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Stung! Due Out June 21 via Spinning Top
May 30, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Australian psych-rock band Pond are releasing a new album, Stung!, on June 21 via Spinning Top. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “So Lo.” More
Stung! Due Out June 21 via Spinning Top
Mar 27, 2024
By Mark Redfern
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
Plus Ducks Ltd., Holly Macve, Dehd, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 02, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
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
Touring the U.S. This May
Feb 02, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Australian psych-rock band POND have shared a new song, “Neon River,” via a music video. They have also announced some tour dates. More
9 Deluxe Edition Due Out May 20 via Spinning Top
May 05, 2022
By Joey Arnone
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
9 Deluxe Edition Due Out May 20 via Spinning Top
Mar 02, 2022
By Joey Arnone
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
9 Out Now via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution
Nov 18, 2021
By Joey Arnone
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
Plus Damon Albarn, Proper., Suuns, The Dodos, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 03, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2021. We liked enough new songs this week to form a Top 11. More
9 Due Out October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution
Sep 01, 2021
By Mark Redfern
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
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
By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)
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
9 Due Out October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution
Jun 30, 2021
By Mark Redfern
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
Plus Lucy Dacus, POND, Gruff Rhys, CHAI, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 21, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week there was finally a ceasefire in the latest Israeli Palestinian conflict. More
9 Due Out October 1 via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution
May 19, 2021
By Mark Redfern
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
Plus Sons of Kemet, CHAI, Storefront Church, POND, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 02, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Emma Goad)
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
Out Now via Spinning Top/Secretly Distribution
Apr 01, 2021
By Joey Arnone
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
Out In the World Due Out June 12 via Spinning Top
Apr 24, 2020
By Mark Redfern
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
Also Read Our COVID-19 Quarantine Artist Check In Interview with Him
Apr 14, 2020
By Mark Redfern
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
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
By Christopher Roberts
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
Deleter Due Out January 17, 2020 via Last Gang
Dec 06, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
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
Sessions Due Out November 8 via Interscope
Oct 15, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
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
Tasmania Out Now via Interscope; New U.S. Tour Dates Announced
Jul 29, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
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
Tasmania Out Now via Interscope
Mar 15, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
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
Plus SOAK, SASAMI, POND, Beirut, Priests, Steve Gunn, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 11, 2019
By Mark Redfern
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
Tasmania Due Out March 1 via Interscope
Jan 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
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
Plus Metric, Joey Dosik, Underworld & Iggy Pop, Still Corners, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 27, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
They Join Previously Announced Lineup Including Tame Impala, Jarvis Cocker, Mercury Rev Performing Deserter's Songs, and More
Jul 24, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
New Single Out Now via Interscope
Jul 23, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
Bon Voyage Due Out Tomorrow via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond
Jun 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
The Underdog Out Now via Spinning Top Music
Jun 04, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
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
By Christopher Roberts
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
Bon Voyage Due Out June 15 via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond
May 15, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
Bon Voyage Due Out June 15 via Fat Possum; Features Members of Dungen, The Amazing, and Pond
Apr 03, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, and others on Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 – 28) in Quincy, Washington
Feb 05, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
The Underdog Due Out April 6 via Spinning Top Music, Listen to "The Underdog" and "S.I.A."
Feb 02, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
Plus Wolf Alice, Eminem, Cut Copy, Margo Price, Alvvays, Moses Sumney, Dirty Projectors, and Others
Jan 03, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
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
The Weather Out Now via Marathon Artists
Sep 22, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
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
Plus The Afghan Whigs, Blondie, Black Lips, Fazerdaze, and Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel
May 05, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
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
The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists
Apr 21, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
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
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
By Christopher Roberts
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
Video Also Features Jack Black, Tame Impala's Jay Watson, Sebastien Tellier, and More
Mar 29, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
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
The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists
Mar 21, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Australian psych-rockers POND are releasing a new album, The Weather, on May 5 via Marathon Artists. More
The Weather Due Out May 5 via Marathon Artists
Jan 25, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
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
Flash in the Pan Due Out November 11 via Spinning Top Music
Nov 04, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
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
From Forthcoming 2017 Album
Oct 07, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
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
Four Words: Crotch Hot Dog Xylophone
Jan 13, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Later this month Tame Impala’s fellow pysch-rock compatriots Pond will release their brand new LP, Man It Feels Like Space Again. More
Man It Feels Like Space Again is Out Jan 27
Dec 17, 2014
By Laura Studarus
On Jan 27, Tame Impala side project Pond will release their sophomore album Man It Feels Like Space Again. More
Oct 20, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
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
By Mike Hilleary
On Aug. 6 Australia-based psyche-rock ensemble Pond will release their fifth studio album Hobo Rocket in the U.S. More
Hobo Rocket Coming Aug. 6
May 15, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
As previously reported, Perth, Australia-based psyche-rock ensemble Pond will soon release their fifth album, Hobo Rocket. More
New Album Hobo Rocket Out This Spring
Feb 01, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
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
“Being in the most isolated city in the world is finally paying off.”
Apr 14, 2020
By Mark Redfern
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
Putting the Puzzle Together
Jun 21, 2018
By Ben Jardine
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. Watson—a multi-instrumentalist—is known for playing drums, bass, keyboards, and synths in both Tame Impala and POND. More
Allbrook on the "Me Too" Movement and Sexual Harassment, Donald Trump, and Professional Regrets
Jan 23, 2018
By Mark Redfern
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
Jun 06, 2017
By Lily Moayeri
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
Oct 17, 2013
By Dan Lucas
The past 18 months or so have been busy for Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. The band has released two albums in that time—March 2012’s Beard, Wives, Denim and this August’s Hobo Rocket—with a third one, Man, It Feels Like Space Again, due out in 2014. More
Reviews
Apr 12, 2019
By Stephen Axeman
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
By Christian Koons
Six albums into their career, Pond is still known by most as that other psych-rock band from Australia. More
Aug 08, 2013
By Danielle Sills
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
By J. Pace
Pond—not to be confused with the great grunge-era group of the same name—share 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