Aug 14, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Madrid-based band Hinds are releasing a new album, VIVA HINDS, on September 6 via Lucky Number. Now they have shared another song from it, “The Bed, The Room, The Rain and You.” It was shared via a self-directed music video and is the album’s final pre-release single. It’s the only song on the album sung in both English and Spanish. More

Jul 26, 2024 By Mark Redfern (and Marina Malin)

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last week. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marina Mallin, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 20 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More

Jul 23, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Madrid-based band Hinds are releasing a new album, VIVA HINDS, on September 6 via Lucky Number. Now they have shared another song from it, “Superstar,” via a self-directed video. More

Jun 12, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Madrid-based band Hinds are releasing a new album, VIVA HINDS, on September 6 via Lucky Number. Now they have shared another song from it, “En Forma,” which is their first-ever Spanish language single. More

May 10, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 16th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More

May 07, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Madrid-based band Hinds have announced a new album, VIVA HINDS, and shared a new song from it, “Boom Boom Back,” which features Beck. They have also announced some North American tour dates. VIVA HINDS also features Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten. More

Feb 28, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Madrid-based band Hinds have returned with a new song, “Coffee,” via a music video. It is the band’s first single in four years and the first since becoming a duo again. More

Dec 24, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Strokes have canceled their New Year’s Eve concert at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which was set to feature IDLES and Hinds as supporting acts. In an Instagram post, the band states: “We were so excited to be performing for everyone in Brooklyn this New Year’s Eve, but the Omicron variant has thwarted our plans. All tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date and details regarding refunds will be offered when the new date is announced.” More

Aug 21, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Madrid-based Hinds and Tokyo-born CHAI have released a joint single today called “United Girls Rock‘n’Roll Club,” via Heavenly Recordings. Check out the video for the track below. More

Jul 31, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

After the release of their third album, The Prettiest Curse, on Mom + Pop just last month, Spanish quartet Hinds are already back with a cover of The Clash’s “Spanish Bombs.” Although it was recorded the last day they were in the studio for The Prettiest Curse, “Spanish Bombs” wasn’t included on the final record. Listen below. More

Jul 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish quartet Hinds released a new album, The Prettiest Curse, last month via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Burn” that was shot during the pandemic and features the band members donning masks and putting rings over their protective gloves, among other things, before going out in the world. More

Jun 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Mark Moody, Samantha Small, and Jake Uitti)

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2020. And what a trying week it was. More

Jun 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish quartet Hinds have released a new album, The Prettiest Curse, today via Mom + Pop. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. The band have also announced that they are donating proceeds from a new special edition T-Shirt to four Black Lives Matter related organizations. More

May 01, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the seventeenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. Some states, most notably Georgia, are starting to open up again, even though most experts say it’s too soon. More

Apr 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish quartet Hinds are releasing a new album, The Prettiest Curse, on June 5 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared another new song from it, the energetic “Just Like Kids (Miau),” via a playful and colorful video for the track. The song tackles some of the sexiest comments the band has gotten over the years. More

Apr 08, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Ana Perrote of the Spanish quartet Hinds. More

Mar 25, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

With everything going on with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and most spring and summer tours and festivals either postponed or cancelled, it makes sense that musicians are now starting to postpone their albums. This week HAIM, Jarvis Cocker’s new band JARV IS…, Hinds, Kelly Lee Owens, The Pretenders, Willie Nelson, Lady Gaga, and DMA’s have all pushed back the release dates of their upcoming albums. More

Mar 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish quartet Hinds are releasing a new album, The Prettiest Curse, on April 3 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared a new song from it, the layered ballad “Come Back and Love Me<3,” which features Spanish guitar and which the band says “is the most romantic song we’ve ever done.” More

Feb 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was tough to narrow things down to a Top 10 this week, too many great tracks, so we’ve got a super-sized edition. More

Feb 04, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish quartet Hinds have announced a new album, The Prettiest Curse, and shared a new song from it, “Good Bad Times,” via a video for the single. They have also announced some new North American tour dates. More

Dec 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s installment covers songs from the last two weeks. Hence we have a Top 13 instead of a Top 10. More

Dec 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish quartet Hinds have shared a brand new song, “Riding Solo,” via a video for the track. Right now it’s just a standalone single on Mom + Pop, there’s no word of a new album or EP. More

Sep 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Back in February Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian told fans they were considering launching a Belle and Sebastian cruise in 2019 and wanted their fans’ opinions on it via a survey on their website. Then in May the band announced The Boaty Weekender, a floating festival to set sale from Barcelona to Sardinia and back again on August 8-12, 2019. Now Belle and Sebastian have announced the initial line-up. Most notably, it features Camera Obscura, who are making their return to performing live for the first time since the 2015 death of the band’s Carey Lander from cancer. More

Apr 06, 2018 By Chris Davidson

In the Google’s documentary, Merge Records: 25 Years in 24 Minutes, Wye Oak frontwoman Jenn Wasner discusses how the help she received from label cofounder Laura Ballance kept the band continuing even after Wasner’s romantic breakup with drummer Andy Stack. Fortunately, for us, the band sounds stronger than ever at 12 years old and with the release of their sixth LP, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. More

Mar 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds are releasing a new album, I Don’t Run, next Friday (April 6) via Mom + Pop. Previously they shared a video for its first single, “New For You,” which featured the band engaged in a game of football (or soccer if you must), as well as the audio for “The Club.” More

Mar 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds are releasing a new album, I Don’t Run, on April 6 via Mom + Pop. Previously they shared a video for its first single, “New For You,” which featured the band engaged in a game of football (or soccer if you must), as well as the audio for “The Club.” Now “The Club” has a video directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen in which the band party and perform at a ski resort in Connecticut. More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds are releasing a new album, I Don’t Run, on April 6 via Mom + Pop. Previously they shared a video for its first single, “New For You,” which featured the band engaged in a game of football (or soccer if you must). More

Jan 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds have announced a new album, I Don’t Run, their sophomore album, and shared a video for its first single, “New For You.” Lucía Pardo directed the fun video for “New For You,” which features the band engaged in a game of football (or soccer if you must). More

Jan 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it’s a long list featuring 570 artists! More

Aug 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January 2016 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared a cover of “Caribbean Moon,” a 1973 solo song by the late Kevin Ayers (who was also in Soft Machine and was an influential British musician in the ‘60s and ‘70s.). More

Apr 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Another benefit for Planned Parenthood has been announced. Cover Your Ass Vol. 1 is due out May 26 via Lionfish Music. It features covers by Cass McCombs (Pointer Sisters), Speedy Ortiz (TV on the Radio), Deerhoof (Public Enemy), Hinds (Dead Ghosts), TEEN (David Bowie), The Lemon Twigs (Dido), Luke Temple (Scott Walker), Porches (Big Star), and more. More

Feb 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January 2016 via Mom + Pop. Chicago’s Twin Peaks released their latest album, Down In Heaven, back in May 2016 via Grand Jury. More

Oct 28, 2016 By Chris Duncan

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January via Mom + Pop. Today they are releasing a deluxe edition of the album on vinyl that includes 12 extra tracks, including some demos and covers. More

Sep 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared a new animated video for “Bamboo” (they had previously released a live action video for the song). They have also announced a deluxe edition of the album, which will be due out on vinyl only on October 28 and includes 12 extra tracks, including some demos and covers. More

Jul 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared a video for album standout “Warts.” More

Jun 15, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January via Mom + Pop. Last night they made their U.S. network television debut when they performed “Garden” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. More

May 18, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, back in January via Mom + Pop. Now they have released a video for “Easy.” John Strong directed the clip. As the band performs the song their faces get grosser and dirtier, with smeared mascara, food, and what might even be vomit. 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 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Spanish all-female quartet Hinds released their debut album, Leave Me Alone, last month via Mom + Pop. Now they have released a video for “Bamboo.” It’s a fun, simple, and charming clip that features the band joking around and singing the song in Barcelona and Madrid. More

Oct 20, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the first 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 short on big names, but a huge part of SXSW is discovering new artists. More

Jun 24, 2015 By Marie Noble

From June 19-21, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands hosted the third edition of Best Kept Secret. More

Sep 06, 2024 By Mark Redfern

To end the week, we ask Hinds some questions about endings and death. More

Jan 22, 2021 By Matt Conner

The women of Hinds just needed some time to themselves. More

Apr 08, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Ana Perrote of the Spanish quartet Hinds.

Jan 28, 2019 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar‘s 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2018 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

Apr 02, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

To paraphrase a former British Prime Minister, Hinds were the future once. The infectiously enjoyable garage rockers from Madrid came with a compelling story and blisteringly delightful debut record, 2016’s Leave Me Alone. More

Jan 05, 2016 By Billy Hamilton

You’ve probably heard Hinds’ brand of fuzzy garage pop a thousand times before. The Madrid-dwelling quartet’s ramshackle, lush melodies hark back to historic indie merchants such as The Shop Assistants and The Sonics, while generating a shrill ambiance associated with more modern tykes like Wavves or Psychedelic Horseshit. More