Mar 17, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Matilda Hill-Jenkins LA Priest (aka England’s Sam Eastgate) has announced a new album, Fase Luna, and shared its first single, “It’s You,” via a music video. Fase Luna is due out May 5 via Domino. Eoin Glaister directed the “It’s You” video. Watch it below, followed by […]

Mar 17, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Nashville-based rock outfit The Wans made their full-length debut in 2014 with the towering alt rock riffs of He Said, She Said. The band followed the album with a 2016 EP, Run Baby Run, but have been largely quiet in the years since, during which time they brought on […]

Mar 17, 2023 By Lee Campbell Photography by Katja Stuckrath Web Exclusive Composer, DJ, and musician David Holmes is a creative bombshell. Growing up in the midst of Belfast’s The Troubles conflict in the 1970s and 1980s, he has gone on to write movie scores for the likes of the Ocean’s Eleven series and is […]

Mar 17, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Joseph Cash Milwaukee-based singer/songwriter Trapper Schoepp’s music is steeped in history, taking cues from luminaries of folk music as well as a deep well of influences from traditional American and Irish folk. That history has emerged on each of Schoepp’s previous records, but may be most evident […]

Mar 16, 2023 By Mark Redfern Under the Radar’s new print issue (Issue 71) is shipping out soon. If you’re a subscriber and have moved since our last issue then please update your mailing address now. If you’re a lapsed subscriber or have never subscribed before, now’s a great time to resubscribe or subscribe for […]

Mar 16, 2023 Web Exclusive By Mark Moody There’s not much argument that the BBC has a sterling reputation for capturing artists at their finest. The fact that these later era (2003-2011) recordings of Daniel Johnston exist and are being officially released is as amazing as the quality of what’s contained here. Spanning five separate […]

Mar 16, 2023 Web Exclusive By Jennifer Irving M83’s Anthony Gonzalez is a master of subtlety. A pillar of any M83 song is the dynamic feeling it evokes, oftentimes a whole host of feeling across a single song. That seems to be what Gonzalez does best, and something he’s expanded upon in his most recent […]

Mar 16, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Robbing Millions is the indie pop project of Belgian singer/songwriter and guitarist Lucien Fraipont. Over the years, Fraipont has quietly honed his talents as an avant-pop songsmith, so much so that he caught the eye of MGMT, who released his 2021 sophomore record Holidays Inside via their label imprint. […]

Mar 16, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Mat Maitland Alison Goldfrapp, one half of British duo Goldfrapp, has announced her debut solo album, The Love Invention, and has shared its lead single, “So Hard So Hot.” The Love Invention is due out May 12 via Skint/BMG. “So Hard So Hot” has been shared via […]

Mar 16, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Over the past few years, LA-via-Philadelphia singer/songwriter Kevitch has carefully crafted a chilled and silken style of alt pop, incorporating delicate R&B beats and woozy lo-fi guitars into her dreamy soundscapes. She debuted in 2020 with her single “Sunrise” and followed in 2021 with “idc.” This year, she returned […]

Mar 16, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Hörður Óttarson Iceland’s Sigur Rós have announced a new tour in which they will be performing with a 41-piece orchestra in both North America and Europe. They have also teased the release of a new album. No details of the album have been announced, other than that […]

Mar 15, 2023 Web Exclusive By Andy Von Pip A founding member of Vivian Girls, drummer/vocalist with Crystal Stilts as well as playing with Dum Dum Girls and Beverly, Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose was once dubbed queen of the lo-fi scene. “I always laugh when people say ‘the lo-fi scene,’” she once said. “I’m not so […]

Mar 15, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Cory Young Indie pop outfit Joyce From the Future debuted in 2020 with their self-titled EP, introducing the band with an array of dance beats, glossy synth beds, and sleek new wave guitars. Since then, the band have been teasing their sophomore EP Illusions, first with their […]

Mar 15, 2023 By Mark Redfern Esther Rose is releasing a new album, Safe to Run, on April 21 via New West. Now she has shared the album’s title track, “Safe to Run,” which features Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra). It was shared via a music video. Rett Rogers directed the video. […]

Mar 15, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Michael Tyrone Delaney New York City-based (but British born) singer/songwriter Fenne Lily is releasing a new album, Big Picture, on April 14 via Dead Oceans. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “In My Own Time,” via a music video. Lily co-directed the video with Jim […]

Mar 15, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Tom van Huisstede Later this year, Dutch rock outfit Iguana Death Cult are set to return with their forthcoming third LP, Echo Palace. The record builds upon the scuzzy garage rock of their first two albums, 2017’s The First Stirrings of Hideous Insect Life and 2019’s Nude […]

Mar 15, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Eva Chambers The Lemon Twigs (aka brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario) are releasing a new album, Everything Harmony, on May 5 via Captured Tracks (their first album for the label). Now they have shared its third single, “In My Head,” via a music video. The Lemon Twigs […]

Mar 15, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Sara Melvin & Colby Richardson Feist is releasing a new album, Multitudes, on April 14 via Interscope. Now she has shared the album’s fourth single, “Borrow Trouble,” via a music video. Leslie Feist co-directed the video with Mary Rozzi, Colby Richardson, and Heather Goodchild. Watch it below, […]

Mar 14, 2023 Web Exclusive By Ian Rushbury Being the drummer in Radiohead probably closes as many doors at it opens. On the one hand, you’ve already got a well-established CV (and possibly a contractual obligation to a record label), but when your solo work isn’t in the same ballpark as the band that made […]

Mar 14, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Jakob Armstrong Later this year, Oakland-based alt rock outfit Ultra Q is set to return with their forthcoming debut LP, My Guardian Angel, out June 9th via Royal Mountain Records. The band’s full-length debut acts as a melting pot of influences from the alt rock world, melding […]

Mar 14, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Molly Daniel British psychedelic pop four-piece Temples are releasing a new Sean Ono Lennon-produced album, Exotico, on April 14 via ATO. Now they have shared its third single, “Afterlife,” via a music video shot on a beach. Watch it below. “As we were putting the tracklist together […]

Mar 14, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Maddie Ludgate Seattle-based indie singer/songwriter Thavoron first emerged in 2020 with his EP, Bold, followed in 2021 by his debut album, Ugly. Those projects cemented Thavoron’s style of poetic lyricism, poignant vocal performances, and shimmering layered soundscapes, a style he has since built on with last year’s […]

Mar 13, 2023 Web Exclusive By Jasper Willems Sleaford Mods don’t do anything traditional, nor do they do anything trendy. It’s a small area where they operate in; a liminal space where all the bile and discontent shits what it eats and vice versa. That innate appeal has made Sleaford Mods rise from grassroots curiosity […]