new songs from either of them). And Under the Radar favorite Beach House put out four new songs! So the best we could narrow it down to this week was a Top 12. More

Nov 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) has shared a new song, “Alluvium,” via a lyric video for it. It is said to be the first taste of a new album, which will come out next year on Bella Union. Details of the album are still forthcoming. More

Feb 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Lost Horizons have released a new two-part double album, In Quiet Moments—part one came out in December and part two (and thus the entire album) came out today via Bella Union. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. 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

Apr 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released a new album, Health, in March via FatCat. Now he has shared a video for album opener “Talk Talk Talk.” Eoin Glaister directed the clip, which takes place at a UK bingo parlor as two older ladies vie for the attention of the dashing bingo announcer. More

Apr 19, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was slim pickings this week for truly inspiring new tracks, but there were enough to recommend to put together this week’s list. We also realized their were two songs we should’ve included on recent Songs of the Week lists but neglected to, so we’ve given them special mention here. More

Apr 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released a new album, Health, last month via FatCat. We are honored to premiere a new version of the album’s first single, “Impossible,” which Duncan has recorded exclusively for Under the Radar to debut. More

Mar 29, 2019 By Mark Redfern

This week’s Songs of the Week list stars with a 24-minute first movement of a symphony featuring a trip-hop icon, but most of the songs in the Top 10 are by artists that have already made the list in recent weeks with previous songs. More

Mar 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) has released a new album, Health, today via FatCat. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also today we posted our My Firsts interview with C Duncanand you can read that here. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

The big news in Under the Radar land this week was that we announced our new print issue today. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Feb 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) is releasing a new album, Health, on March 29 via FatCat. Previously he shared the album’s first single, “Impossible,” which was one of our Songs of the Week, as well as a video for the song filmed at Europe’s biggest Elvis Presley tribute contest. Now he has shared the album’s title track, “Health.” More

Feb 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) is releasing a new album, Health, on March 29 via FatCat. Previously he shared the album’s first single, “Impossible.” Now he has shared a video for the song, which was filmed at Europe’s biggest Elvis Presley tribute contest. More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2019. This week’s list includes tracks from freshly announced albums (Strand of Oaks, The Drums, Tamaryn, C Duncan, Glen Hansard), as well as by artists who have already made this list with previous songs from their upcoming albums (Telekinesis, Piroshka, Cass McCombs). More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) has announced a new album, Health, and shared its first single, “Impossible.” Health is Duncan’s third album and is due out March 29 via FatCat. It was produced by Elbow’s Craig Potter. More

Mar 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his Twilight Zone-inspired sophomore album, The Midnight Sun, last fall via FatCat. Now he has shared a video for that album’s “Like You Do.” More

Dec 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his acclaimed debut album, Architect, last year via FatCat. It was nominated for prestigious Mercury Prize and was a gorgeous collection with shades of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear in its multi-layered harmonies. More

Oct 28, 2016 By Chris Duncan

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his acclaimed debut album, Architect, last year via FatCat. It was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize and was a gorgeous collection with shades of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear in its multi-layered harmonies. More

Sep 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his acclaimed debut album, Architect, last year via FatCat. It was nominated for prestigious Mercury Prize and was a gorgeous collection with shades of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear in its multi-layered harmonies. More

Sep 02, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his acclaimed debut album, Architect, last year via FatCat. It was nominated for prestigious Mercury Prize and was a gorgeous collection with shades of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear in its multi-layered harmonies. More

Aug 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his acclaimed debut album, Architect, last year via FatCat. It was nominated for prestigious Mercury Prize and was a gorgeous collection with shades of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear in its multi-layered harmonies. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More

Feb 17, 2016 By Michael Wojtas

Scottish singer/songwriter C Duncan’s succinctly titled EP is due out this Friday on FatCat. Ahead of the release, we’re pleased to share a stream of the entire four-song effort. More

Feb 02, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) released his debut album, Architect, in the U.K. late last year via FatCat. It was nominated for prestigious Mercury Prize and is a gorgeous collection with shades of Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear in its multi-layered harmonies. More

Mar 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). More

Feb 28, 2017 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan). More

Jun 23, 2016 By Matt Fink

Though he has spent most of his life preparing for a career in music, Chris Duncan (who uses “C Duncan” as his stage name) was nonetheless surprised by how quickly he realized his potential. More

Nov 01, 2016 By Billy Hamilton

When Glaswegian songwriter Chris Duncan released his debut LP Architect last year, it felt majestically unrushed. The spacious arrangements and multi-faceted melodies soaked up the spirit of Brian Wilson and speckled it across each of the record’s dream pop masterpieces. More