Nov 16, 2015 By Laura Studarus Le Guess Who? 2015

We’re mere days away from jetting off to Holland for Le Guess Who? festival. With that in mind, here’s the next installment from our festival mixtape series, delivered with love by British shoegazers, Younghusband.

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Back to the Future

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the November/December 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, as well as Readbug and Kindle. The issue features EL VY (Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls) on the cover.

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Eagles of Death Metal

Eagles of Death Metal were playing the Le Bataclan venue tonight in Paris when terrorists stormed it, shot into the crowd, and took hostages. According to The Washington Post the band was able to escape, but some of their crew are unaccounted for. This followed an earlier suicide bomb in a Paris soccer stadium. The police have stormed the venue and the siege is over, but CNN are reporting that as many as 100 attendees are dead.

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Bill Hader

Fred Armisen and Bill Hader have a fake classic 1970s soft rock band, Blue Jean Committee. They were the subject of the season finale of Armisen and Hader’s new faux documentary show on IFC, Documentary Now! But next Friday (November 20) they are also releasing an actual seven song Catalina Breeze EP via Drag City.

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts School of Seven Bells

School of Seven Bells recently announced a new album, SVIIB, due for release February 12, 2016 via Vagrant. It is the band’s first album since the passing of founding member Benjamin Curtis, who passed in December 2013 after a battle with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. Now the band has shared the album’s first single, “Open Your Eyes,” which you can listen to below via Noisey (who premiered it).

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Cassie Ramone

Former Vivian Girls singer/guitarist Cassie Ramone has announced a Christmas album. Christmas in Reno is due out December 11 via Burger Records. Below you can hear her cover of “Run Run Rudolph,” a song originally released as a single by Chuck Berry in 1958. Ramone’s take is of course much more lo-fi, in keeping with Vivian Girls’ sound.

Nov 13, 2015 By Michael Wojtas Under the Radar’s Weekly Playlist

Welcome to Under the Radar’s Weekly Playlist, where we compile the best tracks to debut online in the last week (or thereabouts). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Oneohtrix Point Never, The Big Pink, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Blue Jean Committe (Bill Hader and Fred Armisen), Sondre Lerche, Cassie Ramone, and more ; plus, Lindstrom remixes Foals and Death Cab for Cutie remix Yoko Ono.

Nov 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts David Bowie

David Bowie is releasing a brand new 7-song LP entitled Blackstar (but styled as ★) on January 8, 2016 (which is Bowie’s birthday). The album’s title track will premiere next Thursday (November 19) via a short film/video directed by Johan Renck and now a 30-second trailer for the film has been released and can be watched below.

Nov 13, 2015 By Michael Wojtas Younghusband

A couple weeks ago, London’s Younghusband released their fine sophomore LP, Dissolver, via ATP. Today, we’re pleased to premiere the video for album highlight “Waverly Street.”