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Plus Maya Hawke, Rosa Walton, Wet Leg, Cameron Winter, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 06, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2026. A large portion of this week’s songs come from one amazing album, released today, HELP(2). More
There’s Also New Tracks by Cameron Winter; Anna Calvi; Black Country, New Road; Depeche Mode; Big Thief; English Teacher; and More – Plus Read Our Two Reviews of the Album
Mar 06, 2026
By Mark Redfern
HELP(2), the ambitious new charity album to benefit War Child UK, has been released today. While several great singles have already been released from it, the compilation still features plenty of other fantastic tracks by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Bat For Lashes, Cameron Winter, Wet Leg, English Teacher and Graham Coxon, Beabadoobee, Young Fathers, Foals, Arlo Parks, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, Beck, and Black Country, New Road. Plus there’s a track featuring Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, Nilüfer Yanya, and Dove Ellis all together. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing and read our reviews of it (two different writers offer their takes on HELP(2)). More
Album Also Features Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Wet Leg, Young Fathers, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, The Last Dinner Party, Beck, Bat For Lashes, and More
Jan 22, 2026
By Mark Redfern
The British charity War Child UK have announced a massive charity album, HELP(2), and shared its first single, a brand new song from Arctic Monkeys, “Opening Night.” HELP(2) has a stacked lineup also featuring new tracks by Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Wet Leg, Young Fathers, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, The Last Dinner Party, Beck, Bat For Lashes, English Teacher, and more. More
The Best Songs from the Best Albums of the Last Year
Jan 07, 2025
By Mark Redfern
We have put together a Spotify playlist for our Top 100 Albums of 2024 list and it’s 10 hours long. It features at least one song from each of our Top 100 in the order the albums appear on the list, from our #1 album to our #100. Some albums are represented by multiple songs filtered throughout the list. More
Escaping the Nostalgia Trap
Dec 29, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. More
The Sheffield based all-dayer celebrates its 5th anniversary in May
Nov 07, 2024
By Dom Gourlay
Get Together announces its first wave of announcements for 2025 edition which is also the event’s 5th anniversary More
Issue 73 Also Features Interviews with Fontaines D.C., Cassandra Jenkins, DIIV, Sparks, Camera Obscura, Alan Sparhawk, The Decemberists, Jessica Pratt, Glass Animals, Charly Bliss, Yard Act, English Teacher, and More
Sep 06, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 73, which features Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya on the two covers. Issue 73 also features interviews with Fontaines D.C., Cassandra Jenkins, DIIV, Sparks, Camera Obscura, Alan Sparhawk, The Decemberists, Jessica Pratt, Glass Animals, Charly Bliss, Yard Act, English Teacher, Goat Girl, Hana Vu, and others. More
Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party, Beth Gibbons, CMAT, and Others Were Also Nominated
Sep 05, 2024
By Mark Redfern
English Teacher have won the 2024 Mercury Prize, for their debut full-length album, This Could Be Texas, which was released in April on Island. Other nominees this year included The Last Dinner Party, Charli XCX, Beth Gibbons, and CMAT. More
English Teacher, CMAT, and Others Also Dominated
Jul 25, 2024
By Marina Malin and Mark Redfern
The 2024 Mercury Prize just announced their 12 Albums of the Year nominees for 2024. More
Plus Boeckner, English Teacher, Parsnip, Ride, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a stacked week for new tracks. Vampire Weekend released two songs and they both made the list (and might’ve charted even higher if they had just put out one song and not split the vote). Even most of the honorable mentions are great this week and would’ve made the main list on other weeks. More
This Could Be Texas Due Out April 12 via Island
Feb 15, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Leeds, England-based four-piece English Teacher are releasing their debut album, This Could Be Texas, on April 12 via Island. Now they have shared another new single from it, “R&B,” via a music video. An earlier version of the song was released in 2021, but it was reworked for the album. More
Plus Fat White Family, Phosphorescent, English Teacher, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 26, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2024. More
This Could Be Texas Due Out April 12 via Island
Jan 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Leeds, England-based four-piece English Teacher have announced their debut album, This Could Be Texas, and shared a new song from it, “Albert Road,” via a music video. They have also announced some UK tour dates. 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
Interviews
Dec 30, 2024
By Mike Hilleary
Searching their collective memory, the four members of the Leeds, England-based band English Teacher distinctly remember the time they once made a kid cry. More
Under the Radar selects its top tips for the New Year
Dec 22, 2021
By Dom Gourlay
With 2021 coming to an end, Under the Radar asked its writers to look into their collective crystal balls and look ahead to the next twelve months. So, without further ado, here are the 22 acts Under the Radar and its contributors are most excited about as we approach 2022. More
Reviews
Dec 22, 2025
By Jimi Arundell
The 2026 festival season begins in earnest on 2nd January when Under the Radar will be heading to Bognor Regis for the 11th edition of Rockaway Beach. Here, Jimi Arundell gives the lowdown on who he’s most looking forward to seeing. More
Sep 24, 2022
By Adam Houghton
Yard Act, Low Hummer and English Teacher played an intimate show at The Crescent in York and Under the Radar were in attendance to capture the highlights More
Jun 09, 2022
By Andy Von Pip
Yeah Yeah Yeahs returned to the UK last weekend and Andy Von Pip was in Manchester to capture them in all their splendid glory. More
May 11, 2022
By Dom Gourlay
Get Together kickstarts the UK festival season in glorious style More
