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Coachella Announces 2024 Lineup: Reformed No Doubt, Blur, Lana Del Rey, Faye Webster, and More

Plus The Beths, Brittany Howard, The Drums, Jockstrap, The Last Dinner Party, Oneohtrix Point Never, Young Fathers, and Many Others

Jan 16, 2024

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2024 festival. No Doubt are reuniting for the event. More

Car Seat Headrest Cover Death Cab for Cutie and The Beths Cover The Postal Service on New Single

Car Seat Headrest Cover “We Looked Like Giants” and The Beths Cover “Brand New Colony” for New Sub Pop Single

Oct 12, 2023

Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism and The Postal Service’s Give Up have both turned 20 this year and as both bands are fronted by Ben Gibbard they have been on a joint tour where they perform both albums in their entirety. In honor of all this, Car Seat Headrest (aka Will Toledo and band) have covered Transatlanticism track “We Looked Like Giants” and The Beths have covered Give Up song “Brand New Colony.” The covers form a double A-side single for Sub Pop. More

The Beths Announce Deluxe Album, Share New Track “I Told You That I Was Afraid (Acoustic)”

Expert In a Dying Field (Deluxe) Due Out September 15 via Carpark

Jul 13, 2023

New Zealand indie pop band The Beths have announced a deluxe version of their 2022 album, Expert In a Dying Field, and shared a new track, “I Told You That I Was Afraid (Acoustic).” More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Alex Lahey, boygenius, Jess Williamson, Hand Habits, and More

Plus The Beths, Jenny Lewis, Lightning Dust, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 31, 2023

Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2023. The pickings were a little slimmer this week, but we found enough singles (and one album track) to come up with a solid Top 10. More

Mar 29, 2023

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have shared a new song, “Watching the Credits,” announced some new tour dates, and performed a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music. More

Dec 23, 2022

Are things back to normal in 2022? They are, aren’t they? Well not quite. More

Oct 13, 2022

New Zealand four piece Hans Pucket have shared a video for their new single, “Bankrupt.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, No Drama, which will be out on November 4 via Carpark. They have also announced a U.S. tour with The Beths. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, Editors, Maya Hawke, Alvvays, and More

Plus Braids, Imarhan, The Beths, Ezra Furman, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Aug 19, 2022

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks, as I was on vacation last week. This week we’re doing things slightly differently, with just a main Top 12 list and some honorable mentions, without the longer list of songs also released in the last week. More

The Beths Share Video for New Single “Knees Deep,” Announce North American Tour

Expert in a Dying Field Due Out September 16 via Carpark

Aug 16, 2022

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have shared a video for their new single, “Knees Deep.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Expert in a Dying Field, which will be out on September 16 via Carpark. They have also announced a 2023 North American headline tour in support of the album. More

Aug 04, 2022

New Zealand four piece Hans Pucket have announced the release of their second album, No Drama, which was produced by Jonathan Pearce of The Beths and will be out on November 4 via Carpark. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “My Brain Is a Vacant Space.” More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie, The Beths, Francis Lung, black midi, and More

Plus Danger Mouse and Black Thought, Ezra Furman, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 15, 2022

Welcome to the 27th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a strong week for new tracks. Really any of the Top 6 could’ve been our #1 song. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More

The Beths Share Video for New Single “Expert in a Dying Field”

Expert in a Dying Field Due Out September 16 via Carpark

Jul 14, 2022

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have shared a video for their new single, “Expert in a Dying Field.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album of the same name, which will be out on September 16 via Carpark. More

15 Best Songs of the Week: The Beths, Naima Bock, Bartees Strange, Julia Jacklin, and More

Plus Jockstrap, Dry Cleaning, Marlon Williams, Whitney, Preoccupations, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jun 17, 2022

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list features several artists from Down Under, with some great tracks from artists from both Australia and New Zealand. There were too many fantastic songs this week, so we have a super-sized Top 15 main list and lots of strong honorable mentions too. More

The Beths Announce New Album, Share Video for New Single “Silence is Golden”

Expert in a Dying Field Due Out September 16 via Carpark

Jun 13, 2022

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have announced the release of a new album, Expert in a Dying Field, which will be out on September 16 via Carpark. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Silence is Golden.” 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

The Beths Share Video for New Single “A Real Thing”

Jump Rope Gazers Out Now via Carpark

Feb 09, 2022

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have shared a video for their new single, “A Real Thing.” It marks the band’s first release of new music since their most recent album, Jump Rope Gazers. More

14 Best Songs of the Week: The War on Drugs, Hatchie, Sam Evian, Magdalena Bay, and More

Plus Tonstartssbandht, Snail Mail, My Morning Jacket, Coco, Ducks Ltd., and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 17, 2021

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, with lots of strong contenders. We tried to show a bit of restraint and keep it to an already over-stuffed Top 12, but then we just went for it with a Top 14. I mean, whose going to tell us we can’t pick 14 favorite songs? It’s our website and we have no corporate overlords. More

Sep 14, 2021

Toronto-based duo Ducks Ltd. are releasing their debut full-length album, Modern Fiction, on October 1 via Carpark. Now they have shared its third single, “Under the Rolling Moon,” which features backing vocals from labelmates The Beths. It was shared via a video featuring the band in a Hearse in the desert. Ambar Navarro and Max Flick directed the video and they were aiming for the feel of a low to mid budget video from 1985, such as some of the videos by The Cure. More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Parquet Courts, Colleen Green, Pip Blom, Low, and More

Plus Dean Wareham, Matthew E. White, Penelope Isles, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Aug 20, 2021

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2021. It wasn’t the most overwhelmingly amazing week for new songs, so instead of a Top 10 we’ve picked eight songs we liked. More

Aug 17, 2021

Toronto-based duo Ducks Ltd. are releasing their debut full-length album, Modern Fiction, on October 1 via Carpark. Now they have shared its second single, “How Lonely Are You?,” which features labelmates The Beths. It was shared via a John Smith-directed video. More

Oct 20, 2020

New Zealand four-piece The Beths released a new album, Jump Rope Gazers, in July via Carpark. Now they have shared an amusing video for the album’s “Mars, the God of War” in which they all embark on a spy mission/heist, complete with double crosses, disguises, and homing pigeons. More

Jul 10, 2020

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have released a new album, Jump Rope Gazers, today via Carpark. For release day they have shared a video for its title track, “Jump Rope Gazers.” Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. And today we posted our review of the album. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Doves, The Fiery Furnaces, Phoebe Bridgers, The Beths and More

Plus The Killers, Guerilla Toss, Hannah Georgas, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jun 19, 2020

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2020. These days life is just overwhelming, at least if you pay attention to the news at all. It’s just one long parade of understandable outrage. Sure, some good things also happened this week. More

Jun 16, 2020

New Zealand four-piece The Beths are releasing a new album, Jump Rope Gazers, on July 10 via Carpark. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Out of Sight,” via a video for the track where the band goes bird watching. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Silverbacks, The Dears, Jess Williamson, Gayngs, and More

Plus Nick Hakim, The 1975, Moses Sumney, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 15, 2020

Welcome to the nineteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. Not much has changed, except that more and more people seem to think it’s a good idea to get back to normal, but a return to anything close to the pre-pandemic society seems a long way off. More

May 12, 2020

New Zealand four-piece The Beths are releasing a new album, Jump Rope Gazers, on July 10 via Carpark. Now they have shared another song from the album, “I’m Not Getting Excited,” via a video for the track. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Phoebe Bridgers, The Dears, Laura Marling, Westerman, and More

Plus (Sandy) Alex G, Gum Country, Gorillaz, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 10, 2020

Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. Our new normal of being under lockdown during COVID-19 continues. More

Apr 08, 2020

New Zealand four-piece The Beths have announced a new album, Jump Rope Gazers, and shared its first single, “Dying to Believe,” via a video for the new song. More

Mar 25, 2019

The Beths are a New Zealand band that released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, back in August 2018 via Carpark. Now they have announced some new summer U.S. tour dates covering late June to early August. They also recently covered Death Cab for Cutie’s “Soul Meets Body” (from 2005’s Plans) for SiriusXMU. More

The Beths Share Amusing Video for “Uptown Girl”

Future Me Hates Me Out Now via Carpark

Feb 27, 2019

The Beths are a New Zealand band who released their debut album, Future Me Hates Me, back in August 2018 via Carpark. Now they have shared an amusing video for the album’s “Uptown Girl” (no it’s not a Billy Joel cover). More

Under the Radar’s Top 25 Debut Albums of 2018

A Soccer Mommy Sends Some Snail Mail to a Flasher, a Goat Girl, and a Serpent with Feet; What a Shame

Dec 21, 2018

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

Dec 14, 2018

The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, back in August via Carpark. Late last month they shared a cover of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and now the cover has a video. More

Nov 30, 2018

The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, back in August via Carpark. Now they have shared a cover of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” More

Sep 06, 2018

The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who released their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, last month via Carpark. Now they have shared a video for “Little Death.” Norwood Cheek directed the video, which was filmed on tour. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Wild Nothing, The Love Language, Tomberlin, Tunng, and More

Plus We Were Promised Jetpacks, Saintseneca, Richard Reed Parry, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 20, 2018

Songs of the Week returned last week after a five-week hiatus and now we’re back into the full swing of things. This week’s list features some returning artists who have appeared on other Songs of the Week lists lately, including a repeat #1, as well as some artists making their debut on the list. It all ends with one of the silliest songs to ever make the Songs of the Week list, which will hopefully lift your spirits. More

The Beths Share Lyric Video for New Song “Great No One”

Future Hates Me Due Out August 10 via Carpark

Jul 16, 2018

The Beths are a new four-piece from New Zealand who are releasing their debut album, the amusingly titled Future Me Hates Me, on August 10 via Carpark. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Wild Nothing, Suede, Anna Calvi, Matty, John Coltrane, and More

Plus Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tomberlin, Interpol, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jun 08, 2018

This was a strong week for new tracks, so much so that we almost expanded this week’s Songs of the Week list to a Top 13. Instead we decided to include three honorable mentions. The full list includes two legendary artists who we will soon be getting previously unreleased posthumous albums from. More



Interviews

May 26, 2023

To conclude the week, we ask Elizabeth Stokes of The Beths some questions about endings and death. More

The Beths on “Jump Rope Gazers”

Grappling With Sincerity

Jan 28, 2021

“I feel like I used to be a funnier person? And now I feel like, I don’t know…I’m just a bummer. Maybe that’s where we’re at.” The Beths’ lead singer Elizabeth Stokes laughs and Jonathan Pearce, the lead guitarist, assures her she is not a bummer. More

16th Annual Artist Survey: The Beths

Elizabeth Stokes on 2018's Best Albums, MeToo a Year Later, The Muppets, Childhood Birthday Parties, and Family Vacations

Jan 17, 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

Sep 07, 2018

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Elizabeth Stokes of The Beths. More


Reviews

Mar 05, 2023

The Beths are on fire right now and Under the Radar caught them in Brooklyn last week. More

Feb 15, 2023

Under the Radar travelled to Sydney for Laneway Festival and had a wonderful time. More

Sep 20, 2022

Coming after The Beths’ raw and energetic 2018 debut (Future Me Hates Me), the band’s sophomore album, 2020’s Jump Rope Gazers, was a more polished, introspective, and melancholic affair. More