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La Fusion EP Due Out May 3 via Domino
Apr 02, 2024
By Mark Redfern
LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Eastgate) has announced a new EP, La Fusion, and shared its first single, “City Warm Heart,” via a music video. More
Fase Luna Due Out May 5 via Domino
Apr 06, 2023
By Mark Redfern
LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Eastgate) is releasing a new album, Fase Luna, on May 5 via Domino. Now he has shared its second single, “Star.” More
Fase Luna Due Out May 5 via Domino
Mar 17, 2023
By Mark Redfern
LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Eastgate) has announced a new album, Fase Luna, and shared its first single, “It’s You,” via a music video. More
The Livestream Will Also Include DJ Sets from Superorganism, Django Django, Kero Kero Bonito, and More
Dec 10, 2020
By Joey Arnone
Hot Chip have announced that they will be hosting a charity livestream event, “Hot Chip and Friends,” on December 18 (next Friday). Proceeds will support Crisis, a British charity for the homeless. The livestream is set to feature back-to-back DJ sets from Hot Chip, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Dillon Francis, Superorganism, Kero Kero Bonito, LA Priest, Django Django, Para One, Lou Hayter, Mighty Mouse, and Myd. More
Plus Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Hinds, NZCA LINES, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
GENE Due Out This Friday via Domino
Jun 03, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Dust or Sam Eastgate) is releasing a new album, GENE, this Friday via Domino. Now he has shared another song from it, “Rubber Sky,” via a video for the single. More
GENE Due Out June 5 via Domino
May 08, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Dust or Sam Eastgate) was releasing a new album, GENE, on April 24 via Domino. Now he has announced a new release date for the album and shared another song from it, “Beginning,” via a video for the single. More
Plus Moaning, Anna Burch, U.S. Girls, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 17, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a very strong week for new songs, especially as a slew of notable new albums were announced this week. More
GENE Due Out April 24 via Domino
Jan 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Dust or Sam Eastgate) has announced a new album, GENE, and shared its first single, “What Moves,” via a self-directed video for the track. More
Soft Hair Due Out Friday via Weird World/Domino
Oct 24, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin and England’s Sam Dust (who records as LA Priest and is the former frontman of Late of the Pier) have teamed up to form Soft Hair. More
Soft Hair Due Out October 28 via Weird World/Domino
Oct 04, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin and England’s Sam Dust (who records as LA Priest and is the former frontman of Late of the Pier) have teamed up to form Soft Hair. The duo are releasing a self-titled debut on October 28 via Domino imprint Weird World and previously shared the album’s first single, “Lying Has to Stop.” Now here’s another song from the album, “In Love,” which is an impressive mix of the two artist’s different styles. More
Soft Hair Due Out October 28 via Domino, Watch Video for "Lying Has to Stop"
Aug 30, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin and England’s Sam Dust (who records as LA Priest and is the former frontman of Late of the Pier) have teamed up to form Soft Hair. More
Festival Runs Nov 4-8 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Oct 09, 2015
By Laura Studarus
On Nov 4 Under the Radar is hitting the town in Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves. Ahead of our trip, we’re digging into a few of our favorite artists, and their favorite artists via our ongoing mixtape series. The next mix comes from LA Priest. More
Sep 14, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest, the new solo project of former Late of the Pier frontman Sam Dust, released his debut album Inji back in June via Domino. Now he’s shared a video for “Lady’s in Trouble With the Law.” More
Issue 54 Also Includes Interviews with New Order, Garbage, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, the Casts of Fear the Walking Dead and Wet Hot American Summer, and More
Aug 07, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the August/September 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via Under the Radar‘s app and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It features CHVRCHES on the cover. Garbage’s Shirley Manson discusses the 20th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut album. We talk to the creators and various cast members of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. Star Cliff Curtis and producer Gale Anne Hurd talk about The Walking Dead companion series Fear the Walking Dead. The issue also includes interviews with Beach House, New Order, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, Telekinesis, Ducktails, DRINKS, Briana Marela, LA Priest, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Chelsea Wolfe, and more. More
Jul 03, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest, the new solo project of former Late of the Pier frontman Sam Dust, released his debut album Inji earlier this week via Domino. In honor of that he’s shared a video for one of the more electronic/dancier tracks on the record, “Learning to Love.” More
Inji Out June 30 via Domino
Jun 18, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest, the new solo project of former Late of the Pier frontman Sam Dust, is releasing his debut album Inji on June 30 via Domino. More
Inji Out June 30 via Domino
Jun 04, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
LA Priest, the new solo project of former Late of the Pier frontman Sam Dust, is releasing his debut album Inji on June 30 via Domino. We’ve already heard two tracks from the record, “Oino” and “Party Zute / Learning To Love.” Now he’s released a new song from the album, “Lorry Park.” More
May 01, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
LA Priest, the new solo project of former Late of the Pier member Sam Dust, has announced the release of his debut album Inji. More
Debut Single From New Side-Project
Mar 03, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Remaining quiet for years since his band Late of the Pier dissolved in 2009, musical artist Sam Dust has launched a brand new musical project called LA Priest. More
Interviews
Nov 06, 2015
By Nina Corcoran
Despite being far removed from current trends, LA Priest is remarkably in tune with them. Sam Dust lives in a field outside Welshpool, England, where he’s so far from the city that wandering donkeys and the occasional peacock are his closest neighbors. Then, to make things more intense, he ditched the Internet for more than half a decade. He is, to say the least, focused on his craft. More
Reviews
Jul 14, 2015
By Nina Corcoran
LA Priest is all over the place. Thank goodness. Sam Dust, the 28-year-old behind the moniker, split with Late of the Pier in 2010 and hopped around the globe playing guitar in Connan Mockasin’s band. More
