Album Reviews
Fat White Family
Forgiveness Is Yours
Apr 29, 2024 Web Exclusive
It’s recommended you clear some brain space before listening to Forgiveness Is Yours, the fourth album by South London cult band Fat White Family.
Hovvdy
Hovvdy
Apr 26, 2024 Web Exclusive
A double album carries hard-wired associations, an unavoidable gravity of intent. A self-titled double album adds fuel to the fire; it’s an unequivocal statement, a neon-lit framing of a record as a defining artistic moment.
Iron & Wine
Light Verse
Apr 25, 2024 Issue #72 - The ‘90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore
It’s been seven long years since Iron & Wine’s last non Calexico-related album, 2017’s spectacular Beast Epic.
News
10 Best Songs of the Week: Nilüfer Yanya, Linn Koch-Emmery, Fat Dog, Crumb, St. Vincent, and More
Apr 26, 2024
Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10.
Interviews
Sam Evian on “Plunge”
Apr 24, 2024 Web Exclusive
Sitting amongst all his gear in what used to be a bare barn, Sam Evian is showing Under the Radar Flying Cloud Studios. Evian and his partner, Hannah Cohen, started building the recording studio (near Woodstock, NY) over four years ago after buying property in the Catskill Mountains. Moving away from Brooklyn gave Evian a new lease on life, and more space for his creative recording endeavors.
Cheekface on “It’s Sorted” and the State of Our Human Condition
Apr 12, 2024 Web Exclusive
The ubiquitous Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson almost didn’t make the cut for one of the cleverest rhymes on the Los Angeles-based Cheekface’s fourth album, It’s Sorted.
Pleased to meet you
Maruja on “Connla’s Well”
Apr 24, 2024 Web Exclusive
Manchester four-piece Maruja discuss their new EP “Connla’s Well”, playing live and the importance of staying true to themselves
Lists
Under the Radar’s Top 40 TV Shows of 2023
Jan 29, 2024
Last year was a challenging one for the entertainment industry with the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes. While this double blow—albeit for good causes—had detrimental snowball effects on the industry, there was still a solid grip of high quality material that made it to the not-so-small screen airwaves and streamers. Award-winning series like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Barry took their last bows, and we’re still waiting for a trifecta from Vince Gilligan to round out Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but there was plenty to keep viewers glued to the tube. From superheroes to science fiction, political intrigue to teenage hijinks and dramatized jury service to historical dramas, we continue to be spoiled for choice. It was a battle for Under the Radar’s top television shows of 2023, but we’ve managed to narrow it down to 40 solid watches.
Live reviews
High Water Festival, Charleston, South Carolina, US, April 20-21, 2024
Apr 29, 2024
Under the Radar went to High Water Festival in Charleston last weekend and saw some incredible performances from the likes of Courtney Barnett, The Flaming Lips and The Walkmen.
Blog
Under the Radar Announces The ’90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore on the Covers
Apr 19, 2024
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 72, The ’90s Issue, which features interviews with musicians and film directors known for their work in that decade and has The Cardigans and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the two covers. As well as articles on Britpop, shoegaze, and the TV show Twin Peaks (for which we spoke to much of the cast), the issue includes interviews with Garbage, The Cranberries, Pavement, Lisa Loeb, Supergrass, Spiritualized, Lush, Ride, Velocity Girl, Gus Van Sant, Penelope Spheeris, Terry Gilliam, Stereo MC’s, Semisonic, Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney, and more.
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