Sep 03, 2014
By Mark Redfern
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For this Scotland Week interview we talk to The Pastels. The band formed in Glasgow in 1981 and its lineup features Stephen McRobbie (aka Stephen Pastel), Katrina Mitchell, Gerard Love, John Hogarty, Tom Crossley, and Alison Mitchell. The indie pop band has been highly influential on the Scottish scene and are revered by the likes of Belle and Sebastian and Camera Obscura. In 2013 they released Slow Summits via Domino Records, their first album since 1997’s Illumination.
Sep 02, 2014
By Austin Trunick
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Olly Alexander was the first actor Stuart Murdoch cast in his directorial debut, God Help the Girl. While the actor had appeared in several films before that point, including Enter the Void and Gulliver’s Travels, it was his unique audition video—in which Alexander performed a song he’d written on his little Casio keyboard—which caught Murdoch’s attention. More
Sep 02, 2014
By Mark Redfern
Scotland Week
We have a special theme on Under the Radar’s website this week which we’re simply calling Scotland Week. All throughout the week we will be posting interviews, reviews, lists, and blog posts relating to Scotland and in particular Scottish music. For some of the Scotland Week Q&As we emailed out the same set of Scottish related questions to various different musicians from the country.
Sep 01, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Erasure
British singer/songwriter Andy Bell believes in fate. He speaks of his Erasure bandmate and writing partner, founding member of Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke as if their meeting 29 years ago was written in the stars. More
