May 12, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Hiss Golden Messenger (the project of M.C. Taylor) and Cameron Ralston have announced a new collaborative project, Revelators Sound System. Their debut album, Revelators, will be out on June 17 via 37d03d. They have shared a video for a song from the album, “George the Revelator.” More

Oct 20, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Hiss Golden Messenger (the project of M.C. Taylor) has announced the release of a holiday album, O Come All Ye Faithful, due out this Friday (Oct. 22) via Merge. Taylor has also shared a new song, “Grace,” one of several original tunes he has crafted for the album, which includes covers of songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Woody Guthrie, and Spiritualized, in addition to traditional holiday songs. More

Jun 03, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Hiss Golden Messenger (the project of M.C. Taylor) is releasing a new album, Quietly Blowing It, on June 25 via Merge. Now he has shared another song from it, “Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner),” via a video for the song. He’s also announced some tour dates. More

Apr 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Hiss Golden Messenger (the project of M.C. Taylor) is releasing a new album, Quietly Blowing It, on June 25 via Merge. Now he has shared another song from it, “Hardytown,” via a Dylan-esque video for the song, where Taylor has the lyrics written on cue cards. More

Mar 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Hiss Golden Messenger (the project of M.C. Taylor) has announced a new album, Quietly Blowing It, and shared a new song from it, “If It Comes in the Morning,” via a video for the single. More

Jan 14, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Hiss Golden Messenger have shared a video for their new song “Sanctuary.” The song was written and produced by frontman M.C. Taylor. More

Aug 04, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

This weekend was the finale of the entirely virtual Newport Folk Festival, aptly dubbed “Our Voices Together,” as it features upward of 20 artists covering Burt Bacharach’s classic “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” The cover was led by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and music directed by Chris Funk of The Decemberists, wrapping up the week-long virtual fest. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Aug 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger (the band led by M.C. Taylor) is releasing a new album, Terms of Surrender, on September 20 via Merge. Now he has shared another song from it, “Happy Birthday, Baby.” The song was written for his daughter’s fifth birthday. Listen below (via Rolling Stone), followed by Hiss Golden Messenger’s upcoming tour dates. More

Jul 16, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger (the band led by M.C. Taylor) is releasing a new album, Terms of Surrender, on September 20 via Merge. Previously he shared a video for its first single, “I Need a Teacher” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now Taylor has shared another song from the album, “Cat’s Eye Blue.” More

Jun 14, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We couldn’t quite limit it to a Top 10 this week, there were enough strong new tracks to stretch it to a Top 11. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant a lot of strong new singles to choose from. More

Jun 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger (the band led by M.C. Taylor) has announced a new album, Terms of Surrender, and shared a video for its first single, “I Need a Teacher.” More

May 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger (the band led by M.C. Taylor) has announced some new fall North American tour dates. They go down this September, October, and November and include shows on both coasts and in between, as well as in Canada. More

Feb 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Merge Records are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a hometown festival July 24-27, 2019, in Carrboro and Durham, NC. The four-day festival is set to feature more than 30 artists and the initial lineup has been announced. More

Sep 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger (the band led by M.C. Taylor) have announced a new 4-LP boxset, Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children, and shared one of its tracks, the rarity “Rock Holy.” More

Mar 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we skipped Songs of the Week. Most of the music industry was in Austin for SXSW and thus few notable songs were shared last week, leaving us with not enough contenders to even put together a Top 5 we were truly excited about. So this week’s Songs of the Week mainly covers this week, but has a few songs from last week, including the song that would’ve been our #1 last week if we’d done a list. Hence we have a Top 12 this week. More

Mar 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger (the band led by M.C. Taylor) have shared a new song, “Passing Clouds,” with proceeds going to Everytown for Gun Safety. The song, along with a dub remix, will be released at midnight via Spacebomb Records, with all proceeds going to the charity Everytown for Gun Safety, the nonprofit looking to end gun violence. More

Aug 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger announced a new album, Hallelujah Anyhow, last month, but when it was announced they didn’t share any music from the album. Now they have made up for that by sharing two new songs at the same time, “Domino (Time Will Tell)” and “When the Wall Comes Down.” More

Jul 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger just released their last album, Heart Like a Levee, last October via Merge, but they have already announced another one due for release a little less than a year later. It’s entitled Hallelujah Anyhow and is due out September 22, also via Merge. More

Nov 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger released their new album, Heart Like a Levee, last month via Merge. The band led by M.C. Taylor have now shared a new video for “Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer.” More

Sep 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hiss Golden Messenger are releasing their new album, Heart Like a Levee, next Friday (October 7) via Merge. The band led by M.C. Taylor has already shared several songs from the album, but a week before its release we are now treated to title track “Heart Like a Levee,” a banjo and backing vocals infused dose of Americana. 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

Apr 16, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Le Guess Who’s annual May Day event goes down on Saturday, May 24 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Ahead of that, we’re featuring mixtapes from a few of the artists performing. The first comes from Hiss Golden Messenger. More