Nov 13, 2023 By Celine Teo-Blockey 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.

Nov 11, 2023 By Dom Gourlay 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.

Nov 06, 2023 By Matt Fink 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.

Nov 04, 2023 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive

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

Oct 30, 2023 By Andy Von Pip 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?”

Oct 27, 2023 By Lee Campbell 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.

Oct 27, 2023 By Kyle Mullin Web Exclusive

Any artist figuratively bragging about bleeding for their craft would be stopped short by Thurston Moore’s Sonic Life: A Memoir. That’s not only because of the doorstopper’s near 500 page heft, but also because the Sonic Youth guitarist makes those pages whiz by with jolting anecdotes, including one about how he repeatedly lacerated his finger, spurting blood across the stage, while playing his famously abrasive riffs. Or as he puts it, during a recent video call with Under the Radar: “A whirlwind of thrashing.”

Oct 25, 2023 By Kyle Mullin Web Exclusive

Jamila Woods blinded herself while readying her new album, Water Made Us, for release. Specifically, the Chicago neo-soul singer and poet worked with Birdee, known for ethereal underwater photography, to shoot album artwork that would reflect the album’s title, lyrical motifs, and overall themes about the ebb and flow, tumultuous currents, and ocean depth of love.

Oct 24, 2023 By Ben Jardine Issue #71 - Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout

Back in early 2020, Caroline Rose (who uses they/them pronouns) was gearing up to release their fourth album, Superstar. The concept album featured Rose as a larger-than-life pop singer, and Rose the real singer had spent months and months constructing every moment of the record. But then the pandemic struck, and Superstar’s release was stifled.