News
Plus Devo, OMD, Nation of Language, The Go-Go’s, and Others
Oct 21, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Cruel World, the Los Angeles festival centered mainly on artists from the ’80s and ’90s, has announced its 2025 lineup. The event will be headlined by New Order and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. More
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She Due Out February 9, 2024 via Loma Vista
Nov 29, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Chelsea Wolfe is releasing a new album, She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She, on February 9, 2024 on Loma Vista. Now she has shared its third single, “Tunnel Lights,” via a music video. More
Plus Future Islands, Charly Bliss, Girl Ray, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 27, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scott Dransfield, all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week. More
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She Due Out February 9, 2024 via Loma Vista
Oct 24, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Chelsea Wolfe has announced a new album, She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She on Loma Vista, and shared a new song from it, “Whispers in the Echo Chamber,” via a music video. More
She Has Also Signed to Loma Vista Recordings
Sep 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Chelsea Wolfe has shared a new song, “Dusk,” and announced some new 2024 tour dates. The singer has also announced that she’s signed a new deal with Loma Vista Recordings. More
Bloodmoon: I Due Out November 19 via Epitaph
Nov 03, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hardcore punk band Converge have shared a new single titled “Coil,” which features guest vocals from Chelsea Wolfe. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, Bloodmoon: I, due out on November 19 via Epitaph. More
Bloodmoon: I Due Out November 19 via Epitaph
Sep 28, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Hardcore punk band Converge have announced the release of a new album, Bloodmoon: I, which features collaborations with Chelsea Wolfe, her bandmate Ben Chisholm, and Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky. The band has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Blood Moon.” The album will be out on November 19 via Epitaph and on vinyl June 24, 2022 via Deathwish. More
Plus Absolutely Free, Bartees Strange, Geese, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 24, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2021. Whereas last week’s list was a supersized Top 14, this week was a bit calmer, with 10 songs we particularly liked. More
Wolfe Has Also Shared a Birth of Violence Tour Documentary
Sep 21, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Chelsea Wolfe has shared two newly-released songs, “Green Altar” and a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock.” The two songs were recorded during the sessions for Wolfe’s previous album, Birth of Violence. Wolfe has also shared a new documentary chronicling her 2019 tour for the album, which was cut short due to the pandemic. More
Engine of Hell Due Out November 5 via Sargent House
Sep 09, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Emma Ruth Rundle has announced the release of her seventh solo studio album, Engine of Hell, sharing a video for its lead single, “Return.” Engine of Hell will be out on November 5 via Sargent House. More
Plus Chelsea Wolfe, Modest Mouse, Gone to Color, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 28, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 20th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week, Republicans successfully blocked a commission that would have probed the January 6 storming of the Capitol. More
Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack Due Out June 18 via Loma Vista
May 26, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Chelsea Wolfe has shared a new song inspired by Wonder Woman, the fittingly titled “Diana” (which is the superhero’s birthname). It is the latest single to be taken from Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack, which is a soundtrack to the DC Comics series Dark Nights: Death Metal. More
“Anhedonia” Out Now via Sargent House
Feb 11, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Chelsea Wolfe has shared a video for her most recent single “Anhedonia,” which features labelmate Emma Ruth Rundle. The song is available now via Sargent House. More
Available Now via Sargent House
Jan 28, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Chelsea Wolfe has shared a new song titled “Anhedonia,” which features guest vocals and guitar by fellow artist and labelmate Emma Ruth Rundle. The song is available now via Sargent House. More
Listen to “Downer Surrounded by Uppers” and “Knelt” from their debut LP, Self-Surgery, Due Out May 29 via Sargent House
May 14, 2020
By Samantha Small
Musicians Chelsea Wolfe and Jess Gowrie have joined forces to create Self Surgery, their forthcoming debut album as Mrs. Piss. Today, they have shared two new singles, “Downer Surrounded by Uppers” and “Knelt,” from the album. More
The Birth of Violence Out Now via Sargent House
Mar 04, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe released a new album, The Birth of Violence, last September via Sargent House. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “Highway.” It was filmed during a grave hunting excursion. More
Issue 66 Features Musicians and Actors on Their All-Time Favorite Albums, including Tegan and Sara, Wilco, Weyes Blood, Sigur Rós, Fred Armisen, Topher Grace, Jay Baruchel, Low, and 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
Plus Bat For Lashes, Belle and Sebastian, Metronomy, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
The Birth of Violence Due Out September 13 via Sargent House
Sep 05, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe is releasing a new album, The Birth of Violence, on September 13 via Sargent House. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Deranged for Rock & Roll,” via a video for the track. More
Plus Michael Kiwanuka, Ride, Chelsea Wolfe, Death Cab for Cutie, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 16, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was a super strong week for new songs. There was lots of debate about how many tracks we should include this week and what would make the list. Hence we ended up with a Top 12, instead of our usual Top 10. There are also a whole lot of honorable mentions. More
The Birth of Violence Due Out September 13 via Sargent House
Aug 14, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe is releasing a new album, The Birth of Violence, on September 13 via Sargent House. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Be All Things,” via a video for the track. Ben Chisholm directed the video, which was partially shot inside Northern California’s Moaning Cavern, 450 feet underground, and partially in Iceland. More
The Birth of Violence Due Out September 13 via Sargent House
Jul 16, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe is releasing a new album, The Birth of Violence, on September 13 via Sargent House. Previously she shared its first single, “The Mother Road” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now she has shared another song from the album, “American Darkness,” via a video for the track. More
Plus Devendra Banhart, Metronomy, Luke Temple, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 21, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It’s a supersized edition, with a Top 12 instead of a Top 10. A ton of new albums were announced in the last week and then there were some albums and EPs released today featuring non-single tracks we’ve been dying to share in Songs of the Week. More
The Birth of Violence Due Out September 13 via Sargent House
Jun 18, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has announced a new album, The Birth of Violence, and shared its first single, “The Mother Road.” She’s also announced some acoustic tour dates for this fall. More
August 31 at the Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
May 14, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
A new one-day festival, Pasadena Daydream Festival, has been announced. It is headlined by goth legends The Cure and the lineup was also curated by the band. More
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Out Now via ANTI-
Aug 01, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Deafheaven released a new album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, last month via ANTI-. Now they have shared a video for “Night People.” The song and video both feature Chelsea Wolfe. They have also announced some new tour dates for this fall, a co-headlining tour with DIIV. More
Hiss Spun Out Now via Sargent House
Jul 09, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe released a new album, Hiss Spun, last September via Sargent House. To help you remember that fact, she has shared a new video for one of its singles, “The Culling.” Wolfe co-directed the gothic video with artist Bill Crisafi, which a press release says is inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as William Shakespeare’s doomed lovers. More
Plus Amber Coffman, Cults, Chelsea Wolfe, Lost Horizons, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 25, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
This week’s biggest new song was probably “Look What You Made Me Do,” the first offering from Taylor Swift‘s new album, Reputation. But it was far from the week’s best song (it didn’t get close to our Top 8). More
Hiss Spun Due Out September 22 via Sargent House
Aug 14, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe is releasing a new album, Hiss Spun, on September 22 via Sargent House. Previously she shared the album’s the dark and oppressive “16 Psyche” and the equally dramatic black metal (or doom metal) sounding “Vex.” Now here’s a video for “16 Psyche.” More
Hiss Spun Due Out September 22 via Sargent House
Jul 26, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe is releasing a new album, Hiss Spun, on September 22 via Sargent House. Previously she shared its first single, the dark and oppressive “16 Psyche.” Now here’s an equally dramatic new song, the black metal (or doom metal) sounding “Vex.” The song features Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, Failure) and Aaron Turner (Old Man Gloom, SUMAC) More
Hiss Spun Due Out September 22 via Sargent House
Jun 14, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has announced a new album, Hiss Spun, and shared its first single, the dark and oppressive “16 Psyche.” The album is due out September 22 via Sargent House. More
Special Issue Takes On Sexism and Feminism in the Music Industry, Tackles the Election, and Features Amanda Palmer on the Cover
Sep 09, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More
Father John Misty, Kendrick Lamar, Grace Jones, Wolf Parade, Ty Segall, DIIV, Wild Nothing, Julia Holter, and Many Others Set for Los Angeles Fest in Au
Mar 29, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup and it’s another impressive one. The event is due to take place August 27 and 28 at LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park. Saturday will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar and Tame Impala and Sunday will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem (who seem to be playing every festival this year) and Grace Jones. More
Hypnos / Flame 7-Inch Due Out April 1 via Sargent House
Mar 22, 2016
By Joshua M. Miller
Last month Chelsea Wolfe shared Abyss B-side “Hypnos,” off her forthcoming 7 inch release Hypnos/Flame. Now she has shared the video for the track. More
Hypnos / Flame 7-Inch Due Out April 1 via Sargent House
Feb 29, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has announced a new 7-inch, Hypnos / Flame, which is due out April 1 via Sargent House. Today she’s shared the A-side, “Hypnos.” She has also announced some tour dates, with A Dead Forest Index to support most dates. More
Last Weekend in Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 23, 2015
By Julia Underwood
Last weekend, Utrecht, Netherlands hosted Le Guess Who? Festival. More
Issue 54 Also Includes Interviews with New Order, Garbage, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, the Casts of Fear the Walking Dead and Wet Hot American Summer, and More
Aug 07, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the August/September 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via Under the Radar‘s app and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It features CHVRCHES on the cover. Garbage’s Shirley Manson discusses the 20th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut album. We talk to the creators and various cast members of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. Star Cliff Curtis and producer Gale Anne Hurd talk about The Walking Dead companion series Fear the Walking Dead. The issue also includes interviews with Beach House, New Order, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, Telekinesis, Ducktails, DRINKS, Briana Marela, LA Priest, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Chelsea Wolfe, and more. More
Abyss Due Out August 7 via Sargent House
Jul 30, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
After months of build up and the sharing of several songs and videos, we can now hear Chelsea Wolfe‘s full new album, Abyss. More
Abyss Due Out August 7 via Sargent House
Jul 23, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has shared another song from her forthcoming new album, Abyss, which is due out August 7 via Sargent House. More
Abyss Due Out August 7 via Sargent House
Jul 08, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has shared another song from her forthcoming new album, Abyss, which is due out August 7 via Sargent House. More
Abyss Due Out August 7 via Sargent House, Song Also Featured in Dark Places Trailer
Jun 24, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has shared a video for “Carrion Flowers,” the dramatic album opener to her forthcoming new album, Abyss, which is due out August 7 via Sargent House. More
Abyss Due Out August 7 via Sargent House, New Tour Dates Announced
Jun 03, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Chelsea Wolfe has shared another song from her forthcoming new album, Abyss, which is due out August 7 via Sargent House. “Carrion Flowers” is the dramatic album opener. Check it out below, followed by some headlining North American tour dates Wolfe has also just announced. More
Apr 28, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Chelsea Wolfe has officially announced the release of her fifth album, Abyss. More
Pain is Beauty Is Out Now Via Sargent House
Jul 24, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Chelsea Wolfe taps into her dark side while in a red dress in her video for Pain is Beauty cut, “The Waves Have Come.” More
Sled Island Runs June 18-22 in Calgary, Canada
Jun 21, 2014
By Laura Studarus
We’re in Canada enjoying the masses of bands that have poured into Calgary for the eight annual edition of Sled Island. More
Sled Island Runs June 18-22 in Calgary, Canada
May 28, 2014
By Laura Studarus
In less than a month, Under the Radar is headed to Canada to check out the Sled Island Festival. As per our tradition, we’ll be running mixtapes from some of the artists performing at the festival. The first in our series is from singer/songwriter Chelsea Wolfe. More
Sing More Songs Together… Due Out March 25 on Not Just Religious Music
Feb 19, 2014
By Laura Studarus
In an inspired meeting of minds, Chelsea Wolfe teamed up with Dude for a haunting new track called “Be Free.” More
Feb 10, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Chelsea Wolfe has premiered a new creep-tastic new music video for “Feral Love,” taken off her new album Pain Is Beauty. More
Nov 17, 2013
By Julia Underwood
Last night, Anna Calvi and Chelsea Wolfe performed at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA. We were there to cover the action. More
Nov 13, 2013
By Selena Fragassi
Chelsea Wolfe is trying to remember the name of the Werner Herzog film she loves so much, that one about Antarctica. Arctic Circle? Journey to the End of the Earth? She ruminates for a second. “Encounters at the End of the World, that’s it!” More
Also Stream New Albums by Chelsea Wolfe and Jonathan Rado
Aug 27, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
After doling out almost a half-dozen tracks off his forthcoming new album Hesitation Marks, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor has committed to sharing the whole effort in its entirety a week before its scheduled release on Sept. 3. More
Pain is Beauty Out 9/3 Via Sergeant House
Jul 24, 2013
By Laura Studarus
“We Hit a Wall” is a darkly beautiful track from Chelsea Wolfe’s forthcoming album Pain is Beauty (due out September 3 via Sergeant House). More
Interviews
“[Townes Van Zandt] came to terms with his desperation; he was okay with that. He wasn’t afraid to break his own heart.”
Jul 22, 2020
By Jordan J. Michael
Having put her smartphone in the fridge because it got too hot sitting in the sun, Chelsea Wolfe is sharing some compelling information about Townes Van Zandt, who died on New Year’s Day, 1997. Wolfe says that the Texas songwriter once threw himself out of a window to see how it felt, and that he wrote a song while sitting inside of a closet. More
How Women in the Music Industry Are Using Social Media to Confront Sexism and Misogyny
Dec 28, 2016
By Mike Hilleary
A Conversation with Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry, Lower Dens’ Jana Hunter, Lush’s Miki Berenyi, Beth Martinez, Amanda Palmer, Natalie Prass, Perfect Pussy’s Meredith Graves, Tegan and Sara’s Sara Quin, and Chelsea Wolfe. More
"I love nature, so I am okay with the idea of becoming part of it after death."
Dec 11, 2015
By Mark Redfern
To end out the week, we ask Chelsea Wolfe some questions about endings and death. The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter/guitarist recently released her fifth album, Abyss, on Sargent House. It’s a collection that includes dystopian love songs and tracks about being stuck inside a dream, unable to wake up. More
Nov 13, 2013
By Selena Fragassi
Chelsea Wolfe is trying to remember the name of the Werner Herzog film she loves so much, that one about Antarctica. Arctic Circle? Journey to the End of the Earth? She ruminates for a second. “Encounters at the End of the World, that’s it!” More
Reviews
Sep 17, 2019
By Jordan J. Michael
Birth of Violence is the second collection of acoustic songs for Chelsea Wolfe, who is carrying a decade of successful evolution. More
Aug 06, 2015
By J. Pace
The first taste of Abyss was “Iron Moon,” dropped and drop-tuned upon the Internet like the force of a thousand doom-metal bands’ extraneous guitar rigs. More
Sep 04, 2013
By Susannah Young
Greek mythology album references aside, there’s something about Chelsea Wolfe’s work that brings Pandora’s box to mind. For all the crazy bullshit that pours out, there’s always a kernel of something hopeful to clutch onto. More