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Festival Will Take Place July 21–23 at Chicago’s Union Park; Lineup Also Features Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, and More
Mar 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2023 lineup. The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver will be headlining. Other acts include Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, Nation of Language, and more. More
First Release From the Band’s Upcoming Cover Series
Mar 17, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Toronto-based duo Ducks Ltd. have shared a cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 1989 song “Head On.” The cover features vocals from Sarah Tudzin of illuminati hotties, and it is the duo’s first release from their newly announced cover series titled The Sincerest Form of Flattery. More
Plus SASAMI, Lucy Dacus, Röyksopp, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 04, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week saw the start of the Winter Olympics in China, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day, the U.S. military took out the head of ISIS, and tensions continued between Russia and the Ukraine. More
Let Me Do One More Out Now via Snack Shack Tracks/Hopeless; Tour Starts Next Week
Feb 02, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) has shared a brand new song, “Sandwich Sharer.” It follows her 2021 album, Let Me Do One More, released last October via Snack Shack Tracks in partnership with Hopeless Records, and comes ahead of her tour that starts next week. More
Jan 07, 2022
By Mark Redfern
2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More
Out Now via Spotify as Part of Their Fresh Finds Program
Nov 10, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Pom Pom Squad (Brooklyn-based four piece led by Mia Berrin) have collaborated with illuminati hotties (aka Sarah Tudzin) on their new single “Until It Stops.” It is one of the latest singles to be released from Spotify’s Fresh Finds program, which pairs songwriters and producers together to create original songs recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. More
BREECH (Acoustic) Vinyl Due Out February 11, 2022 via Dead Oceans
Sep 21, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Bristol-based singer/songwriter Fenne Lily has announced a 2022 tour in which she will be co-headlining alongside illuminati hotties. Lily has also announced a vinyl release of her BREECH (Acoustic) EP, set to be released on February 11, 2022 via Dead Oceans. More
Let Me Do One More Due Out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records
Sep 08, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) is releasing a new album, Let Me Do One More, on October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in partnership with Hopeless Records. Now she has shared another song from it, “Threatening Each Other Re: Capitalism.” It was shared via a lyric video directed by Tyler Coray and Ansley Lee. More
Plus Big Red Machine, Ora the Molecule, Low, illuminati hotties, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a nice week for new music, with some strong new singles (some connected to album announcements) and some wonderful album tracks we’ve long wanted to share with our readers and can now that the albums are out. We had enough tracks for a Top 12 this week, but many of the honorable mentions are worthy too. More
Let Me Do One More Due Out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records
Jul 22, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) is releasing a new album, Let Me Do One More, on October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records. Now she has shared another song from it, the country-tinged “u v v p,” which features Buck Meek from Big Thief, whose vocals come in at the end. More
Plus Jessie Ware, José González, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 11, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2021. Admittedly, there weren’t too many new songs that overly impressed us this week. We almost considered taking a week off. But there were enough tracks of note to keep us in the game. Still, we only came up with a Top 8, instead of our usual Top 10 (or sometimes we have an expanded Top 12). More
Let Me Do One More Due Out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records
Jun 10, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) has announced a new album, Let Me Do One More, and shared a new song from it, “Pool Hopping,” via a video for the single. Let Me Do One More is due out October 1 via her new label Snack Shack Tracks, which is in partnership with Los Angeles-based indie label Hopeless. More
Plus UV-TV, CHVRCHES, Iceage, Pom Pom Squad, Yola, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Emma Goad)
Welcome to the 15th Songs of the Week of 2021.The big Under the Radar news was that on Wednesday we announced our new print issue. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More
Snack Shack Tracks is in Partnership with Hopeless Records
Apr 21, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the band led by singer and songwriter Sarah Tudzin) has launched a new label, Snack Shack Tracks, and shared the label’s first song, “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA” (which is just pronounced as “MOO!”), via a video for it. Snack Shack Tracks is in partnership with Los Angeles-based indie label Hopeless Records. More
Issue 68 Out Now and Also Includes Julien Baker, Wolf Alice, Tegan and Sara, Arlo Parks, Fleet Foxes, Jessie Ware, Shamir, Lucy Dacus, Valerie June, David Byrne, Julian Casablancas, and Much More
Apr 21, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More
A Short and to the Point Message
Nov 02, 2020
By Sarah Tudzin
With tomorrow’s election day looming and millions of Americans already voting early, we put the word out to see if any musicians wanted to write about why they were voting for Former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in a series we are simply calling Why I’m Voting for Biden. Sarah Tudzin of illuminati hotties wrote this entry, giving us just a brief and to the point statement. More
Interviews
Oct 04, 2021
By Jasper Willems
Sarah Tudzin, aka illuminati hotties, has a unique way of stretching pop dynamics like silly putty, shaping them into her own self-coined “tenderpunk” vernacular. A former student of the Berklee College of Music and already a seasoned engineer in her mid-20s, her own pet project was initially meant as a reference point for clientele who wished to make good use of her unique set of skills. More
Reviews
Oct 05, 2021
By Andy Von Pip
Illuminati hotties mastermind Sarah Tudzin is in control of pretty much every aspect of the band’s aesthetic, from writing to production to creating her own genre, labelling it “tender punk.” More