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Like an Old-Fashioned Burned CD
Sep 23, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Remember back when making a mixtape for your friends meant more than sending over a Spotify playlist? When you’d carefully select songs before burning them onto a CD? (Or recording them to tape?) When every track meant something? We’ve a gotten few of our favorite artists to make a tape for you, including Peaking Lights, Dntel, Teen Daze, Big Black Delta, Acid House Kings, and more. More
Like an Old-Fashioned Burned CD
Jun 03, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Remember back when making a mixtape for your friends meant more than sending over a Spotify playlist? When you’d carefully select songs before burning them onto a CD? (Or recording them to tape?) When every track meant something? Since it’s difficult to hand physical media through the Internet, we’ve compiled all the mixtapes we’ve posted to date below, including cuts from Johan Agebjörn, Big Black Delta, Blouse, Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Man Without Country, Nite Jewel, Pallers, Sunless ’97, Teen Daze, and Zambri.
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A Taste of Stockholm’s Summer
Nov 29, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Today, Swedish electro duo Pallers gifted us with a unique, melancholy mix. More
Out September 27 via Labrador Records
Sep 21, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Today the Swedish electro-pop pair gave the world at large a first listen to their debut full-length, Sea of Memories. More
Sea of Memories Out September 27 via Labrador
Jul 21, 2011
By Laura Studarus
On September 27, melancholy electro duo Pallers will release their debut full-length, Sea of Memories. In the meanwhile the pair has drooped a mysterious teaser. We have the video. More
Stockholm Belongs to us Out Now
Jul 05, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Swedish label Labrador Records recently released a free compilation for American fans. We have the details.
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Due September 27 Via Labrador
Jun 28, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Swedish duo Pallers—who have been teasing us with singles such as “Arctic Hymn” for what seems like an eternity now—are finally ready to put out their debut full-length. More
A Glimpse of Swedish Winter
Dec 15, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Balearic pop duo Pallers gifted us today with a brief taste of winter in Sweden. Titled “Arctic Hymn,” the track is a minute and a half of icy synths and deliciously sad vocals. Just in time for the holidays!
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Interviews
Angergård on 2016's Best Albums, Trump and the Election, and Leonard Cohen
Jan 30, 2017
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
Aug 31, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Take a moment to consider your best friend. He’s awesome, right? Now imagine locking yourself in a room with him and beginning an artistic process that will take years to complete. The picture may start to look less than ideal. Pals and musicians Johan Angergård (Club 8, The Legends, Acid House Kings) and Henrik Mårtensson managed to do just that—and maintain a sense of humor about the process. Leaning on a bulletproof friendship, the two musicians slowly chiseled out their haunting electro take on love and loss over the course of two years (or three—depending on who’s telling the story), displaying a patience usually reserved for sculptors. More
