May 22, 2009 By Laura Studarus Black Moth Super Rainbow

In celebration of their upcoming album Eating Us (out 5/26 on Graveface Records), Pennsylvanian psychedelic rockers Black Moth Super Rainbow are launching a unique promotion. Ten specially crafted record stands have been distributed to ten independent record stores across the nation. These stands will contain hairy copies of their new album, which is essentially a CD covered in hair. The band is also launching an American tour and staging a series of listening parties.

May 22, 2009 By Laura Studarus José González

Swedish troubadour Jose González will embark on a brief North American tour this summer. The tour, which includes stops at several Canadian festivals, also has a single date in the states at Michigan’s Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

May 21, 2009 By Tom Vale Old 97’s

Invisible forces have plenty to answer for, and last year the Old 97s called one out: Blame It On Gravity, their seventh album, was hailed as a return to form. Just about exactly one year later, they’ve decided to fight gravity once more, and lift all those amps onto the truck.

May 20, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon HEALTH

Set your cranial cortex for noise-disco because Los Angeles’ HEALTH are staging their triumphant return, with Get Color on September 8th. The Smell-affiliated group’s 2007 self-titled debut and critically-acclaimed remix record HEALTH//DISCO, already got the noisy quartet sweating across stages shared with the likes of Crystal Castles, Nine Inch Nails, and Of Montreal but last month’s phenomenal single “Die Slow” pointed at an eventual shift towards the group’s clamorous mutatation of disco music.

May 20, 2009 By Mark Redfern Los Campesinos!

Welsh indie popsters Los Campesinos! Have recently been recording their third album in suburban Connecticut with producer John Goodmanson at the Carriage House, the same studio where Pixies recorded Doolittle. “[We’re] experimenting with different sounds, a bit of electronics, extra instrumentation from people outside the band, which is really exciting,” said drummer Ollie in a recent interview with Under the Radar.

May 19, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is proud to sponsor The Dears’ Los Angeles tour stop at the Echoplex this Saturday (May 23rd). Come down to the show for free magazines and great music. Los Angeles-based Great Northern is opening.

May 19, 2009 By Mark Redfern

As reported over the weekend by The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Weekly, NBC has given Chuck a third season. They have only ordered 13 episodes, instead of the traditional 22, but if it does well then an additional 9 episodes may be ordered. In another concession, the show’s producers have had to agree to cost-cutting measures, including eliminating some of the show’s cast.

May 15, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto Broken Social Scene

After four years of waiting and nine months of planning, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene recently blogged to announce that the band is finally back in studio, recording with John McEntire.

May 15, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse’s new project, Dark Night of the Soul, a collaboration with Sparklehorse and legendary film director David Lynch, has run into legal trouble with EMI and the release of its self-titled album has been delayed. It will now be released as a blank CD.