Dec 15, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff Artist Surveys 2009

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar’s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Those surveys and answers are posted on our website. Here is a web-exclusive survey from Sam Simkoff of Le Loup. More

Dec 15, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff Artist Surveys 2009

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar’s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Those surveys and answers are posted on our website. Here is a web-exclusive survey from David Brewis of Field Music and School of Language.

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Dec 15, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff Saint Etienne

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar’s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Those surveys and answers are posted on our website. Here is a web-exclusive survey from Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne.
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Dec 14, 2009 By Jim Scott The National

After their 2006 album Alligator, it seemed as though Brooklyn-based The National had achieved breakout status. Almost exactly a year later, however, the band released the stunning Boxer, and the band was suddenly ubiquitous, a popular and critical favorite. More

Dec 13, 2009 By Chris Tinkham Web Exclusive

English model Lily Cole has appeared on the covers of the world’s top fashion magazines and has been working with renowned photographers and designers since she was 14 years old. Rubbing shoulders with artists and celebrities is nothing new to her, but she’s a relative newcomer to films. When she auditioned for the role of Valentina in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, she didn’t know that the part would require her to share scenes with revered thespian Christopher Plummer, or that the film would give her the opportunity to dance with one of her favorite musicians, Tom Waits. Least of all, Cole had no idea that she would be the last screen actress to perform opposite Heath Ledger. More

Dec 13, 2009 By Chris Tinkham Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender welcomes risks and extreme challenges to his screen performances. The Irish actor, who stands at about six feet, was under constant medical supervision as he whittled down to 128 pounds for his role as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 2008’s Hunger. The film also required Fassbender and actor Liam Cunningham to perform a dramatic dialogue-driven 17-minute scene in a single take. For his latest film, Fish Tank, Fassbender committed to the project without seeing the script, primarily because of his admiration for director Andrea Arnold’s previous feature, the 2006 Cannes Jury Prize winner Red Road. More

Dec 11, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff Best of the Decade

Under the Radar’s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar’s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Here’s a Top 10 Best of the Decade list from Joseph D’Agostino of Cymbals Eat Guitars. More

Dec 11, 2009 By Under the Radar Staff The Aliens

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade/Year-End Issue features our Best of the Decade Artist Survey. For Under the Radar‘s 7th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last decade and asked them for a list of their best albums of the decade. Some of the surveys didn’t make it in the issue and some answers from surveys that did make it in the issue had to be trimmed for space. Those surveys and answers are posted on our website. Here is a web-exclusive survey from Robin Jones and John Maclean of The Aliens. More

Dec 11, 2009 By Frank Valish Nurses

The history of psych-pop outfit Nurses and its core members, Aaron Chapman and John Bowers, reads like a musical travelogue of sorts. Having grown up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Chapman and Bowers took their love of music to California, Chicago, back to Idaho, and finally to Portland, Oregon, where the pair, along with drummer James Mitchell, has taken up permanent residence. The result of all their travel can be heard on the band’s sophomore album, Apple’s Acre. Under the Radar caught up with Chapman to discuss Apple’s Acre and the origins of a band that was built upon discovery, musical and otherwise. More