Sep 10, 2024 By Andy Von Pip

Soccer Mommy, the indie project of Sophie Allison, has released a new single, Driver, ahead of her upcoming album Evergreen, set for release on October 25th More

Aug 02, 2024 By Mark Redfern (and Marina Malin) 

Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last week. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marina Mallin, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More

Aug 01, 2024 By Marina Malin

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has announced her new album, Evergreen, and shared its new single “M,” which follows the previously-released album opener “Lost.” More

Jul 02, 2024 By Marina Malin

Austin, Texas’ Levitation festival has announced their 2024 lineup. Highlights include Slowdive, Nilüfer Yanya, Soccer Mommy, The Jesus Lizard, Dry Cleaning, Mdou Moctar, The Drums, illuminati hotties, Drop Nineteens, Gang of Four, Osees, and others. More

Jun 14, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week for various reasons, so this list covers the best songs released in the last two weeks. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 40 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 14. More

Jun 11, 2024 By Marina Malin

All Things Go takes on New York City with its inaugural NYC festival on September 28 and 29 at Forest Hills Stadium. Headliners are Reneé Rapp, Janelle Monáe, Chappel Roan, MUNA, Ethen Cain, and Julien Baker. More

Jun 06, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a new song, “Lost,” via a lyric video. She is currently on the sold-out “The Lost Shows” tour, where Allison performs stripped-back and solo. More

Feb 17, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of great tracks this week, but none that screamed out Very Best Song of the Week, so there was some debate on what should top this week’s list. More

Feb 15, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) has shared a new song, “Lose You,” which features Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison). The single is out now via Sub Pop. More

Nov 16, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a video for the song “Feel It All the Time” from her most recent album, Sometimes, Forever. More

Oct 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a new version of the song “Darkness Forever” from her most recent album, Sometimes, Forever. More

Aug 18, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a Magdalena Bay remix of “Shotgun” from her most recent album, Sometimes, Forever. Allison has also shared a slowed and reverbed version of the song. More

Jun 24, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has released a new album, Sometimes, Forever, out today via Loma Vista. More

Jun 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2022. We settled on a Top 11 this week, in a list more populated with veteran artists than newcomers, including two solo songs from artists who became stars as the frontmen of ’90s Britpop bands. More

Jun 09, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a new single, “newdemo.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, Sometimes, Forever, which will be out on June 24 via Loma Vista. More

May 20, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 20th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a mixed week for new tracks, but there were still some good ones worth crowing about and we settled on a Top 13. More

May 18, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a video for her new single, “Bones.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, Sometimes, Forever, which will be out on June 24 via Loma Vista. Allison has also announced a string of U.S. tour dates. More

Apr 26, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She performed the track “Shotgun,” taken from her forthcoming album, Sometimes, Forever, which will be out on June 24 via Loma Vista. More

Apr 20, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a new single, “Unholy Affliction.” Produced by Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin), it is the latest release from Allison’s forthcoming album, Sometimes, Forever, which will be out on June 24 via Loma Vista. More

Mar 25, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week two icons from the 1980s united for a single and another artist from that era released their first new song in 14 years. There were also a couple of album tracks we loved. Tally it all up and we settled at 13 favorite songs this week. More

Mar 23, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has announced the release of a new album, Sometimes, Forever, which will be out on June 24 via Loma Vista. Allison has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Shotgun.” More

Sep 28, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Adult Swim has shared a new Soccer Mommy and Kero Kero Bonito collaboration as a part of their ongoing singles program. The song, “rom com 2021,” is a remix of Soccer Mommy’s “rom com 2004” with new and poppy production from Kero Kero Bonito. More

Jul 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 27th Songs of the Week of 2021. There wasn’t an onslaught of amazing new songs this week, but we liked enough to come up with a solid Top 10. More

Jul 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Nashville-based artist Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has shared a brand new song, “rom com 2004,” via an animated video for it. BJ Burton (Charli XCX, Bon Iver, Chance The Rapper, Miley Cyrus) produced the song, which has a bit more of a pop vibe in some parts, but elsewhere has a distorted sound similar to Low’s Double Negative (which Burton also produced). More

Apr 29, 2021 By Emma Goad

Nashville based artist Sophie Allison (aka Soccer Mommy) has announced her fall 2021 tour dates to support her 2020 album color theory. More

Apr 29, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Squirrel Flower (aka Ella O’Connor Williams) has shared a new single titled “I’ll Go Running” from her upcoming album Planet (i), which will be out on June 25 via Polyvinyl. Williams has also announced that she will be the supporting act for Soccer Mommy on a North American tour to take place this fall. More

Apr 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, 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 Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Oct 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) released a new album, color theory, in February via Loma Vista. It was right before the pandemic hit and she didn’t really get a chance to tour behind the album, but now she has announced a new livestream concert and has also shared a new video for “crawling in my skin.” More

Jul 02, 2020 By Samantha Small

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has stayed busy over quarantine. Along with an 8-bit animated tour, a club penguin set (yes, really) she launched the Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series (via Bandcamp) with big name acts such as Jay Som, Beabadoobee, and Gentle Dom (a.k.a. Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT). Today, her final installment finds her teaming up with SASAMI. More

May 21, 2020 By Samantha Small

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) is the gift that just keeps on giving. After spearheading an 8-bit animated tour, she has now launched the Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series. It kicks off with Soccer Mommy and Jay Som (aka Melina Duterte) trading covers More

May 14, 2020 By Samantha Small

SiriusXM has shared an acoustic Soccer Mommy cover of The Cars’ 1984 hit “Drive.” The song was originally recorded during a February visit to the network’s studio in Los Angeles. That same day, she also performed the cover during a free in-store concert at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. Check out the cover below, More

May 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has launched a music video for “crawling in my skin,” but in this age of social distancing and no live performances, there are various versions of the video that bring 8-bit animated versions of Allison and her band to various cities they were supposed to perform in before their tour was cancelled due to COVID-19. More

Mar 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tiny Desk Concerts are stripped down sets recorded at the desk of Bob Boilen, the host of NPR’s All Songs Considered. But as with everything else, adjustments have been made to account for COVID-19 and now NPR have launched a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series, with artists performing from home under quarantine. The first participant is Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison). More

Feb 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was busy week of new album announcements and surprise EPs. That led to another super-sized edition. More

Feb 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has released a new album, color theory, today via Loma Vista. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Plus you can also read our review of the album. More

Feb 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) is releasing a new album, color theory, this Friday via Loma Vista. Last night she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to make her TV debut performing two singles from the album: “circle the drain” on the broadcast show and “lucy” as a web-exclusive. More

Feb 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) is releasing a new album, color theory, this Friday via Loma Vista. Now she has shared another song from the album, album opener “bloodstream,” via a Bella Clark-directed animated video. More

Jan 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a very strong week for new songs, especially as a slew of notable new albums were announced this week. More

Jan 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has announced a new album, color theory, and shared a new single from it, “circle the drain,” via a video for the song. More

Dec 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has shared a new song, “Feed.” It is taken from the soundtrack to the upcoming horror film The Turning, which is a more modern version of Henry James’1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw. More

Nov 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were quite a few notable cover songs released this week, including some of the Christmas variety, but not as many strong originals as the last couple of weeks. Hence we are down to a Top 8 instead of our preferred Top 10. More

Nov 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has shared a seven-minute long brand new song “Yellow is the Color of Her Eyes,” via a video for the track directed by Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell). She has also announced some new 2020 tour dates. More

Sep 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We’ve got a Top 11 this week, we couldn’t quite narrow it down to a Top 10. And #1 could’ve very easily been any of the Top 3. More

Sep 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) has shared a brand new song “lucy.” More

Mar 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The last time there was a Woodstock festival was in 1999, to commemorate the original festival’s 30th anniversary, and it didn’t go so well, with reports of gang rapes, property destruction, violence, and fires, not to mention a fairly terrible lineup featuring Korn, Limp Bizkit, Bush, Kid Rock, Creed, and others. The organizers of Woodstock 50 are no doubt hoping for a more peaceful and loving event this time and the freshly announced lineup is noticeably less heavy, not a nu-metal band in sight. More

Jan 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) released her debut full-length album, Clean, back in March 2018 via Fat Possum. It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2018. More

Jan 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Governors Ball has announced the lineup for their 2019 festival, which goes down in New York City’s Randall’s Island Park the weekend of May 31 to June 2. The line-up includes Florence + the Machine; The Strokes; Tyler, The Creator; Mitski; and more. More

Dec 21, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Ahead of our forthcoming Top 100 Albums of 2018 list, we present our favorite debut albums of the year. To qualify, an album simply had to be the artist’s first full-length release under their current artist name. More

Sep 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We spent the week wondering if Hurricane Florence was going to hit us here at our headquarters in Southwest Virginia. Lucky for us, it seems to have angled further south, and while we may still get some heavy rains and winds in the coming days and week, it likely won’t be as devastating to Virginia as feared. More

Sep 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Los Angeles’ HEALTH have shared a new song, “MASS GRAVE,” that features the guest vocals of Soccer Mommy (aka Nashville’s Sophie Allison) and was produced by Corrin Roddick (aka one half of Canadian electro-pop duo Purity Ring). More

Aug 22, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) released her debut full-length album, Clean, back in March via Fat Possum. Now she has announced a new 7-inch and shared its B-side, a cover of the Bruce Springsteen classic “I’m On Fire” (from 1985’s Born in the U.S.A. album). More

Jul 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Like to plan ahead? Kacey Musgraves has announced some 2019 concerts and they feature support from two Under the Radar favorites: Natalie Prass and Soccer Mommy. Check out all the dates for all three artists below. More

Jul 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy (the project of Nashville native Sophie Allison) released her debut full-length album, Clean, back in March via Fat Possum. Now she has shared a video for “Scorpio Rising.” 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

Apr 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar‘s Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters and you will also help keep one of the last print music magazines strong and vital. More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Mar 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy is the project of 20-year-old Nashville native Sophie Allison. She got some buzz last year with some singles and bedroom recordings (which were compiled on Collection) and on earlier this month she released her debut full-length album, Clean, via Fat Possum. Previously “Cool” was one of our Songs of the Week and now the song has a video. Ambar Navarro directed the video, with animation by Grace Miceli (aka Art Baby Girl). In it the band go back to school, among other things. More

Mar 02, 2018 By Lee Adcock

Debate the credibility of the term “indie” all you want-but even in today’s landscape of monolithic labels and bustling support crews, we still expect the independent artist to follow their own vision. To say, then, that rising star Lucy Dacus may have almost single-handedly penned a cinematic masterpiece in Historian shouldn’t surprise you that much. More

Feb 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Soccer Mommy is the project of 20-year-old Nashville native Sophie Allison. She got some buzz last year with some singles and bedroom recordings (which were compiled on Collection) and on March 2 she is releasing her debut full-length album, Clean, via Fat Possum. More

Feb 02, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Wow, what a week for fantastic new tracks. Last week when we were putting together the Songs of the Week the pickings were slimmer and the best we could come up with was nine songs, rather than a full 10. More

Jun 23, 2022 By Caleb Campbell

Over the past four years, Soccer Mommy bandleader Sophie Allison has ascended from the world of sparse and scratchy Bandcamp releases into an indie rock forerunner, marrying some of the genre’s most desolate lyrcisim with a bold melodic ear born from turn-of-the-millennium pop. More

Aug 16, 2019 By Jimi Arundell

Having never been to Poland before, I am unsure what to expect from OFF Festival and as I approach the ominous looking makeshift entry gates built out of three shipping containers, a light plane immediately hurtles within spitting distance overhead to haphazardly land in the adjacent field. More

Mar 02, 2018 By Max Freedman

Nashville indie rocker Soccer Mommy’s story might sound familiar: Just as now-prominent artists such as (Sandy) Alex G, Car Seat Headrest, and Frankie Cosmos grew their intense Bandcamp followings into deals with leading indie labels, so too did she. More