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Examining Trump's Response to the White Supremacist Rally and Violence in Charlottesville, Virginia
Aug 18, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
With the President outdoing himself in a bid to appear like a terrible human being, there’s only really one thing to talk about this week. Still, read on and you might find a few positive developments outside his Charlottesville debacle. More
Be Here Now Due Out August 25 via Saddle Creek
Aug 04, 2017
By Laura Burhenn
Singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn, who has recorded under the name The Mynabirds since 2010, has never shied from the world around her. Over the course of three albums, she’s demonstrated a high degree of political engagement blended with subtly catchy indie pop. More
Special Issue Takes On Sexism and Feminism in the Music Industry, Tackles the Election, and Features Amanda Palmer on the Cover
Sep 09, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More
Lovers Know Out August 7 via Saddle Creek
Jul 23, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The Mynabirds (aka Laura Burhenn) is releasing her third album, Lovers Know, on August 7 via Saddle Creek and now you can stream the whole thing below via NPR First Listen. More
Lovers Know Out August 7 via Saddle Creek
May 28, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The Mynabirds (aka Laura Burhenn) is releasing her third album, Lovers Know, on August 7 via Saddle Creek and now she’s released a lyric video for “Semantics.” It was created via the Chinese app MyIdol. More
May 13, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Announcing her third studio album Lovers Know earlier this spring, The Mynabirds, aka Laura Burhenn, has now revealed the full details of the forthcoming record. More
Mar 13, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
The Mynabirds, aka Nebraska singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn, has announced the release of her third studio album Lovers Know. More
Featuring Dntel and Field Days
Jun 21, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
After spending a year dedicating herself to the support of her most recent album Generals, singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn, a.k.a. The Mynabirds, has been spending the past several months on the road as a touring member of The Postal Service. More
Nov 26, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Last week The Mynabirds released a limit-edition 7’’ featuring Laura Burhenn’s latest Generals single “Body of Work.” More
Sep 12, 2012
By Matt Fink
Someday music historians may look back on the year 2012 and wonder why, in such a politically charged and culturally polarized era, there wasn’t more music that reflected the spirit of the age. But if those doing pop culture excavation dig deeply enough, they’ll also turn up a few albums that couldn’t belong to any other moment in time, and The Mynabirds’ GENERALS will be near the top of that list. More
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Jul 11, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Are you in Omaha, Nebraska? In the mood for some music? We’ve got your way into the Maha Musical Festival in Omaha, Nebraska, taking place Saturday, August 11. The fest features Dum Dum Girls, Mynabirds, Garbage, Desaparecidos, and more.
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Issue also Includes Beach House, Liars, Hot Chip, Sigur Rós, Hot Chip, Father John Misty, Aubrey Plaza, and more
May 26, 2012
By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern
Under the Radar’s June/July 2012 Issue features Yeasayer on the cover as well as interviews with Beach House, Chromatics, Peaking Lights, M. Ward, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Lower Dens, Soulsavers featuring Dave Gahan, Father John Misty vs. Aubrey Plaza, Sigur Rós, Hot Chip, and others. More
New Alblum Generals Out June 5
May 23, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Having already granted a teasing listen to her forthcoming new album Generals with its title track not too long ago, The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhenn has offered up yet another piece of the full-length with the cut “Body of Work.” More
Feb 21, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The Mynabirds have annnounced the release of their sophomore LP Generals. More
Interviews
A Conversation with Cursive's Tim Kasher, The Mynabirds' Laura Burhenn, of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, Okkervil River's Will Sheff, and Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg
Nov 10, 2016
By Matt Fink
There’s a quote—now considered apocryphal—from legendary film critic Pauline Kael that for years stood as damning evidence of the extent to which people could exist in their own cultural and social bubbles. More
Sep 12, 2012
By Matt Fink
Someday music historians may look back on the year 2012 and wonder why, in such a politically charged and culturally polarized era, there wasn’t more music that reflected the spirit of the age. But if those doing pop culture excavation dig deeply enough, they’ll also turn up a few albums that couldn’t belong to any other moment in time, and The Mynabirds’ GENERALS will be near the top of that list. More
Reviews
Sep 07, 2017
By Aug Stone
This is music to carry us through the dark night. Written and recorded in just two weeks following January’s Inauguration and Women’s March, Laura Burhenn’s new Mynabirds offering, Be Here Now, is both a protest against the current state of the world and a reminder to cherish what we hold dear. More
Aug 10, 2015
By Cody Ray Shafer
For her third album under the moniker The Mynabirds, Laura Burhenn once again takes a step in a different direction, with a profoundly powerful result. More
Jun 04, 2012
By Frank Valish
What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood, the debut album by The Mynabirds (the project of Laura Burhenn after the breakup of her band Georgie James), was a wonderful song cycle of soulful Motown-esque pop R&B. More
Apr 30, 2010
By Frank Valish
When Washington, DC duo Georgie James called it quits in 2008, Laura Burhenn wasted no time in moving on and moving forward. The Mynabirds, named after Neil Young and Rick James’ early Motown band, benefits greatly from her alluring songwriting and singular vocals. More
