Feb 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of great tracks to choose from this week. I mean, M83 and Django Django each put out five new songs this week! We narrowed it all down to a Top 11. More

Feb 08, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Django Django have announced a new album, Off Planet, and have shared its first five songs, including lead single “Complete Me,” which features Self Esteem. Similar to how Beach House released their last album, Off Planet is being released in four parts, with the first part out today. More

May 27, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Django Django have released a 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album. It features the original album along with a complete dub reworking by Mad Professor. It is out now digitally and will be given a vinyl release on June 10 via Because Music. More

Nov 10, 2021 By Dom Gourlay

Deer Shed announces its first names for 2022. More

Sep 16, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Self Esteem (aka Rebecca Taylor, formerly of Slow Club) has shared a new single titled “Moody.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming sophomore album, Prioritise Pleasure, which will be out on October 22 via Fiction. Taylor has also announced a set of UK tour dates for early 2022. 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

Feb 12, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django have released a new album, Glowing in the Dark, today via Because Music. Now that the album is out you can stream the whole thing here. It includes “Waking Up,” a new song that features guest vocals from Charlotte Gainsbourg and wasn’t previously shared as a single. More

Jan 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2021. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week. Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the inauguration, it was a week light on compelling new tracks. So this week we chronicle the best songs of the last two weeks, so it’s a Top 12 (and our Top 2 are both super long songs). More

Jan 21, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django are releasing a new album, Glowing in the Dark, February 12 via Because Music. Now they have shared another song from it, “Free From Gravity,” via a video for it that features a young alien. James Canty directed the video. More

Dec 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django are releasing a new album, Glowing in the Dark, February 12, 2021 via Because Music. Now they have shared a remix of the album’s title track by Hot Chip, via a video for it. More

Dec 10, 2020 By Joey Arnone

Hot Chip have announced that they will be hosting a charity livestream event, “Hot Chip and Friends,” on December 18 (next Friday). Proceeds will support Crisis, a British charity for the homeless. The livestream is set to feature back-to-back DJ sets from Hot Chip, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Dillon Francis, Superorganism, Kero Kero Bonito, LA Priest, Django Django, Para One, Lou Hayter, Mighty Mouse, and Myd. More

Nov 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2020. We haven’t done a Songs of the Week in three weeks. Because of last week’s presidential election there were hardly any new songs of note released and we were too on edge awaiting the outcome to be decided to focus on new music. The week before was the run up to Halloween and there were certainly some worthy songs then, but for whatever reason we didn’t get Songs of the Week finished in time and abandoned it. So this week’s Songs of the Week covers the last three weeks, but mainly songs from this week and two weeks ago. More

Nov 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django have announced a new album, Glowing in the Dark, and shared its title track, via a video for it. Glowing in the Dark is due out February 12, 2021 via Because Music. One song on the album features Charlotte Gainsbourg. More

Oct 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django shared a new song, “Spirals,” in September. Now they have shared a remix of the song by MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser), who stretch out the song to nearly eight minutes. It was shared via a Gemma Yin-directed video. More

Oct 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django have shared a new song “The Ark.” The instrumental track is the B-side to “Spirals,” a new song the band shared in September. More

Sep 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s list is a supersized one, with 12 instead of 10 songs (and last week we only had eight), which is surprising considering Monday was the Labor Day holiday here in America, meaning few new songs were shared that day. More

Sep 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django are back with a new song, “Spirals,” shared via a kaleidoscopic video. It’s the band’s first new song in almost two years, since 2018’s Winter’s Beach EP and their third album, Marble Skies, also released in 2018 via Ribbon Music. More

Sep 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We spent the week wondering if Hurricane Florence was going to hit us here at our headquarters in Southwest Virginia. Lucky for us, it seems to have angled further south, and while we may still get some heavy rains and winds in the coming days and week, it likely won’t be as devastating to Virginia as feared. More

Sep 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django released their third album, Marble Skies, back in January via Ribbon Music. Now they have announced a brand new EP, Winter’s Beach, and shared a video for its first single, “Swimming At Night.” More

Sep 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Back in February Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian told fans they were considering launching a Belle and Sebastian cruise in 2019 and wanted their fans’ opinions on it via a survey on their website. Then in May the band announced The Boaty Weekender, a floating festival to set sale from Barcelona to Sardinia and back again on August 8-12, 2019. Now Belle and Sebastian have announced the initial line-up. Most notably, it features Camera Obscura, who are making their return to performing live for the first time since the 2015 death of the band’s Carey Lander from cancer. More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Mar 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django released their third album, Marble Skies, back in January via Ribbon Music. Now they have shared a remix EP for one of the album’s highlights, “Surface to Air” (which they previously shared a video for). The song features the guest vocals of Slow Club’s Rebecca Taylor (going under the name Self Esteem) and the EP features remixes by Lunice, Nightwaves 6am, and Body In The Thames. More

Jan 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django released their third album, Marble Skies, last Friday via Ribbon Music. Now they have shared a video for one of the album’s highlights, “Surface to Air.” The song features the guest vocals of Slow Club’s Rebecca Taylor (going under the name Self Esteem) and she also stars in the video, singing the song in various outfits and settings as the sun goes down. More

Jan 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday April 13 and 20 is headlined by The Weeknd, Saturday April 14 and 21 is headlined by Beyoncé, and Sunday April 15 and 22 is headlined by Eminem. More

Nov 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django are releasing their third album, Marble Skies, on January 26, 2018 via Ribbon Music. Previously they shared its first single, “Tic Tac Toe,” via a video for the song. Now they have shared another song from the album, “In Your Beat,” via its video. 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 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in August Django Django previously kinda announced their third album, Marble Skies, via an article in the British music magazine Mojo, which the band shared on Instagram. But now they have officially announced the album and shared its first single, “Tic Tac Toe,” via a video for the song. Marble Skies is due out January 26 via Ribbon Music. More

Jul 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django have announced their third album via an article in the British music magazine Mojo, which the band shared on Instagram. The album is titled Marble Skies, although there is some confusion as to when it’s due out (the text of the article says October, but a sidebar says it’s not due until January 2018). More

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django videos tend to be fairly creative and much more fun than just the band performing the song in some studio somewhere. Their new video for “Pause Repeat” is no exception. More

Jul 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django’s first North American tour dates in honor of their impressive, and perhaps a little underrated, sophomore album, Born Under Saturn, kick off this week. More

May 28, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Django Django have presented the official music video of “Shake and Tremble,” the latest single off the band’s new sophomore album, Born Under Saturn. More

May 05, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing their brand new album Born Under Saturn today, Scottish four-piece Django Django have announced plans for a North American tour this summer. More

Apr 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django’s impressive sophomore album, Born Under Saturn, has 13 tracks and is nearly an hour long, so there’s been plenty of material to tease fans with prior to its release while easily avoiding showing the full monty. More

Apr 20, 2015 By Katie LaBranche

Django Django has released the video for “Beginning to Fade,” the third song released from their upcoming album Born Under Saturn, due out May 5 via Ribbon Music. More

Apr 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the April/May 2015 issue, which is about to hit newsstands. It features Tame Impala on the cover. Actor Charlie Cox talks about his starring role in the new Netflix series, Marvel’s Daredevil. We interview The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s Jim Reid and Creation Records’ founder Alan McGee about the 30th anniversary of the Scottish band’s iconic debut album, 1985’s Psychocandy. The issue also includes interviews with Death Cab For Cutie, Mew, My Morning Jacket, Father John Misty, Domhnall Gleeson of Ex Machina, Courtney Barnett, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Laura Marling, Django Django, Will Butler, Purity Ring, San Fermin, TORRES, Twin Shadow, Matthew E. White, Amason, Jacco Gardner, Tobias Jesso Jr., Petite Noir, Natalie Prass, SOAK, and more. More

Mar 17, 2015 By Michael Wojtas

Scotland’s Django Django have shared “Reflections,” the latest track taken from their forthcoming LP Born Under Saturn. More

Feb 25, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Django Django have premiered a brand new music video featuring their single “First Light.” More

Feb 16, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Scottish four-piece Django Django have announced the release of their sophomore LP, Born Under Saturn. More

Jan 12, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing their self-titled debut in 2012, Scottish four-piece Django Django are readying the arrival of their sophomore LP sometime this year. More

Apr 15, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Various established and rising indie artists have taken it upon themselves to deliver a number of unexpected covers this week. More

Jan 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

While the days of watching music videos on television are long gone, over the past several years the visual art form has certainly found second life (like so many other things) as an excellent online commodity. More

Mar 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Currently taking part in their first nationwide tour across North America, British four-piece Django Django have premiered a death-defying music video for their debut record’s latest single “WOR.” More

Jan 07, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Still riding high from the success of their much-lauded debut record, Django Django have come forward to premiere a relaxed music video for their track “Hand of Man.” More

Dec 21, 2012 By Dan Lucas

Arguably the breakthrough indie band of 2012, Scottish art rock four-piece Django Django consists of David Maclean (drummer, producer), Vincent Neff (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Dixon (bass), and Tommy Grace (synths). More

Dec 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Perhaps due to the fact that they will be sharing a bill at Shepherd’s Bushs Empire in London breakthrough indie rock quartet Egyptian Hip Hop have posted a cover of Django Django‘s “Love Dart,” one of the standout tracks off the Scottish group’s self-titled debut. More

Dec 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Supporting their Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, Django Django have announced an extensive country-hopping tour starting later this month. More

Sep 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Django Django, Jessie Ware, Richard Hawley, alt-J, Field Music are among the names announced as part of this year’s nominees for the Mercury Prize. More

Aug 24, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With members Dave Maclean and Vincent Neff providing the commentary, Scottish indie pop foursome Django Django have offered up an informative video giving some track-by-track explanation and insight into the songs that will appear on their self-titled debut. More

Jul 24, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Django Django, one of the UK’s rising musical acts, has announced that they will release their self-titled debut in the U.S. this coming Sept. 25 on Ribbon Music, with an exclusive digital release on iTunes on Aug. 14. More

May 18, 2012 By Christopher Roberts

The eighth annual Great Escape Festival took place last weekend in Brighton, U.K., with many amazing bands gracing the local stages in the charming seaside English town. Here’s a gallery of photos from the festival, including photos of Grimes, EMA, Beth Jeans Houghton, Django Django, Slow Club, When Saints Go Machine, Porcelain Raft, and others. More

May 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last night U.K. quartet Django Django made an appearance on their homeland’s popular late-night program Later… with Jools Holland, performing the track “Default” off their their excellent, self-titled debut. More

Apr 05, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Check out the retrotastic clip for Django Django’s “Storm.” More

Mar 22, 2012 By Laura Studarus

FOMO. Fear Of Missing Out. At a festival the size of SXSW, the terror that someone—somewhere—might be having a better time than you is an ever-pressing concern. Well, everywhere but at Under the Radar’s three-day parties. I realize my option is somewhat suspect, seeing as they sign my paychecks, but believe me when I say that, for at least three days of the fest, there was nowhere else I would have rather been than The Flamingo Cantina in Austin, Texas. More

Mar 20, 2012 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos from Friday’s Under the Radar SXSW 2012 Day Party including shots of Django Django, Lost in the Trees, Cymbals Eat Guitars, La Sera, Deerhoof and of Montreal. Photos by Wendy Lynch Redfern. More

Mar 16, 2012 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Django Django check in from the Under the Radar SXSW Party in Austin, Texas. More

Mar 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter (March/April) Issue will be hitting the stands soon. The issue features an In the Studio 2012 themed cover with the frontmen of three notable acts set to release new albums later this year—Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. The issue also features interviews with Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, of Montreal, Frankie Rose, Spiritualized, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, and much more. More

Mar 08, 2012 By Laura Studarus

On March 16 Shure presents Under the Radar’s third of three free SXSW day parties (also sponsored by PRS Guitars). Leading up to the event we’re letting you know about each artist playing. Today we’re spotlighting Django Django. More

Feb 29, 2012 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2012 day parties, taking place on Wednesday, March 14th, Thursday, March 15th, and Friday, March 16th. The Friday party, which is presented by Shure, will feature headliner of Montreal performing their beloved 2004 album The Sunlandic Twins in its entirety, the only SXSW 2012 performance of the album. The lineup also includes Chairlift, The Drums, Reggie Watts, Deerhoof, Bear in Heaven, Youth Lagoon, La Sera, Taken By Trees, and more. More

May 08, 2018 By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

“For the next record we should get together in a room, play the songs, record them in a couple of takes, and then go out on the road and play it how it is. That’s what bands are meant to do, but we’ve never really done it,” says Dave Maclean, producer and drummer for Django Django. More

Oct 01, 2015 By Austin Trunick

It was a dark (and possibly stormy) night. The members of London-based Django Django—drummer/producer Dave Maclean, singer/guitarist Vinnie Neff, bassist Jim Dixon, and keyboardist Tommy Grace—were recording at Angelic, an old barn that had been converted into a residential studio. More

Sep 18, 2014 By Mark Redfern

Today is a historic day in Scotland as it is the day the nation votes on the Scottish Independence Referendum. The people of Scotland get to vote on whether or not to secede from the United Kingdom and have Scotland become its own country. Here various Scottish musicians weigh in on the subject. More

Sep 08, 2014 By Mark Redfern

For this Scotland Week interview we talk to David Maclean of Django Django. The band might be based in London (where they officially formed in 2009), but Django Django’s members met at the Edinburgh College of Art and Maclean is a Scottish native. In fact, Maclean’s older brother, John Maclean, was in the iconic late-‘90s/early ‘00s experimental indie rock Scottish group The Beta Band, a clear influence on Django Django’s art rock. More

Dec 21, 2012 By Dan Lucas

Arguably the breakthrough indie band of 2012, Scottish art rock four-piece Django Django consists of David Maclean (drummer, producer), Vincent Neff (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Dixon (bass), and Tommy Grace (synths). They were recently nominated for and subsequently only narrowly missed out on the prestigious Mercury Music Prize back home in the U.K. More

Apr 30, 2015 By Cody Ray Shafer

Hard to believe it’s already been three years since London-based psych band Django Django released their self-titled debut. Their eclectic mixture of sun-drenched sonic bursts, primal beats, and spacey melodies still stands out as a uniquely original effort. More

Mar 23, 2012 By Laura Studarus

FOMO. Fear Of Missing Out. At a festival the size of SXSW, the terror that someone—somewhere—might be having a better time than you is an ever-pressing concern. Well, everywhere but at Under the Radar’s three-day parties. I realize my option is somewhat suspect, seeing as they sign my paychecks, but believe me when I say that, for at least three days of the fest, there was nowhere else I would have rather been than Under the Radar‘s three day parties at The Flamingo Cantina in Austin, Texas. More