Jul 29, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Last month they released their self-titled debut album via Matador. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Summer Love.” More

Jun 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Mark Moody, Samantha Small, and Jake Uitti)

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2020. And what a trying week it was. More

Jun 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Today they have released their self-titled debut album via Matador. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, yesterday we posted our review of the album. More

May 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Knuckleduster,” via a video for the track. More

May 22, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared a new live acoustic video of the three members performing a new previously unreleased song from the album, “Trinidad,” separately and remotely in these socially distant times. More

May 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared a new live acoustic video of the three members performing the album’s previous single “Bad Feeling” separately and remotely from their homes in these socially distant times. More

Apr 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)

Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More

Apr 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Now they have announced their self-titled debut album and shared another song from it, “Red Western Sky,” via a video for the single. More

Mar 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Paul Banks of Interpol has formed a new band, Muzz, that also features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman). Now they have shared a new song, “Broken Tambourine,” via a video for the track. More

Mar 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s been a topsy-turvy week. SXSW was just cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Democratic presidential primaries have dramatically changed in the last week, with Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and, sigh, Elizabeth Warren all dropping out of the race, leaving just Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. More

Mar 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Paul Banks of Interpol has formed a new band, Muzz, that also features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman). They have shared their first song, “Bad Feeling.” More

May 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA joined forces to become Banks & Steelz and released their debut album, Anything But Words, last year via Warner Bros. More

Jan 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been two-and-a-half years since Interpol’s last album, 2014’s El Pintor, which was their fifth. Frontman Paul Banks has kept busy with Banks & Steelz, his side-project with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA that released their debut album, Anything But Words, last August. More

Jul 28, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA have joined forces to become Banks & Steelz and are releasing their debut album, Anything But Words, on August 26 via Warner Bros. More

Jul 26, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA have joined forces to become Banks & Steelz and are releasing their debut album, Anything But Words, on August 26 via Warner Bros. More

Jul 14, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA have joined forces to become Banks & Steelz and are releasing their debut album, Anything But Words, on August 26 via Warner Bros. More

May 20, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA have joined forces to become Banks & Steelz. Yesterday the duo shared their first song, “Love + War,” which also features Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah. More

May 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA have joined forces to become Banks & Steelz (which sounds like the name of a ‘70s cop show). The duo have shared their first song, “Love + War,” which also features Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah. More

Sep 12, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the September/October issue, which is on newsstands now. It features alt-J on the cover. Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry does a joint interview with Peter Gabriel. We talk to Lush‘s Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson about their 1996 album, Lovelife. More

Oct 31, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Interpol frontman Paul Banks likes to keep busy, it seems. In addition to his day job, the musician recently dropped an excellent self-titled solo album. And now comes word that he’s an actor as well? More

Oct 30, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Wind, rain, and Hurricane Sandy couldn’t keep Paul Banks away from his scheduled date with Letterman. More

Oct 25, 2012 By Christopher Roberts

Here’s a new playlist we’ve made over at Rdio featuring some of the tracks that have been in heavy rotation in the Under the Radar offices of late. Some are artists interviewed in our last two issues, others might be interviewed in future issues, and the rest are just songs we’re really into. More

Oct 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Dropping the Julian Plenti moniker, Interpol frontman Paul Banks will release his sophomore solo album next week. More

Sep 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last month Interpol’s Paul Banks announced the release of his second solo album, aptly titled Banks. More

Aug 06, 2012 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Today, Paul Banks of Interpol announced a second solo album, Banks, due October 23 via Matador. More

Mar 20, 2017 By Matt Fink

In 2001, when Under the Radar‘s first issue was released, the music industry had reached a transitional moment. In January, Apple introduced its iTunes program to the world, laying the groundwork to forever change how listeners interfaced with their music. More

Oct 22, 2012 By John Everhart

Following his 2009 quasi-solo album under the pseudonym Julian Plenti, Paul Banks’ self-titled release Banks reflects an important demarcation in the Interpol singer’s discography. While Julian Plenti is Skyscraper mainly consisted of songs written pre-Interpol, Banks is all new material, and is a manifestation of the quantum leap Banks has taken as a songwriter and arranger. More