Nov 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

British pop singer Dua Lipa has shared a new song, “Houdini,” via a music video. The song was co-written and co-produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker. More

Jul 21, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Barbie the Album, the musical companion to the highly anticipated summer event film Barbie, is out now via Atlantic. More

Apr 28, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were a few notable album announcements this week that provided some fodder for this list, but there was also an album out today that we love and pulled two songs from. More

Apr 25, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Thundercat (aka Stephen Lee Bruner) and Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) have teamed up for a new song, “No More Lies.” It is Thundercat’s first new song in three years and is out now on Brainfeeder. More

Mar 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has shared a new song, “Wings of Time,” that was written for the soundtrack of the upcoming movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The movie is due out March 31 via Paramount and eOne and is based on the most famous role playing game. More

Sep 02, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2022. Lots of British artists this week! Including the entire Top 3. This week after much inner-dialogue, we settled on a Top 12. More

Aug 31, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Damon Albarn’s virtual band Gorillaz have announced the release of a new album, Cracker Island, and have also shared a new single from the album, “New Gold,” which features Tame Impala and The Pharcyde’s Bootie Brown. More

Jun 24, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has shared a remix of Elvis Presley’s 1970 song “Edge of Reality” for the soundtrack to the new Presley biopic, Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Both the film and the soundtrack have been released today. 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 19, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Diana Ross and Tame Impala have shared their new collaborative single “Turn Up the Sunshine.” It is to be featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, which will be out on July 1 via Decca. More

May 10, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The official soundtrack for the upcoming film Minions: The Rise of Gru, has been announced. It was produced by Jack Antonoff and will be out on July 1 via Decca. The first single from the soundtrack is a collaboration between Diana Ross and Tame Impala titled “Turn Up the Sunshine,” which is set for release on May 20. More

Feb 18, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Today, Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has released The Slow Rush B-Sides and Remixes, a deluxe reissue of his most recent album, 2020’s The Slow Rush. Parker has also shared the B-side “The Boat I Row,” featured on the new reissue. More

Dec 10, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 46th Songs of the Week of 2021. As the Christmas holidays creep in there are fewer new tracks of note to choose from. This week’s list is mainly populated with reliable established artists, rather than new up and comers. More

Dec 07, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has announced a string of North American tour dates for 2022. He has also shared the song “No Choice,” the latest release from the forthcoming deluxe version of his most recent album, 2020’s The Slow Rush. More

Nov 04, 2021 By Joshua Mellin

The Bay Area’s preeminent music festival returned for a special Halloween edition with Outside Lands in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park boasting headliners Lizzo; Vampire Weekend; Tyler, the Creator; and The Strokes. There were also some special costumed appearances by Tame Impala as The Wiggles and Caroline Polachek as Marie Antoinette. Under the Radar photographer Joshua Mellin was on the ground to capture the revelry, including photos of Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Yves Tumor, and others. More

Oct 06, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has announced a deluxe box set reissue of his 2020 album The Slow Rush, which will feature B-sides and remixes of songs from the original album. Parker has also shared a video for a Lil Yachty remix of “Breathe Deeper.” The Slow Rush Deluxe Box Set will be out on February 18, 2022 via Interscope. More

Dec 16, 2020 By Mikah Holcomb

Tame Impala released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope. Now the album’s longest track, “Breathe Deeper,” has a new music video, a swirling, psychedelic color rush featuring retro CGI dragonflies. More

Nov 24, 2020 By Joey Arnone

The nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards were just announced via livestream on the official Grammys website, and among the first to be announced were the nominations in the rock and alternative categories. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will air Sunday, January 30, 2021 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center live on CBS. Trevor Noah will host. More

Sep 25, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope. Now they have shared a remix of the album’s “Borderline” by Blood Orange (aka Dev Hynes), who slows down the song and stretches it out to over seven minutes long. More

Sep 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope (stream it here). Last night they performed “Borderline” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance below. More

Aug 24, 2020 By Samantha Small

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope (stream it here). Now they have done a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR Music, performing three songs remotely. They did “Breathe Deeper,” “Is It True,” and “Patience.” More

Aug 21, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

Four Tet, the musical moniker of Kieran Hebden, has been working hard this quarantine, first releasing a new album Sixteen Oceans back in March, then remixing Caribou’s track “Never Come Back,” and now, a remix of Tame Impala’s “Is It True,” the latest single from The Slow Rush. Check out the remix below. More

Aug 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope. Now the band have shared a video for the album’s “Is It True.” More

May 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, earlier this year via Interscope. For last night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Tame Impala performed the album’s “Is It True” from home, but did so by layering three Parkers, each one performing a different instrument and then edited together as one performance. More

Apr 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

On Saturday there was a televised and live-streamed benefit concert in Australia entitled Music From the Home Front that featured various musicians performing from home to pay tribute to Australian healthcare workers on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of note were performances by Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker), who did a solo acoustic version of “On Track,” and Courtney Barnett, who did a solo version of “Depreston.” More

Apr 24, 2020 By Mark Redfern

GUM, the solo project Australian psych-pop musician Jay Watson, who is also a member of both Tame Impala and POND, has announced a new album, Out In the World, and shared a new song from it, “Don’t Let It Go Out.” Out In the Worldis due out June 12 via Spinning Top. More

Apr 14, 2020 By Mark Redfern

Australian psych-pop musician Jay Watson, who releases music as GUM, but is also a member of both Tame Impala and POND, shared a new song, “Out In the World,” in March via Spinning Top Music/Kung Fu Nation. Now we are premiering a new video of Watson performing the song recently from his living room in Perth (he plans to release other such videos in the future). It accompanies a new interview with Watson as part of our COVID-19 Quarantine Artist Check In series. More

Apr 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The Streets (aka British musician Mike Skinner) has shared a new song, “Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better,” that features Tame Impala (aka Australia’s Kevin Parker and band). More

Mar 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician has shared a new song, “Out In the World,” via a video for the track. More

Mar 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) released a new album, The Slow Rush, last month via Interscope. Last night the band stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform two songs from the album: “Lost In Yesterday” (on the broadcast show) and “Breathe Deeper” (as a web-exclusive). More

Feb 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) have released a new album, The Slow Rush, today via Interscope. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jan 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) are releasing a new album, The Slow Rush, on February 14 via Interscope. Now they have shared a video for the previously shared single “Lost In Yesterday.” More

Jan 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2020. We haven’t done a Songs of the Week in a month, since December 6, but this list still mainly covers songs released in the last week or so. There weren’t too many new songs of note released in late November. More

Jan 08, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) are releasing a new album, The Slow Rush, on February 14 via Interscope. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Lost In Yesterday.” More

Dec 09, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) are releasing a new album, The Slow Rush, on February 14, 2020 via Interscope. Now Tame Impala have announced a slew of 2020 tour dates for next summer, with Perfume Genius (aka Mike Hadreas) to be the support act. More

Dec 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s installment covers songs from the last two weeks. Hence we have a Top 13 instead of a Top 10. More

Dec 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) are releasing a new album, The Slow Rush, on February 14, 2020 via Interscope. Now Parker has shared a new song from it, a six-minute slow-burner named “Posthumous Forgiveness.” More

Nov 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another light week, in terms of compelling new songs this week. Hence, just like last week’s list and the week before, we only have a Top 8 again, instead of a Top 10. More

Oct 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Last week Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) tentatively announced a new album, The Slow Rush. Now Parker has shared a new song from it, “It Might Be Time,” and confirmed more album details, such as the release date and the cover art. More

Oct 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) have tentatively announced a new album, The Slow Rush. More

Apr 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2019 festival to go down in the Texas capitol this October. The event is headlined by Guns N’ Roses, The Cure, Tame Impala, Childish Gambino, Robyn, Mumford & Sons, Billie Eilish, and Cardi B. More

Apr 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker and band) has announced some new North American tour dates for this July and August that include a show at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Check out all the dates below. More

Apr 12, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We were a bit indecisive this week. There were lots of new tracks to sort through and lots of good ones, but none that immediately screamed #1 Song of the Week. But then we realized there was actually a clear winner after-all. More

Apr 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Last month Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) released a new song, “Patience,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Now he has shared another brand new song, the house music-infused “Borderline.” More

Mar 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) recently released a new song, “Patience,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Last night Parker and his band stopped by Saturday Night Live to perform the song, as well as performing another new song “Borderline.” More

Mar 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Today was a fantastic day for new album releases, with fresh full-lengths from Strand of Oaks, Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Tamaryn, Sleeper, These New Puritans, American Football, Lambchop, Avey Tare, Nilüfer Yanya, Ex Hex, and others. Album tracks from some of them made this week’s Songs of the Week list, which also contains several new singles released this week. More

Mar 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) has finally released a new song, “Patience.” It’s been four years since his last album, his excellent third album, Currents (which was #2 on Under the Radar‘s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). More

Oct 31, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Theophilus London and Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) have been teasing a collaboration together for a little while, performing live together in Los Angeles earlier this month. A couple of weeks ago their track together, a cover of Steve Monite’s 1984 song “Only You,” premiered on Beats 1 radio. Now the track has a video featuring both London and Parker. More

Jul 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

California’s Desert Daze festival has been announcing its lineup in stages. Now they have announced the third round of artists, including second headliner My Bloody Valentine, as well as Julia Holter, Shellac, Escape-ism, and Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers. More

Jul 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Back in March, ZHU (aka Chinese American electronic artist Steven Zhu) shared a new song, “My Life,” which was a collaboration with Australia’s Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker). Apart from Parker’s vocals, the dance-y song sounded little like Tame Impala. Now the song has a video that stars Willow Smith (daughter of Will Smith of course), in which she survives a car crash. More

Jun 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician released a new GUM album, The Underdog, back in April. Now he has shared a video for “Couldn’t See Past My Ego.” 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

Mar 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Chicago’s the Pitchfork Music Festival has been slowly announcing their lineup via a mural with the artists’ names being painted on it over the last few weeks. Now the final and full lineup has been revealed for the festival, which goes down July 20 to 22 in Chicago’s Union Park. More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

ZHU (aka Chinese American electronic artist Steven Zhu) has shared a new song, “My Life.” It’s a collaboration with Australia’s Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker). More

Feb 02, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician has announced a new GUM album, The Underdog, and shared two songs from it, title track “The Underdog” and “S.I.A.” More

Nov 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

As we get into the holiday season and build up to Thanksgiving next year there were inevitably less new songs of note this week, but there were still enough gems for a Songs of the Week post. We’ve got three songs from upcoming debut albums due out in 2018 and two songs from Tame Impala tied for #2. More

Nov 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Back in 2015 Australia’s Tame Impala released their excellent third album, Currents (which was #2 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). They have just released a deluxe box set edition of the album, Currents Collectors Edition, that includes the Currents B-Sides & Remixes EP featuring three previously unreleased songs and two remixes (one of which is previously unreleased). More

Aug 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australia’s Tame Impala are still touring behind their excellent third album, Currents (which was #2 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). They just played the Panorama festival in New York and last night they stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform “Love/Paranoia,” a Currents track they have only recently started performing live. More

Jul 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has released two new songs, “Gotta Get a Grip” and “England Lost” (featuring Skepta). He has also shared videos for both songs, with the “Gotta Get a Grip” one starring Jemima Kirke (Jessa from Girls) and the “England Lost” one starring Luke Evans (Gaston from Beauty and the Beast). More

Mar 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has shared a funny mockumentary video about his song “Telling Me This.” It features Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson, Weyes Blood, Jack Black, Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Gum, POND), Sebastien Tellier, Ladyhawke, and others. More

Jan 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) shared a six-and-a-half minute new song, “Pure Comedy,” which comments on our current society, politics, and religion. There was also an accompanying video featuring images of President Donald Trump, among others. More

Jan 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

New York’s Panorama festival, from Goldenvoice (who put on Coachella), have announced their second annual event, to go down at Randall’s Island Park in New York from Friday, July 28 to Sunday, July 30. More

Nov 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

GUM is the solo project of Jay Watson, who’s a member of both Tame Impala and POND. The Australian psych-pop musician has just announced a new GUM album. It’s almost a surprise release, as it’s due out next Friday, November 11, via Spinning Top Music. More

Oct 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Australian psych-rockers POND have shared a brand new song, “Sweep Me Off My Feet.” Frontman Nick Allbrook used to play bass in Tame Impala and now Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has returned the favor and produced their new song. More

Sep 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

This has been on the Internet for awhile, but we just discovered it. YouTube user Seniorchang recut the climax to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey to Tame Impala‘s “Eventually,” a song from the Australian band’s excellent third album, Currents (which was #2 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). More

Jul 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Last Shadow Puppets (the duo of Miles Kane and Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner) released their long-awaited sophomore album, Everything You’ve Come to Expect, back in April via Domino. Last night at their show in Manchester they covered The Smiths’ “Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me” with The Smiths’ own Johnny Marr on guitar. More

May 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Mark Ronson‘s massive hit fourth album, last year’s Uptown Special, included three songs that were co-written by and featured Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. So it’s not a huge surprise to see Ronson and Parker in the studio together again. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have topped up their touring schedule, firming up their summer dates that include some previously announced shows and a few new ones. More

Mar 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup and it’s another impressive one. The event is due to take place August 27 and 28 at LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park. Saturday will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar and Tame Impala and Sunday will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem (who seem to be playing every festival this year) and Grace Jones. More

Mar 01, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala recently remixed Miguel‘s “Waves” and now the track has a video. It fittingly features Miguel and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker on the beach. The video is only for part of the remix (it lasts just 1:35). The original version of the song was found on Miguel’s Wildheartalbum and the remix appeared on Rogue Waves, a collection of remixes of “Waves.” Watch below. More

Feb 10, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Mark Ronson‘s massive hit fourth album, last year’s Uptown Special, featured two songs with guest vocals from Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. Now the two songs have been combined into one video about a young woman (played by model Sarah McDaniel, the cover star of Playboy‘s first non-nude issue) trying to avoid her parents on a tropical family holiday. More

Feb 02, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala stopped by the French TV talk show Le Grand Journal to perform three songs. The Australian band did two songs off their excellent third album, Currents (which was #2 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list): “Let It Happen” and “The Less I Know the Better.” Then they also did “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards,” a track from their previous album, Lonerism. Check out the three clips below, followed by their upcoming tour dates.

Jan 20, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Bonnaroo have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 9-12 and this year, their 15th year, the lineup includes LCD Soundsystem, M83, Tame Impala, CHVRCHES, Father John Misty, HAIM, Death Cab For Cutie, Kurt Vile, Natalie Prass, Purity Ring, Pearl Jam, and many others. More

Jan 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have announced some more tour dates in honor of the Australian band’s excellent third album, Currents (which was #2 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2015 list). Check out the dates below, followed by the amazing cheerleader and giant ape video for “The Less I Know the Better.” More

Dec 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have done a session for Deezer. They have performed “Let It Happen” in front of a Mirrored Geodesic Dome. The track is of course from the band’s acclaimed third album, Currents. Check out the video below. More

Dec 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

This morning nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, with the ceremony to go down on February 15, 2016. Kendrick Lamar is nominated 11 times. Other nominees include Mark Ronson, Tame Impala, Wolf Alice, Courtney Barnett, Florence and the Machine, The Weeknd, Caribou, Jamie xx, Alabama Shakes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Dead Weather, and more. More

Nov 27, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have shared a video for “The Less I Know the Better.” It’s another track from the band’s acclaimed third album, Currents. In the clip, directed by Canada, a basketball player has to compete with the team’s mascot (a guy named Trevor in a gorilla costume) for the affections of a cheerleader. This all leads to some fairly trippy imagery, some of it animated and some of it fairly NSFW. More

Oct 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala performed “The Less I Know the Better” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. It’s another track from the band’s acclaimed third album, Currents, but is one that hasn’t received as much airplay as other singles from the record. The Australian band played with psychedelic images swirling behind them. Check out the video below. More

Sep 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker appeared on Phil Taggart’s BBC Radio 1 show last night and put together a Bedtime Mix, a regular feature on the show that’s supposed to help listeners get off to sleep and prepare for a new week. The 30-minute mix features songs by Air, Panda Bear, Frank Ocean, Kraftwerk, King Crimson, Gotye, and The Flaming Lips. More

Sep 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have shared a new remix of “Let It Happen,” the epic near 8 minutes long opening track to the band’s third album, Currents. Belgian electronic rock band Soulwax are behind the remix. More

Aug 17, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

“Let It Happen” may have been the first song Tame Impala shared (back in March) from their recently released third album, Currents, but it has now only just gotten the music video treatment. More

Aug 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Foals took part in the “Like A Version” series for Australia’s Triple J radio station yesterday, where they have artists do exclusive cover songs live on the radio. More

Aug 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

“Let It Happen” may have been the first song Tame Impala shared (back in March) from their recently released third album, Currents, but it hasn’t gotten the music video treatment yet. More

Aug 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

HAIM have remixed Tame Impala‘s “‘Cause I’m a Man.” Not only have the Haim sisters slowed down the song, but they have added their own vocals to it. More

Jul 31, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mark Ronson took part in the “Like A Version” series for Australia’s Triple J radio station yesterday, where they have artists do exclusive cover songs live on the radio. More

Jul 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala‘s much-anticipated third album, Currents, is due out in just over a week now, on July 17 via Interscope. We’ve already heard several tracks from it, but now you can stream the whole entire album here, via NPR First Listen. More

Jul 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala are on the cover of Under the Radar‘s current print magazine, which is still on newsstands now. As the July 17 release date for Tame Impala‘s new album, Currents, is inching closer we have now posted the in-depth cover story to our website and you can read it here. More

Jul 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The July 17 release date for Tame Impala‘s new album, Currents, is inching closer and now the band has shared a short behind-the-scenes video about the creation of the album. More

Jun 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

During Mark Ronson‘s Glastonbury set Saturday night, Kevin Parker from Tame Impala came out to do two songs, “Daffodils” and “Leaving Los Feliz.” More

May 28, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala already released a computer animated video for “‘Cause I’m a Man” last week, but now they’ve released a second video for the track. This one was directed by Dan Dipaola and Megan McShane and features a bunch of puppets performing the song (it’s humorously labeled as an “official live video”). More

May 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have released a video for “‘Cause I’m a Man.” The soulful track is found on the Australian band’s upcoming third album, Currents, due out July 17 via Interscope. The abstract computer animated video was directed by WEIRDCORE and seems to show the various facets of a man’s adult life, from getting married to a descent into drugs and alcohol. More

May 16, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last night our current cover artist Tame Impala played at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. More

May 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala‘s upcoming third album, Currents, is due out July 17. The Australian band are on the cover of Under the Radar‘s current print magazine. Pick up a copy now to read the first interview with Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker about Currents. More

May 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts (Interview by Matt Fink)

Tame Impala have so far released four songs from their upcoming third album, Currents, but they have now finally confirmed a July 17 release date (on new label Interscope) and have released the tracklist (find that below, along with their upcoming tour dates). More

May 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts (Interview by Matt Fink)

Tame Impala have released “Eventually,” the fourth song revealed from the Australian band’s upcoming third album, Currents, due out this summer on Interscope. It’s a nice slow-burner and you can listen to it below. More

Apr 30, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker took part in an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit where he took questions pertaining all manner of topics, including his upcoming third album Currents. More

Apr 16, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Under the Radar‘s newly annointed cover artist Kevin Parker and his band Tame Impala were welcomed as the musical guest on Conan. More

Apr 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the April/May 2015 issue, which is about to hit newsstands. It features Tame Impala on the cover. Actor Charlie Cox talks about his starring role in the new Netflix series, Marvel’s Daredevil. We interview The Jesus and Mary Chain‘s Jim Reid and Creation Records’ founder Alan McGee about the 30th anniversary of the Scottish band’s iconic debut album, 1985’s Psychocandy. The issue also includes interviews with Death Cab For Cutie, Mew, My Morning Jacket, Father John Misty, Domhnall Gleeson of Ex Machina, Courtney Barnett, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Laura Marling, Django Django, Will Butler, Purity Ring, San Fermin, TORRES, Twin Shadow, Matthew E. White, Amason, Jacco Gardner, Tobias Jesso Jr., Petite Noir, Natalie Prass, SOAK, and more. More

Apr 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar‘s new print issue features Tame Impala on the cover. It is the first interview frontman Kevin Parker has granted in honor of Tame Impala’s upcoming third album, Currents, which he was still putting the finishing touches on when we interviewed him. “I think this album without a doubt is my most musically diverse one,” Parker promises in our interview. Watch a very brief teaser video showing the behind the scenes of our cover photo shoot and briefly flashing the issue’s cover. More

Jun 21, 2018 By Ben Jardine

For fans of Tame Impala and its many side projects, few might be familiar with the solo work of one of both group’s common denominators: Jay Watson, aka GUM. Watson—a multi-instrumentalist—is known for playing drums, bass, keyboards, and synths in both Tame Impala and POND. More

Jul 03, 2015 By Matt Fink

Kevin Parker can’t take a compliment. He has just offered me his creative philosophy, explaining how artists are at their best when they move away from the parts of their craft that they’ve already mastered and move toward the parts that remain just beyond their reach. More

Jul 02, 2015 By Matt Fink

It’s Saturday morning in early March in Perth, and Kevin Parker’s normally laid-back demeanor is beginning to crack. He has five days to finish up his third Tame Impala record—mastering sessions begin in New York City on Wednesday—and over half of the album’s songs are still incomplete. More

Apr 26, 2011 By Mark Redfern

While backstage at the 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Under the Radar‘s publisher/senior editor Mark Redfern conducted video interviews with some of the fest’s most noteworthy bands including Tame Impala. More

Jan 17, 2011 By Under the Radar Staff

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. However our printed pages weren’t enough to hold all the great responses we got. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River,Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Then check here for bonus responses not found in the magazine. Here are additional answers from Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. More

Mar 18, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Tame Impala’s Slow Rush tour washed over Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for the first of two-night stand in the Borough. Jungle Pussy opened. Under the Radar photographer Dana Pacifico was there to capture the scene. More

Jul 16, 2015 By J. Pace

Currents opens with “Let It Happen,” which instantly launches itself into the Tame Impala pantheon. Well, maybe not instantly—it takes close to eight minutes. More

May 18, 2015 By Michael Wojtas

Touring poses something of a dilemma for all introverted studio wizards. How exactly does one translate intensely personal visions to stage when capturing them on record is already difficult enough? Over the years, plenty of inward-looking legends have chosen to avoid the potential pitfalls associated with live music by simply opting out of performing altogether. More

Aug 10, 2013 By Laura Studarus

The sixth annual edition of Gothenberg Sweden’s Way Out West festival looked like it would be threatened by rain. But by the time the gates opened at the Slottsskogen Park, it was a postcard-ready first day. While headliners Neil Young and Crazy Horse were no-shows due to an accident that forced them to cancel the remaining dates on their tour, the spirit was hardly dampened thanks to impressive sets from Jupiter and Okwess International, Junip, Tame Impala, Omar Souleyman, and Autre Ne Veut. More

Mar 03, 2013 By Danielle Sills

Last night, Tame Impala set the club on fire. No, really. More

Oct 05, 2012 By J. Pace

Warning: Listeners are encouraged to first experience Lonerism with 2010’s Innerspeaker stricken from the mind. Only after 10 listens may the two albums be soberly compared. More

Apr 16, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Day one of Coachella 2011 displayed several improvements over last year. There was less of a crowd (even though it was sold out this year, they put more of a limitation on how many tickets could be sold). Security was tighter and parking seemed less of a pain. And it even seemed as though the Mojave and Gobi tents were a little bigger this year and able to accommodate more fans. Highlights of the day included two bands from down under and some soft rockers; where-as two notable artists stormed off the stage. More