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11 Best Songs of the Week: The WAEVE, Jens Lekman, Sharon Van Etten, Marlon Williams, and More

Plus Porridge Radio, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Florist, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 06, 2022

Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, including a new supergroup, two songs from a new album that featured no advance singles, and tracks from artists across the globe (including Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and England). We’ve got 11 songs this week, since one artist has two different songs on the list. More

Sunflower Bean Share Video for New Song “In Flight”

Headful of Sugar Due Out Tomorrow via Mom + Pop

May 05, 2022

New York trio Sunflower Bean are releasing a new album, Headful of Sugar, tomorrow via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared the album’s fifth, and final, pre-release single, “In Flight,” via a video. More

Apr 06, 2022

New York trio Sunflower Bean are releasing a new album, Headful of Sugar, on May 6 via Mom + Pop. Now they have shared the album’s fourth single, “I Don’t Have Control Sometimes,” via a video featuring a man who can’t take off a Sunflower Bean T-shirt, no matter how hard he tries. More

Sunflower Bean Share Video for New Single “Roll the Dice”

Headful of Sugar Due Out May 6 via Mom + Pop

Mar 07, 2022

New York trio Sunflower Bean have shared a video for their new single “Roll the Dice.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Headful of Sugar, which will be out on May 6 via Mom + Pop. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Caroline Polachek, The Beths, Everything Everything, and More

Plus Sunflower Bean, Spoon, Sharon Van Etten, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 11, 2022

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2022. More

Feb 08, 2022

New York trio Sunflower Bean have announced the release of a new album, Headful of Sugar, which will be out on May 6 via Mom + Pop. They have also shared a video for a new single from the album, “Who Put You Up To This?,” and have announced a North America/U.K. tour for this year. More

Oct 14, 2021

New York trio Sunflower Bean have announced a new U.S. 2021-2022 tour. The band has concurrently released a new single, “Baby Don’t Cry,” which is out now via Mom + Pop. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Porridge Radio, Still Corners, The Mountain Goats, Jeff Tweedy, and More

Plus Tim Heidecker, Sufjan Stevens, Future Islands, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 18, 2020

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2020. Just as we were finishing up this week’s list we got word that beloved Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse. R.I.P. a true legend, the Notorious RBG. More

Sep 17, 2020

New York trio Sunflower Bean have shared a brand new song, “Moment in the Sun,” via a video for the track. “Moment in the Sun” is a bright pop song about “the importance of spending time with the ones you love,” as a press release puts it, and is their first new song of 2020. More

Yves Tumor Shares New Song “Romanticist/Dream Palette”

Heaven to a Tortured Mind Due Out This Friday via Warp

Mar 30, 2020

Yves Tumor (aka Sean Bowie) is releasing a new album, Heaven to a Tortured Mind, this Friday via Warp. Now he has shared another song from it, “Romanticist/Dream Palette.” More

Under the Radar Announces Issue 65 with Mitski and boygenius on the Covers

Issue 65 is Out Now and Also Includes Interviews with Sharon Van Etten, Deerhunter, Foals, and Kurt Vile; Plus a Tribute to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, and Much More

Mar 01, 2019

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, 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 Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Beck Announces Tour Dates with Cage The Elephant and Spoon

Sunflower Bean and Others to Also Open “The Night Running Tour”

Feb 11, 2019

Beck and Cage The Elephant have teamed up for some co-headlining tour dates, with support from Spoon. Other support acts include Sunflower Bean, Wild Belle, and Starcrawler. The tour is dubbed “The Night Running Tour,” the dates happen this July and August, and tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More

Album of the Week: Preoccupations

New Material Out Now via Jagjaguwar

Mar 23, 2018

Those looking for a return to Viet Cong, look away now. At this point it might just be easier to think of Preoccupations as a different band, as their latest album New Material shares a lot more in common with the first, self-titled Preoccupations album than their debut under their former name. Luckily, this is no bad thing, even if different, as Preoccupations have yet again created a gothy, atmospheric post-punk cracker. More

Sunflower Bean Share New Song “Human For”

Twentytwo in Blue Due Out March 23 via Mom + Pop

Mar 16, 2018

New York trio Sunflower Bean are releasing a new album, Twentytwo in Blue, on March 23 (which is next Friday) via Mom + Pop. Previously the band shared videos for “I Was a Fool” and “Crisis Fest,” as well as the audio for almost title track “Twentytwo” (which was one of our Songs of the Week) and a video for “Twentytwo.” More

Sunflower Bean Share “Twentytwo” Video

Twentytwo in Blue Due Out March 23 via Mom + Pop

Mar 06, 2018

New York trio Sunflower Bean are releasing a new album, Twentytwo in Blue, on March 23 via Mom + Pop. Previously the band shared videos for “I Was a Fool” and “Crisis Fest,” as well as the audio for almost title track “Twentytwo” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Janelle Monáe, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Parquet Courts, and More

Plus Mount Eerie, Father John Misty, Twin Shadow, Mark Kozelek, Alexis Taylor, Wye Oak, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 23, 2018

It was a crazy good week for new songs. So much so that we could only narrow down this week’s Songs of the Week to 12 tracks, as opposed to our normal 10. Speedy Ortiz almost made the list with “Lucky 88,” the first single off their newly announced new album Twerp Verse, but then it would’ve been 13 songs and we gave into superstition. More

Sunflower Bean Share New Song “Twentytwo”

Twentytwo in Blue Due Out March 23 via Mom + Pop

Feb 22, 2018

New York trio Sunflower Bean are releasing a new album, Twentytwo in Blue, on March 23 via Mom + Pop. Previously the band shared videos for “I Was a Fool” and “Crisis Fest.” Now they have shared another song from the album, almost title track “Twentytwo.” Listen to the ballad below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Sunflower Bean Announce New Album, Share New Song “Crisis Fest”

Twentytwo in Blue Due Out March 2 via Mom + Pop

Jan 12, 2018

New York trio Sunflower Bean have announced a new album, Twentytwo in Blue, and shared a new song, “Crisis Fest.” Twentytwo in Blue is due out March 2. It includes “I Was a Fool,” a song the band shared back in November. More

SXSW Music 2018 Announces 570 More Artists

Low, Ought, Gaz Coombes, Girl Ray, Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Hinds, and More Added to the List

Jan 10, 2018

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it’s a long list featuring 570 artists! More

Sunflower Bean Share New Song “I Was a Fool”

You Can Also Watch the Video via Apple Music

Nov 03, 2017

New York trio Sunflower Bean released their debut album, Human Ceremony, on Fat Possum in 2016. Now the band has signed with a new label, Mom + Pop, and have shared a new song, “I Was a Fool.” You can listen to the song below. More

Watch: Sunflower Bean – “Come On” Video

Human Ceremony Out Now via Fat Possum

Aug 09, 2016

New York trio Sunflower Bean released their debut album, Human Ceremony, on Fat Possum back in January. Now the band has shared a new video for “Come On.” Ruby June directed the clip, which is a fairly simple but very stylish video featuring the band in a blank studio space. More

Under the Radar Announces May/June 2016 Issue with M83 on the Cover

Issue 57 Also Includes Interview with Lush, Primal Scream, John Carpenter, Frightened Rabbit, Underworld, Yeasayer, Frankie Cosmos, Julien Baker, Cat's Eyes, School of Seven Bells, Parquet Courts, Fear of Men, Minor Victories, Kevin Morby, and More

May 06, 2016

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More

Watch: Sunflower Bean - “Easier Said” Video

Human Ceremony Out Now via Fat Possum, Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party Next Wednesday

Mar 09, 2016

New York trio Sunflower Bean released their debut album, Human Ceremony, on Fat Possum back in January. Now the band has shared a new video for “Easier Said.” Charlotte Hornsby and Jesse Ruuttila directed the clip, which showcases lead singer Julia Cumming as she rides a motorcycle and the band performs the song in a field. More

Under the Radar Announces Three SXSW Events: Car Seat Headrest, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, and More

Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Julien Baker, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Fear of Men, Yuck, Gwenno, Girls Names, Cullen Omori, TEEN, and Others to Play

Mar 04, 2016

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2016 events: two day parties on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 and one official nighttime showcase on Wednesday, March 16. The lineups include Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Yuck, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Girls Names, Gwenno, MONEY, Cullen Omori, TEEN, Mass Gothic, Younghusband, and more. More

SXSW Music 2016 Announces First Round of Artists

Crystal Castles, Yuck, Fear of Men, HÆLOS, Micachu and the Shapes, Caveman, and More on List

Oct 20, 2015

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the first round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2016 (its 30th year). The list is short on big names, but a huge part of SXSW is discovering new artists. More

Check Out Photos of DIIV at Baby’s All Right

With Sunflower Bean, April 28, 2015

Apr 29, 2015

Last night DIIV and Sunflower Bean performed at Baby’s All Right in New York. More



Interviews

Sunflower Bean on “Headful of Sugar”

"This record goes to a lot of places our other records didn’t."

May 06, 2022

Sunflower Bean have released their eagerly anticipated third album today. Entitled Headful of Sugar, it’s the follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed Twentytwo In Blue. More

16th Annual Artist Survey: Sunflower Bean

Julia Cumming, Jacob Faber, and Nick Kivlen on #MeToo, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, and The Muppets

Mar 28, 2019

For Under the Radar‘s 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2018 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

Sunflower Bean

The Opposite of Flower Power

Mar 11, 2016

You don’t have to wear floral shirts and flares to record your guitars backwards, just ask Sunflower Bean‘s Jacob Faber. His band owe more stylistically to the black-clad cool of The Velvet Underground than Woodstock ‘69, they make some of the most arresting psychedelic rock of recent times, but Sunflower Bean don’t have time for revivalism. More


Reviews

May 03, 2022

When it came to following up their critically acclaimed second album Twentytwo In Blue, New York trio Sunflower Bean—comprised of vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming (she/her), guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen (he/him), and drummer Olive Faber (she/they)—went back to basics. After the global pandemic curtailed their seemingly insatiable appetite for gigging the threesome turned a negative into a positive and decided to record their third album, Headful of Sugar, predominantly at their home studio. More

Mar 28, 2018

Upon the release of their debut album in 2016, there didn’t appear to be a lot to shout about in regard to Sunflower Bean. Hyped up, as with many a modern day band, their stylings felt neat and measuredhardly words you’d want associated with a first impression, especially as a band made up of three, all of whom were barely scraping twenty. More