Sep 05, 2014
By Gary Knight
Scotland Week
We have a special theme on Under the Radar’s website this week which we’re simply calling Scotland Week. All throughout the week we will be posting interviews, reviews, lists, and blog posts relating to Scotland and in particular Scottish music. We’ve put together a list of the 10 most essential Belle and Sebastian songs.
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Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina have started their own independent news outlet, MediaZona. The media service will monitor Russian courts, prisons and law enforcement.
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Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Sondre Lerche
Norwegian pop-smith Sondre Lerche has offered up “Sentimentalist,” a new song taken from his forthcoming Please LP (due September 23).
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Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Karen O
Next week, Karen O will release her proper solo debut, Crush Songs.
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Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
alt-J
In anticipation of their upcoming sophomore album This Is All Yours, UK trio alt-J stopped by The Late Show With David Letterman last night performing the track “Left Hand Free.”
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Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Bob Mould
Today, rock and roll lifer Bob Mould shared a video for “The War,” a song from his Beauty & Ruin LP released earlier this year.
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Sep 05, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
My Bloody Valentine
Last year, My Bloody Valentine‘s MBV made its way onto quite a few year-end lists (including a #11 slot on Under the Radar’s own list). A new honor has now been bestowed upon the band’s mastermind, Kevin Shields: A college scholarship bearing his name.
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Sep 04, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have shared the previously unreleased track “Give Us A Kiss” and a live version of their 2013 song “Jubilee Street.” Both songs were taken from the film 20,000 Days On Earth, a documentary/fiction hybrid inspired by Cave that will be hitting U.S. theaters later this month.
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