News
Plus Gorillaz and Tame Impala, Crack Cloud, Francis Lung, Alex Lahey, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 02, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2022. Lots of British artists this week! Including the entire Top 3. This week after much inner-dialogue, we settled on a Top 12. More
New LP Slight Variations Is Out September 30 via Impossible Objects of Desire
Aug 30, 2022
By Caleb Campbell
Fans last heard from long-running Brighton-based electronic outfit Fujiya & Miyagi with their 2019 record, Flashback. Over the band’s twenty-year career, they have consistently taken an ardent and expansive approach to electronic music, fusing elements from pop, house, disco, acid, krautrock, and more. Their discography acts as a sampling for decades of electronica, an approach they doubled down on for their newly announced forthcoming LP, Slight Variations. More
Flashback Due Out May 31 via Impossible Objects of Desire
Apr 16, 2019
By Stephen Axeman
Brighton-based electronic group Fujiya and Miyagi have returned with a video for their new single “Flashback,” the title track off of their forthcoming album, and we are pleased to premiere it. More
Plus Tracks from Wunder Wunder, Ashrae Fax, Coldplay Remixed by AlunaGeorge, The Rosebuds, Anand Wilder of Yeasayer, Hooray for Earth, Kan Wakan, and Others
Jul 03, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). Because it’s a short work week and a holiday weekend, less new tracks of note debuted this week. So this mix features some of the last week’s best new tracks, but also features other tracks from recent months that we liked. Included are songs by Wye Oak, Wunder Wunder, Ashrae Fax, Titus Andronicus, The Rosebuds, Ice Cream Cathedral, Ought, Childhood, Slow Club, Boxed In, Coldplay remixed by AlunaGeorge, Anand Wilder (of Yeasyer), and more. More
Artificial Sweeteners Is Due Out May 6 Via Yep Roc
Mar 05, 2014
By Laura Studarus
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Fujiya & Miyagi. But the British band is finally ready to reveal the follow-up to 2011’s Ventriloquizzing. More
Part of a MOJO Magazine Tribute
Jan 03, 2012
By Laura Studarus
MOJO magazine recently commissioned musicians to cover landmark 1983 New Order album Power, Corruption & Lies. More
Track clocks in at 37 minutes
Sep 07, 2011
By Mi Tran
It’s been awhile since we last heard from Fujiya and Miyagi, but the band recently announced the release of their stand-alone song, “Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors.” More
Ventriloquizzing Out Today
Jan 25, 2011
By Laura Studarus
In honor of their new doll-happy album Ventriloquizzing (revisit this and freak yourself out) Fuijya & Miyagi have announced a short run of U.S. dates. More
Creepy Dolls Like Christmas Too!
Dec 17, 2010
By Laura Studarus
What’s Christmas without a bit of creep factor. Oh wait, that’s Halloween, right? Fujiya and Miyagi have got you covered for both. We have the video. More
Nov 17, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Another one to file under “Fuijya & Miyagi really like creepy images.” Today the British band released the video for “16 Shades of Black and Blue.” We have the clip. More
Ventriloquizzing out January 25th on Yep Roc
Oct 28, 2010
By Laura Studarus
‘Cause Halloween ‘aint terrifying enough, today Fuijya & Miyagi unveiled an album trailer for upcoming release Ventriloquizzing (out January 25th on Yep Roc). More
Ventriloquizzing Out This January
Sep 15, 2010
By Laura Studarus
British dance-rock Fujiya and Miyagi quartet are busy prepping Lightbulbs follow-up Ventriloquizzing (out January via Yep Roc). We have the first cut from the album. More
Interviews
Best on 2016's Best Albums, the Election, Brexit, David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Self-Driving Cars, and Scary Movies
Jan 18, 2017
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
David Best on the Best of 2014, Best Fan Interactions, U2's Free Album, and His Favorite Music Video as a Child
Jan 20, 2015
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar’s 12th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2014. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2014 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
Sep 01, 2008
By J. Pace
For all you Yanks, let’s get one thing out of the way: The song “Knickerbocker” and its lyric “knickerbocker glory” have nothing to do with basketball. It’s the U.K. equivalent of an ice cream sundae. It’s also the sonic confection opening Fujiya & Miyagi’s third full-length, Lightbulbs. More
Reviews
Feb 16, 2011
By Hays Davis
As with Fujiya & Miyagi’s previous records, Ventriloquizzing seems sonically constructed to fly under the radar. More