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Ladytron, MEMORIALS, Courtney Barnett, The Twilight Sad, Kim Gordon, Snail Mail, HELP(2), and More
Apr 01, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Last year we launched our Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month. Now here is a roundup of March 2026’s best albums (and one EP). 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
Issue 75 Also Features the Top 300 Albums of the 1990s; Plus Interviews with De La Soul, Air, Sarah McLachlan, Saint Etienne, Spacehog, Garbage, Ratboys, Sharon Van Etten, Dry Cleaning, and More
Apr 01, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our long-awaited new print issue, Issue 75, which is The ’90s Issue Part 2 and features Pulp and Suede on the two covers. The issue also features our Top 300 Albums of the 1990s; plus interviews with De La Soul, Air, Sarah McLachlan, Saint Etienne, Spacehog, Garbage, Ratboys, Sharon Van Etten, Dry Cleaning, The Twilight Sad, The Divine Comedy, Slint, Miki Berenyi Trio, MEMORIALS, Amy Heckerling (on writing/directing Clueless), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (on starring in Secrets & Lies), the cast of Homicide: Life on the Streets, and others. More
Plus Julia Cumming, Cheekface, Florence Road, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 27, 2026
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 12th Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide the list. We considered over 45 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 14. More
Plus MEMORIALS, Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 13, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 10th Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 13. More
Plus Broken Social Scene, MEMORIALS, Metric, Lala Lala, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 06, 2026
By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 16. It was a stellar week for new songs, hence the extra long list. More
New Album All Cloud Bring Not Rain is Out March 27th on Fire Records
Feb 05, 2026
By Caleb Campbell
Electrelane frontwoman Verity Susman and Wire guitarist Matthew Simms debuted together under the moniker MEMORIALS with their 2023 soundtracks, Women Against The Bomb and Tramps!, and followed the next year with their first full-length album, Memorial Waterslides. That album made our list of the Top 100 Albums of 2024, and the band’s upcoming follow-up, All Clouds Bring Not Rain, is shaping up to be similarly exciting. More
Plus Mandy, Indiana; Cate Le Bon and St. Vincent; The Twilight Sad; and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 09, 2026
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2026. It mainly features songs released this week, but there are a couple that also came out over the holiday break. More
All Clouds Bring Not Rain Due Out March 27 via Fire; Band Features Members of Electrelane and Wire
Jan 07, 2026
By Mark Redfern
MEMORIALS have announced a new album, All Clouds Bring Not Rain, and shared its first single, “Cut Glass Hammer,” via a music video. MEMORIALS features members of Electrelane and Wire. More
Swallow Due Out June 13 via Sonic Cathedral; Watch the Video for New Song “Lonely Town”
Mar 26, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Two shoegazing icons have united—Steve Queralt of Ride and Emma Anderson, formerly of Lush—for the new song “Lonely Town.” It is the first single from Swallow, Queralt’s debut solo album, which was announced today. More
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
Plus Wild Pink, Katy J Pearson, Charly Bliss, MEMORIALS, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, as at the end of last week I was on a mini vacation after finishing up our new print issue. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 15. More
Memorial Waterslides Due Out on October 4 via Fire; Band Features Members of Electrelane and Wire
Aug 08, 2024
By Marina Malin
MEMORIALS, which features members of Electrelane and Wire, recently announced their debut album, Memorial Waterslides, due on October 4 via Fire. Now they have shared another new single from it, “Lamplighter,” which arrives with a music video. More
Plus MEMORIALS, W.H. Lung, Laura Marling, Charly Bliss, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 12, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, owing to last week being the July 4th holiday weekend. More
Memorial Waterslides Due Out on October 4 via Fire; Band Features Members of Electrelane and Wire
Jul 09, 2024
By Marina Malin
MEMORIALS, which features members of Electrane and Wire, have announced their debut album, Memorial Waterslides, and shared the new song, “Cut It Like a Diamond.” More
Reviews
Mar 27, 2026
By Tobias Furlong
As the feeling of spring sets in and a general sense of life is reborn all around us, what better to see over the horizon than a new album by one of the UK’s finest experimental pop bands, MEMORIALS. More
Feb 08, 2024
By Irina Shtreis
Under the Radar headed to Aalborg last weekend for this year’s Northern Winter Beat festival. More
