Mar 24, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Tune-Yards (Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner) are releasing a new album, sketchy., this Friday via 4AD. Now they have officially shared another song from it, “hypnotized,” via a clever video featuring the camera attached to a model train as it travels a path that goes by various video screens featuring Garbus singing the song. More

Mar 18, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Tune-Yards (Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner) performed a new song titled “hypnotized” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The performance featured Garbus singing the song while controlling a puppet. “Hypnotized” will be featured on their upcoming album, sketchy., which is due out on March 26 via 4AD. More

Mar 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Legendary UK label 4AD are celebrating their 40th anniversary (which was technically last year) with Bills & Aches & Blues, a new compilation album in which current artists on the label cover songs by other artists on the label. The whole album is due out April 2, but they are also releasing it each vinyl side (or five tracks) at a time and today we get Tune-Yards covering The Breeders’ “Cannonball,” Helado Negro covering Deerhunter’s “Futurism,” Spencer covering Grimes’ “Genesis,” Efterklang covering Piano Magic’s “Postal,” and Bing and Ruth covering Pixies’ “Gigantic.” More

Feb 23, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Tune-Yards (Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner) performed their newest single “hold yourself.” last night on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The song will be featured on their upcoming album, sketchy., which is due out March 26 via 4AD. More

Jan 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2021. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week. Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the inauguration, it was a week light on compelling new tracks. So this week we chronicle the best songs of the last two weeks, so it’s a Top 12 (and our Top 2 are both super long songs). More

Jan 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Tune-Yards (Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner) have announced a new album, sketchy., and shared a new song, “hold yourself.,” via a video for the single. More

Sep 25, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2020. This was the week where those on the left mourned the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and worried about the future of the Supreme Court, as her dying wish to have her replacement be appointed by the next president was ignored by hypocritical Republicans who blocked President Obama’s Supreme Court pick because it was an election year. Meanwhile America reached the sad milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, there was no justice for Breonna Taylor, and President Trump strongly suggested that he may not leave office peacefully if Biden wins. More

Sep 22, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner) have shared a brand new song, “nowhere, man,” via a video for it. The video was shot in the duo’s garage and also features stop-motion animation by Japhy Riddle and Callie Day. More

Oct 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week Sharon Van Etten and Moonface announced new albums and their lead singles both made this week’s Songs of the Week list. Joining them are new standalone singles from Julia Jacklin, Jessie Ware, and SOAK, as well as some singles from upcoming albums, and an eight-minute album track. But our #1 this week is a bonus track that probably shouldn’t have been cut from an album released earlier this year. More

Oct 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) released a new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, back in January via 4AD. U.S. Girls (aka Meghan Remy) released a new album, In a Poem Unlimited, back in February, also via 4AD. More

Aug 31, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last week’s Songs of the Week was packed. It featured 13 songs as opposed to our standard 10, including three songs by boygenius, the new supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. More

Aug 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) released a new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, back in January via 4AD. Now they have done a session for Spotify where they cover Eurythmics’ 1983 classic “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and also perform their own “ABC 123.” More

Aug 17, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We took a break from Songs of the Week last week due to a little vacation by our publishers. So this week we are compiling the best songs of the last two weeks. Hence we couldn’t contain the list to our usual Top 10, although we didn’t do too badly, only expanding to a Top 11 and a few more honorable mentions than usual. More

Aug 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) have teamed up with Moors (aka actor Lakeith Stanfield) for a new song, “Mango,” shared via a video for the song. Stanfield stars in TV’s Atlanta and the recent film Sorry to Bother You, which Tune-Yards did some of the music for and that is thus how the two connected. More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Feb 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2018 festival, their 17th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 - 28) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. The lineup includes Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Slowdive, Neko Case, Julien Baker, TV On The Radio, Tune-Yards, Wolf Parade, Japandroids, Big Thief, Perfume Genius, Japanese Breakfast, Benjamin Clementine, Phoebe Bridgers, Algiers, Pond, and others. More

Jan 25, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Madeline Kenney released her debut album, Night Night at the First Landing, back in September via Company. Now she has shared a brand new song, “Still Learning.” It features Naytronix (aka Nate Brenner of Tune-Yards) and is out now via Carpark. More

Jan 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) released a new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, last Friday via 4AD. Previously they shared videos for its first three singles, “Look At Your Hands,” “ABC 123,” and “Heart Attack” (which was our #1 Song of the Week). More

Jan 12, 2018 By Mark Redfern

We haven’t posted a Songs of the Week post in quite awhile, as there weren’t that many new songs of note over the holidays or at the start of the year, but this week there was an tidal wave of new tracks worth considering for this list. It was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to only 10 (Franz Ferdinand and Marlon Williams almost made the Top 10). More

Jan 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) are releasing a new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, on January 19 via 4AD. Previously they shared a video for its first two singles, “Look at Your Hands” and “ABC 123.” More

Dec 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) are releasing a new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, on January 19, 2018 via 4AD. Previously they shared a video for its first single, “Look at Your Hands.” More

Oct 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tune-Yards (previously styled as tUnE-yArDs) have announced a new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, and shared a video for its first single, “Look at Your Hands.” They have also announced some tour dates. I can feel you creep into my private life is due out January 19, 2018 via 4AD. More

Aug 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

My Morning Jacket have announced three shows at the end of the year leading up to New Year’s Eve. They go down December 29, 30, and 31 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, CO and each will feature a different special guest. More

Jul 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Yoko Ono has announced a new album. It’s not due out until January 22, 2016 (is this the first notable album to get a confirmed 2016 release date?) and it’s titled Yes, I’m a Witch Too, making it the sequel 2007’s Yes, I’m a Witch. Like that record, this one is a collaborative album. Every song is a collaboration between Ono and a different artist. This one includes collaborations with Death Cab for Cutie, tUnE-yArDs, Sparks, Peter Bjorn and John, Cibo Matto, Portugal the Man, Miike Snow, Penguin Prison, and of course her son, Sean Lennon, among others. More

May 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

For the eleventh year now Champaign-Urbana, Illinois will host the Pygmalion Festival. 2015’s initial lineup has been revealed and it features iconic British shoegazers Ride, Purity Ring, tUnE-yArDs, Sylvan Esso, Zola Jeus, Strand of Oaks, Ryley Walker, Bully, White Reaper, and more. More

Mar 25, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Musical artist Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, has premiered a brand new music video for her latest Nikki Nack single, “Wait for a Minute.” More

Dec 10, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last night tUnE-yArDs brought her Technicolor tune “Water Fountain” to Conan. More

Nov 25, 2014 By Julia Underwood

Sunday, November 23, was the final day of Le Guess Who? Our writer/photographer Laura Studarus was there. More

Oct 07, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday tUnE-yArDs premiered a brand new music video for her latest Nikki Nack single “Real Thing.” More

Jul 01, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Continuing to tout her brand new album Nikki Nack tUnE-yArDs, a.k.a. Merrill Garbus, has announced plans for a new round of tour dates. More

May 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the June/July issue, which is on newsstands now. It features Future Islands on the cover as well as interviews with Slow Club, Lykke Li, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Horrors, Slowdive, The War on Drugs vs. Sharon Van Etten, First Aid Kit, James McAvoy, John Slattery, tUnE-yArDs, and more. More

Apr 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On May 6 tUnE-yArDs, a.k.a. musical artist Merrill Garbus, will release her third full-length album Nikki Nack. More

Apr 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

tUnE-yArDs’ new video “Water Fountain” (a cut from her forthcoming album Nikki Nack, due out May 6) is nothing short of a frenetic reimagining of Pee Wee’s Playhouse. More

Apr 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next month singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus, a.k.a. tUnE-yArDs, will release her newest album Nikki Nack. More

Mar 18, 2014 By Laura Studarus

tUnE-yArDs has released a smorgasbord of new information about her forthcoming album Nikki Nack (due out May 6 on 4AD). More

Mar 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating her birthday today, singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus, a.k.a. tUnE-yArDs, has announced the release of her newest album Nikki Nack. More

May 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This week Jim James and My Morning Jacket helped launch the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative, a social awareness program fighting world poverty that will allow fans to enter a lottery for two donated tickets at participating artists’ shows for the next three years. More

Dec 20, 2012 By Laura Studarus

How to you get to Carnegie Hall? Pratice Pratice!...and be on the lineup for Tibet House US benefit concert. More

Jun 01, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

In an effort to help the Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initiative in their fight against AIDS in Africa, tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus has joined forces with The Roots’ Questlove to be a part of an upcoming tribute compilation entitled (RED) Hot + Fela, honoring the work of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. More

Apr 22, 2012 By Marie Noble

On Thursday, April 19, St. Vincent played a pre-Coachella weekend two set at the Glass House in Pomona, alongside Keep Shelly in Athens and tUnE-yArDs. We set writer/photographer Laura Studarus down to cover the action. More

Apr 11, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus manages to fit right in with the rest of her fellow cast members in the music video for her w h o k i l l cut “My Country.” More

Feb 21, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

tUnE-yArDs has announced a string of summer tour dates in support of the band’s latest album w h o k i l l. More

Feb 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The 11th annual Sasquatch Music Festival has announced its official lineup of artists, including Jack White, Bon Iver, Tenacious D, The Shins, St. Vincent, Feist, The Roots, Beirut, and Beck. More

Jan 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, visited the late night set of Jimmy Kimmel Live! with her band to perform several tracks off her 2011 album w h o k i l l. More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Dec 08, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Today tUnE-yArDs dropped a Max Tundra remix of “Real Life Flesh”—a cut from this year’s album, w h o k i l l. We have the track. More

Oct 14, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Last night at Iceland Airwaves, fans were surprised when Yoko Ono invited eclectic songstress tUnE-yArDs on stage. We have the video. More

Sep 29, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Playing the POP Montreal festival, tUnE-yArDs, aka Merrill Garbus, performed a new and untitled 8-minute song during her set. More

Sep 26, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Merrill Garbus is a total gangster. At least that’s the loose concept behind the new video for tUnE-yArDs cut “Gangsta.” We have the clip. More

Aug 17, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos from Day Three of the Outside Lands Festival, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. The gallery includes photos of Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, tUnE-yArDs, Little Dragon, Beirut, Junip, !!!, Lord Huron and Major Lazer. More

Aug 02, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Last night tUnE-yArDs played on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Joining in on w h o k i l l track “Gangsta” was members of Fallon’s house band The Roots. More

Mar 24, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Crazy pop songstress tUnE-yArDs takes care of “Bizness” in her new video. We have the clip. More

Mar 22, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Check out photos from Day Two the of SXSW 2011 Music Festival, including shots of James Blake, Glasser, Twin Shadow, Cults and tUnE-YarDs. Photos by Wendy Lynch Redfern. Check out the full gallery here. More

Aug 19, 2014 By Matt Fink

Tracking down tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus for an interview is difficult, not because she doesn’t like to talk about her music or thinks she shouldn’t have to bother chatting with journalists. No, Garbus is hard to get on the phone simply because she treats her music like any other job, working standard 9-to-5 days to rehearse and make music, and there just isn’t much time left over. More

Aug 18, 2014 By Matt Fink

“I tried to tell him all the reasons I had to never sing again/and he replied, ‘You better find a new way.’” That line, taken from the first song on tUnE-yArDs’ third full-length release, Nikki Nack, isn’t just a playfully visual way of opening an album—it’s a statement of intent. More

May 06, 2014 By Billy Hamilton

There’s never been an obvious way to define tUnE-yArDs. Merrill Garbus’ turbulent transmissions of pulsing rhythm and unconscious reels of garbled poetry are almost always unplaceable. More

Apr 17, 2012 By Laura Studarus

The strongest line-up of the three-day set, Saturday’s highlights included: Andrew Bird, Destroyer, Bon Iver, and some band called Radiohead.

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May 18, 2011 By Jessica Misener

tUnE-yArDs is the name 32-year-old Merrill Garbus has given her dizzying one-woman electro-percussion act, and while the moniker may look like it was typed by a 13-year-old on a Justin Bieber fan board, Garbus is no amateur. More

Mar 18, 2011 By Laura Studarus

After a long—and incredibly enjoyable—day at our first of two Under the Radar SXSW parties, the magazine trouped en mass over to Central Presbyterian Church to check out Pitchfork’s impressively stacked lineup: Glasser, Cults, tUnE-yArDs, Twin Shadow, and James Blake.

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