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Plus Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Lucy Dacus, Florist, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 17, 2025
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
Tripla Due Out April 4 via Bella Union; Band Fronted by Former Lush Singer/Guitarist
Jan 14, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Miki Berenyi Trio—led by the former singer/guitarist with 1990s shoegaze, dream pop, and Britpop band Lush—have announced their debut album, Tripla, and shared a new song from it, “8th Deadly Sin,” via a music video. More
Plus Jay Som, Ducks Ltd., Hinds, Bartees Strange, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 10, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 16th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
The New Band From the Former Lush Member is on Tour This Summer
May 08, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Miki Berenyi Trio—led by the former singer/guitarist with1990s shoegaze, dream pop, and Britpop sensations Lush—have shared their debut single, “Vertigo,” shared via a music video. It comes ahead of the group’s previously announced U.S. tour dates. More
Issue 72 Also Features Articles on Britpop and Shoegaze, As Well as Interviews with the Cast of Twin Peaks, Garbage, The Cranberries, Pavement, Lisa Loeb, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Gus Van Sant, Terry Gilliam, Lush, Blonde Redhead, and More
Apr 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 72, The ’90s Issue, which features interviews with musicians and film directors known for their work in that decade and has The Cardigans and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the two covers. As well as articles on Britpop, shoegaze, and the TV show Twin Peaks (for which we spoke to much of the cast), the issue includes interviews with Garbage, The Cranberries, Pavement, Lisa Loeb, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Lush, Ride, Velocity Girl, Gus Van Sant, Penelope Spheeris, Terry Gilliam, Stereo MC’s, Semisonic, Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney, and more. More
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee to Support
Jan 22, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Miki Berenyi—the former singer/guitarist with 1990s shoegaze, dream pop, and Britpop sensations Lush and also more currently a member of Piroshka—has announced some U.S. tour dates with the Miki Berenyi Trio. They will be performing both Lush and Piroshka songs, as well as some new Miki Berenyi Trio originals. More
Issue 69 Has Two Cover Group Shots Featuring Grandaddy, CHVRCHES, Kamasi Washington, Bat For Lashes, Weyes Blood, The Divine Comedy, Elbow, Nilüfer Yanya, Miki Berenyi, The Horrors, and Rose Elinor Dougall
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
Plus Big Red Machine, Ora the Molecule, Low, illuminati hotties, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a nice week for new music, with some strong new singles (some connected to album announcements) and some wonderful album tracks we’ve long wanted to share with our readers and can now that the albums are out. We had enough tracks for a Top 12 this week, but many of the honorable mentions are worthy too. More
Love Drips and Gathers Out Now on Bella Union; Band Features Members of Lush, Elastica, Modern English, and Moose
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Piroshka have released their second studio album, Love Drips and Gathers, today via Bella Union. Now that it’s out, you can stream the album here. Also, today they have shared a video for the album’s “Loveable” and today we posted our new interview with the band’s Miki Berenyi and KJ “Moose” McKillop. More
Band Fronted by Lush’s Miki Berenyi; Brickbat Due Out February 15, 2019 via Bella Union
Nov 30, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Piroshka are releasing their debut album, Brickbat, on February 15, 2019 via Bella Union. Previously they shared the album’s first single, “Everlasting Yours” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now the song has a video. Martin Andersen and Chris Bigg directed the video, which is a colorful collage of different images and childhood drawings. Piroshka features members of various other iconic British acts. They are fronted by former Lush singer Miki Berenyi (vocals/guitar) and also include former Moose guitarist KJ “Moose” McKillop, Modern English bassist Mick Conroy, and former Elastica drummer Justin Welch. More
Performs Alongside Punk Band Hard Skin
Oct 08, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Next to My Bloody Valentine, UK four-piece Lush were one of the most prominent shoegazing bands of the early ‘90s. More
Interviews
Oct 15, 2024
By Frank Valish
This year saw the long-awaited U.S. release of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success, the brilliantly-written memoir from Lush singer and songwriter Miki Berenyi. More
"We were so penned in, like caged animals, in this bloody studio in France. We'd sort of lost all touch with reality." - Emma Anderson
Apr 29, 2015
By Frank Valish
Lush never really fit in. Formed in London in 1988, the band—guitarists/vocalists Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson, bassist Philip King, and drummer Chris Acland—went on to release three proper full-length albums. More
Lush’s Former Singer Reminisces on Britpop
Oct 02, 2007
By Lorraine Carpenter
Amid the heaps of visual flash and sonic flair displayed by British musicians over the years, Miki Berenyi’s cherry-red mane and featherweight falsetto remain unforgettable. More