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3 AM (LA LA LA) Due Out October 18 on Casablanca.
Aug 01, 2024
By Marina Malin
London-based Australian electro-pop band Confidence Man previously announced their new album, 3 AM (LA LA LA), due out October 18 via Casablanca. Today, they share a new single “SO WHAT,” which follows behind the album’s lead single, “I CAN’T LOSE YOU.” More
Plus IAN SWEET and Porridge Radio, Soccer Mommy, Confidence Man, Cola, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 14, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week for various reasons, so this list covers the best songs released in the last two weeks. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 40 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 14. More
3 AM (LA LA LA) Due Out October 18 on Casablanca
Jun 07, 2024
By Marina Malin
London-based Australian electro-pop band Confidence Man have announced their new album, 3 AM (LA LA LA), and shared its first single, “I CAN’T LOSE YOU,” via a music video. More
Plus Courtney Barnett, Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Caribou, St. Vincent, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, and Many Others
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
Sheffield all dayer kicks off 2022’s UK festival season
Apr 26, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
The UK festival season starts this weekend with Sheffield’s Get Together being one event Under the Radar is particularly looking forward to! More
Mayday all dayer adds She Drew The Gun, Low Hummer and more
Apr 07, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
Get Together adds more acts and announces full line-up. More
Sheffield festival welcomes Squid, Confidence Man and more for May event
Jan 26, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
Get Together announces first wave of artists for its 2022 edition More
Reviews
Jul 09, 2024
By Jimi Arundell
Glastonbury hosts the biggest music and arts festival on earth every year, and Under the Radar spent five days on Worthy Farm last month. Here’s a selection of highlights as witnessed by our intrepid reporter. More
Oct 11, 2023
By Dom Gourlay
New Order played an iconic career spanning set in Leeds on Saturday night and Under the Radar were there to see it. More
Aug 15, 2023
By Ian Weston
Under the Radar braved the elements at Wilderness Festival earlier this month and lived to tell the tale! More
Aug 02, 2023
By Dom Gourlay
Under the Radar just about survived the mud and rain for last month’s fourteenth edition of Nottingham’s Splendour festival. More
Feb 28, 2023
By Andy Von Pip
Under the Radar looks forward to May’s Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington. More
Nov 29, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
There ain’t no party like a Confidence Man party. More
May 13, 2022
By Andy Von Pip
Confidence Man are the hottest live ticket in town right now. More
May 11, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
Get Together kickstarts the UK festival season in glorious style More
Apr 12, 2022
By Andy Von Pip
Brisbane, Australia-based Confidence Man may have begun life as a slightly tongue-in-cheek side project but their hyperactive day-glo take on electronic dance-pop certainly found its mark. The collective made up of the masked duo of Clarence McGuffie and Reggie Goodchild and fronted by the incongruously named Janet Planet and Sugar Bones were all staples of the rather more serious Brisbane psych scene at some point (see The Belligerents, Moses Gunn Collective, and The Jungle Giants). More
