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My Firsts: Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene

Nov 15, 2023 Web Exclusive

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene. More

Shame on “Food For Worms”

Nov 13, 2023 Issue #71 - Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout

Shirtless, bespectacled, and from a hotel room bed, Charlie Steen from UK band Shame is looking a little worse for wear. More

Drop Nineteens on “Hard Light”

Nov 11, 2023 Web Exclusive

Drop Nineteens returned earlier this month with “Hard Light”, their first new album in thirty years. So, Under the Radar caught up with founder member, singer and guitarist Greg Ackell. More

John Cale on “MERCY”

Nov 06, 2023 Issue #71 - Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout

Joined by a star-studded cast of Welsh musicians (Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers) who count themselves as his musical offspring, John Cale celebrated his 80th birthday in October of 2022 with a headlining performance at the Llais Festival in his native Wales. More

Emma Anderson on “Pearlies”

Nov 04, 2023 Web Exclusive

Former Lush singer, songwriter, and guitarist Emma Anderson talks about her debut album and future plans. More

Slaney Bay on Their Latest EP “Why Does Love Mean Loss?”

Nov 03, 2023

Some bands arrive in a blaze of publicity, while others set about quietly crafting their music without bells or whistles. Take London trio Slaney Bay, for example, composed of Cait Whitley (lead singer), William Nicola Thompson (lead guitarist), and Joel Martin (bassist). More

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Jim Reid on the 25th Anniversary of “Munki”

Oct 30, 2023 Web Exclusive

Jim Reid sounds laidback and relaxed when discussing the re-release of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s sixth studio album, Munki. It’s a far cry from the slightly tense interviews of their youth, in which brothers William and Jim Reid often looked like they’d rather be anywhere else on earth than being questioned by the media. You could hardly blame them given some of the generic and uninformed questions they were asked by perma-tanned MTV hosts such as, “So tell me…how did you guys meet?” More

Viji on Her Debut Album “So Vanilla” and Working with Dan Carey

Oct 27, 2023 Web Exclusive

“I definitely have the travel bug; I can never seem to stay in one place,” confesses the Vienna-born, Brazilian-Austrian artist, Vanilla Jenner, known by her stage name Viji. More

Duran Duran – Nick Rhodes on Their New Halloween-Themed Album “Danse Macabre”

Oct 27, 2023 Web Exclusive

Dubbed by many as “The Controller,” synth magician Nick Rhodes jointly formed Duran Duran out of Birmingham, UK with bass player John Taylor in the late 1970s. Rhodes has been a constant in the shifting line-ups of the band since the very beginning. More