Mar 20, 2014 By Laura Studarus Peter Bjorn and John

Peter Morén, Björn Yttling, and John Eriksson (better known as Peter Bjorn and John) have been friends for over a decade and a half, and have been making music together for almost as long. Still, as bassist/keyboardist Yttling explains, that doesn’t always translate to a smooth working environment.

Mar 19, 2014 By Chris Tinkham Charli XCX

As warmly as Charli XCX‘s 2013 debut LP, True Romance, was received by fans and critics, the English singer/songwriter wanted to streamline the writing and recording process for her follow-up album, tentatively set for June release.

Mar 18, 2014 By Matt Fink Issue #49 - February/March 2014 - Portlandia

Nirvana, Frank Sinatra, J Dilla—those were the three artists Noah Lennox named as the main influences for his fourth full-length solo album, 2011’s Tomboy. Of course, if you could hear any of those three acts in that album’s stripped-down blend of blissed-out psychedelic pop and drone/dub production techniques, you were probably listening to a different album or under the influence of heavy pharmaceuticals.

Mar 12, 2014 By Matt Fink Liars

Despite the fact that Liars first came to notoriety as representatives of New York’s early 2000s dance-punk scene, they’ve never really made music fit for the dance floor. Too eccentric, too chaotic, too misanthropic—their albums have placed them firmly on the margins, forming an idiosyncratic catalog of sounds that are constantly changing in tone and texture while largely remaining the same in spirit.

Mar 12, 2014 By Austin Trunick Casual Sex

Scottish post-punk quartet Casual Sex will play the first of Under the Radar’s three SXSW 2014 parties today (Wednesday, March 12th) at 3:15 PM. Guitarist and lead vocalist Sam Smith took some time to answer a few questions for us ahead of the event.

Mar 11, 2014 By Dan Lucas Mac DeMarco

“I’ve already got in trouble from my label for giving details…they might castrate me!” says Mac DeMarco several months before the release of Salad Days, his second full-length album under his own name.

Mar 10, 2014 By Lily Moayeri Gardens & Villa

Gardens & Villa‘s frontman, Chris Lynch, is crouched in the darkest corner of his band’s rehearsal space, a warehouse in Gardens & Villa’s hometown of Santa Barbara, California that looks more like a garage that’s used for storage.

Mar 09, 2014 By Laura Studarus Dan Croll

When Dan Croll sold out his first show in his adopted hometown of Liverpool, England, he wasn’t so much excited as suspicious.

Mar 09, 2014 By Under the Radar Staff Artist Surveys 2013

For Under the Radar‘s 11th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the important issues of the last year, as well as some quirkier subjects. Check out our current print issue and digital issue for surveys from My Morning Jacket, Foals, Amanda Palmer, Local Natives, Wild Nothing, These New Puritans, Lanterns on the Lake, Xiu Xiu, and Summer Camp.