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Staff Playlist: The Universal Language

Nov 21, 2013 By Michele Yamamoto

This week, our UTR staff writers discuss their personal reactions to and interpretations of songs that spoke to them in a foreign tongue. More

Forgotten Songs: The Beach Boys’ “Pacific Coast Highway” and “Summer’s Gone”

Nov 20, 2013 By Ryan E.C. Hamm

For this edition of Forgotten Songs, Under the Radar’s own Ryan E.C. Hamm writes about The Beach Boys’ “Pacific Coast Highway” and “Summer’s Gone.” More

Premiere: Ólafur Arnalds’ Exclusive Late Night Playlist (Le Guess Who? Edition)

Nov 19, 2013 By Laura Studarus Le Guess Who? 2013

Later this month, Under the Radar will head over to the Netherlands to check out Le Guess Who? Festival. In honor of our trek, we asked a few of our favorite musicians performing at the festival to introduce us to a few of their favorite musicians. Ólafur Arnalds responded with a tribute to late nights. More

Forgotten Songs: Beachwood Sparks’ Brent Rademaker on “Lady Friend”

Nov 18, 2013 By Brent Rademaker Beachwood Sparks

In this edition of Forgotten Songs, Beachwood Sparks’ Brent Rademaker writes about The Byrds’ “Lady Friend.” More

Premiere: Douglas Dare’s Exclusive Numeric Playlist (Le Guess Who? Edition)

Nov 16, 2013 By Laura Studarus Douglas Dare

Later this month, Under the Radar will head over to the Netherlands to check out Le Guess Who? Festival. In honor of our trek, we asked a few of our favorite musicians performing at the festival to introduce us to a few of their favorite musicians. Pianist Douglas Dare responded with a playlist full of his favorite numerically-based songs. More

Random Review: Krokus’ Stampede (reissue)

Nov 15, 2013 By Frank Valish

Swiss metal act Krokus has reissued their 1990 gem “Stampede”, and writer Frank Valish braved the threatening album art to review it for us. More

Staff Playlist: Apples & Oranges

Nov 13, 2013 By Michele Yamamoto

This week, our UTR staff writers reflect on old music as new music by presenting cover songs that do it best. More

Reissued and Revisited: Eduard Artemiev’s Solaris “Original” Soundtrack

Nov 13, 2013 By Austin Trunick

The soundtrack for Andrei Tarkovsky’s cerebral, sci-fi masterpiece Solaris is nearly as unique as the film itself, but has never been available separate from the film. Now, 40 years after the film’s release, record label Superior Viaduct has corrected the issue. More

Nocturnal Admittance: Bibio on His Most Vivid Recurring Dream

Nov 11, 2013 By Stephen Wilkinson (aka Bibio) Web Exclusive

Nocturnal Admittance is our series where an artist writes about their most vivid recurring dream or nightmare. For this Nocturnal Admittance, Stephen Wilkinson, who records under the name Bibio, writes about a scholarly recurring dream. Bibio is a British musician whose latest album, Silver Wilkinson, was released by his longtime label Warp back in May. More