Dec 23, 2022 By Mark Redfern

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

Nov 15, 2022 By Mark Redfern

The nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards have been announced. Under the Radar favorites Wet Leg got five nominations, including for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. Other artists we cover to get nominations include Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Björk, Spoon, The War on Drugs, Wilco, Big Thief, Arctic Monkeys, IDLES, Beck, Spiritualized, The Black Keys, and more. More

Oct 11, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Wet Leg are currently on a U.S. tour and yesterday they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform their viral hit “Chaise Longue.” More

Oct 06, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Wet Leg have shared an exclusive demo of their song “Loving You.” The demo is the duo’s contribution to the forthcoming abortion access benefit compilation, Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All, which will be available exclusively on Bandcamp for 24 hours starting on this Friday (Oct. 7) at 12 p.m. PT. Proceeds from the compilation will benefit organizations facilitating abortion access. More

Sep 21, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Wet Leg have covered Ashnikko’s “Daisy” in a Spotify Singles release where they also recorded a new version of their own song “Convincing.” The band have also announced four new New York City shows for this December. More

Sep 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Wet Leg have covered Steve Lacy’s recent hit “Bad Habit” in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. More

Aug 05, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Lollapalooza returned to Chicago’s Grant Park last weekend. More

Jul 26, 2022 By Mark Redfern

This year’s Mercury Prize nominees have been announced and they include the latest albums by Wet Leg, Yard Act, Gwenno, Harry Styles, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Self Esteem, and more. More

Jul 22, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Wet Leg have done a “Like A Version” session for Australian radio station triple j where they have covered “Smoko,” a song by Aussie band The Chats, and also performed their own song, “Ur Mum.” More

Jul 06, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) released their self-titled debut album in April via Domino. Now they have shared a new remix of the album’s “Too Late Now” by Belgian electronic rock band Soulwax. They have also announced some new U.S. tour dates. More

Jun 27, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Glastonbury finally returned this past weekend after taking 2020 and 2021 off due to COVID-19 and one of the highlights was no doubt British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers), who performed their viral hit “Chaise Longue” to a massive crowd Friday afternoon from the Park Stage. The audience enthusiastically sang along to every word and there were even two people dressed as lobsters in the crowd, perhaps in reference to Wet Leg’s “Wet Dream” video. More

Jun 22, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) released their self-titled debut album in April via Domino and it’s one of the most acclaimed and best received debut albums in years. It’s often difficult to follow-up such a successful first album, but Wet Leg has wasted no time apparently. In an interview with Absolute Radio’s Ben Burrell, backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival, the duo says they’ve already finished their second album. More

May 24, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Admittedly, we don’t cover Harry Styles much here at Under the Radar, although he seems alright for a major pop star. At least he has good taste in support acts, including a lot of artists we do cover more regularly (Jenny Lewis, Jessie Ware, Madi Diaz, Blood Orange, etc.). And when the British singer tours Australia and New Zealand next year he’ll be bringing Under the Radar favorites Wet Leg with him. Perhaps as a precursor to that, Styles and his band have covered Wet Leg’s 2021 single “Wet Dream” in a session for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. It’s a spirited cover and his backing band seems really into it. More

May 20, 2022 By Mark Redfern

We don’t know who Moist Limb are exactly, but they have produced a disturbing and hilarious parody cover of Wet Leg’s 2021 hit “Chaise Longue.” Moist Limb’s version is titled “Trone Noir” and is accompanied by a video that remakes the “Chaise Longue” video in horror movie mode (hearts are eaten). 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

Apr 21, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) have announced some new North American tour dates and shared On Tour with Wet Leg, a new mini documentary chronicling their recent U.S. East Coast tour. It includes a brief moment where they meet Jack White in Nashville. More

Apr 15, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) have landed at #1 on the official UK album chart for their self-titled debut album, which was released last week via Domino. The band have also shared a “Live on the Porch” session featuring them performing five songs from the album in their native Isle of Wight. More

Apr 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a fantastic new release day, with fresh albums by Wet Leg, Father John Misty, Jack White, Oceanator, Daniel Rossen, Orville Peck, Lucius, and others. Some of those artists end up on this week’s Songs of the Week, which is a Top 12 this week. More

Apr 08, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) have released their self-titled debut album today via Domino. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our new interview with the band on the album and yesterday we posted our rave review of Wet Leg. More

Apr 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) are releasing their self-titled debut album this Friday via Domino. Now they have shared what is surely the last pre-release single from the album, “Ur Mum,” via an amusing video for the song. “Ur Mum” features Teasdale showing off her longest, loudest scream. More

Mar 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) are releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8 via Domino. Last night they stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they performed “Wet Dream” on the broadcast show and “Chaise Longue” as a web-exclusive. More

Mar 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a stellar week for new tracks and we could only narrow it down to a Top 12, with several strong honorable mentions. More

Feb 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) are releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8 via Domino. Now they have shared a new song from it, “Angelica,” via another one of their amusing self-directed videos. More

Feb 01, 2022 By Mark Redfern

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) are releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8 via Domino. Now they have shared a video for “Oh No” that highlights various social media comments about the band from both fans and trolls. More

Jan 25, 2022 By Mark Redfern

It is confounding that so many outlets insist on posting best songs of the year lists in early December. Not only are there several more weeks left in the year, in which a number of potential great songs could be released, it also takes time to digest all the tracks released in November and earlier in the fall. We’ve obviously taken too much time. More

Jan 21, 2022 By Joey Arnone

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) stopped by SiriusXMU to perform a cover of Madonna’s “Material Girl.” More

Jan 17, 2022 By Dom Gourlay

Under the Radar announces media partnership with ESNS for its 2022 edition 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 09, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Last night, British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) made their American TV debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where they performed “Chaise Longue.” 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

Dec 02, 2021 By Joey Arnone

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) have performed a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR, where they performed “Chaise Longue,” “Wet Dream,” “Oh No,” and “Too Late Now.” Their self-titled debut album will be out on April 8, 2022 via Domino. More

Nov 29, 2021 By Joey Arnone

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) have announced the release of their self-titled debut album, which will be out on April 8, 2022 via Domino. The duo have also shared two new songs, “Too Late Now” and “Oh No,” with an accompanying music video for “Too Late Now.” North American tour dates have also been announced for March 2022. More

Oct 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2021. Old school rock was alive and well this week, with new songs from The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Stevie Wonder, Sting, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie, but none of those tracks made our Songs of the Week list. More

Sep 28, 2021 By Mark Redfern

New British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) have shared a new song, “Wet Dream,” via an amusing video for it directed by Teasdale. In the song, Teasdale tells an ex-lover it’s not okay to still have wet dreams about her. More

Jun 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a strong week for new songs, so we ended up with a Top 12 and some excellent honorable mentions as well. This is a very Scandinavian Songs of the Week, with artists from Denmark (two of them), Sweden, and Norway. More

Jun 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

New British duo Wet Leg have shared a new song, “Chaise Longue,” via a self-directed video for it. The band have also announced that they have signed to Domino and the song is being described as their debut single. More

Dec 22, 2021 By Dom Gourlay

With 2021 coming to an end, Under the Radar asked its writers to look into their collective crystal balls and look ahead to the next twelve months. So, without further ado, here are the 22 acts Under the Radar and its contributors are most excited about as we approach 2022. More

Aug 30, 2021 By Andy Von Pip

The Isle of Wight, located in the English Channel just a few miles off the south coast of the UK, has certainly been punching above its weight, musically speaking of late. Post-punk duo Wet Leg is the latest buzz band to emerge from the Isle, comprising of friends Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. They’ve also recently signed to Domino Records and released their debut single “Chaise Longue” to universal acclaim. More

Aug 05, 2022 By Joshua Mellin

Lollapalooza returned to Chicago’s Grant Park last weekend. More

Jul 08, 2022 By Jimi Arundell

Glastonbury Festival was a blast, and Under the Radar was there to savour every last second of it! More

Jun 17, 2022 By Jimi Arundell

Under the Radar’s Jimi Arundell heads to Glastonbury next week for its 50th edition. Here are his thoughts about the greatest music festival on earth. More

Apr 07, 2022 By Andy Von Pip

Had Peter Parker (of Spider-Man fame) eschewed photography (or superheroing) to pursue a career as a musician, his wise old Uncle Ben might have adjusted his advice accordingly to “with great hype comes great expectation.” There’s no denying that UK band Wet Leg—formed and fronted by Isle of Wight musicians Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers—have had an inordinate amount of buzz thrust upon them after the release of their addictive lockdown busting debut single “Chaise Lounge.” More

Oct 26, 2021 By Andy Von Pip

Wet Leg prove once again why they’re the most exciting new band in Britain. More