Mar 16, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine’s first two SXSW 2016 events are today. Come by the Flamingo Cantina at 6th and Red River (515 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701) from 12-6 PM today to see Caveman, England’s Yuck, Sunflower Bean, England’s Fear of Men, Spain’s Hinds, Australia’s Hockey Dad, and England’s HÆLOS. The event is free, head over to the Eventbrite page for the parties to RSVP. And then tonight, if you have a badge or wristband, come by Central Presbyterian Church (200 E. 8th Street, Austin, TX 78701, which is at the corner of 8th and Brazos) from 7:30 PM to 1:40 AM to see Still Corners, Julien Baker, Eleanor Friedberger, Car Seat Headrest, TEEN, England’s Younghusband, and Mass Gothic (former Hooray for Earth frontman Noel Heroux). More

Mar 15, 2016 By Mark Redfern

A song is a chance overlapping of countless variables in an artist’s life. Anatomy of a Song is a place where those variables can be dissected and examined. In this edition, Car Seat Headrest frontman/main creative force Will Toledo writes about “The Ending of Dramamine.” More

Mar 14, 2016 By Matt Iwanusa

Nocturnal Admittance is our series where an artist writes about their most vivid recurring dream or nightmare. For this Nocturnal Admittance, Matt Iwanusa of Caveman writes about pre-show jitters that have inspired a recurring nightmare. The New York five-piece are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. More

Mar 11, 2016 By Tessa Murray

My Inner Geek is our recurring guest blog series where the artist writes about something geeky, such as their favorite sci-fi/fantasy TV show, film, book, or comic book; or favorite technology or other geeky thing. For this installment, Tessa Murray, singer for Still Corners, writes about Star Trek: The Next Generation, which ran from 1987 to 1991 and was the well-received follow-up to the original Star Trek series from the 1960s. More

Mar 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori is releasing his debut solo album, New Misery, next Friday (March 18) via Sub Pop. Now you can stream the whole album below, via Stereogum, who premiered it. More

Mar 10, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

What’s in a Name? is our recurring guest blog series where an artist writes about how they came up their band name. For this edition we hear from Cullen Omori. Of course, Omori is now recording under his own name, but he used to be the frontman of Smith Westerns and here he writes about the process of deciding to now release music simply as Cullen Omori. More

Mar 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

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

Mar 09, 2016 By Cullen Omori

Forgotten Songs is our recurring series where a musician or one of our writers examines a song they love that they feel has been overlooked. It could be a song by an artist who never made it big, or it could be a B-side/rarity or unheralded album track by a more well known artist. More

Mar 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori is releasing his debut solo album, New Misery, on March 18 via Sub Pop. He’s already shared the video for the album’s first single, “Cinnamon,” as well as the audio for “Sour Milk.” Now he’s shared another song from the record, “Synthetic Romance.” Check it out below. More

Mar 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

New York’s Caveman are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. The band has already shared “Never Going Back” and below is another song from the album, “Human.” More

Mar 08, 2016 By Max Bloom

Best and Worst Show is our recurring guest blog series where the artist writes about the best and worst shows they ever played. For this installment, Max Bloom of four-piece Yuck writes about a memorable CMJ show and the mad dash to make it to a festival in Ireland. The band’s third album,Stranger Things, was released a couple of week’s ago via the band’s own Mamé Records. More

Mar 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces released her new solo album, New View, in January via Frenchkiss. Now she has shared a video for “Never a Long Time.” It features footage she shot at SXSW way back in 1996, back when she was only 19 and SXSW was a lot smaller than it is now. More

Mar 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Julien Baker stopped by NPR’s offices to perform a Tiny Desk Concert. For the uninitiated, Tiny Desk Concerts are stripped down sets recorded at the desk of Bob Boilen, the host of NPR’s All Songs Considered. Watch below as Baker performs two songs from last fall’s acclaimed debut album,Sprained Ankle (out now via 6131 Records). More

Mar 04, 2016 By Mark Redfern

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

Mar 14, 2016 By Mark Redfern

We asked Jessica Weiss of Fear of Men some questions about endings and death. The British trio also includes Daniel Falvey and Michael Miles. They are releasing a new album, Fall Forever, on June 3 via Kanine. The album is the follow-up to the Brighton-based band’s 2014-released debut Loom. Weiss calls Fall Forever “a love album” and says in a press release that it’s a “very personal and genuine record exploring where my life is at the moment.”

Mar 11, 2016 By Mark Redfern

To end out the week, we ask Kristina “Teeny” Lieberson of TEEN some questions about endings and death. TEEN also features Teeny’s sisters Katherine and Lizzie Lieberson, along with Boshra AlSaadi. More

Mar 11, 2016 By Marty Hill

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

Mar 08, 2016 By Kyle Mullin

Pop music and the avant-garde don’t need to be mutually exclusive. Gwenno Saunders has boldly delved into both of those disparate extremes in the span of one LP. The sunny-voiced Welsh songstress garnered plenty of praise in 2006 when she and her bandmates in the British indie pop troop The Pipettes released their glossy, hook laden debut LP, We Are The Pipettes. More

Mar 08, 2016 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar’s 13th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2015. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2015 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Julien Baker. Baker released her acclaimed debut album, Sprained Ankle, last fall via 6131 Records. More