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Bartees Strange, Doves, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Deep Sea Diver, Horsegirl, Squid, Panda Bear, Youth Lagoon, and More
Mar 04, 2025
By Mark Redfern
At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums. Now here is a roundup of February 2025’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release. More
Listen to the Track Below
Sep 16, 2022
By Mark Moody
When Under the Radar first interviewed Jess Sylvester (aka Marinero) about his sublimely penned love letter to San Francisco, Hella Love (Hardly Art), he let it be known that there were songs that didn’t make the final album. Truth be told, being the sleuth that I am, I had noted there were lyrics to two songs included in the press kit that weren’t on the album. More
Interviews
The Good, The Bad, and The Taco
Feb 14, 2025
By Mark Moody
Some four years and 400 miles from his boyhood home of San Francisco, Marinero’s Jess Sylvester finds himself in the middle of Los Angeles’ most horrific wildfires in memory. Connecting with Sylvester over Zoom at the mid-January peak of the devastation, he shares that he’s approximately 15 miles from the perimeter of the Eaton fire. More
Not Just Another New Kid in Town
Jul 02, 2021
By Mark Moody
In spite of his recent signing to Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art and relocation to Los Angeles, it’s hard to view Jess Sylvester as a newcomer in any sense of the word. Sylvester records music under the Marinero (Spanish for “sailor”) moniker as a tribute to his father and his own Marin County upbringing. More
Reviews
Feb 14, 2025
By Mark Moody
The follow-up to Marinero’s (aka Jess Sylvester) sublime Hella Love hails from similar inspirations. While the previous album was a love letter to his longtime San Francisco home, La La La pays tribute to Sylvester’s more recent passion for his new home in Los Angeles. More
May 21, 2021
By Mark Moody
Jess Sylvester’s (aka Marinero) debut for Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art is an openly penned love letter to an earlier era of San Francisco, his parents’ roots, and the joys of music. More
