Mar 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Covers of Covers, our first album, came out today on CD and digitally via American Laundromat. You can stream it now. You can also buy it directly from American Laundromat, via Bandcamp, or on Amazon. Today we posted a track-by-track article on the album, in which all 20 artists discuss their contribution. More

Feb 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week saw the start of the Winter Olympics in China, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day, the U.S. military took out the head of ISIS, and tensions continued between Russia and the Ukraine. More

Jan 31, 2022 By Mark Redfern

In December we announced Covers of Covers, our first album, and today we are sharing two more singles from it: Cassandra Jenkins’ cover of Animal Collective’s “It’s You” and Peter Bjorn and John’s cover of The Divine Comedy’s “Songs of Love.” Covers of Covers is due out March 4, 2022 via American Laundromat. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is proud to announce Covers of Covers, which is the magazine’s first ever album. In honor of our 20th anniversary we approached some of our favorite musicians and asked them to cover any song by any artist who had been on the front or back cover of our print issue over the years. Covers of Covers is due out March 4, 2022 via American Laundromat, but today we are sharing two of its tracks: Grandaddy’s cover of Metric’s “Blindness” and EMA’s cover of Modest Mouse’s “Trailer Trash.” More

Sep 08, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Smile (the project of Peter Bjorn and John’s Björn Yttling and Joakim Åhlund) have just announced the addition of Robyn to the tracklist of their forthcoming album Phantom Island. They have also shared a new song titled “Eon,” which features Swedish singer Freja the Dragon. Phantom Island will be out on November 19 via Chimp Limbs/INGRID. More

Feb 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Endless Dream, on March 13 via INGRID. Now they have shared another song from it, “Music,” via a video for the track. The band has also shared the front and back cover art for Endless Dream. More

Jan 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2020. There are lots of bass-heavy dance-y songs in the Top 4 this week. Some of this week’s best tracks were connected to albums newly announced this week, others were standalone singles, or additional new songs from previously announced albums. More

Jan 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Endless Dream, on March 13 via INGRID. Now they have shared another song from it, “Drama King,” via a video for the track. More

Jan 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Endless Dream, on March 13 via INGRID. Now they have shared another song from it, “On the Brink.” Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Dec 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Endless Dream, on March 13, 2020 via INGRID. Now they have shared another song from it, “Idiosyncrasy,” via a video for the track. More

Nov 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Endless Dream, on March 13, 2020 via INGRID. Now they have shared another song from it, “Reason to Be Reasonable,” via a video for the track. More

Oct 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John have announced a new album, Endless Dream, and shared its first single, “Rusty Nail.” The band has also announced some tour dates. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Jan 16, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John released a new album, Darker Days, back in October via INGRID. Now they have announced some U.S. tour dates for this April and a new EP, EPBJ, which is due out February 22 via INGRID. More

Oct 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Neneh Cherry has released a new Four Tet-produced album, Broken Politics, today via Smalltown Supersound and it’s our Album of the Week.

Oct 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John have released a new album, Darker Days, today via INGRID. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Oct 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

While it was a very healthy week for new album releases, so much so that we had eight runner-ups for this week’s Album of the Week, it was more of a challenge to find 10 new songs we felt worthy of this week’s Songs of the Week list. More

Oct 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Darker Days, on October 19 via INGRID. Previously they three new songs from the album at once, one each from each member: “One For The Team,” “Gut Feeling,” More

Oct 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Darker Days, on October 19 via INGRID. Previously they three new songs from the album at once, one each from each member: “One For The Team,” “Gut Feeling,” and “Every Other Night” More

Sep 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Darker Days, on October 19 via INGRID. When the new album was announced the band didn’t share any music from it, but they have more than made up for that by sharing three new songs from the album today: “One For The Team,” “Gut Feeling,” and “Every Other Night.” More

Aug 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John have announced a new album, Darker Days, and some tour dates. Darker Days is due out October 19. The tour dates go down this fall and include some U.S. shows in late November and early December. More

Sep 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

LIV is a Swedish supergroup that features Lykke Li, her romantic partner Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow, Pontus Winnberg from Miike Snow and Amason, and Peter Bjorn and John‘s Björn Yttling. Now LIV have shared a delicate new song, “Hurts to Liv.” More

Nov 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

LIV is a new Swedish supergroup that features Lykke Li, her romantic partner Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow, Pontus Winnberg from Miike Snow and Amason, and Peter Bjorn and John‘s Björn Yttling. More

Oct 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

LIV is a new Swedish supergroup that features Lykke Li, her romantic partner Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow, Pontus Winnberg from Miike Snow and Amason, and Peter Bjorn and John‘s Björn Yttling. More

Sep 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

LIV is a new Swedish supergroup that features Lykke Li, her romantic partner Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow, Pontus Winnberg from Miike Snow and Amason, and Peter Bjorn and John‘s Björn Yttling. More

Aug 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John released a new album, Breakin’ Point, back in June via INGRID. Now they have shared a video for “Dominos.” Henry Moore Selder directed the fun clip, which features an elaborate human domino chain in Stockholm. More

Jul 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Beck has released a brand new song, “Wow,” last month and said he plans to release an as yet to be titled new album on October 21. Now Beck has announced a handful of Fall tour dates. They include a show in Charlottesville, VA that features Peter Bjorn and John. The dates are below, followed again by “Wow.” More

Jun 14, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John released a new album, Breakin’ Point, last week via INGRID. Now they have shared a video for title track “Breakin’ Point.” Danish-Norwegian duo HochR directed the strange clip, in which a man is in the wilderness with some weird creatures. More

May 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John are releasing a new album, Breakin’ Point, on June 10 via INGRID. Now they have shared another song from it, the very upbeat and almost disco-like “Dominos.” Listen below. Plus the band have announced some more U.S. tour dates and their full touring schedule is below. More

Mar 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup and it’s another impressive one. The event is due to take place August 27 and 28 at LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park. Saturday will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar and Tame Impala and Sunday will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem (who seem to be playing every festival this year) and Grace Jones. More

Mar 24, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn And John has shared the title track today from their upcoming album Breakin’ Point. More

Mar 10, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John have announced a new album and shared a new song. Breakin’ Point is due out June 10 on INGRID. Below is “What You Talking About.” The album features collaborations with various producers, including Paul Epworth (U2, Paul McCartney), Greg Kurstin (Adele), and Emile Haynie (FKA twigs, Lana Del Rey). It is the band’s first album since 2011’s Gimme Some. Last year the band shared another new song, “High Up (Take Me to the Top),” which isn’t expected to be on the new album. More

Jul 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Yoko Ono has announced a new album. It’s not due out until January 22, 2016 (is this the first notable album to get a confirmed 2016 release date?) and it’s titled Yes, I’m a Witch Too, making it the sequel 2007’s Yes, I’m a Witch. Like that record, this one is a collaborative album. Every song is a collaboration between Ono and a different artist. This one includes collaborations with Death Cab for Cutie, tUnE-yArDs, Sparks, Peter Bjorn and John, Cibo Matto, Portugal the Man, Miike Snow, Penguin Prison, and of course her son, Sean Lennon, among others. More

Apr 17, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Relatively quiet since releasing their 2011 album Gimme Some, Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John have been keeping busy of late nurturing INGRID, their own record label and musical collective that includes fellow nationals such as Lykke Li and Miike Snow as its members. More

Mar 20, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Peter Morén, Björn Yttling, and John Eriksson (better known as Peter Bjorn and John) have been friends for over a decade and a half, and have been making music together for almost as long. Still, as bassist/keyboardist Yttling explains, that doesn’t always translate to a smooth working environment. More

Nov 26, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John has announced that he will release a series of solo EPs on INGRID. More

Oct 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Peter Bjorn and John are the latest in a long line of bands to wander into Yo Gabba Gabba’s brightly colored world. More

Aug 15, 2012 By Margot Cooper Gruen

In reaction to March events, where three members of punk activist band Pussy Riot were taken into custody for criticizing Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a punk prayer in a church in Moscow, performer Peaches has started a campaign to show support for these women. 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

Oct 13, 2011 By Mi Tran

Here’s our round-up of some of the bands who have performed on late night TV in the last few days. Includes performances by Peter Bjorn and John, Ryan Adams, Mates of State, Ra Ra Riot, and Two Door Cinema Club. More

Sep 23, 2011 By Laura Studarus

What’s better than pop pleasures? How about free food and pop pleasures? Peter Bjorn and John have got you covered. Today the Swedish trio—still hot on the promotional trail for this year’s Gimme Some—announced the details of their All You Can eat LA tour. More

Sep 09, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Currently on tour for recently released album Gimme Some, Peter Bjorn and John stopped by the A.V. Club Studios—where they tried their hand at covering Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.” More

Aug 09, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Memoryhouse have announced a fall North American tour, including dates supporting Peter Bjorn and John and The Radio Dept. They have also released a video for “Quiet America.” More

Aug 08, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Peter Bjorn and John have made an album video, a video with footage for every song from Gimme Some, PB&J’s sixth album, which was released back in March. More

May 06, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Apr 06, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Peter Bjorn and John are giving the fans what they want…a chance to see them live. More

Mar 25, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Our favorite bearded Swedes Peter Bjorn and John took on The Tonight Show last night to play Gimme Some cut, “Second Chance.” We have the cut. More

Feb 25, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Rock trio Peter Bjorn and John get dirty—and clean—in “Second Chance” the new video from upcoming album Gimme Some (out March 29). More

Feb 02, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Last night Peter Bjorn and John (and their beards) took to the stage at Conan to play a cut from forthcoming album, Gimme Some. We have the video. More

Dec 07, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Earlier this year, Swedish rockers, Peter, Bjorn & John promised a “return to form” on their upcoming LP. Today, the still-untitled disc got a release date. More

Oct 29, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn & John are hard at work on their sixth studio album—follow-up to 2009’s Living Thing. More

Feb 16, 2010 By Rebekka Utermohlen

Peter Bjorn and John’s Peter Morén is releasing a new solo LP. Entitled Sparen Av Taren, the album is written all in his native tongue of Swedish. More

Sep 03, 2009 By Laura Studarus

After a run of dates with Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn and John are heading back on the road this November for a string headlining shows across the United States. Supporting the rocking, and occasionally whistling trio is fellow Swede, El Perro Del Mar. We have the dates in full and information on an upcoming remix PBJ are doing on a Depeche Mode song. More

Aug 17, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode played the first of its two nights at the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night, the British band’s first ever performances at the iconic venue. The months leading up to the concert were plagued with show cancellations, due to frontman Dave Gahan’s health problems, but Depeche Mode were in fine form, playing a set of crowd-pleasing favorites sprinkled with a few more recent songs, including some from this year’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Aug 17, 2009 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Depeche Mode played a sold-out show at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA Sunday night. We sent a photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern down to capture the action. Check out the full gallery of photos from the Hollywood Bowl show here. Depeche Mode were supported by Sweden’s Peter Bjorn and John.

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Aug 08, 2009 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Lollapalooza began yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day one action. Check out his photos of Depeche Mode, Fleet Foxes, Of Montreal, Peter Bjorn and John, A-Trak, and Hollywood Holt. Click here for the full gallery of Friday’s photos.

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Jul 09, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Swedish indie-poppers Peter Bjorn and John are once again striving for the title of “ubiquitous,” launching a North American tour, promoting a remix new EP and remix context. More

Mar 11, 2020 By Matt Conner

Endless Dream is the album. Endless well is the assumed inspiration. More

Jan 07, 2019 By Matt Conner

There’s a title track for Peter Bjorn and John’s new album, but you’ll never hear it—at least not now. More

Mar 20, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Peter Morén, Björn Yttling, and John Eriksson (better known as Peter Bjorn and John) have been friends for over a decade and a half, and have been making music together for almost as long. Still, as bassist/keyboardist Yttling explains, that doesn’t always translate to a smooth working environment. More

Mar 28, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Billed as a pop band, Peter Bjorn and John have always been more experimental than their banal name suggests. Having shot to popularity on the strength of 2006’s Writer’s Block and its ubiquitous single “Young Folks” (go ahead, take a moment to hum it now), they could have written their own ticket—if not into rock and roll history—then at least into a role as a modern-day Paul Simon for the hipster set. More

Aug 17, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode played the first of its two nights at the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night, the British band’s first ever performances at the iconic venue. The months leading up to the concert were plagued with show cancellations, due to frontman Dave Gahan’s health problems, but Depeche Mode were in fine form, playing a set of crowd-pleasing favorites sprinkled with a few more recent songs, including some from this year’s Sounds of the Universe. More

Apr 23, 2009 By Mark Redfern

On day three of Coachella My Bloody Valentine threatened to burst a thousand eardrums. As we entered the festival site around 12:30 PM they were handing out complimentary earplugs in anticipation for the aural attack. Other highlights included a blood-splattered Fucked Up, an energetic Friendly Fires, and the incredibly strange Throbbing Gristle. More