Jul 16, 2019 By Laura Studarus

This week Under the Radar is visiting Welcome to the Village, a festival in the Netherlands that not only features favorites like Jenny Lewis and Battles, but also looks at how the world will look like in the future with special presentations featuring ecology, design, and art. More

Nov 06, 2018 By Laura Studarus

They say that all good things come to an end, but we’re have a hard time feeling sad about the end of our Iceland Airwaves mixtape series. More

Nov 01, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Berlin-based singer/songwriter Lisa Morgenstern is the newest participate in our countdown to Iceland Airwaves mixtape series. More

Oct 30, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves starts next week. More

Oct 25, 2018 By Laura Studarus

If you’re still slogging through the longest week ever, we see you. So does SiGRUN, More

Oct 23, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves inches ever closer. More

Oct 18, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Today’s entry in our on-going Iceland Airwaves mix series comes brought to you by the Greek sunshine. More

Oct 15, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Happy Monday! To kick off your week, here’s a mixtape from our ongoing Iceland Airwaves series from Arndís Hreiðarsdóttir—or as she’s better, Bláskjár. More

Oct 12, 2018 By Laura Studarus

We’re honored to close out the week with an Iceland Airwaves mix from Icelandic artist Árný. More

Oct 10, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Our Iceland Airwaves mixtape series rolls on with another strong entry from the local team. More

Oct 08, 2018 By Laura Studarus

Every year leading up to Iceland Airwaves, we revive our mixtape series as a way to introduce you to some of the incredibly cool bands playing the fest that you might not already know. More

Jun 28, 2018 By Laura Studarus

We’re in Katowice, Poland for the first night of Tauron Nowa Muzyka—a festival that celebrates underground electronic and experimental music. More

Nov 14, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Our year of many festivals isn’t quite over yet. On Wednesday we’ll be headed to Montreal for the aptly named M For Montreal. More

Nov 10, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Le Mini Who, the sister festival of Le Guess Who?, looks to honor the best in brightest in the upcoming Dutch music scene. It all goes down tomorrow in venues across Utrecht. But before it does, we have one last mixtape from the event. More

Nov 09, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re in Utrecht, Netherlands this weekend for Le Guess Who? a celebration of avant garde, experimental, and all-around great music that doesn’t always hit the mainstream. More

Nov 08, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re on our way to Utrecht, Netherlands to hang out at Le Guess Who? festival this weekend. More

Nov 07, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Our stint at Le Guess Who? grows ever closer (see you in two days!) To help get us in a Utrecht state of mind, we’ve asked some of the Dutch bands playing the fest to make us mixes. More

Nov 06, 2017 By Laura Studarus

In a few short days we’ll be in Utrecht, Netherland for one of our favorite fests of the year, Le Guess Who. More

Nov 02, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Oh you thought we were done handing you Iceland Airwaves mixtape? More

Oct 31, 2017 By Laura Studarus

It’s been a quite a ride leading up to Iceland Airwaves, hasn’t it? More

Oct 30, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Personal update: Our bags are packed. Relevant update: We’ve got a few more Iceland Airwaves mixtapes for you. More

Oct 29, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re inching ever closer to the beginning of Iceland Airwaves—but we’ve still got a few more mixtape treats for you. More

Oct 27, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Ready for a creepy Friday? The newest installment of our Iceland Airwaves mixtape project features Pink Street Boys. More

Oct 25, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves has an undeniably great lineup—but let’s face it, the local lineup is undeniably its crown jewel. More

Oct 23, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Our Iceland Airwaves mixtape series returns this week with more hidden gems from the upcoming festival. More

Oct 16, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Since we first started attending Iceland Airwaves three years ago, Tonik Ensemble has been a constant companion in our travels. More

Oct 13, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re two weeks deep on our Iceland Airwaves mixtape series, and the hits just keep coming. More

Oct 11, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Our Iceland Airwaves prep marches on and so does our festival mixtape series. Doing the hump day soundtrack honors is Good Moon Deer. More

Oct 09, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re always constantly impressed with the quality in every genre coming out of Iceland. Which is why today’s Iceland Airwaves mixtape from Hildur is particularly exciting. More

Oct 06, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re slowly creeping up on Iceland Airwaves—aka the most wonderful time of year. More

Oct 04, 2017 By Laura Studarus

In less that a month we’re jetting off to Iceland Airwaves, where we’ll be catching sets from UTR favorites Fleet Foxes, Fazerdaze, and Sigrid among others. More

Oct 02, 2017 By Laura Studarus

It’s October, which means we’re exactly a month away from our annual jaunt to Iceland Airwaves. More

Jul 31, 2017 By Laura Studarus

In what has become somewhat of an Under the Radar tradition, we’re making our way to Katowice, Poland later this week for OFF Festival. More

Jul 12, 2017 By Laura Studarus

This weekend we’ll be making our way to Latvia for Positivus, a festival (in a forest no less) that features Under the Radar mainstays like Austra, Mew, and alt-j in addition to a whole host of Baltic talent.

Mar 30, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Our weekend of Santo Domingo sun is almost upon us. More

Mar 27, 2017 By Laura Studarus

This weekend, we’ll be headed to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to check out the Isle of Light Festival. More

Jan 26, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Less than a week to go before MENT Festival. More

Jan 23, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’ve got a little over a week left before we head to Slovenia for MENT Festival. More

Jan 19, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Our MENT Festival exploration continues with a mixtape from the Netherlands’ very own The Sweet Release of Death. More

Jan 17, 2017 By Laura Studarus

Ahead of our first ever visit to both Slovenia and the MENT Festival we’ve been asking musicians playing the event to make us mixtapes. More

Jan 12, 2017 By Laura Studarus

In just a few short weeks we’re heading to Ljubljana, Slovenia to check out MENT Festival. And since the event features a lot of bands we’ve yet to wrap our ears around, we’re going on a discovery spree thanks to our ongoing mixtape series. More

Jan 09, 2017 By Laura Studarus

We’re starting our February off with a trip across the pond to check out MENT Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Since most of the artists playing haven’t made their U.S. debut (yet) pre-fest discovery starts now with our dip into our ongoing mixtape series. More

Nov 02, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Our Iceland Airwaves mixtape series ends today, because we’ve made it one piece to the musical promised land. More

Nov 01, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Oh you thought we were done with this Iceland Airwaves mixtape thing? Ha! Today’s special installment comes from Örvar Smárason, who is repping for both múm and FM Belfast. More

Oct 31, 2016 By Laura Studarus

One of the highlights of Iceland Airwaves last year was catching a special poolside performance from Tonik Ensemble. More

Oct 28, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Next week it all goes down—Iceland Airwaves in all its cross-cultural, hipper-than-thou glory More

Oct 26, 2016 By Laura Studarus

This is not a drill: There’s less than a week until Iceland Airwaves. More

Oct 24, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Behold the steady march toward Iceland Airwaves, as scored by a few of the awesome bands playing the Reykjavík fest. More

Oct 21, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Yeah yeah, we’ve got weekend plans. But that’s not going to stand in the way of obsessing over Iceland Airwaves. More

Oct 19, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Airwaves! Airwaves! Airwaves! Yup, excitement about Iceland Airwaves has hit a fevered pitch round’ Under the Radar HQ. More

Oct 17, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves is only a few weeks way. More

Oct 14, 2016 By Laura Studarus

We’re inching ever close to Iceland Airwaves. More

Oct 12, 2016 By Laura Studarus

From November 2-6, Reykjavík, Iceland is the place to be for music lovers. More

Oct 10, 2016 By Laura Studarus

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re kinda stoked about Iceland Airwaves. More

Oct 06, 2016 By Laura Studarus

So basically, November is all about Iceland Airwaves. More

Oct 03, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves goes down exactly one month from today. In honor of the occasion, Pétur Ben made us a mixtape. More

Jul 16, 2016 By Laura Studarus

This week, we’ve been hanging out in Norway to see the likes of Wolf Alice, Grimes, and John Grant perform at Slottsfjell Festival. More

Jul 15, 2016 By Laura Studarus

This week, we’re hanging out in Norway to see the likes of Wolf Alice, Grimes, and John Grant perform at Slottsfjell Festival. More

Jul 13, 2016 By Laura Studarus

This week, we’re heading north to see the likes of Wolf Alice, Grimes, and John Grant perform at Slottsfjell Festival in Tønsberg, Norway. As per our tradition, we’re posting mixtapes to help keep us in a festival state of mind. The next one in our series comes from Norway’s very own Thea Stapnes.

Jul 11, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Next week, we’re heading north to see the likes of Wolf Alice, Grimes, and John Grant perform at Slottsfjell Festival in Tønsberg, Norway. More

Jun 22, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Roskilde approaches. Are you in a Danish state of mind yet? More

Jun 20, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Roskilde starts a week from today. Thankfully, we’ve got this new mixtape from Methyl Ethel to help us get pumped up for our week of shows. More

Jun 17, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Our special Roskilde mixtape series marches on with a contribution from London/Reykjavik pop outfit, Dream Wife. More

Jun 15, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Roskilde Festival is a week and a half away. Getting us in the mood for our Denmark adventure is Swedish five-piece YAST, who made us a mixtape. More

Jun 13, 2016 By Laura Studarus

In a two short weeks we’re heading to Denmark to take part in the Roskilde festivities. More

Mar 31, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Come to Tallinn Music Week, the weather is fine. More

Mar 30, 2016 By Laura Studarus

We’re on a boat pointed towards Tallinn, Estonia. Keeping us company on our Tallinn Music Week bound cruise is this new mixtape from Finnish singer/songwriter, Katerina. More

Mar 29, 2016 By Laura Studarus

TALLINN MUSIC WEEK. That’s right. We’ve hit all-caps level of excitement. More

Mar 28, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Tallinn Music Week starts today. We’ll be joining the party on Wednesday. To fill our hours between now and then, we’ve got a few more mixtape surprises in store. Like this one from Duran Duran approved violinist, Maarja Nuut. More

Mar 25, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Let’s not kid ourselves. You need music. And MiaMee’s Tallinn Music Week inspired mixtape needs ears. Match made in heaven? We certainly think so. More

Mar 23, 2016 By Laura Studarus

FURA’s got you covered for today’s listening. (It’s so good you may want to listen to it again tomorrow.) More

Mar 15, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Fancy a soundtrack that’ll help express just how cool you really are? La Boum Fatale’s got you covered. More

Mar 11, 2016 By Laura Studarus

More Tallinn Music Week mixes? Don’t mind if we do. This one comes from theatrical synth duo Me And My Drummer. More

Mar 09, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Today’s Tallinn Music Week mixtape is brought to you by Tallinn locals I Wear Experiment. More

Mar 07, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Today’s Tallinn Music Week inspired mixtape comes from Nils Gröndahl, a Danish violinist with a taste for walls of carefully constructed feedback. More

Mar 04, 2016 By Laura Studarus

There’s just a few weeks before Tallinn Music Week. With that in mind, Luxembourg-based duo Napoleon Gold has gifted us with a pre-festival mixtape featuring the likes of Douglas Dare, Ryan Hemsworth, and Flume. More

Mar 02, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Don’t let the name fool you; Tallinn Music Week is actually a celebration of Estonian culture, food, and design. But hey, we’re a music magazine—we’re heading to the end of March event for the tunes. More

Feb 29, 2016 By Laura Studarus

Right after SXSW we hop on a plane and head to the only event that could make us want to go a second round—Tallinn Music Week. More

Nov 16, 2015 By Laura Studarus

We’re mere days away from jetting off to Holland for Le Guess Who? festival. With that in mind, here’s the next installment from our festival mixtape series, delivered with love by British shoegazers, Younghusband. More

Nov 13, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Le Guess Who? is creeping up on us. As per tradition, we’re celebrating the Dutch festival by letting some of the artists performing take over our mixtape series. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Laura Studarus

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—Le Guess Who? time. More

Nov 02, 2015 By Laura Studarus

We’re packing our bags for Iceland Airwaves and trying to remember where we put our winter coats. Scoring our pre-festival activites in the newest in our mixtape series from Flo Morrissey. More

Oct 30, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Next week all our dreams come true. At least all our dreams attached to Iceland Airwaves. Joining the list of festival artists to participate in our on-going mixtape project is Danish four-piece Blaue Blume. More

Oct 29, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves starts next week, and we’ve got the festival on the brain. More

Oct 23, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Feeling daydreamy? So is French For Rabbits. More

Oct 21, 2015 By Laura Studarus

One of the many (many) reasons we’re excited about Iceland Airwaves? All the local acts that have yet to grace our shores. Represnting for the home team today is M-Band More

Oct 19, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Things that Jamie xx, Shura, and Moby all have in common: they’re on Vök’s new mixtape. More

Oct 16, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Need some Friday chill-out tunes? (Seriously, don’t we all?) Iceland’s Tonik Ensemble is here to help you out. More

Oct 14, 2015 By Laura Studarus

November grows ever closer. Getting us in the Iceland Airwaves state of mind today are Japanese punkers Bo Ningen. More

Oct 12, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Iceland Airwaves grows ever closer. Our festival-inspired mixtape series grows ever bigger. Today’s blend of tunes comes from British guitar slinger Anna B. Savage. C More

Oct 09, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On Nov 4 Under the Radar is hitting the town in Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves. Ahead of our trip, we’re digging into a few of our favorite artists, and their favorite artists via our ongoing mixtape series. The next mix comes from LA Priest. More

Oct 07, 2015 By Laura Studarus

We’ve still got a little under a month to go before we take off for Iceland Airwaves, but we’re already excited. More

Oct 05, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On Nov 4 Under the Radar is heading to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves. In honor of the occasion, here’s a mix from Sin Fang. More

Aug 14, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Flow Festival begins today. (Helsinki we’re here—let’s do this.) Finishing off our very special Finnish mixtape series is LCMDF. More

Aug 13, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Since Helsinki’s Flow Festival has got us in a Nordic state of mind we’re continuing our mixtape series, highlighting some of the best Finnish bands to play the event. This next one comes from Black Lizard. More

Aug 12, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Flow Festival! Flow Festival! Flow Festival! Alright, we might be a bit excited. But with acts like Ride, Tyler The Creator, Years & Years, all the exclamation points are justified, we swear. In honor of our trek, we’re using our mixtape series to spotlight some of the heavy hitters of the Finnish scene that will be playing the event. The next blend comes fromJuho Kusti, who decided to highlight a few national heroes of his own. More

Aug 11, 2015 By Laura Studarus

It’s almost here—Flow Festival, a three day even featuring the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Florence and the Machine, and Chic among others. The Finnish home team is strong as well, so strong in fact, we’re taking the next few days to introduce you to a few key players via our ongoing mixtape series. The next entry comes from Lasten Hautausmaa. More

Aug 09, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Later this week we’ll be hanging out in Helsinki for Flow Festival, a three day even featuring the likes of Beck, Future Islands, and Tove Lo among others. To get us in a Finnish state of mind, we’ve been asking a few of the local bands to participate on our ongoing mixtape series. The next entry comes from Kouvola, Finland based outfit, Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? More

Aug 08, 2015 By Laura Studarus

The summer of music continues. From August 14-16 Helsinki is hosting Flow Festival, featuring a collection of artists from around the world. Well be there too. (Because seriously, why wouldn’t we?) In honor of our trek up north, we’re launching a special mixtape series, dedicated to some of the homeland talent. Our first Finnish mixtape comes from Hisko Detria. More