Nov 29, 2021 By Joey Arnone

British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne have shared a new Christmas EP, Her Winter Coat, which is out now via Heavenly. They have also shared an Alasdair McLellan-directed video for the EP’s title track. McLellan previously directed a film accompaniment for the trio’s newest album, I’ve Been Trying to Tell You. More

Aug 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2021. It was an eclectic week for new tracks and there were lots to choose from (hence we have a slew of honorable mentions). More

Aug 24, 2021 By Mark Redfern

British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne are releasing a new album, I’ve Been Trying to Tell You, on September 10 via Heavenly. It is accompanied by a film. Now they have shared the album’s second single, atmospheric slow-burner “Penlop,” via a video for it that is also a clip from the film and is a little bit NSFW. More

Jul 30, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a light week for great new tracks, but we came up with nine we really liked. More

Jul 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern

British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne have announced a new album, I’ve Been Trying to Tell You, that is accompanied by a film. They have also shared its first single, “Pond House,” via a video. The album and film are about “optimism, youth, and the late ’90s.” More

Jun 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne released a new album, Home Counties, last year via Heavenly. Now they have announced some new tour dates for this September, but instead of performing their new album they will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of 1998’s Good Humor and performing that album in its entirety. More

Aug 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne released a new album, Home Counties, back in June via Heavenly. Now they have announced two new EPs, Dive and Dive Remixes, both due out September 8 via Heavenly. Both are titled after Home Counties track “Dive.” More

Jul 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne released a new album, Home Counties, last month via Heavenly. Now they have shared a video for “Heather.” Shannon Oksanen and Rodney Graham directed the clip, which features blue-hued vintage-styled footage of little girls dancing. More

Jul 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Summer 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Grizzly Bear on the cover. More

Jun 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne released a new album, Home Counties, at the start of the month via Heavenly. Now they have shared a video for “Magpie Eyes.” More

May 04, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

LCD Soundsystem originally broke up in 2011, but they have since reformed, have played some shows, and are prepping a new album. More

Apr 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne are releasing a new album, Home Counties, on June 2 via Heavenly. Previously they had shared the album’s first single, “Heather,” and announced their first U.S. tour dates in five years. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Magpie Eyes.” More

Mar 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne are releasing a new album, Home Counties, on June 2 via Heavenly. Previously they had shared the album’s first single, “Heather.” More

Mar 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Beloved British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne have announced a new album, Home Counties, and shared its first single, “Heather.” Home Counties is due out June 2 via Heavenly. Below is “Heather,” followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as some U.K. tour dates. More

Apr 11, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

London indie dance pop veterans Saint Etienne have announced the forthcoming release of a retrospective photo book. More

Mar 21, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, Members of Pussy Riot, and Billboard magazine executive Robert Levine will all serve as keynote speakers at Estonia’s Tallinn Music Week. More

Nov 21, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Today we present a midweek installment of our ongoing mixtape series, this time featuring Saint Etienne. More

Nov 13, 2012 By Sara Heflin

On January 1st 2013, new U.K. based vinyl only label Demand Vinyl will launch. The label is starting off with a subscriptions singles club, which will consist of a total of ten 7-inch singles featuring exclusive tracks by such artists as Memory Tapes, Hot Chip, Air France, Saint Etienne, Latitia Sadier, Niki & The Dove, Levek, and Moons, among others. More

Nov 05, 2012 By Julia Underwood

On Saturday, November 3, 2012, Saint Etienne played the final stop of their American tour at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. We sent writer/photographer Laura Studarus down to cover the action. More

Oct 18, 2012 By Laura Studarus

On November 12, El Perro Del Mar will release new album Pale Fire. Ahead of that, the Swedish songstress has handed over album track “Walk on By” to London loving trio, Saint Etienne for a remix. More

Sep 06, 2012 By Laura Studarus

It seems fitting that a band would tour to support a concept album about falling in love with music. Thankfully, Saint Etienne are doing just that, bringing their albumWords and Music by Saint Etienne to North American fans. More

Feb 21, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

After showing off a music video of their first song in seven years, Saint Etienne continue the trend of album announcements today by revealing that they will be releasing Words and Music by Saint Etienne, the band’s first album since 2005’s Tales from Turnpike House. More

Feb 20, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Check out the new video for Saint Etienne’s “Tonight.” We have the clip. More

Nov 23, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The digital version of Under the Radar‘s 10th Anniversary Issue includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 70 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print version, including extra full page photos, 13 bonus articles, and 11 bonus reviews. The digital version includes exclusive bonus articles on Arab Strap, Clinic, The Dears, The Delgados, DNTEL/The Postal Service, The Fiery Furnaces, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes vs. Joanna Newsom, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Saint Etienne, Elliott Smith, and Sonic Youth. More

Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More

Nov 29, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Christmas might be weeks away, but that didn’t stop Saint Etienne from starting the gift-giving early—and the British dance-pop outfit was feeling pretty generous. They are releasing a limited edition holiday-themed album. More

Apr 14, 2010 By Laura Studarus

After last year’s reissues of So Tough and The Sound of Water, Saint Etienne is continuing the trend with special editions of 1994’s Tiger Bay and 2002’s Flinisterre. They wil be released in the U.K. on May 3rd. We have the info. More

Sep 11, 2017 By Aug Stone

“We spend a lot of time together outside Saint Etienne, hanging out and doing other projects,” Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell reflects. “We end up making another record when the time feels right.” The English trio’s output may have slowed since their slew of ‘90s hits but new Saint Etienne material is bound to excite any indie-pop fan. More

Jun 14, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Sarah Cracknell is in an exceptionally good mood. She flashes a brilliant smile as she speaks that translates even across an occasionally choppy Skype connection. But why wouldn’t she find reason to grin? It isn’t every day that the Saint Etienne frontwoman releases a solo album. More

Nov 21, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Saint Etienne’s eighth album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne, starts with singer Sarah Cracknell—transported back to a time before adult autonomy—admiring kids with the daring to question authority. “It all happened because of music, I wanted to know why,” she says in a beatific whisper. It’s a hushed admiration that’s drawn out over the album’s 13 songs, as the band explores a world where music doesn’t just soundtrack life, but rather directs it. More

Dec 15, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar’s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Those surveys and answers are posted on our website. Here is a web-exclusive survey from Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne.
More

Nov 05, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Saint Etienne’s performance at the Henry Fonda Theatre on Saturday night can summed up in an excerpt from Douglas Copland’s essay published in the liner notes of band’s 1998 album, Good Humor.

More

Jul 19, 2012 By Dan Lucas

London’s Saint Etienne may not appreciate the following allegory, so I’ll offer my profuse apologies in advance. More

Nov 02, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Seven years after So Tough, and nearly a decade into their career, Saint Etienne released 2000’s Sound of Water—a timeless synthesis of their acid house, electronic, and pop influences. While So Tough’s recent reissue sparkled with the wit and candor of a youth spent frolicking to 1960s Britpop, Sound of Water is a quieter affair—a master class in aging with grace. More

Oct 19, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Originally released in 1993, Saint Etienne’s sophomore album So Tough features refined electo-pop accented with a splash of kitsch. 16 years later, So Tough’s reissue—complete with a bonus disc of unreleased and overlooked B-sides—proves that wine isn’t the only thing that ages well. More