Feb 01, 2010
By Matt Fink
Charlotte Gainsbourg
One of the very few artists who can claim to have worked with a handful of both her generation’s most acclaimed directors and musicians, with Michel Gondry and Lars von Trier rubbing elbows with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon on her resume, Charlotte Gainsbourg has lived a truly charmed life. More
Feb 01, 2010
By John Everhart
Avi Buffalo
Backstage at Avi Buffalo‘s show at Brooklyn’s Bell House, where the Long Beach band is opening for Sub Pop label mates Vetiver, the scene more closely resembles the innocence of a middle school dance than the debauchery of a rock show. More
Jan 22, 2010
By Laura Studarus
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“We’re a bunch of idiots! We definitely mix that into what we do because that’s who we are,” confesses Clare and the Reasons’ frontwoman Clare Muldaur. “We take the music we do very very, very seriously, but we don’t take ourselves that seriously.” More
Jan 15, 2010
By Laura Leebove
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Since its 2005 Columbia debut Thunder, Lightning, Strike!, The Go! Team has built up a reputation for super-energetic vocalist Ninja’s chants mixed with samples compiled by frontman Ian Parton. 2007’s Proof of Youth (Sub Pop) found the British band taking a more melodic approach, and the still-to-be-named third LP, which Parton says will likely be out sometime in the spring, is headed in the same direction. More
Jan 13, 2010
By Chris Tinkham
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In the British film In the Loop, out this week on DVD and Blu-ray, Scottish actor Peter Capaldi plays Malcolm Tucker, an intimidating, acid-tongued communications chief to the Prime Minister. When a flaky government minister claims during a radio interview that war with the Middle East is “unforeseeable,” Tucker runs rampant amid the crisis, cussing out various government types while trying to administer damage control. “You should feel sorry for my mother,” says Capaldi, “because she gets to come to the premiere of the movie with her son in it and sees him up on screen talking about lubricated horse cocks.” More
Jan 09, 2010
By Chris Tinkham
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In Wonderful World, Matthew Broderick plays Ben Singer, a former children’s folk singer whose staunch idealism has led him down a dark path to disappointment and despondency. More
Jan 05, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Issue #30 - Winter 2010 - Vampire Weekend
Recounting Casiokids 2009 schedule, frontman Ketil Kinden Endresen sounds a bit tired, despite being on break from tour duties. “We played 170 shows in 18 countries. It came as a surprise because the year before that we played maybe 35, 40 concerts!” he explains in quiet awe, speaking from his hometown of Bergen, Norway. More
Jan 05, 2010
By Jeremy Nisen
Issue #30 - Winter 2010 - Vampire Weekend
Perhaps no comic book series in the 2000s achieved the consistent quality and creativity of DC/Vertigo’s Fables. Launched in 2002, the series about fugitive figures from folklore has not only garnered a legion of fans as it nears 100 issues, it’s spun off an ongoing series (Jack of Fables), a graphic novel (1001 Nights of Snowfall), a novel (Peter & Max), and two affiliated miniseries (Cinderella, The Literals).
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Jan 05, 2010
By Chris Tinkham
Tegan and Sara Quin are sitting together in the artists lounge at Warner Bros. Records in Burbank when they’re pitched a fantasy film premise. More
Jan 03, 2010
By Frank Valish
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When Under the Radar was doing research for the retrospective on Swedish music of the 2000s that is featured in our Year-End issue, we stumbled upon the juicy tidbit of information that Gothenburg’s Love Is All was back in the studio recording. And when we spoke to singer/songwriter Josephine Olausson for said retrospective, we found out that the album was already finished. Graciously, and without being given prior warning, Olausson agreed to give Under the Radar the scoop on the band’s forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album. Album number three is scheduled for Spring 2010. More