Mar 15, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a somewhat slow week for new songs, perhaps because a lot of the music industry is at SXSW, but there were more than enough that impressed us. More

Mar 12, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Metronomy have shared a new song, “Nice Town,” which is a collaboration with New York by way of Houston artist Pan Amsterdam. It also marks Metronomy’s first release for Ninja Tune, which have just announced that they’ve signed the band. More

Mar 03, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were quite a few strong contenders this week. We were especially enamored by the top two. More

Feb 28, 2023 By Mark Redfern

British art-pop quartet Dutch Uncles are releasing their sixth album, True Entertainment, on March 10 via Memphis Industries. Now they have shared its fourth and final pre-release single, “In Salvia,” which features backing vocals by Anna Prior of Metronomy. The band have also announced a limited edition pizza, for sale for one night only. More

Dec 15, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Alt-J have shared a cover of Metronomy’s 2011 song “Everything Goes My Way,” recorded at the BBC Radio 6 Music studio. They have also recently announced a string of U.S. tour dates to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, An Awesome Wave. More

Nov 29, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have released a special edition of their latest album, Small World, today via Because. They have also shared a video for Sébastian Tellier’s version of “J’en ai assez vu.” More

Nov 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Metronomy are releasing a special edition of their latest album, Small World, which consists of reimagined versions of album tracks from a variety of artists. Now they have shared a new cover of “It’s Good to Be Back” by Welsh punk band Panic Shack. More

Oct 26, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have shared a video for a new version of their song “I Lost My Mind,” performed by Jessica Winter. It is the latest release from the band’s upcoming special edition of their latest album, Small World, which consists of reimagined versions of album tracks from a variety of artists. It will be out on November 29 via Because. More

Oct 12, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have announced the release of a special edition of their latest album, Small World, consisting of reimagined versions of album tracks from a variety of artists. They have shared a new version of the album’s “Love Factory” that features Katy J Pearson. More

Jun 27, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Couldn’t make it to Glastonbury this past weekend? We have you covered, with highlights from some of the performances including ones by Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, Courtney Barnett, Mitski, HAIM, Foals, and many more. Plus Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C., Lorde, Caribou, Metronomy, St. Vincent, Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, IDLES, Crowded House, and much more. More

Jan 12, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Metronomy are releasing a new album, Small World, on February 18 via Because Music. Now they have shared its second single, “Things will be fine,” via a video for the song that looks back on the band member’s teenage years. They have also announced two February shows in New York City and Los Angeles. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

Dec 02, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have shared a live studio session video for their newest single “It’s good to be back.” Their upcoming album, Small World, will be out on February 18, 2022 via Because Music. More

Oct 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2021. It may be Halloween on Sunday, but there weren’t any particularly spooky new songs this week. More

Oct 27, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have announced the release of a new album, Small World, which will be out on February 18, 2022 via Because Music. The band has also shared a video for their new single, “It’s good to be back.” More

Sep 15, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have surprise released a new EP, Posse EP Volume 1. It features collaborations with artists Pinty, Biig Piig, Sorry, Brian Nasty, Folly Group, and spill tab. More

Apr 29, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Cola Boyy (aka Matthew Urango) has shared a video for his new song “Kid Born in Space.” The song features Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT, along with additional production by Patrick Wimberly of Chairlift. The single is out now MGMT’s new label, MGMT Records, in conjunction with the French label Record Makers. More

Mar 25, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Metronomy have shared an MGMT remix of their iconic 2011 song “The Look.” It will be featured on the 10th anniversary edition of their album The English Riviera, alongside six other unreleased songs from that era. More

Feb 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy released a new album, Metronomy Forever, last year via Because Music. Now the British band have shared a video for the album’s “Whitsand Bay.” It features shots of disco lights in empty rooms, desolate outdoor spaces, and elsewhere. More

Jan 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2020. There are lots of bass-heavy dance-y songs in the Top 4 this week. Some of this week’s best tracks were connected to albums newly announced this week, others were standalone singles, or additional new songs from previously announced albums. More

Jan 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy released a new album, Metronomy Forever, last year via Because Music. Now the British band have shared a new song, “Up, Higher,” via Amazon Music as an Amazon Original. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Foals are releasing two albums this year: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1 came out in March and Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 2 is due out October 18, both via Warner Records. Now they have shared another song from Part 2, “Into the Surf,” and have also released a remix album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1: Remixes featuring Metronomy and others. More

Sep 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy released a new album, Metronomy Forever, a couple of weeks back via Because Music. Now the British band has announced some new North American tour dates. They mainly go down next February. More

Sep 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy have released a new album, Metronomy Forever, today via Because Music. Today they have also shared a full-on video for “Wedding Bells,” which they previously shared a lyric video for. Now that the album is out, you can also stream the whole thing here. More

Sep 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It should’ve been a quiet week due to Monday’s Labor Day holiday here in America. And it was quiet at first, but then in the latter half of the week there was a rally of worthy new tracks. We settled on 11 tracks this week (we did only nine last week). More

Sep 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy are releasing a new album, Metronomy Forever, on September 13 via Because Music. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Wedding Bells,” via a lyric video for the track that features the lyrics written on a wedding program. More

Jul 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another strong week for new tracks. There are some repeat offenders (artists who have had previous Songs of the Week in recent months), some newbies, and a surprising collaboration. More

Jul 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy are releasing a new album, Metronomy Forever, on September 13 via Because Music. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Walking in the Dark,” via a video for the track. More

Jun 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It’s a supersized edition, with a Top 12 instead of a Top 10. A ton of new albums were announced in the last week and then there were some albums and EPs released today featuring non-single tracks we’ve been dying to share in Songs of the Week. More

Jun 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy have announced a new album, Metronomy Forever, and shared a video for a new song from it, “Salted Caramel Ice Cream.” More

May 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. After two weeks where we couldn’t even muster a Top 10, this week was an embarrassment of aural riches. We almost went for a Top 12 instead of our usual Top 10, but restrained ourselves. More

May 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy are back with a new song, “Lately,” shared via a video for the track directed by the band’s frontman Joseph Mount in his directorial debut. The inventive clip features miniature versions of the band crawling out of a mixtape and performing on it. More

Feb 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Jessie Ware has shared a brand new song, “Adore You.” Metronomy’s Joseph Mount produced the song, which was mixed by James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco). The single is out now via PMR/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope and can be heard below. It follows “Overtime,” another club-ready single she shared last October that was one of our Songs of the Week. More

Sep 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Robyn has announced a new album, Honey, her first in eight years. Honey is due out October 26 via Konichiwa/Interscope. While the tracklist has yet to be revealed, it includes “Missing U,” a new song (and accompanying short film) she shared in August. More

Aug 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lots of strong Songs of the Week contenders this week. We were tempted to do a Top 12 again like last week, instead of our usual Top 10, but resisted the excess. There are lots of Europeans in this week’s list. More

Aug 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Robyn has shared a new song, “Missing U.” It’s her first solo song since her 2010 album Body Talk. The song finds the Swedish musician teaming up Joseph Mount (Metronomy) and long-time collaborator Klas Åhlund (Robyn, Charli XCX, Madonna) to write and produce the track. More

Jul 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Django Django have announced their third album via an article in the British music magazine Mojo, which the band shared on Instagram. The album is titled Marble Skies, although there is some confusion as to when it’s due out (the text of the article says October, but a sidebar says it’s not due until January 2018). More

Dec 15, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy released a new album, Summer 08, back in July via Because Music. Now the British band, led by main creative force Joseph Mount, have shared a video for “Hang Me Out to Dry.” More

Sep 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

NZCA Lines, the London-based project of Michael Lovett, released their excellent second album, Infinite Summer, back in January via Memphis Industries. Now the band has announced a new remix album, Infinite Remixes, which Memphis Industries are already streaming on Soundcloud. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Aug 25, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy released a new album, Summer 08, in July via Because Music. Now the British band, led by main creative force Joseph Mount, have done a session for the French website La Blogothèque, who are known for their creative video sessions with bands. More

Jul 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy released a new album, Summer 08, a couple of weeks back via Because Music. Now the British band, led by main creative force Joseph Mount, have shared a new video for “Night Owl.” In it Mount is in the Palm Springs desert in California as several people attempt to kill him. He is stalked by the actual Grim Reaper and a strange creeping brain. More

Jun 27, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy are releasing a new album, Summer 08, this Friday (July 1) via Because Music. Previously the British band shared the album’s first single, “Old Skool,” as well as a video for the song, “Back Together,” and “Night Owl.” Now the band, led by main creative force Joseph Mount, have shared another song from the album, “Hang Me Out to Dry.” More

Jun 21, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy are releasing a new album, Summer 08, on July1 via Because Music. Previously the British band shared the album’s first single, “Old Skool,” as well as a video for the song. Now the band, led by main creative force Joseph Mount, have shared another song from the album, “Night Owl.” More

May 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday, Metronomy announced their new album, Summer 08, and shared its first single, “Old Skool,” via Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. Now they have shared a video for “Old Skool” and confirmed the album details, including that Robyn guests on one song. More

May 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Metronomy have announced a new album and shared its first single. Summer 08 is due out July 1 and the first single is “Old Skool,” which features scratching from Beastie Boys’ Mix Master Mike. Annie Mac debuted the song on her BBC Radio 1 show today and also interviewed frontman/main creative force Joseph Mount about the new album, which is the follow-up to 2014’s Love Letters. More

Sep 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The indie film Partisan won an award at the Sundance Film Festival, opens in New York this Friday, and is released on DVD October 14. Oneohtrix Point Never scored the movie, but several other notable musicians (Jarvis Cocker, Jason Buckle, Joseph Mount of Metronomy, Robyn, and Sébastien Tellier) contributed to the soundtrack under pseudonyms. More

Sep 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mew‘s new U.S. tour starts this week. In honor of that they’ve shared a new remix of “Witness” by Olugbenga Adelekan, the bassist for Metronomy. He adds a lot more meat and heft to the song and you can check out his remix below, followed by the band’s tour dates. The song is taken from the band’s latest album, + -, released earlier this year. More

Nov 05, 2014 By Laura Studarus

In Metronomy’s new video for Love Letters cut “The Upsetter” a woman finds love after creating the idea partner/swamp monster from the elements around her. More

Sep 09, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

If you tend to suffer from extreme bouts of motion sickness then watch no further (or pop a Dramamine), as the camera in Metronomy’s new video for “Month of Sundays” never stops spinning and turning. More

Jun 24, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently finishing up a leg of North American shows behind his brand new album Love Letters, Metronomy‘s Joseph Mount and his band will be once again hitting the road with a series of new performances. More

Jun 04, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Earlier today (or last night if you’re operating on U.S. time) Metronomy stopped by Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6 show. More

May 07, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Metronomy get animated in “Reservoir” a video from their recent album Love Letters. More

Mar 04, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week musical artist Joseph Mount, a.k.a. Metronomy, will release his newest album Love Letters. More

Feb 11, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

“Love Letters,” the title track from Metronomy‘s forthcoming new album, has premiered with a brand new music video directed by the great Michel Gondry. More

Jan 24, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On March 10 Metronomy, a.k.a. musical artist Joseph Mount, will follow his 2011 album The English Riviera with Love Letters. More

Jan 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

While the days of watching music videos on television are long gone, over the past several years the visual art form has certainly found second life (like so many other things) as an excellent online commodity. More

Dec 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On March 10 Joe Mount, a.k.a. Metronomy, will release his newest album Love Letters. More

Nov 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

UK dance rock artist Joe Mount, a.k.a. Metronomy, has announced Love Letters, the follow-up to 2011 Mercury Prize-nominated LP The English Riviera. More

Aug 11, 2012 By Julia Underwood

From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway hosted the Øya Festival. Check out our day three shots of Siri Nilsen, Young Dreams, Metronomy, DāM-FunK, Odd Future, Refused, Chromatics, and The Black Keys. More

Jun 21, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Metronomy is the latest band to curate an album for the ongoing Late Night Tales series. More

Mar 10, 2012 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Just a reminder that the not-to-be-missed digital version of Under the Radar’s “Best of 2011” issue (available for Mac, PC, iPad, and Android via Zinio here) includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 100 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print edition. Included are extra photos of Beirut, Bon Iver, The Horrors, M83, Slow Club, Summer Camp, and tUnE-yArDs. The digital version features exclusive bonus interviews with Big Black Delta, Future Islands, Hooray for Earth, Lanterns on the Lake, Metronomy, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Real Estate, The War on Drugs, Wild Flag, and Zola Jesus. More

Feb 24, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With their new work The English Riviera Unreleased Remixes due out March 6, Metronomy have announced that they will be extending their North American tour this spring. More

Feb 02, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Indie-electro-pop quartet Metronomy have announced the release of a collected reworking of tracks from the group’s critically acclaimed third album, The English Riviera. More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Oct 21, 2011 By Laura Studarus

A slew of indie and indie-approved artists are busy remixing Lady Gaga’s Born this Way. More

Jul 19, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Today the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist was announced. We have the full list. More

Mar 02, 2020 By Max Pilley (As Told To)

This album seemed relevant because of my new record, and me thinking about the kind of stuff that was released when I was a teenager and impressionable. More

Sep 26, 2019 By Annabel Ross

Joseph Mount is content. He’s happily partnered, with two young children. He’s recently moved from Paris to the Kentish countryside of England, where he and his family enjoy a bucolic, unharried existence. More

Oct 20, 2016 By John Everhart

Romanticizing the past can easily metamorphose into cheap nostalgia. On first blush, Metronomy‘s newest, Summer 08, feels like a prime candidate to succumb to this malady. More

May 05, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Joseph Mount, frontman of the English four-piece Metronomy, isn’t an Aquarius, despite what the title “I’m Aquarius,” the first single from his band’s fourth album, Love Letters, might imply. More

Jul 28, 2016 By Dan Lucas

It feels slightly wrong to praise Metronomy for a lack of pretentiousness—akin, almost, to Joe Satriani being minimalist or Liam Gallagher in tune. There probably isn’t a single act that epitomises 2010s likeable-but-nothing-special Brit hipster music, but Metronomy are about as near as damn it. More

Mar 10, 2014 By Tom Fenwick

Under the direction of frontman and lead songwriter Joseph Mount, the last few years have seen Metronomy hone themselves into Britain’s most unique and forward-thinking pop group. More

Aug 13, 2012 By Laura Studarus

On day three of Øya my logical side took over. Sure, the festival grounds still felt like the Mecca of rock (and pop), but why was I so ready to swap my American passport for a Norwegian one? More