Feb 06, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Caroline Tompkins Brooklyn-based artist Barrie (full name Barrie Lindsay) has announced a new EP, 5K, and shared its first single, “Races.” 5K is due out March 31 via Winspear. Check out “Races” below, followed by the EP’s tracklist and cover artwork. The EP’s title is simply inspired […]

Feb 06, 2023 By Kaveh Jalinous Web Exclusive It’s the first Monday after the Sundance Film Festival, and all around the country, festival goers, critics and filmmakers alike are experiencing a “film festival hangover.” The main thoughts: reflections on the festival’s films, especially those that exceeded expectations and those that fell woefully short. The main […]

Feb 06, 2023 Web Exclusive By Matthew Berlyant For the 35th anniversary of Townes Van Zandt’s second-to-last full-length studio album released in his lifetime, 1987’s At My Window (originally released on Sugar Hill Records), Craft Recordings (with help from Sugar Hill) has put out a wonderful sounding and looking reissue that does this wonderful and […]

Feb 06, 2023 Web Exclusive By Andy Von Pip Formerly of The Duke Spirit, UK singer/songwriter and musician Liela Moss releases her third solo album, Internal Working Model. The album—which features featuring guest appearances from Gary Numan, Jehnny Beth, and Dhani Harrison—is rich in soaring melodies and symbolism and might just be her best and […]

Feb 06, 2023 By Caleb Campbell LA alt pop singer/songwriter JORDI UP LATE emerged in 2020 with a series of kinetic electro pop cuts, culminating most recently with last year’s singles, “Hoax” and “TO BE YOUR FRIEND.” In that time, she’s also cemented an identity as a creative visual artist, enlacing her art with vibrant […]

Feb 06, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Austin-based indie folk outfit Under the Rug are back later this month with their third full-length album, Homesick For Another World. Their latest record quickly follows their 2022 sophomore record, Dear Adeline, yet it also shows the marks of months of fevered craftsmanship and years of expanding musical horizons. […]

Feb 02, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Lucie Rox Petite Noir has announced a new album, MotherFather, and shared a new song from it, “Blurry” (which features Sampa the Great), via a music video. MotherFather is due out April 14 via Warp. Hector Aponysus directed the “Blurry” video. Watch it below, followed by the […]

Feb 03, 2023 Web Exclusive By Andy Robbins Speaking to Under the Radar last year ahead of its release, Hamish Hawk described Angel Numbers as “as a gaze upwards with ideas of success, fame, ambition, and hoping.” As his new record finally sees the light of day, Hawk should be prepared for those ideas to […]

Feb 03, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by John Blivens North Carolina-based outfit Cor de Lux debuted in 2020 with Dream Life, a record that married expressive post punk with dark shades of dream pop and shoegaze. That layered combination of sounds also serves as the foundation for the band’s sophomore album, MEDIA, due out […]

Feb 03, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Jim Herrington Nashville-based indie folk singer/songwriter Ellie Turner has had a long and winding road to the release of her debut LP, When The Trouble’s All Done. Though Turner has long held a deep passion for music, she initially spent her early adulthood in corporate gigs, hesitant […]

Feb 03, 2023 By Mark Redfern New German Cinema, the solo project of Fear of Men’s Jessica Weiss has shared a new song, “Being Dead,” via a music video. Watch it below. Weiss had this to say about the video: “The video is self directed, in the Ossuary of Hythe church, which has the best […]

Feb 02, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Morningstar Angeline Black Belt Eagle Scout (aka Swinomish Indian Tribal Community-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Katherine Paul) is releasing a new album, The Land, The Water, The Sky, on February 10 via Saddle Creek. Now she has shared its fourth single, “Spaces,” via a music video. The affecting song features […]

Feb 02, 2023 Web Exclusive By Chris Thiessen Young Fathers are masters of chiaroscuro, commanding the darkness with frenetic percussion and pulsating electronics that drill deep into caverns until they find an opening and let a single beam of light flood the expanse. The spontaneously soulful trio glory in harmony through contrast, unity through eclecticism, […]

Feb 02, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Estefania Krol/KRÖLHAUS Under the moniker Good Bison, singer/songwriter Pablo Alvarez has shown off some expansive creative instincts, nodding towards surf rock, punk pop, indie rock, and hip hop on his 2021 EP, Scattered Storms. Alvarez followed last year with a new single, “Can’t Waste This High,” the […]

Feb 02, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Kathryn Strumolo Zachary Mastoon first fell in love with music while listening to vinyl on his living room speakers and capturing new and emerging sounds on cassette, sparking a lifelong affair sampling. As Caural, Mastoon rediscovers those fractured moments of melodic bliss, and reshapes them into avant-garde […]

Feb 02, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Samantha Tellez Austin-based indie pop trio Hey Cowboy! makes dreamy synth-laden gems, coated in blissed-out melodies and pillowy aesthetics. Bandmates Micah Vargas, Sydney Harding-Sloan, and Gaby Rodriguez debuted together with their 2018 record, The Soft Kind, and followed in 2020 with their sophomore record, Get in My […]

Feb 02, 2023 By Kaveh Jalinous Web Exclusive William Oldroyd’s Eileen is a slow-paced, surprisingly twisty thriller built upon two great performances and a fascinating script. The film is an adaptation of famed author Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel of the same name. Set in 1960s Massachusetts, Oldroyd’s film centers around Eileen (Thomas McKenzie), a shy and […]

Feb 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Neto Velasco LA goth-rock band Death Valley Girls are releasing a new album, Islands in the Sky, on February 24 via Suicide Squeeze. Now they have shared its latest single, “Magic Powers,” via a music video. The band’s bassist/co-lead singer Samantha Westervelt directed the video, which features […]

Feb 01, 2023 Web Exclusive By Michelle Dalarossa On her third solo album, Every Acre, indie folk singer/songwriter H.C. McEntire confronts the uncomfortable and shapes it into something poignant and profound. The Durham, North Carolina musician is known for fronting the alt-Americana band Mount Moriah and working as a backup singer for Angel Olsen, but […]

Feb 01, 2023 By Kaveh Jalinous Web Exclusive Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper is a formulaic yet effective story about a father’s and daughter’s quest to understand one another despite their stubborn natures. The film opens by introducing audiences to Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old living alone after the recent death of her mother. Despite her […]

Feb 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern London trio Girl Ray have shared a new song, “Everybody’s Saying That,” via a music video. Ben H Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, MIA, Belle & Sebastian) produced the song, which finds the band embracing ’70s disco, as filtered through modern indie-pop. Alice Harding directed the video, which fittingly […]

Feb 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern Photography by Siam Coy Westerman (full name Will Westerman) has announced a new album, An Inbuilt Fault, and shared a new song from it, “CSI: Petralona.” An Inbuilt Fault is due out May 5 via Partisan. Check out “CSI: Petralona” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, […]