Jul 26, 2022 By Mark Redfern

This year’s Mercury Prize nominees have been announced and they include the latest albums by Wet Leg, Yard Act, Gwenno, Harry Styles, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Self Esteem, and more. More

Jul 05, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) has shared a video for “N.Y.C.A.W.,” a song from her newest album, Tresor, which came out this past Friday via Heavenly Recordings. More

May 13, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a stellar week for new tracks, thanks in part to some exciting album announcements and their corresponding singles. So this week we have a slightly super-sized Top 13. More

May 11, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) is releasing her third studio album, Tresor, on July 1 via Heavenly. Now she has shared its third single, lush title track “Tresor,” via a self-directed video that features lots of goregous cross fades and multi-layered images. More

May 03, 2022 By Dom Gourlay

Under the Radar heads to Wrexham later this week for the 11th edition of Focus Wales More

Apr 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) is releasing her third studio album, Tresor, on July 1 via Heavenly. Now she has shared its second single, “Men an Toll.” More

Mar 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a stellar week for new tracks and we could only narrow it down to a Top 12, with several strong honorable mentions. More

Feb 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) has announced the release of her third studio album, Tresor, which will be out on July 1 via Heavenly. She has also shared a self-directed video for the album’s lead single, “An Stevel Nowydh.” More

May 22, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Björk released a new album, Utopia, last year via One Little Indian. Earlier tonight she appeared on the long running BBC music show Later… with Jools Holland, where various musicians take turns in the round, performing in a TV studio in front of a live audience. More

Mar 02, 2018 By Mark Redfern

It was another good week for new songs. Any of our Top 3 songs could’ve been our #1 and we also quite enjoyed CHVRCHES’ collaboration with The National‘s Matt Berninger (on a weaker week that probably would’ve been #1). More

Mar 02, 2018 By Lee Adcock

Debate the credibility of the term “indie” all you want-but even in today’s landscape of monolithic labels and bustling support crews, we still expect the independent artist to follow their own vision. To say, then, that rising star Lucy Dacus may have almost single-handedly penned a cinematic masterpiece in Historian shouldn’t surprise you that much. More

Feb 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) is releasing her sophomore album, Le Kov, on March 2 via Heavenly Recordings. Previously she shared a video for its first single, “Tir Ha Mor” (it was one of our Songs of the Week). Now she has shared another song from the album, “Hi a Skoellyas Liv a Dhagrow.” More

Jan 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

2018 is coming on strong with lots of fantastic new tracks this week in our second Songs of the Week post of the year. Like last week, it was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to only 10. Preoccupations, The Spook School, Hinds, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, St. Vincent remixed by Kelly Lee Owens, Eels, and Hinds all could have easily made the Top 10, but it was a competitive week. More

Jan 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) is releasing her sophomore album, Le Kov, on March 3 via Heavenly Recordings. Now she has shared a video for its first single, “Tir Ha Mor.” More

May 26, 2016 By Michael Wojtas

Last October, John Grant released his third solo album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, to widespread acclaim. Now Gwenno and Peski Kid (Peski Records founder Rhys Edwards) have teamed up to create an extended reworking of the single “Voodoo Doll.” Hear our premiere below. More

Mar 04, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2016 events: two day parties on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 and one official nighttime showcase on Wednesday, March 16. The lineups include Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Yuck, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Girls Names, Gwenno, MONEY, Cullen Omori, TEEN, Mass Gothic, Younghusband, and more. More

Feb 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), got a proper full-on release last summer via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release in 2014. More

Jan 25, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), got a proper full-on release last summer via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release in 2014. Today she has shared a video for “Fratolish Hiang Perpeshki.” Jacek Davis directed the psychedelic clip, which features images previously seen as publicity photos. Check it out below. More

Nov 17, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the second round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2016 (its 30th year). The list is a little short on big names, but a huge part of SXSW is discovering new artists. More

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the November/December 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, as well as Readbug and Kindle. The issue features EL VY (Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls) on the cover. More

Sep 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), got a proper full-on release in July via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release last fall. Today she has shared a video for its single, and the album’s second track, “Patriarchaeth.” More

Aug 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), got a proper full-on release last month via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release last fall. More

Aug 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), got a proper full-on release last Friday via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release last fall. More

Jul 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Y Dydd Olaf, the debut solo album from Gwenno Saunders (released simply under her first name), is getting a proper full-on release today via Heavenly Recordings after an initial sold-out very limited release last fall. More

May 16, 2016 By Aug Stone

After five gigs at SXSW in March, Gwenno Saunders is returning to the States for an east coast tour kicking off in Boston tonight (May 16) and culminating at Moogfest. “What a line up! It’s like a dream festival,” the Welsh space-popstress (and former member of The Pipettes)enthuses. More

Mar 08, 2016 By Kyle Mullin

Pop music and the avant-garde don’t need to be mutually exclusive. Gwenno Saunders has boldly delved into both of those disparate extremes in the span of one LP. The sunny-voiced Welsh songstress garnered plenty of praise in 2006 when she and her bandmates in the British indie pop troop The Pipettes released their glossy, hook laden debut LP, We Are The Pipettes. More

Mar 01, 2018 By Lee Adcock

Language carries a living record. Sunken cities, forgotten legends, communal values lost in the shuffle of the individual age—every tongue unlocks stores of secrets. More

Oct 29, 2015 By Kyle Mullin

This ain’t your Granddaddy’s dystopia. The overt dread and gloominess of the apocalypse have become all too frequent, but the hallmarks of the popular sci-fi genre are all but absent on Welsh songstress Gwenno‘s debut LP Y Dydd Olaf. More