Aug 20, 2024 By Mark Redfern

The Hard Quartet are a new supergroup of sorts featuring Stephen Malkus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White. Now the band have announced their self-titled debut album and shared a new single from it, “Rio’s Song,” via a music video. 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

Apr 01, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a solid week for new music, with a strong and obvious #1 song. Today we posted an April Fools’ Day joke on our site. Did you notice it? More

Mar 30, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Superorganism have shared an animated video for their new single, “It’s Raining,” which features Stephen Malkmus and British rapper Dylan Cartlidge. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, World Wide Pop, which will be out on July 15 via Domino. More

Sep 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, released a new album, Traditional Techniques, in March via Matador. Now he has shared a new song, “Juliefuckingette,” which is a B-side from the Traditional Techniques sessions. He has also announced some rescheduled tour dates for 2021. More

Apr 17, 2020 By Mark Moody

I volunteered to write a 25th anniversary piece on Pavement’s middle album, Wowee Zowee. For some reason I had noted the album’s release date as April 21, 1995, but it was actually released on April 11, 1995. Turns out the American landscape changed forever in those 10 days (more on that later). More

Feb 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, is releasing a new album, Traditional Techniques, on March 6 via Matador. Now he has shared another song from it, “Shadowbanned,” via an amusing video that features a digital version of Malkmus’ face being superimposed on various other notable musicians and actors, including Mac DeMarco, Kim Gordon, Jason Schwartzman, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Conor Oberst, Superorganism’s Orono Noguchi, and others. Malkmus has also launched the “Being Stephen Malkmus” Instagram filter. More

Jan 22, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, has announced a new solo album, Traditional Techniques, and shared its first single, “Xian Man,” via a lyric video for the track. He has also announced some new tour dates. More

Aug 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

David Berman passed away yesterday and in our post last night we included social media tributes from many of his fellow musicians. Since then several others have also paid tribute to Berman, most notably his original Silver Jews bandmates Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. You can read their tributes here, along with some from other musicians. More

Mar 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, has released a new solo album, Groove Denied, today via Matador. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are Malkmus’ upcoming tour dates. More

Mar 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, is releasing a new solo album, Groove Denied, on March 15 via Matador. Now he has shared another song from it, “Come Get Me,” via an amusing lyric video that features various framed photos of Malkmus (by Robbie Augspurger) displayed in an art museum. More

Feb 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, is releasing a new solo album, Groove Denied, on March 15 via Matador. Now he has shared another song from it, “Rushing the Acid Frat,” via a trippy animated video. More

Jan 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This was a helluva week for new music. Monday was fairly quiet due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but Foals officially announced two albums and shared a cinematic video for a new song. More

Jan 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, has announced a new solo album, Groove Denied, which is his first ever electronic music album and his first solo album since 2001, although he released a new album, Sparkle Hard, just last year with his band Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. More

Aug 31, 2018 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 Kamasi Washington on the cover. More

Jul 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks released a new album, Sparkle Hard, back in May via Matador. Now they have shared a new video featuring Malkmus performing the album’s “Solid Silk” on acoustic guitar on a couch. Brook Linder directed the relaxed and intimate clip. More

May 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are releasing a new album, Sparkle Hard, on May 18 via Matador. Now they have shared Sparkle Hard: The Movie, a 10-minute documentary on making the album, among other things. It shows the band recording in the studio, along with Malkmus being interviewed, playing tennis, and riding horses. More

Apr 25, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are releasing a new album, Sparkle Hard, on May 18 via Matador. Now they have shared another new song from it, “Refute.” It features the guest vocals of Kim Gordon (formerly of Sonic Youth). Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More