Sep 21, 2023 By Mark Redfern

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have announced a new EP, MORE UK GRIM, and shared its first single, “Big Pharma,” via a music video. More

May 30, 2023 By Mark Redfern

The latest episode of the long-running BBC music show, Later… with Jools Holland, aired this past weekend and featured live performances from Jessie Ware, The WAEVE, Sleaford Mods, and Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations. More

May 04, 2023 By Dom Gourlay

Rockaway Beach announces the first 24 acts for its 2024 event. More

Apr 05, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 71, which features Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout on the two covers. Issue 71 also features interviews with Angel Olsen, M83, The New Pornographers, John Cale, Indigo De Souza, Lael Neale, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Miss Grit, Sleaford Mods, The WAEVE, Shame, Bartees Strange, Caroline Rose, Stella Donnelly, Florist, Hot Chip, black midi, Jockstrap, Horsegirl, Blondshell, Sleaford Mods, Beth Orton, and others. More

Mar 06, 2023 By Mark Redfern

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) are releasing a new album, UK GRIM, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “So Trendy,” which features Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction. It was shared via an AI-enhanced music video that also features Farrell. More

Feb 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of great tracks to choose from this week. I mean, M83 and Django Django each put out five new songs this week! We narrowed it all down to a Top 11. More

Feb 08, 2023 By Mark Redfern

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) are releasing a new album, UK GRIM, on March 10 via Rough Trade. Now they have shared the album’s second single, “Force 10 From Navarone,” which features Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw. It was shared via a music video that also features Shaw. More

Jan 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2023. It was a stacked week for new songs and album announcements. Boygenius alone released three songs to consider! There were enough tracks we liked that we settled on a super-sized Top 13 this week. More

Jan 17, 2023 By Mark Redfern

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have announced a new album, UK GRIM, and shared its first single, title track “UK GRIM,” via a music video. They have also announced some U.S. tour dates. More

Jan 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2023 festival. Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK, and Bad Bunny are the headliners. The lineup also features Wet Leg, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Björk, boygenius, Alex G, Magdalena Bay, Blondie, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Sleaford Mods, Snail Mail, The Breeders, and many others. More

Oct 20, 2022 By Joey Arnone

British electronic duo Orbital have announced the release of a new album, Optical Delusion, which will be out in early 2023. They have also shared a video for a new album single, “Dirty Rat,” a collaboration with British punk duo Sleaford Mods. More

Jul 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week as pickings were slim in the run up to the long July 4th weekend, so this week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks. Thus we have a supersized Top 15. The list includes two pro-choice songs. More

Jul 08, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys have released a new album, Cave World, today via YEAR0001. They have also shared a video for the album track “Big Boy,” which features Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods. More

Jun 27, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Couldn’t make it to Glastonbury this past weekend? We have you covered, with highlights from some of the performances including ones by Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, Courtney Barnett, Mitski, HAIM, Foals, and many more. Plus Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C., Lorde, Caribou, Metronomy, St. Vincent, Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, IDLES, Crowded House, and much more. More

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Dec 17, 2021 By Joey Arnone

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have announced a 2022 North American tour in support of their most recent album, Spare Ribs. The duo have also shared a cover of Yazoo’s 1982 single “Don’t Go.” More

Nov 23, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Bug (aka Kevin Martin) and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods have shared a new double single featuring the songs “Treetop” and “Stoat.” It is out now via Ninja Tune. More

Oct 13, 2021 By Joey Arnone

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have shared a video for a new remix of their song “I Don’t Rate You,” taken from their most recent album, Spare Ribs. The remix was done by British electronic duo Orbital, and is accompanied by another remix from Fearn under his Extnddntwrk moniker as part of a new remix single which is out now via Rough Trade. The single will be available physically on 12-inch vinyl for the band’s upcoming tour. More

Sep 24, 2021 By Celine Teo-Blockey

British punk duo Sleaford Mods (singer, Jason Williamson and producer, Andrew Fearne) are the guests on the latest episode of Under the Radar Podcast. They released their pandemic-inspired album Spare Ribs earlier this year. More

Jul 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2021. The American music industry pretty took Monday off due to Sunday’s July 4th holiday, so we expected slimmer pickings this week. It was not to be, thanks for some exciting album announcements. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More

Jul 06, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) has teamed up with British duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) for a new song, “Feel Nothing.” It is his first single for Sub Pop, which has just announced they’ve signed Amen Dunes. More

Jan 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a little less trying than last week, but Donald Trump did earn the dubious honor of being the first ever president to be impeached twice. It was a fantastic week for new songs; after a slow week last week with only a Top 6, this week we present double the songs with a Top 12. More

Jan 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

English electronic punk duo, Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have released a new album, Spare Ribs, today via Rough Trade. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jan 11, 2021 By Mark Redfern

English electronic punk duo, Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) are releasing a new album, Spare Ribs, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now they have shared another song from it, “Nudge It,” via a video for the track. Both the song and video feature Amy Taylor of Australian punks Amyl and the Sniffers. More

Dec 02, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

English electronic punk duo, Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) are releasing a new album, Spare Ribs, on January 15, 2021 via Rough Trade. Now they have shared another song from it, “Shortcummings,” via a video for it. Its title references Dominic Cummings, the former Chief Advisor to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. More

Nov 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2020. We haven’t done a Songs of the Week in three weeks. Because of last week’s presidential election there were hardly any new songs of note released and we were too on edge awaiting the outcome to be decided to focus on new music. The week before was the run up to Halloween and there were certainly some worthy songs then, but for whatever reason we didn’t get Songs of the Week finished in time and abandoned it. So this week’s Songs of the Week covers the last three weeks, but mainly songs from this week and two weeks ago. More

Oct 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

English electronic punk duo, Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have announced a new album, Spare Ribs, and shared its first single, “Mork N Mindy,” via a video for it. The song and video feature Billy Nomates. They also performed the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers. More

May 05, 2020 By Samantha Small

English electronic punk duo, Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn), are releasing a career-spanning retrospective, All That Glue, on May 15 via Rough Trade. Now they are sharing one of its previously unreleased tracks, “Second,” via a video for the track. More

Aug 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Baxter Dury has announced a new album, Prince of Tears, and shared a video for its first single, “Miami.” Prince of Tears is due out October 27 via Heavenly. It features two special guests: Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods on “Almond Milk” and Rose Elinor Dougall on “Porcelain.” More

May 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britpop and Madchester survivors The Charlatans released a new album, Different Days, today via BMG. The band have previously shared the album’s first single, “Plastic Machinery,” which features the legendary guitarist of The Smiths, Johnny Marr, along with Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe, as well as a video for the song. More

Dec 31, 2023 By Jimi Arundell

Under the Radar makes its annual pilgrimage to Bognor Regis on Friday for the 2024 edition of Rockaway Beach. Here’s a preview of who and what we’re most looking forward to seeing. More

Mar 22, 2023 By Jimi Arundell

Sleaford Mods started their “UK Grim” tour on home turf and Under the Radar were there to witness it. More

Mar 13, 2023 By Jasper Willems

Sleaford Mods don’t do anything traditional, nor do they do anything trendy. More

Mar 20, 2019 By Michael James Hall

Parting ways with Rough Trade following the mild disappointment of their 2017 English Tapas platter, the Nottingham austerity-punk duo Sleaford Mods have, for their fifth album “proper,” formed their own imprint and made a new record that is as bleak as it is bold, as funny as it is despairing, and as surprisingly tuneful as it is atonal and hard. More