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Plus Dean Wareham, Matthew E. White, Penelope Isles, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 20, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2021. It wasn’t the most overwhelmingly amazing week for new songs, so instead of a Top 10 we’ve picked eight songs we liked. More
K Bay Due Out September 10 via Domino
Aug 17, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Richmond, VA-based singer/songwriter/producer Matthew E. White is releasing a new album, K Bay, on September 10 via Domino. Now he has shared its third single, the bass heavy “Nested,” via a video for it. More
K Bay Due Out September 10 via Domino
Jul 19, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Richmond, VA-based singer/songwriter/producer Matthew E. White is releasing a new album, K Bay, on September 10 via Domino. Now he has shared its second single, “Electric,” via an infomercial-themed video for it. More
Plus Teenage Sequence, Nation of Language, LUMP, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 04, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Emma Goad)
Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2021. We figured it would be a quiet week for new songs, with Monday being a holiday here in America, but we were wrong. More
K Bay Due Out September 10 via Domino
Jun 01, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Richmond, VA-based singer/songwriter/producer Matthew E. White has announced his first new solo album in six years, K Bay, and shared its first single, “Genuine Hesitation,” via a video for it. More
Broken Mirror, A Selfie Reflection Out April 9 via Spacebomb/Jagjaguwar
Jan 21, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Folk artist Lonnie Holley and singer/producer Matthew E. White have announced a new album, Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection, which will be out April 9 via Spacebomb/Jagjaguwar. The two have shared the first track from the album, the seven-minute long “This Here Jungle of Modernness/Composition 14.” More
Plus Jamila Woods, Neneh Cherry, Thom Yorke, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 19, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
An artist whose last song also made it to #1 on that week’s list and an anti-Donald Trump protest song scheduled to be covered by many more artists head this week’s Songs of the Week list. Plus Thom Yorkemakes the list yet again. More
Protest Song Will Be Covered by Natalie Prass, Bedouine, and Others
Oct 18, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Richmond, Virginia singer/producer Matthew E. White has shared a new protest song, “No Future In Our Frontman,” that takes aim at President Donald Trump. It launches a larger project where the song will be covered by 17 other artists, including Natalie Prass, Bedouine, and others. More
Gentlewoman, Ruby Man Out Now via Glassnote
Feb 09, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Richmond, Virginia singer/producer Matthew E. White and British singer Flo Morrissey have teamed up for Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, a collaborative album of covers that came out last month via Glassnote. More
Gentlewoman, Ruby Man Due Out Tomorrow via Glassnote
Jan 12, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Richmond, Virginia singer/producer Matthew E. White and British singer Flo Morrissey have teamed up for Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, a collaborative album of covers due out tomorrow (January 13) via Glassnote. More
Gentlewoman, Ruby Man Due Out January 13 via Glassnote
Jan 06, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Richmond, Virginia singer/producer Matthew E. White and British singer Flo Morrissey have teamed up for Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, a collaborative album of covers due out next Friday (January 13) via Glassnote. More
Hang Due Out January 20, 2017 via Jagjaguwar and Features Matthew E. White, The Lemon Twigs, and Steve Drozd of The Flaming Lips
Nov 02, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Foxygen’s last album was 2014’s ...And Star Power, but recently the duo (Jonathan Rado and Sam France) shared a brand new song, “America,” a grandiose track that featured an orchestra. More
One Day All of This Won't Matter Anymore Due Out August 19 via Moshi Moshi
May 31, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Slow Club have announced a new album, One Day All of This Won’t Matter Anymore, due out August 19 via Moshi Moshi, and shared a video for its first single, “Ancient Rolling Sea.” The British duo of Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor recorded the album in Richmond, VA with Matthew E. White at his Spacebomb Studios. Below is the video, tracklist, and cover art. More
Fresh Blood Out Now via Domino
Jan 19, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Richmond, Virginia native Matthew E. White has shared a brand new song, “Cool Out.” It features fellow Richmond singer Natalie Prass. White produced Prass’ self-titled debut album, which was released last year (as was White’s own Fresh Blood). White and DJ Harrison produced “Cool Out.” More
This Weekend in Oslo, Norway
Jun 29, 2015
By Laura Studarus
Last weekend, Oslo, Norway hosted Piknik i Parken. More
New Album Fresh Blood Available Now via Domino
Apr 22, 2015
By Trevor Flynn
Richmond, Va. native Matthew E. White has just released the music video for the song “Feeling Good Is Good Enough,” off his new album Fresh Blood. More
Issue 53 Also Includes Interviews with Death Cab for Cutie, Mew, My Morning Jacket, The Jesus and Mary Chain on Psychocandy, Father John Misty, Charlie Cox of Marvel's: Daredevil, Domhnall Gleeson, Courtney Barnett, and More
Apr 10, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the April/May 2015 issue, which is about to hit newsstands. It features Tame Impala on the cover. Actor Charlie Cox talks about his starring role in the new Netflix series, Marvel’s Daredevil. We interview The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s Jim Reid and Creation Records’ founder Alan McGee about the 30th anniversary of the Scottish band’s iconic debut album, 1985’s Psychocandy. The issue also includes interviews with Death Cab For Cutie, Mew, My Morning Jacket, Father John Misty, Domhnall Gleeson of Ex Machina, Courtney Barnett, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Laura Marling, Django Django, Will Butler, Purity Ring, San Fermin, TORRES, Twin Shadow, Matthew E. White, Amason, Jacco Gardner, Tobias Jesso Jr., Petite Noir, Natalie Prass, SOAK, and more. More
Plus Shots of East India Youth, Jacco Gardner, SOAK, Matthew E. White, and Pompeii
Mar 29, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar‘s own Wendy Lynch Redfern and Laura Studarus were down in Austin for SXSW last week. Here’s a selection of their live photos from the Under the Radar Daytime event at The Flamingo Cantina on Thursday, March 19, 2015. More
Performing "Rock & Roll Is Cold" from Fresh Blood
Mar 17, 2015
By Michael Wojtas
Last night, Matthew E. White made his TV debut on the Late Show with David Letterman. More
Thursday Day Party and Saturday Official Nighttime Showcase; Lineups Also Include East India Youth, Matthew E. White, Boxed In, Jacco Gardner, and Others
Mar 06, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for our two SXSW 2015 events. This year we are having a day party at the Flamingo Cantina on Thursday, March 19, and an official nighttime showcase at Central Presbyterian Church on Saturday, March 21. Our events are set to feature performances from of Montreal, Mew, Torres, San Fermin, East India Youth, Matthew E. White, Jacco Gardner, Boxed In, SOAK, Amason, Springtime Carnivore, Pompeii, Talk in Tongues, and Dinner. More
Mar 03, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Next week Virginia-based musical artist Matthew E. White will release his new sophomore LP Fresh Blood. More
White to Appear on Letterman March 16
Feb 19, 2015
By Scott Dransfield
Virginia singer-songwriter Matthew E. White has revealed the music video for his new single “Rock & Roll is Cold.” The song is taken from White’s upcoming sophomore album Fresh Blood, out March 10. More
Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Feb 02, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
On March 10 Richmond, VA singer/songwriter Matthew E. White will release his sophomore album Fresh Blood, the follow-up to this 2012 debut Big Inner. More
Jun 24, 2013
By Marie Noble
Last night, She & Him headlined a show at the Hollywood Bowl. We were there to cover the action. More
Interviews
Sep 15, 2015
By Matt Fink
When Matthew E. White was writing the songs that would become his 2012 debut, Big Inner, he had modest goals. “I want to write a song. I’d like for it not to be a bad song,” he says, recalling his thoughts when he began sketching out ideas for his very first songs. More
Home Is Where the Sound Is
Feb 06, 2014
By Hays Davis
“Shenandoah Valley, you’ve really got a hold on me,” Matthew E. White sings on “In the Valley” from his recent EP, Outer Face. Where cities like Memphis, New York, and Chicago have produced music that will forever be associated with their creative locales, White sees his work as inextricably linked to his base of Richmond, Virginia. More
Reviews
Mar 30, 2015
By Mark Redfern
“We played a show at 7’oclock this morning, which is entirely too early to be playing a rock ‘n’ roll concert,” said Matthew E. White. The Richmond, VA-based singer/songwriter/guitarist was up on stage at the Flamingo Cantina, for a second-on-the-bill 12:45 PM set at Under the Radar‘s SXSW day party. More
Mar 10, 2015
By Billy Hamilton
“Nobody in this world is better than us,” sings Matthew E. White part way through his sophomore LP Fresh Blood. From anybody else it would sound like impossible bravado, but from the Virginia-born song man it works on two levels: a bold proclamation and a strangely self-deprecating statement. More