Jan 03, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Two days before Christmas, The Divine Comedy (the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon) shared a new song, “Home For the Holidays.” It will be featured on their forthcoming compilation Charmed Life - The Best of the Divine Comedy, which is due out on February 4, 2022. On New Year’s Eve, the band performed their 1996 song “Something For the Weekend” on The Graham Norton Show. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

Dec 03, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 45th Songs of the Week of 2021. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of Thanksgiving, so this week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks. Even taking into account two weeks worth of songs, the pickings were a little slim. We came up with 10 we liked. More

Nov 23, 2021 By Joey Arnone

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, has shared a video for his new song “The Best Mistakes.” The video, directed by Raphaël Neal, alludes to the artworks of many different singles and albums from across Hannon’s career. It is the latest release from his forthcoming greatest hits album, Charmed Life - The Best of the Divine Comedy, which will be out on February 4. More

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

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2021. There were a whole lot of new songs this week, even though Monday was a holiday (Labor Day) here in the U.S. We narrowed it down to 12 favorites this week, with lots of good honorable mentions too. More

Oct 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, released a new album, Office Politics, back in June. Now he has shared a joint animated video for two of its songs: “Infernal Machines” and “You’ll Never Work In This Town Again” (which are being released as a double A-side single). More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Jun 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant some strong opening singles to choose from, as well as a few album tracks. More

Jun 07, 2019 By Mark Redfern

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, has released a new album, Office Politics, today via Hannon’s own Divine Comedy Records and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below. More

Jun 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, has released a new album, Office Politics, today. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jun 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, is releasing a new album, Office Politics, this Friday. Previously Hannon shared its first single, “Queuejumper.” Now he has shared a video for “Norman and Norma,” the album’s second single. More

Apr 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, has announced a new album, Office Politics, and shared its first single, “Queuejumper.” Befitting its title, the album was announced via an amusing fake office memo from Hannon. More

Dec 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our joint Best of 2016 / 15th Anniversary Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readbug). The issue celebrates the best albums of 2016, reflects on Under the Radar‘s 15th anniversary and albums released in 2001, looks forward to albums due out in early 2017, and features The Flaming Lips on the cover. There’s also a big article examining how the music industry has changed in the last 15 years and in our Artist Survey section various musicians comment on the music and events of 2016. More

May 18, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Divine Comedy, the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon, have announced a new album and a bunch of European tour dates. Foreverland is the band’s eleventh album and it will be released on September 2. More

Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More

May 14, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Sad but true, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Well, sad for us that is. Swamped with back issues—which I’m all sure we can agree is a good thing—Under the Radar is passing them on to you with a sale on selected issues. The question is, can you have too much of a good thing? We’re offering two dollars off most available back issues! More

Apr 09, 2010 By Laura Studarus

After indulging his sporty side with last year’s cricket-themed, Duckworth Lewis Method, Neil Hannon is back with a new Divine Comedy album, Bang Goes the Knighthood (out in the U.K. May 31st, Stateside June). We have the track list. More

Feb 10, 2020 By Hays Davis

Once Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy begins to describe why he cites Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love as his favorite album, it’s clear how much of a personal impact those songs have had.

Mar 10, 2017 By Mark Redfern

To end out the week, we ask The Divine Comedy frontman/main creative force Neil Hannon some questions about endings and death. The Northern Irish singer/songwriter is known for his highly literate and often amusing orchestral pop songs (“The Booklovers” from 1994’s Promenade consists of Hannon reading off a list of his favorite authors). More

Dec 30, 2016 By Laura Studarus

It’s nine at night, and Neil Hannon is happily ensconced in his studio, gin and tonic in hand. He apologizes for his current mindset, which he describes as somewhere between post-dinner mental fuzz and naptime. More

Oct 07, 2010 By Hays Davis

Neil Hannon has been happily plowing his particular furrow of witty, theatrical pop for more than two decades as The Divine Comedy. After years of freely employing horns and strings to a pop framework that has avoided seeming dated thanks to the alternately current/timeless sense of his lyrics, Hannon is presently preparing songs for an upcoming U.K. musical based on the children’s book, Swallows and Amazons. We spoke to Hannon about Swallows, the new Divine Comedy album (Bang Goes the Knighthood), extremely long vocal notes, the future of The Duckworth Lewis Method, and Doctor Who.

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