Nov 21, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Colombian artist Ela Minus is releasing a new album, DIA, on January 17, 2025, via Domino. Now she has shared another song from it, “UPWARDS,” via a music video. She’s also announced some new tour dates. More

Oct 04, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Marina Malin, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. It was a very strong week for new tracks, so we considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 14. More

Oct 02, 2024 By Andy Von Pip

Ela Minus announces her new album DIA, out January 17, 2025, and shares the new single “BROKEN.” More

Jun 05, 2024 By Marina Malin

Colombian producer and singer Ela Minus have shared a new single, “COMBAT,” accompanied by a video. More

Sep 12, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Ela Minus and DJ Python have shared a video for their new single, “Kiss U.” It is the latest release from their upcoming collaborative EP, ♡, which will be out this Friday (September 16) via Smugglers Way. More

Aug 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

José González has shared an Ela Minus remix of the song “Visions” from his most recent album, Local Valley. More

Aug 05, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, although there was a pretty clear #1 and our #2 was a new band we’d never even heard of before this week. We settled on a Top 12 again this week, like last week. More

Aug 04, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Ela Minus and DJ Python have announced the release of a collaborative EP, ♡, which will be out on September 16 via Smugglers Way. They have also shared a video for the EP’s lead single, “Pájaros en Verano.” More

Dec 15, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Colombian-born and Brooklyn-based singer Ela Minus (aka Gabriela Jimeno) has shared a video for “N19 5NF,” the opening track to her debut album acts of rebellion. In the video’s opener, which depicts Jimeno at a nightclub, the beginning of a new song is previewed. 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

Oct 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week there was a second and final presidential debate that, unlike the first one, was an actual debate. More

Oct 20, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Colombian-born and Brooklyn-based singer Ela Minus (aka Gabriela Jimeno) is releasing her debut album, acts of rebellion, this Friday via Domino. Now she has shared one last pre-release single from it, “dominique.” More

Aug 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving and Samantha Small)

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2020. The Republican National Convention was this week, in which President Trump and his party attempted to convince the country that if Joe Biden and the Democrats take over it will be a lawless land with a defunded police and riots in every city (um…no, that won’t happen). In a nomination acceptance speech on the White House lawn (which was a breach of protocol), complete with fireworks and an opera singer, Trump tried to pull one over on America that he has handled the coronavirus well (um…no, that hasn’t happened). More

Aug 26, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Colombian-born and Brooklyn-based singer Gabriela Jimeno (aka Ela Minus) has announced her debut album, acts of rebellion, and shared a new song from it, “el cielo no es de nadie,” via a video for it. More

Jul 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small and Jennifer Irving)

Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week President Trump suggested that November’s election be pushed back, something he thankfully has no authority to do. Meanwhile on the same day three other living presidents were honoring the late Congressman John Lewis, with President Barack Obama’s moving eulogy offering a stark contrast to the current commander in chief. More

Jul 31, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Colombian-born and Brooklyn-based singer Gabriela Jimeno (aka Ela Minus) has released her newest single, “megapunk,” and aims to push forward and motivate people in a time of social upheaval. Although the track was written last year, the progressive movement Ela describes has remained entirely too relevant. More

Apr 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)

Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More

Apr 16, 2020 By Lily Guthrie

Gabriela Jimeno, better known as Ela Minus, is a self-made electronic artist born and raised in Colombia who recently signed with Domino. Now she has shared her first single for the label, “they told us it was hard, but they were wrong,” via a video for the new song. More

Sep 08, 2021 By Jasper Willems

When applied to a Japanese fighting game character, a punch is never just a punch. It becomes “Megaton Justice Fist” or something along those lines. Just looking at Ela Minus’ grid of synths, sequencers, and drum machines inspires a similar kind of purple prose. More