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The Best Songs from the Best Albums of the Last Year
Jan 07, 2025
By Mark Redfern
We have put together a Spotify playlist for our Top 100 Albums of 2024 list and it’s 10 hours long. It features at least one song from each of our Top 100 in the order the albums appear on the list, from our #1 album to our #100. Some albums are represented by multiple songs filtered throughout the list. More
Escaping the Nostalgia Trap
Dec 29, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. More
Issue 73 Also Features Interviews with Fontaines D.C., Cassandra Jenkins, DIIV, Sparks, Camera Obscura, Alan Sparhawk, The Decemberists, Jessica Pratt, Glass Animals, Charly Bliss, Yard Act, English Teacher, and More
Sep 06, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 73, which features Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya on the two covers. Issue 73 also features interviews with Fontaines D.C., Cassandra Jenkins, DIIV, Sparks, Camera Obscura, Alan Sparhawk, The Decemberists, Jessica Pratt, Glass Animals, Charly Bliss, Yard Act, English Teacher, Goat Girl, Hana Vu, and others. More
Festival will take place October 4-6 in Arcosanti, Arizona; Lineup also features Jessica Pratt, Floating Points, James Blake, and Thundercat
Jun 12, 2024
By Marina Malin
The FORM feastival returns to Arcosanti, Arizona to celebrate its 10th anniversary this October 4-6. More
Plus Lionlimb, Why Bonnie, Jon Hopkins, Font, La Luz, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 03, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
Here in the Pitch Due Out This Friday via Mexican Summer
Apr 30, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Jessica Pratt is releasing a new album, Here in the Pitch, this Friday via Mexican Summer. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “The Last Year.” It’s the album’s closing track. More
Plus Bernard Butler, Arab Strap, John Cale, Strand of Oaks, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 29, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the eleventh Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. It was a strong seven days for new tracks, so we settled on a Top 13 this week, narrowed down from the 24 songs we seriously considered. More
Here in the Pitch Due Out May 3 via Mexican Summer
Mar 26, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Jessica Pratt is releasing a new album, Here in the Pitch, on May 3 via Mexican Summer. Now she has shared the album’s second single, “World on a String,” via a music video. Fellow musician Kate Bollinger directed the song’s video. More
Plus Boeckner, English Teacher, Parsnip, Ride, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a stacked week for new tracks. Vampire Weekend released two songs and they both made the list (and might’ve charted even higher if they had just put out one song and not split the vote). Even most of the honorable mentions are great this week and would’ve made the main list on other weeks. More
Here in the Pitch Due Out May 3 via Mexican Summer
Feb 13, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Jessica Pratt has announced a new album, Here in the Pitch, and shared its first single, “Life Is,” via a music video. She’s also announced some new tour dates. More
Finding Herself in the Studio
Apr 09, 2019
By Max Pilley
Jessica Pratt has released her first cohesive album. Yes, she has two acclaimed and internationally beloved full-lengths to her name already, but those were assemblies of largely self-produced tracks that were written and recorded across extended periods of time. More
Issue 65 is Out Now and Also Includes Interviews with Sharon Van Etten, Deerhunter, Foals, and Kurt Vile; Plus a Tribute to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, and Much More
Mar 01, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, 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 Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More
Quiet Signs Due Out February 8, 2019 via Mexican Summer
Dec 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Jessica Pratt is releasing a new album, Quiet Signs, on February 8, 2019 via Mexican Summer. Previously the Los Angeles musician shared the album’s first single, “This Time Around.” Now she has shared another song from the album, “Poly Blue.” More
Plus The Good, The Bad, & The Queen; boygenius; Beirut; Beach House; and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 26, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This week’s Songs of the Week list is a supersized edition, with a Top 12 rather than our regular Top 10. Various new album announcements this week, as well as some excellent albums being released today, resulted in the need to make room for two extra tracks. More
Last Weekend in Chicago, Illinois
Jul 21, 2015
By Laura Studarus
Last weekend, Chicago hosted the annual Pitchfork Festival. Check out Annie Lesser’s shots from day one, featuring Natalie Prass, Jessica Pratt, ILOVEMAKONNEN, CHVRCHES,Mac Demarco, Tobias Jesso Jr, Panda Bear, Steve Gunn, Iceage, and Wilco. More
Interviews
Finding Herself in the Studio
Apr 09, 2019
By Max Pilley
Jessica Pratt has released her first cohesive album. Yes, she has two acclaimed and internationally beloved full-lengths to her name already, but those were assemblies of largely self-produced tracks that were written and recorded across extended periods of time. More
Reviews
May 02, 2024
By Daniel Gard’ner
Jessica Pratt knows how to keep people waiting. It’s been five long years since the release of Quiet Signs, a record that found her working in the studio for the first time and elevated her quietly mesmerizing songs to a new level of expertise and public awareness. More
Feb 05, 2019
By Celine Teo-Blockey
Freak folk songstress Jessica Pratt leans in on Tropicalia; the ‘60s hybrid of Brazilian and African rhythms fused with pop. Hallmarks of odd time signatures and unconventional song structures are already idiosyncratic to Pratt’s songwriting. “This Time Around” is darker in tone and more introspective. More
