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Olivia Rodrigo, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, Beth Orton, Bedouine, Widowspeak, and More
Jul 03, 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 May 2026’s best albums. 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
Mitski, Bikini Kill, Garbage, The Breeders, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks, Karen O, Chappell Roan, and More to Perform at the Spiritual Successor to Lilith Fair
Jun 23, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Pop megastar Olivia Rodrigo has announced a new music festival, Daisy Chain Fields, that in the spirit of Lilith Fair features a female-led lineup. Fittingly, Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan is on that lineup, alongside Rodrigo, Mitski, Bikini Kill, Garbage, The Breeders, Stevie Nicks, Karen O, Chappell Roan, Quiet Light, and more. More
Plus Shearwater, L’Rain, she’s green, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 12, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, and Matt the Raven helped me decide the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 14. More
you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love Out Today via Geffen
Jun 12, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Pop megastar Olivia Rodrigo has released her third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, today via Geffen. It includes “what’s wrong with me,” a new duet with The Cure’s Robert Smith. She’s also released a video for the album’s new single, “stupid song” and you can stream the whole album. More
Plus mary in the junkyard, Kiwi Jr., Opus Kink, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 22, 2026
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 13. More
There’s Also New Tracks by Cameron Winter; Anna Calvi; Black Country, New Road; Depeche Mode; Big Thief; English Teacher; and More – Plus Read Our Two Reviews of the Album
Mar 06, 2026
By Mark Redfern
HELP(2), the ambitious new charity album to benefit War Child UK, has been released today. While several great singles have already been released from it, the compilation still features plenty of other fantastic tracks by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Bat For Lashes, Cameron Winter, Wet Leg, English Teacher and Graham Coxon, Beabadoobee, Young Fathers, Foals, Arlo Parks, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, Beck, and Black Country, New Road. Plus there’s a track featuring Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, Nilüfer Yanya, and Dove Ellis all together. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing and read our reviews of it (two different writers offer their takes on HELP(2)). More
Album Also Features Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Wet Leg, Young Fathers, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, The Last Dinner Party, Beck, Bat For Lashes, and More
Jan 22, 2026
By Mark Redfern
The British charity War Child UK have announced a massive charity album, HELP(2), and shared its first single, a brand new song from Arctic Monkeys, “Opening Night.” HELP(2) has a stacked lineup also featuring new tracks by Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Wet Leg, Young Fathers, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, The Last Dinner Party, Beck, Bat For Lashes, English Teacher, and more. More
New Polka Jam Includes Songs by Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, and More
Jul 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Comedy music legend “Weird Al” Yankovic has shared a new single, “Polkamania!,” which is a polka jam medley of some of the biggest pop songs of the last decade. It was shared via a music video and the track includes songs by Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, and more. Also, today we posted our interview with Yankovic about the single and his career as a whole. More
Dec 23, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Here we go again, racing to December’s finish line, eager to put another chaotic year in the rearview and nervous about what the next 12 months have in store for us. More
Arctic Monkeys, Paramore, Taylor Swift, Janelle Monáe, PJ Harvey, Gorillaz, and Others Also Nominated
Nov 10, 2023
By Mark Redfern
The nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards have been announced. Under the Radar favorites Alvvays, boygenius, PJ Harvey, Paramore, Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey, Olivia Rodrigo, Janelle Monáe, Gorillaz, James Blake, and others are all up for awards. More
Plus The Joy Formidable, John Raymond and S. Carey, Metric, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 08, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2023. Despite it being a short week due to Labor Day, there were plenty of new tracks to choose from. Some of our writers voted and we ended up with a Top 13. More
Plus Lael Neale, Blur, The Last Dinner Party, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 30, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Kat Ramkumar and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2023. This week our writers and editors Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Celine Teo-Blockey, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield all weighed in which songs were best and we came up with the stacked list below. We settled on a Top 14 this week, with lots of honorable mentions. More
GUTS Due Out September 8 via Geffen
Jun 27, 2023
By Kat Ramkumar
Olivia Rodrigo has announced the release of her sophomore album, GUTS, and announced the release of its first single “vampire.” More
Reviews
Jun 15, 2026
By Caleb Campbell
Olivia Rodrigo has built her career on telling love stories in miniature, chronicling teenage heartbreak with a preternatural clarity and emotional heft. There is already a budding generation who have had their first break-ups soundtracked by “driver’s license” and “vampire.” As a result, you’d be forgiven for assuming that “drop dead,” the opening track and lead single from Rodrigo’s third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, would be another pop-punk kiss-off to another stupid guy. Instead, it is the deliriously giddy first chapter of an album-length love story. More
Aug 05, 2025
By Joshua Mellin
Lollapalooza 2025 celebrated 20 years in Chicago’s Grant Park with a star-studded line-up featuring Olivia Rodrigo, Clairo, Sabrina Carpenter and Djo among a host of big names. More
Aug 05, 2024
By Moses Namkung
Olivia Rodrigo and her Guts Tour arrived in Salt Lake City and Under the Radar photographer Moses Namkung was there to document the night. More
