May 28, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Willis Earl Beal has announced that he will release a brand new album titled Noctunes later this summer. More

Oct 30, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Willis Earl Beal’s new video for Experiments in Time cut “I AM.” Features a lonely person wandering the streets at night. More

Sep 05, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Foxygen, Modest Mouse, Interpol, TOPS, Jessie Ware, Zola Jesus, Sondre Lerche, Kindness, Esben and the Witch, Purling Hiss, Willis Earl Beal, Moonbabies, Mysteries, Happyness, King Tuff, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More

Aug 15, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by alt-J, Jessie Ware, Arcade Fire, Stars, Zola Jesus, Blonde Redhead, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Röyksopp and Robyn, Pharmakon, Saint Pepsi, Willis Earl Beal, Ryn Weaver, The Vaselines, My Brightest Diamond, Tweedy, The Juan MacLean, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More

Jun 27, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Grimes, Jessie Ware, Radiohead’s Phil Selway, Zola Jesus, alt-J, School of Seven Bells, Willis Earl Beal, and much more. More

Jun 27, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this month in an exclusive interview with Under the Radar, Willis Earl Beal revealed that he’d left his label, XL imprint Hot Charity, and would be digitally self-releasing his new album, Experiments in Time, on Aug. 8. Beal has shared the first piece of music from the forthcoming LP, “Traveling Eyes.” More

Jun 10, 2014 By Christopher Roberts (Interview by Matt Fink)

In an exclusive interview with Under the Radar, Willis Earl Beal has revealed that he’s leaving his label, XL imprint Hot Charity, and will be digitally self-releasing his new album, Experiments in Time, on August 8 via CD Baby. More

Jun 10, 2014 By Matt Fink

When I first spoke with Willis Earl Beal last summer, I was immediately struck by how unguarded he was in venting his frustration and disenchantment with the music industry. He didn’t want to promote his new album,Nobody Knows, and he seemed to resent the need to sell his work as a product at all. More

Feb 19, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Mischa Barton (The OC) is a member of Willis Earl Beal’s “Church of Nobody,” a.k.a. the cast of characters populating the singer’s new video “Coming Through.” More

Jan 28, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

In an exclusive interview with Under the Radar, soul musical artist Willis Earl Beal revealed that he already had a follow-up album waiting in the wings to to succeed last year’s Nobody Knows. More

Nov 19, 2013 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the November/December 2013 issue, which is on newsstands now and will be out until late December/early January. It features HAIM on the cover as well as interviews with Cut Copy, Cocteau Twins on Blue Bell Knoll, Cillian Murphy vs. Nils Frahm, Anna Calvi, Luke Temple, Willis Earl Beal, Glasser, Yuck, Midlake, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Deltron 3030, Courtney Barnett, Mac DeMarco vs. Beach Fossils, Dan Harmon, and much more. More

Nov 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Wasting precious little time since releasing his latest LP Nobody Knows earlier this fall, soul artist Willis Earl Beal posted two brand new tracks over the weekend to enjoy. More

Oct 31, 2013 By Laura Studarus

This week, Willis Earl Beal played a show at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory. There, he was joined by Cat Power (who appears on Nobody Knows cut, “Coming Through”). More

Oct 19, 2013 By Julia Underwood

Friday was the fourth day of CMJ 2013. We set writer/photographer Laura Studarus down to cover the action. Check out her shots of Eleanor Friedberger, Ghost Wave, and Willis Earl Beal. More

Sep 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Next week on Sept. 10 Chicago soul singer Willis Earl Beal will release Nobody Knows, the follow-up to the young artist’s debut Acousmatic Sorcery from last year. More

Aug 27, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Soon to release his newest album Nobody Knows on Sept. 10, Chicago musical artist Willis Earl Beal has shared a brand new track from the effort titled “Coming Through.” More

Aug 23, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On Sept. 10 Willis Earl Beal will release his new album Nobody Knows, but that’s not the only project that will be featuring the talented blues/soul artist. More

Jul 25, 2013 By Cody Ray Shafer

If you ever feel like hanging your head and crying, but the tears just won’t come, Willis Earl Beal knows your pain. Beal, a Chicago native soul-singer, has released “Too Dry To Cry,” from his upcoming album Nobody Knows,and it’s blissfully bluesy and raw, with a pounding rhythm and hauntingly melancholy chant. More

Jun 25, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Chicago-based artist Willis Earl Beal has announced the release of his sophomore album, Nobody Knows. More

Aug 09, 2012 By Julia Underwood

From August 7-11 Oslo, Norway is hosting the Øya Festival. We sent social media editor Laura Studarus over to cover the action. Check out her shots of Sondre Lerche,Willis Earl Beal, Mathias Eick, Oberhofer, Friends, Bob Mould, Thurston Moore, Florence and the Machine, Feist, The Stone Roses, and Purity Ring. More

Jan 09, 2014 By Matt Fink

Willis Earl Beal wants you to know that he considers himself a fortunate man, or, in his words, “more fortunate than unfortunate.” But from the outset of our hour-long interview, it’s clear that Beal is growing weary of his life as a musician. More

Jan 08, 2014 By Matt Fink

Willis Earl Beal never wanted to be famous—he wants to make that point clear. More

Oct 24, 2013 By Laura Studarus

The highlights of day four of CMJ were two very different artists: Eleanor Friedberger and Willis Earl Beal. While both are incredibly talented musicians with idiosyncratic worldviews, their varying levels of commitment made for two very different sets. More

Sep 10, 2013 By Hays Davis

Nobody Knows is probably the album Willis Earl Beal knew he had always wanted to make. And for those who heard his debut release, 2012’s Acousmatic Sorcery, and pegged him solely as an outsider artist, it’s probably not the one you expected. More

Aug 09, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Welcome to the first official day of the Øya Festival—or as I like to call it: shock the American. Check out reviews from the day including: Sondre Lerche, Willis Earl Beal, Oberhofer, Thurston Moore, Friends, Florence and The Machine, Feist, Stone Roses, and Purity Ring. More