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Plus Cass McCombs, Momma, St. Vincent, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 04, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 10th Songs of the Week of 2025. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, as I was out of town last Friday. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 16, since it covers two weeks. More
Swallow Due Out June 13 via Sonic Cathedral; Watch the Video for New Song “Lonely Town”
Mar 26, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Two shoegazing icons have united—Steve Queralt of Ride and Emma Anderson, formerly of Lush—for the new song “Lonely Town.” It is the first single from Swallow, Queralt’s debut solo album, which was announced today. More
Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged Due Out October 18 via Sonic Cathedral
Sep 05, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Emma Anderson, the co-founder of shoegaze icons Lush, released her acclaimed debut solo album, Pearlies, last October via Sonic Cathedral. Now she has announced a reimagined (or remixed) version of the album, Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged, and shared a new single from it, a new version of “Willow and Mallow” reworked by Daniel Hunt of Ladytron. More
Plus Pixey, Lunar Vacation, Sampha and Little Simz, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last week. This week Andy Von Pip, Marina Malin, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 20 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
Pearlies Out Now via Sonic Cathedral
Jul 17, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Emma Anderson, the co-founder of shoegaze icons Lush, released her acclaimed debut solo album, Pearlies, last October via Sonic Cathedral. Now she has shared a new single, “Taste the Air (Julia Holter Mix),” which is a rework of the Pearlies track by Los Angeles musician Julia Holter. More
Pearlies Out Now via Sonic Cathedral
May 29, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Emma Anderson, the co-founder of shoegaze icons Lush, released her acclaimed debut solo album, Pearlies, last October via Sonic Cathedral. Now she has shared a new single, “For a Moment (deary Dub Mix),” which is a rework of the Pearlies track by lablemates deary. More
Issue 72 Also Features Articles on Britpop and Shoegaze, As Well as Interviews with the Cast of Twin Peaks, Garbage, The Cranberries, Pavement, Lisa Loeb, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Gus Van Sant, Terry Gilliam, Lush, Blonde Redhead, and More
Apr 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 72, The ’90s Issue, which features interviews with musicians and film directors known for their work in that decade and has The Cardigans and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the two covers. As well as articles on Britpop, shoegaze, and the TV show Twin Peaks (for which we spoke to much of the cast), the issue includes interviews with Garbage, The Cranberries, Pavement, Lisa Loeb, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Lush, Ride, Velocity Girl, Gus Van Sant, Penelope Spheeris, Terry Gilliam, Stereo MC’s, Semisonic, Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney, and more. More
Dec 23, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Here we go again, racing to December’s finish line, eager to put another chaotic year in the rearview and nervous about what the next 12 months have in store for us. More
Plus Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee, Caroline Polachek, Ducks Ltd., Emma Anderson, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Austin Saalman, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More
Pearlies Due Out October 20 via Sonic Cathedral
Oct 14, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Emma Anderson, the co-founder of shoegaze icons Lush, is releasing her debut solo album, Pearlies, on October 20 via Sonic Cathedral. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “The Presence,” via a lyric video. More
Plus bar Italia, The National, Wings of Desire, CHAI, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 22, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires all helped me decide what should make the list and we settled on a Top 13. More
Pearlies Due Out October 20 via Sonic Cathedral
Sep 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Emma Anderson, the co-founder of shoegaze icons Lush, is releasing her debut solo album, Pearlies, on October 20 via Sonic Cathedral. Now she has shared the album’s second single, “Clusters,” via a music video. More
Pearlies is out on October 20 via Sonic Cathedral
Jul 20, 2023
By Andy Von Pip
Emma Anderson, the co-founder of Lush, has announced details of her debut solo album, Pearlies. More
Interviews
The former Lush singer, songwriter and guitarist talks about her debut album and future plans
Nov 04, 2023
By Dom Gourlay
Former Lush singer, songwriter, and guitarist Emma Anderson talks about her debut album and future plans. More
"We were so penned in, like caged animals, in this bloody studio in France. We'd sort of lost all touch with reality." - Emma Anderson
Apr 29, 2015
By Frank Valish
Lush never really fit in. Formed in London in 1988, the band—guitarists/vocalists Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson, bassist Philip King, and drummer Chris Acland—went on to release three proper full-length albums. More