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Mar 27, 2024

Australian psych-rock band Pond have announced a new album, Stung!, and shared a new song from it, “(I’m) Stung,” via a music video. More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Camera Obscura, The Last Dinner Party, Everything Everything, and More

Plus Ducks Ltd., Holly Macve, Dehd, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 02, 2024

Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week a band’s first single in over a decade takes the top spot. More

Feb 02, 2024

Australian psych-rock band POND have shared a new song, “Neon River,” via a music video. They have also announced some tour dates. More

POND Share Video for New Single “Hang a Cross On Me”

9 Deluxe Edition Due Out May 20 via Spinning Top

May 05, 2022

Australian psych-rock band POND have shared a video for their new single “Hang a Cross On Me.” It is the latest release from the upcoming deluxe reissue of their last studio album, 9, which will be out on May 20 via Spinning Top. More

Mar 02, 2022

Australian psych-rock band POND have shared a visualizer for their new single “Lights of Leeming.” The single release coincides with the band’s announcement of a deluxe edition of their most recent album, 9, which will be out on May 20 via Spinning Top. More

POND Share Video for “Take Me Avalon I’m Young”

9 Out Now via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution

Nov 18, 2021

Australian psych-rock band POND have shared a new video for “Take Me Avalon I’m Young,” from their recently-released album, 9. The video, shot in the seaside town of Hastings, England, was directed by award-winning filmmaker Bunny Kinney. More

11 Best Songs of the Week: Silverbacks, POND, Bachelor, Beak>, and More

Plus Damon Albarn, Proper., Suuns, The Dodos, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 03, 2021

Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2021. We liked enough new songs this week to form a Top 11. More

POND Share Video for New Song “Human Touch”

9 Due Out October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution

Sep 01, 2021

Australian psych-rock band POND are releasing their ninth studio album, fittingly titled 9, on October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution. Now they have shared its newest single, “Human Touch,” via a video. The song seems partially to be about disconnecting from screens and reconnecting with in-person human interaction. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: LUMP, Villagers, Magdalena Bay, Meatbodies, and More

Plus Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, Ade & Connan Mockasin, POND, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 02, 2021

Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week we were feeling a bit indecisive and couldn’t really narrow it down to a Top 10, so we went with a Top 12 instead. More

POND Share Video for New Song “Toast”

9 Due Out October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution

Jun 30, 2021

Australian psych-rock band POND are releasing their ninth studio album, fittingly titled 9, on October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution. Now they have shared its second single, “Toast,” via a video. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen, Japanese Breakfast, and More

Plus Lucy Dacus, POND, Gruff Rhys, CHAI, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 21, 2021

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week there was finally a ceasefire in the latest Israeli Palestinian conflict. More

POND Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “America’s Cup”

9 Due Out October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution

May 19, 2021

Australian psych-rock band POND have announced their ninth studio album, fittingly titled 9, and shared a new song from it, “America’s Cup.” More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Mdou Moctar, Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, St. Vincent, and More

Plus Sons of Kemet, CHAI, Storefront Church, POND, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 02, 2021

Welcome to the 12th Songs of the Week of 2021. In the nation was gripped (or more accurately, traumatized) by the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd. More

POND Share Video for New Song “Pink Lunettes”

Out Now via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution

Apr 01, 2021

Australian psych-rock band POND have shared a video for a new song titled “Pink Lunettes.” It is their first new music release since their 2019 album Tasmania, and it is out now via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution. More

GUM Announces New Album, Shares New Song “Don’t Let It Go Out”

Out In the World Due Out June 12 via Spinning Top

Apr 24, 2020

GUM, the solo project Australian psych-pop musician Jay Watson, who is also a member of both Tame Impala and POND, has announced a new album, Out In the World, and shared a new song from it, “Don’t Let It Go Out.” Out In the Worldis due out June 12 via Spinning Top. More

Premiere: Watch GUM (aka Jay Watson) Perform “Out In the World” From His Living Room

Also Read Our COVID-19 Quarantine Artist Check In Interview with Him

Apr 14, 2020

Australian psych-pop musician Jay Watson, who releases music as GUM, but is also a member of both Tame Impala and POND, shared a new song, “Out In the World,” in March via Spinning Top Music/Kung Fu Nation. Now we are premiering a new video of Watson performing the song recently from his living room in Perth (he plans to release other such videos in the future). It accompanies a new interview with Watson as part of our COVID-19 Quarantine Artist Check In series. More

13 Best Songs of the Week: Jon Hopkins + Kelly Lee Owens, Porridge Radio, Holy Fuck, and More

Plus Rose Elinor Dougall, Caribou, Shopping, Tame Impala, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Dec 06, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s installment covers songs from the last two weeks. Hence we have a Top 13 instead of a Top 10. More

Dec 06, 2019

Toronto’s Holy Fuck are releasing a new album, Deleter, on January 17, 2020 via Last Gang. Now they have shared another song from it, “Free Gloss,” that features the guest vocals of Nicolas Allbrook from POND. More

POND Share Video for “Hand Mouth Dancer”

Sessions Due Out November 8 via Interscope

Oct 15, 2019

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, Tasmania, back in March via Interscope and are releasing a new one, Sessions, on November 8, also via Interscope. It features newly recorded live studio performances of songs from across their discography. Now they have shared a video for “Hand Mouth Dancer,” a song featured in different versions on both albums. More

POND Explore Europe in the Video for “The Boys Are Killing Me”

Tasmania Out Now via Interscope; New U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Jul 29, 2019

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, Tasmania, back in March via Interscope. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “The Boys Are Killing Me.” It was shot during the band’s recent tour of Europe and the UK. More

Mar 15, 2019

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, Tasmania, at the start of the month via Interscope. Now they have stopped by Australia’s Triple J radio station to take part in their Like a Version series where a band does a cover version. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Fat White Family, Lizzo, Sharon Van Etten, Cherry Glazerr, and More

Plus SOAK, SASAMI, POND, Beirut, Priests, Steve Gunn, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2019. We took an extended break in December, as there aren’t too many notable new songs released at the end of the year (beyond endless Christmas covers), but the past week has been filled with exciting new album announcements, most accompanied by new singles worthy of consideration for this list. More

POND Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Daisy”

Tasmania Due Out March 1 via Interscope

Jan 10, 2019

Australian psych-rockers POND have announced a new album, Tasmania, and shared a video for its new single, “Daisy.” Tasmania is due out March 1 via Interscope. Check out the “Daisy” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Blood Orange, POND, David Bowie, Mothers, Jungle, and More

Plus Metric, Joey Dosik, Underworld & Iggy Pop, Still Corners, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 27, 2018

There was a trend this week for artists to share two songs at once, rather than just one. We saw it with Blood Orange, Trevor Powers, Elvis Costello, Jungle, Cornershop, and Fucked Up (and Pussy Riot released three songs this week). In cases where the artist made our main best songs list we tried to pick just one song, although that proved challenging with our #1. More

Desert Daze Announces My Bloody Valentine, Julia Holter, GUM, and Other Lineup Additions

They Join Previously Announced Lineup Including Tame Impala, Jarvis Cocker, Mercury Rev Performing Deserter's Songs, and More

Jul 24, 2018

California’s Desert Daze festival has been announcing its lineup in stages. Now they have announced the third round of artists, including second headliner My Bloody Valentine, as well as Julia Holter, Shellac, Escape-ism, and Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers. More

Jul 23, 2018

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, The Weather, back in May 2017 via Marathon Artists. Now they have shared a brand new song, “Burnt Out Star.” It’s a slowly building and somewhat funky eight-minute long track and it’s out now via Interscope. More

Melody’s Echo Chamber Shares Video for “Cross My Heart”

Bon Voyage Due Out Tomorrow via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond

Jun 14, 2018

Melody’s Echo Chamber, the project of French musician Melody Prochet, is releasing her long-awaited second album, Bon Voyage, tomorrow via Fat Possum. Previously she shared a video for its first single, “Breathe In, Breathe Out”(which was one of our Songs of the Week), as well as another song from the album, “Desert Horse” (which was also one of our Songs of the Week). More

Jun 04, 2018

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician released a new GUM album, The Underdog, back in April. Now he has shared a video for “Couldn’t See Past My Ego.” More

Treasure Island Festival 2018 Lineup - Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, and More

October San Francisco Festival Also Features A$AP Rocky, Lord Huron, Jungle, Santigold, U.S. Girls, Moses Sumney, Soccer Mommy, and More

May 16, 2018

San Francisco’s Treasure Island Music Festival took a year off in 2017 to find a new festival site. Now it’s back, this time at Oakland’s Middle Harbor Shoreline Park as opposed to the titular Treasure Island. The two-day festival goes down October 13-14. More

Melody’s Echo Chamber Shares New Song “Desert Horse”

Bon Voyage Due Out June 15 via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond

May 15, 2018

Melody’s Echo Chamber, the project of French musician Melody Prochet, is releasing her long-awaited second album, Bon Voyage, on June 15 via Fat Possum. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Desert Horse.” More

Melody’s Echo Chamber Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song “Breathe In, Breathe Out”

Bon Voyage Due Out June 15 via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond

Apr 03, 2018

Melody’s Echo Chamber, the project of French musician Melody Prochet, has officially announced her long-awaited second album, Bon Voyage, and shared a video for its first single, “Breathe In, Breathe Out.” More

Sasquatch! 2018 Line-up: Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Spoon, and More

Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, and others on Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 – 28) in Quincy, Washington

Feb 05, 2018

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2018 festival, their 17th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 - 28) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. The lineup includes Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, TV On The Radio, Tune-Yards, Wolf Parade, Japandroids, Big Thief, Perfume Genius, Japanese Breakfast, Benjamin Clementine, Phoebe Bridgers, Algiers, Pond, and others. More

GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala and POND) Announces New Album, Shares Two Songs

The Underdog Due Out April 6 via Spinning Top Music, Listen to "The Underdog" and "S.I.A."

Feb 02, 2018

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician has announced a new GUM album, The Underdog, and shared two songs from it, title track “The Underdog” and “S.I.A.” More

Governors Ball 2018 Announces Lineup Featuring Jack White, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CHVRCHES, and More

Plus Wolf Alice, Eminem, Cut Copy, Margo Price, Alvvays, Moses Sumney, Dirty Projectors, and Others

Jan 03, 2018

Governors Ball has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in New York City’s Randall’s Island Park the weekend of June 1 - 3. The headliners are Eminem (also announced as a Coachella headliner today), Jack White, Travis Scott, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. More

Sep 22, 2017

Australian psych-rockers POND released a new album, The Weather, back in May via Marathon Artists. The album was produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. Now they have shared a video for “Colder Than Ice.” More

Nine Albums Out Today Worth Hearing: Slowdive, Perfume Genius, POND, Mac DeMarco, and More

Plus The Afghan Whigs, Blondie, Black Lips, Fazerdaze, and Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel

May 05, 2017

Here we highlight nine albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More

Apr 21, 2017

Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. The album is produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. More

Watch: POND - “The Weather” Video

The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists

Apr 10, 2017

Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. The album is produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. Previously the band shared “Sweep Me Off My Feet,” as well as a video for the song, a video for album opener “30000 Megatons,” and the audio for title track “The Weather.” More

Under the Radar Announces Spring 2017 Issue with Father John Misty on the Cover

Issue 60 Also Includes Interviews with alt-J, Grandaddy, Jarvis Cocker, Mount Eerie, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Perfume Genius, Slowdive, Little Dragon, London Grammar, Mew, Real Estate, Goldfrapp, The New Pornographers and Much More

Apr 07, 2017

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly). More

Kirin J Callinan Shares Mockumentary Starring Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson, and Weyes Blood

Video Also Features Jack Black, Tame Impala's Jay Watson, Sebastien Tellier, and More

Mar 29, 2017

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has shared a funny mockumentary video about his song “Telling Me This.” It features Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson, Weyes Blood, Jack Black, Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Gum, POND), Sebastien Tellier, Ladyhawke, and others. More

Listen: POND - “The Weather”

The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists

Mar 21, 2017

Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. More

POND Share “30000 Megatons” Video and Announce U.S. Tour Dates

The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists

Feb 02, 2017

Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. The album is produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. Previously the band shared “Sweep Me Off My Feet,” as well as a video for the song. More

Jan 25, 2017

Back in October Australian psych-rockers POND shared a brand new song, “Sweep Me Off My Feet,” which was produced by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. More

GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala and POND) Announces New Album, Shares “Gemini”

Flash in the Pan Due Out November 11 via Spinning Top Music

Nov 04, 2016

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician has just announced a new GUM album. It’s almost a surprise release, as it’s due out next Friday, November 11, via Spinning Top Music. More

Oct 07, 2016

Australian psych-rockers POND have shared a brand new song, “Sweep Me Off My Feet.” Frontman Nick Allbrook used to play bass in Tame Impala and now Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has returned the favor and produced their new song. More

Listen: Pond - “Zond” Video

Four Words: Crotch Hot Dog Xylophone

Jan 13, 2015

Later this month Tame Impala’s fellow pysch-rock compatriots Pond will release their brand new LP, Man It Feels Like Space Again. More

Watch: Pond – “Sitting up on our Crane” Video

Man It Feels Like Space Again is Out Jan 27

Dec 17, 2014

On Jan 27, Tame Impala side project Pond will release their sophomore album Man It Feels Like Space Again. More

Oct 20, 2014

Made up of former and current members of Tame Impala, Australia psychedelic outfit Pond will release a brand new album called Man It Feels Like Space Again in January, the follow-up to their 2013 LP Hobo Rocket. More

Jul 29, 2013

On Aug. 6 Australia-based psyche-rock ensemble Pond will release their fifth studio album Hobo Rocket in the U.S. More

May 15, 2013

As previously reported, Perth, Australia-based psyche-rock ensemble Pond will soon release their fifth album, Hobo Rocket. More

Listen: Pond - “Giant Tortoise”

New Album Hobo Rocket Out This Spring

Feb 01, 2013

Later this spring Australian psych-rock band Pond (who share three members with the similiarly veined Tame Impala, including frontman Kevin Parker on drums) will release their fifth full-length album Hobo Rocket on Modular Recordings. More



Interviews

Jay Watson of GUM and Tame Impala – COVID-19 Quarantine Artist Check In

“Being in the most isolated city in the world is finally paying off.”

Apr 14, 2020

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Australian psych-pop musician Jay Watson, who releases music as GUM, but is also a member of both Tame Impala and POND. We also have the premiere of a new video in which Watson performs his recent GUM single “Out In the World” in his living room in Perth. More

Jun 21, 2018

For fans of Tame Impala and its many side projects, few might be familiar with the solo work of one of both group’s common denominators: Jay Watson, aka GUM. Watsona multi-instrumentalistis known for playing drums, bass, keyboards, and synths in both Tame Impala and POND. More

2017 Artist Survey: Nick Allbrook of POND

Allbrook on the "Me Too" Movement and Sexual Harassment, Donald Trump, and Professional Regrets

Jan 23, 2018

For Under the Radar‘s 15th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2017 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

POND

Lords of Dullsville

Jun 06, 2017

Nick Allbrook’s large, very round eyes blink questioningly into the screen. He’s looking to connect on FaceTime, but it feels like he’s searching for himself. More

Pond

Untamed

Oct 17, 2013

The past 18 months or so have been busy for Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. The band has released two albums in that timeMarch 2012’s Beard, Wives, Denim and this August’s Hobo Rocketwith a third one, Man, It Feels Like Space Again, due out in 2014. More


Reviews

Apr 12, 2019

On “The Boys are Killing Me,” one of the centerpieces of POND’s groove heavy psych-pop opus Tasmania, frontman Nick Allbrook sings “So we staggered off into the night/Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed.” More

Jan 26, 2015

Six albums into their career, Pond is still known by most as that other psych-rock band from Australia. More

Aug 08, 2013

Pond‘s Hobo Rocket is an exercise in organized chaos. When the band organizes its classic rock tendencies, hammering down power chords and feeding a hunger for severe fuzzy guitar freakouts, it makes for a perfect storm. Here, the ‘70s merge with today, creating timeless songs that get inside your head. More

Mar 08, 2012

Pondnot to be confused with the great grunge-era group of the same nameshare a few members with Tame Impala, and that fact alone probably gives you a few (safe) assumptions. Indeed, this stuff is soaked in the same psychedelic sunshine; the same throwback, compression-heavy recording flavor; and the same fuzz guitar as their Perth, Australia sister band. More