Jan 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it’s a long list featuring 570 artists! More

Apr 14, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last year indie game developer DrinkBox Studios released one of 2013’s best action platformers with Guacamelee! More

Feb 28, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for our three SXSW 2014 day parties, taking place on Wednesday, March 12, Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14. Lineups include Charli XCX, EMA, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Future Islands, Connan Mockasin, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Mary Onettes, Small Black, Thumpers, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Arthur Beatrice, Gruff Rhys, Woman’s Hour, and many others. 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

Oct 10, 2013 By Scott Dransfield

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan are one of the more unique rock bands operating today, incorporating elements of heavy metal and 70s prog - and of course, Asian theater - into their own pop aesthetic. Today, listen to a new song, “Windflower,” which is a swirling, driving and more unusually accessible taste of YT//ST’s style. More

Sep 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

With the impending release of their new album UZU on Oct. 29 Montreal art rock duo Yamantaka // Sonic Titan have unveiled a brand new music video for their lead single “One.” More

Aug 08, 2013 By Scott Dransfield

Montreal’s Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, the experimental rock group of performance artists responsible for 2011’s YT // ST, have announced a new album, UZU. It will be released on October 29 via Suicide Squeeze. More

Apr 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Known for fusing noise, metal, pop and folk under an umbrella of over-the-top orientalism, interdisciplinary art duo Yamantaka // Sonic Titan have announced that they signed with Suicide Squeeze as their new label home. More

Aug 29, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this year musical duo Yamantaka // Sonic Titan made a name for themselves utilizing a strange musical blend of psych-noise, metal, and industrial influences with the visual aesthetic of Asian orientalism and modern manga all to create a distinctly bizarre and theatrical artistic presence. More

Aug 20, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

During the course of the summer Cartoon Network television block Adult Swim has been releasing songs for free as part of a weekly series called the Singles Program. More

Mar 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter (March/April) Issue will be hitting the stands soon. The issue features an In the Studio 2012 themed cover with the frontmen of three notable acts set to release new albums later this year—Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. The issue also features interviews with Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, of Montreal, Frankie Rose, Spiritualized, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, and much more. More

Feb 14, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Check out the animated video for Yamantaka // Sonic Titan single, “Hoshi Neko.” More

Jan 07, 2014 By Austin Trunick

Any interview with Alaska B and Ruby Kato Attwood, the duo behind the Canadian art collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, is going to be educational. More

Mar 18, 2014 By Austin Trunick

Staff writer Austin Trunick spent six days in Austin, Texas, taking in this year’s South By Southwest. More

Oct 28, 2013 By J. Pace

Not too many groups effectively infuse heavy music with high/low art collisions, pan-ethnic anthropological celebrations, operatic inclinations, and theatricality bordering on cartoonishness, but Yamantaka // Sonic Titan do it almost effortlessly, placing the whole mess in a sort of sonic dreamscape. More