Sep 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Japanese pop four-piece, CHAI, are releasing a new self-titled album this Friday via Sub Pop. Now they have shared another song from it, “GAME,” via a music video in which the band are delivery drivers clad in pink. More

Aug 03, 2023 By Andy Von Pip

Japanese pop four-piece, CHAI, have announced the release of their new single/video, “NEO KAWAII, K? More

Jun 23, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Kat Ramkumar)

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was out of town last Thursday to this Monday in Washington, DC, covering Awesome Con. So, this week’s Songs of the Week is supersized and incorporates tracks from the last two weeks. More

Jun 14, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Japanese pop four-piece, CHAI, have announced the release of their new self-titled album and shared its latest single, “PARA PARA.” More

Apr 14, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was on a brief vacation (it was my daughter’s spring break), so this week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks. Any song first released between April 1 and April 14 was eligible. Hence we have a supersized list week—22 songs is probably the most we’ve ever had in one Songs of the Week main list, but it breaks down to 12 songs from this week and 10 from last week. More

Apr 05, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Japan’s CHAI have shared a new single, “We the Female!,” via a music video. More

Aug 03, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have shared a new single, “My Dream.” More

Jul 06, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have shared a new collaborative single with Superorganism, “Hero Journey.” More

May 03, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have shared a video for their new single “Surprise.” They have also announced a new set of tour dates in support of their most recent album, WINK. 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 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Norwegian-born/American-based singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche is releasing a new double album, Avatars of Love, on April 1 via PLZ/InGrooves. Now he has shared another song from it, “Summer In Reverse,” which features Japanese quartet CHAI. It was shared via a video that also features CHAI. Lerche is among the artists featured on our Covers of Covers album, which came out last Friday via American Laundromat. He covers Mitski’s “Townie.” More

Feb 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have launched a GoFundMe fundraiser after their trailer was stolen during the Austin stop of their current tour with Mitski. More

Feb 02, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have shared a video for a remix of their WINK album track “Ping Pong,” done by French electronic artist Busy P. Their new remix EP, WINK TOGETHER, is out now via Sub Pop. More

Jan 13, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have shared a new single, “WHOLE.” The single, which has been confirmed as the theme song for the new Japanese rom-com series Koi-senu Futari, was produced by Scoobert Doobert. More

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Dec 01, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Japan’s CHAI have announced the release of a new EP, WINK TOGETHER, a set of remixes of songs from the band’s most recent album, WINK. They have shared a track from the upcoming project, a remix of the song “END” done by Australian pop duo Confidence Man. More

Aug 31, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Duran Duran are releasing a new album, FUTURE PAST, on October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG. Now they have shared another song from it, “ANNIVERSARY.” More

Aug 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Japan’s CHAI have shared a new song “Miniskirt,” their first new single since the May release of their most recent album, WINK, on Sub Pop. It is the latest installment in this year’s Adult Swim Singles program. More

May 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week there was finally a ceasefire in the latest Israeli Palestinian conflict. More

May 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Japan’s CHAI have released a new album, WINK, today via Sub Pop. Now that it’s out, you can stream the whole thing here. Also, on Thursday we posted our new interview with CHAI and today we posted our review of the album. Plus, they have shared a new video for the album’s “In Pink,” a song that features Mndsgn. More

Apr 30, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 16th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week President Biden celebrated 100 days in office with a speech to Congress that laid out his accomplishments (including a successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines) and ambitious future plans. More

Apr 28, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Japan’s CHAI are releasing a new album, WINK, on May 21 via Sub Pop. Now they have shared another song from it, “Ping Pong!,” via a music video inspired by retro 8-bit video games. The song features YMCK. More

Apr 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Apr 02, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 12th Songs of the Week of 2021. In the nation was gripped (or more accurately, traumatized) by the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd. More

Mar 31, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Japan’s CHAI are releasing a new album, WINK, on May 21 via Sub Pop. Now they have shared another song from it, “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” (even the band does indeed present an image that they are quite fun), via a video for the single. More

Feb 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2021. This week’s big music news was probably that Daft Punk had broken up. More

Feb 24, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Japanese rock band CHAI have shared a video for their new single, “Maybe Chocolate Chips,” which features Chicago rapper Ric Wilson. The song will be featured on their upcoming album, WINK, set to drop on May 21 via Sub Pop. More

Jan 19, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Japanese rock band CHAI have announced a new album, WINK, which will be released on May 21 via Sub Pop. This will be their third studio album and debut under Sub Pop, which they were signed to in October of last year. The band has also shared a self-directed video for the album’s lead single “ACTION.” More

Aug 21, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Madrid-based Hinds and Tokyo-born CHAI have released a joint single today called “United Girls Rock‘n’Roll Club,” via Heavenly Recordings. Check out the video for the track below. More

May 21, 2021 By Mark Moody

After a handful of runs through the United States, invariably a little American culture has started to work its way into CHAI’s repertoire. Not only that, Mana, Kana, Yuuki, and Yuna have picked up some friends along the way. More