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Plus The Decemberists, She Drew The Gun, Crack Cloud, Nada Surf, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 17, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 11. More
Moon Mirror Due Out September 13 via New West
May 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Nada Surf have announced a new album, Moon Mirror, and shared its first single, “In Front of Me Now,” via a music video. The band have also announced some new tour dates. More
Cover Features Matthew Caws of Nada Surf
Dec 15, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Pom Pom Squad (Brooklyn-based four piece led by Mia Berrin) have shared a video for their cover of the 1996 Nada Surf song “Popular.” The cover features Matthew Caws, frontman of Nada Surf. The video was filmed at Bayonne High School, the same location used for the original video, and according to Pom Pom Squad frontman Mia Berrin, is “the last video I’ll ever do on a football field.” More
Off Upcoming The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy
Jan 12, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Having already tested free, downloadable waters with the single “When I Was Young,” Brooklyn’s Nada Surf are once again giving fans a chance to listen in early on their seventh album The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy with the new track “Waiting for Something,” all in exchange for a simple email address. More
Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and 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
In Support of Forthcoming The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
Nov 08, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
New York outfit Nada Surf have announced a Spring 2012 tour in support of The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, due out January 24 via Barsuk. Check out the dates. More
Download First Track "When I Was Young" Now
Oct 26, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Nada Surf has announced their seventh album, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, which is due January 24 via Barsuk Records. We have an MP3 for the first song, “When I Was Young.” More
From If I Had a Hi-Fi Video
Jan 21, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Nada Surf take on Depeche Mode in their cover of “Enjoy the Silence.” We have the clip. More
Interviews
Sep 13, 2024
By Mark Redfern
To end the week, we ask Matthew Caws of Nada Surf some questions about endings and death. More
2005 Year-End Artist Survey
Jan 01, 2006
By Under the Radar staff
Ira Elliot’s Top Ten Albums of 2005 More
Reviews
Jan 27, 2012
By Luke Winkie
In the midst of everything, a heart-in-mouth Matthew Caws proclaims “it’s never too late for teenaged dreams!” This comes on the sixth track of Nada Surf’s seventh studio album, which marks the band’s entry into a third decade of existence (they formed in 1992). More
Jul 09, 2010
By Frank Valish
On If I Had a Hi-Fi, Nada Surf accomplishes the rare feat of producing a covers album that won’t just waste space on your CD shelf. In fact, the album wants for, rather demands, repeated listening. More
