May 02, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek has shared a song, “Starburned and Unkissed,” which is featured on the soundtrack to the new A24 film, I Saw the TV Glow. More

Feb 09, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More

Feb 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek has shared a new version of “Butterfly Net” that features guest vocals from Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering). The original version of the song was found on Polachek’s 2023 album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, and the new version will be featured on a deluxe edition of that album, titled Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: Everasking Edition. More

Dec 23, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Here we go again, racing to December’s finish line, eager to put another chaotic year in the rearview and nervous about what the next 12 months have in store for us. More

Oct 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Austin Saalman, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More

Oct 18, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek has shared a new song, “Dang,” which she performed last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with the aid of a slide show. She also recently performed a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music. More

Jun 26, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

If you missed the Glastonbury Music Festival this last weekend, never fear. This is your one-stop shop for many of the performances, including highlights from Elton John, Weyes Blood, CHVRCHES, Billy Nomates, Caroline Polachek, Manic Street Preachers, Carly Rae Jepsen, Young Fathers, and many others. More

Mar 23, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) released an acclaimed new album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, last month via Perpetual Novice. Last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she performed the album’s “Welcome to My Island.” More

Feb 03, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of strong contenders this week, the Top 7 is especially solid. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More

Jan 31, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) is releasing a new album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, on February 14 via Perpetual Novice. Now she has shared the album’s newest single, “Blood and Butter,” as well as revealing the album’s tracklist. More

Jan 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Caroline Polachek is releasing a new album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, on February 14 via Perpetual Novice. Now she has shared a remix of the album’s first single, “Welcome to My Island,” by Charli XCX (who sings on the rework) and The 1975’s George Daniel. More

Dec 13, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has announced a tour in support of her upcoming album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, which will be out on February 14, 2023. She has also shared a video for the album’s latest single, “Welcome To My Island.” More

Dec 09, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2022. Despite things starting to wind down a bit for the holidays, there were plenty of contenders this week. More

Dec 05, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has announced the release of a new album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, which will be out on February 14, 2023. Polachek has also shared a new single from the album, “Welcome to My Island.” More

Aug 05, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Lollapalooza returned to Chicago’s Grant Park last weekend. More

Jun 27, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Couldn’t make it to Glastonbury this past weekend? We have you covered, with highlights from some of the performances including ones by Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, Courtney Barnett, Mitski, HAIM, Foals, and many more. Plus Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C., Lorde, Caribou, Metronomy, St. Vincent, Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, IDLES, Crowded House, and much more. More

May 10, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The official soundtrack for the upcoming film Minions: The Rise of Gru, has been announced. It was produced by Jack Antonoff and will be out on July 1 via Decca. The first single from the soundtrack is a collaboration between Diana Ross and Tame Impala titled “Turn Up the Sunshine,” which is set for release on May 20. More

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

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2022. More

Feb 10, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has shared a video for her new single, “Billions.” Produced by Polachek alongside Danny L Harle, the song features London’s Trinity Choir on the chorus. The video was co-directed by Polachek and Matt Copson. More

Nov 05, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2021. More

Nov 04, 2021 By Joshua Mellin

The Bay Area’s preeminent music festival returned for a special Halloween edition with Outside Lands in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park boasting headliners Lizzo; Vampire Weekend; Tyler, the Creator; and The Strokes. There were also some special costumed appearances by Tame Impala as The Wiggles and Caroline Polachek as Marie Antoinette. Under the Radar photographer Joshua Mellin was on the ground to capture the revelry, including photos of Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Yves Tumor, and others. More

Nov 04, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Charli XCX has announced the release of a new album, CRASH, which will be out on March 18, 2022 via Atlantic. She has also shared a new single from the album, “New Shapes,” featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, and has announced a 2022 U.S. and European tour. More

Dec 17, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has just shared a cover of “Breathless,” the 2000 song by Irish pop rock group The Corrs. It will be featured as a bonus track on her upcoming remix LP Standing at the Gate: Remix Collection, which contains remixes of tracks from her most recent album, Pang. Polachek has already shared several remixes from Standing at the Gate, including ones by Toro y Moi, George Clanton, and A.G. Cook. More

Oct 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday on social media The Postal Service teased that something was coming today. Calm down, no it’s not a long awaited new album from Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis. Instead they have shared an amusing video to encourage you to vote in which various notable people audition to join the band via Zoom, including Anne Hathaway, Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast), Huey Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Kenny G, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords), Vanessa Bayer, Caroline Polachek, Tunde Adebimpe (of TV on the Radio), J Mascis, and others. More

Apr 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

On Monday Charli XCX announced her intentions to record a brand new album from scratch while under quarantine and release it on May 15 via Atlantic. Its working title (and perhaps its eventual final title) is how i’m feeling now. Now she has already shared its first single, “Forever,” which was created within the last two days. More

Apr 01, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) released a new album, Saint Cloud, last week via Merge. Now she has covered Caroline Polachek’s “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” for SiriusXM. More

Feb 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was busy week of new album announcements and surprise EPs. That led to another super-sized edition. More

Feb 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) has surprise released a new EP, La vita nuova, and an accompanying short film of the same name. The title track features guest vocals from Caroline Polachek, who also appears in the film (in which Letissier turns into a vampire and bites Polachek on the neck) More

Jan 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) released a new solo album, Pang, last October via Columbia. Last night she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the album’s “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” on a giant revolving rock, because… why not? More

Oct 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) is releasing a new solo album, Pang, this Friday (October 18) via Columbia. Now she has shared another song from the album, the more stripped back “Look At Me Now.” More

Oct 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) is releasing a new solo album, Pang, on October 18 via Columbia. Now she has shared a video for the album’s previously shared single “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.” Polachek co-directed the video with Matt Copson, and it features her making unique movements (sometimes akin to line dancing moves) to the song in a set that resembles a cave. More

Sep 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We’ve got a Top 11 this week, we couldn’t quite narrow it down to a Top 10. And #1 could’ve very easily been any of the Top 3. More

Sep 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) is releasing a new solo album, Pang, on October 18 via Columbia (the release date has just been announced). Now she has shared another song from the album, “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.” More

Aug 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) is releasing a new solo album, Pang, this fall via Columbia (the exact release date TBA). Now she has shared a video for the previously shared single “Ocean of Tears” and announced some tour dates. More

Jul 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another strong week for new tracks. There are some repeat offenders (artists who have had previous Songs of the Week in recent months), some newbies, and a surprising collaboration. More

Jul 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Caroline Polachek (formerly of Chairlift) has tentatively announced a new solo album, Pang, and shared two songs from it: “Ocean of Tears” and “Parachute.” 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 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Fischerspooner previously announced that a new album, Sir, was on the way this fall, but it’s now been officially announced as a February 16, 2018 release via Ultra. The duo (Casey Spooner and Warren Fischer), who survived the early 2000s electro-clash label, haven’t released an album since 2009’s Entertainment. Today they have shared a video for a new song, “Togetherness.” More

Apr 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Chairlift released their third album, Moth, last January via Columbia. Back in December singer Caroline Polachek and multi-instrumentalist/producer Patrick Wimberly announced that it’ll be their last; that they are breaking up. In January the duo announced their final shows, which start this Friday. More

Jan 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Chairlift released their third album, Moth, last January via Columbia. Back in December singer Caroline Polachek and multi-instrumentalist/producer Patrick Wimberly announced that it’ll be their last; that they are breaking up. More

May 31, 2023 By Andy Von Pip

Caroline Polachek played brand new Liverpool venue CONTENT last weekend and Under the Radar were there to witness it. More

Mar 08, 2023 By Caleb Campbell

Though Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is nominally Caroline Polachek’s sophomore album, she is far from a newcomer. More

Aug 05, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Lollapalooza returned to Chicago’s Grant Park last weekend. More

May 31, 2022 By Mark Moody

The 9th edition of Primavera NOS takes place from June 9-11 so here’s Under the Radar’s 12 must-see acts. More

Mar 22, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tour wound through Chicago, stopping at the United Center, along with Caroline Polachek on March 9, 2022. Under the Radar photographer Kate Scott Daly captured the scene. More