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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
Clipped Wings EP Due Out This Friday via Mom + Pop
Sep 30, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Singer/actress Maya Hawke released a new album, Chaos Angel, in May via Mom + Pop. Now she has announced a new EP, Clipped Wings, shared its first single, “Kamikaze Comic,” and announced some 2025 tour dates. 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
Plus Margaret Glaspy, Thurston Moore, Storefront Church, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 26, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, 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 10. More
Chaos Angel Due Out May 31 via Mom + Pop
Apr 24, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Singer/actress Maya Hawke is releasing a new album, Chaos Angel, on May 31 via Mom + Pop. Now she has shared its third single, “Hang in There,” via a lyric video. More
Plus Maya Hawke, Elbow, Julia Holter, Parsnip, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 22, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip and Scott Dransfield both helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 11 this week, narrowed down from the 16 songs we seriously considered. More
Chaos Angel Due Out May 31 via Mom + Pop
Mar 20, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Singer/actress Maya Hawke is releasing a new album, Chaos Angel, on May 31 via Mom + Pop. Now she has shared its second single, “Dark,” via a music 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
Chaos Angel Due Out May 31 via Mom + Pop
Feb 14, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Singer/actress Maya Hawke has announced a new album, Chaos Angel on Mom + Pop, and shared its first single, “Missing Out,” via a music video. More
Issue 70 Stars Sharon Van Etten and Ezra Furman; It Also Features Jason Schwartzman and Kevin Morby Discussing Rushmore, Plus Interviews with Maya Hawke, Trent Reznor, Danny Elfman, Sufjan Stevens, Wil Wheaton, and John Lithgow
Apr 21, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Now that Issue 71 is out, we’ve decided to offer 40% off our previous issue, Issue 70 (aka the My Favorite Movie Issue). The print version is available now for a limited time for only $3.60. Buy it here. More
Film Due Out June 16 via Focus Features and Also Stars Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston, Adrien Brody, Margot Robbie, Jarvis Cocker, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, and More
Mar 29, 2023
By Mark Redfern
The first trailer for Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s new film, has been shared. It stars Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, and Scarlett Johansson, among many others, is set in 1955, and might even feature aliens and UFOs (a rarity for an Anderson film). More
Issue 70 Also Features Jason Schwartzman and Kevin Morby Discussing Rushmore, Plus Interviews with Death Cab for Cutie, Maya Hawke, Alvvays, Trent Reznor, Danny Elfman, Sufjan Stevens, Wil Wheaton, Fred Armisen, Johnny Marr, and John Lithgow
Nov 18, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, the My Favorite Movie Issue, in which musicians and actors tell us about their all-time favorite movies. Issue 70 features Sharon Van Etten and Ezra Furman on the two covers. It also features an in-depth joint interview between singer/songwriter Kevin Morby and actor/musician Jason Schwartzman about Rushmore, Morby’s favorite film (which Schwartzman starred in). More
Plus Wild Pink Feat. J Mascis, Miss Grit, LIES, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 23, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week one artist has two songs in the main list, which is a Top 10 this time. More
MOSS Out Now via Mom + Pop
Sep 23, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Singer/actress Maya Hawke has released a new album, MOSS, today via Mom + Pop. More
MOSS Due Out This Friday via Mom + Pop
Sep 21, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Singer/actress Maya Hawke has shared a new single, “Luna Moth.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, MOSS, which will be out this Friday (Sep. 23) via Mom + Pop. More
Plus Braids, Imarhan, The Beths, Ezra Furman, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 19, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks, as I was on vacation last week. This week we’re doing things slightly differently, with just a main Top 12 list and some honorable mentions, without the longer list of songs also released in the last week. More
MOSS Due Out September 23 via Mom + Pop
Aug 16, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Singer/actress Maya Hawke has shared a video for her new single, “Sweet Tooth.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, MOSS, will be out on September 23 via Mom + Pop. More
MOSS Due Out September 23 via Mom + Pop
Jul 18, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Singer/actress Maya Hawke has shared an NSFW video for her latest single, “Thérèse,” directed by Brady Corbet (Vox Lux). Hawke’s forthcoming album, MOSS, will be out on September 23 via Mom + Pop. More
Plus Viagra Boys, Band Spectra and The Anchoress, Margaret Glaspy, Men I Trust, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 08, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week as pickings were slim in the run up to the long July 4th weekend, so this week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks. Thus we have a supersized Top 15. The list includes two pro-choice songs. More
MOSS Due Out September 23 via Mom + Pop
Jun 30, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Singer/actress Maya Hawke has announced a new album, MOSS, and shared its first single, “Thérèse.” More
Reviews
Nov 22, 2024
By Austin Saalman
Something of an epilogue to this year’s terrific Chaos Angel, Clipped Wings continues singer/songwriter Maya Hawke’s eloquently angst-filled meditation on the respective natures of friendship, heartache, and personal identity. More
May 31, 2024
By Andy Von Pip
Maya Hawke’s third album, Chaos Angel, should rid her of any snarky “actor-trying-their-hand-at-music” style pigeonholing. More
Sep 22, 2022
By Austin Saalman
Maya Hawke’s sophomore effort MOSS feels more spare than 2020’s autumnal Blush, as though the passing season has diminished its lush foliage to a spectral winterscape, the bare bones of the Stranger Things actress’ creative soul protruding upward through the snow. More
