Dec 24, 2024 By Mark Redfern

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 Matthew Caws of Nada Surf.

Dec 20, 2024 By Mark Redfern 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 Hinds.

Dec 17, 2024 By Celine Teo-Blockey Issue #72 - The ‘90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore

Rob Birch of Stereo MC’s remembers a love for rap and sampling fueling him and fellow member, DJ Nick Hallam’s excitement about starting a band together. Albums by Public Enemy and other hip-hop artists saw them set aside all they had learnt about making music via guitars to become disciples of breaks and loops. By the time the ’90s came along, they were carving a space for themselves making what would soon be called dance music, with their third album, 1992’s Connected, achieving a high water mark in their discography.

Dec 11, 2024 By Matt Conner Issue #72 - The ‘90s Issue with The Cardigans and Thurston Moore

“It’s weird because if there are 20 songs from the ’90s that still get played at The Home Depot, ‘Closing Time’ is definitely one of those. It’s like, ‘How did that happen?’”

Dec 04, 2024 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s UK tour starts this weekend (Friday 6th December), so Under the Radar caught up with founder member and vocalist Jim Reid

Nov 25, 2024 By Frank Valish Web Exclusive

Under the Radar caught up with Superdrag’s John Davis to discuss his new solo album, JINX.

Oct 29, 2024 By Matthew Caws Issue #73 - Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya

For our recurring Self-Portrait feature, we ask musicians to take a self-portrait photo (or paint/draw a self-portrait) and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Matthew Caws of Nada Surf.

Oct 22, 2024 By Matt Fink Issue #69 - 20th Anniversary Issue

In the fall of 2004, Rob Schnapf and Joanna Bolme didn’t really want to talk to the press. Having combed through 45 hours of material to assemble the final Elliott Smith album, From a Basement on the Hill, they were the only logical choices to field the questions Smith was no longer around to answer.

Oct 16, 2024 By Caleb Campbell Web Exclusive

“THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ATONED TONIGHT.” Those are the final words screamed on “Pomegranate Tree,” the latest single from D.C. punk band Ekko Astral. The words are a condemnation and indictment, coming after six minutes of build-up as the dusty guitars and off-kilter grooves of the track’s early minutes shift into a turbulent maelstrom.