Album Reviews
Telekinesis
Parallel Seismic Conspiracies EP
Sep 02, 2010 Web Exclusive
You're strolling through your local independent record store when you stumble upon the latest Telekinesis release. "Oh, cool," you say to yourself, "a new EP."
Classic Interviews
The Helio Sequence
2007 Preview Bonus Interview
Jan 01, 2007 Web Exclusive
Time and space seem to be the cornerstones of the untitled work in progress from Portland, OR duo The Helio Sequence (vocalist/guitarist Brandon Summers and keyboardist/drummer Benjamin Weikel). Summers cites the use of odd micing in closets and a more acoustic writing approach as having influenced a record unlike anything the duo have produced before.
Comic Book Reviews
Jersey Gods Vol. 3: Thunder Road
Image
Sep 02, 2010 Web Exclusive
Ever wonder what happens when space gods meet future, Earth-based in-laws? Jersey Gods features characters highly reminiscent of Jack Kirby's New Gods, but, at least in the case of Barock, the main protagonist, they are mired in slightly more mundane situations.
Book Reviews
Rich Bozzett
Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi
Aug 25, 2010 Web Exclusive
Rich Bozzett, tour manager for Bon Jovi through the early days, recounts the rise of hair metal popsters Bon Jovi in all its sleazy glory.
Video Game Reviews
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor Wii
Nintendo/Treasure
Aug 12, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth
Even though it didn't receive a domestic release in 2000, the Nintendo 64 shooter Sin & Punishment has since become a cult classic. Its release on WiiWare a couple of years ago cemented its reputation amongst gamers. A decade later, the sequel has arrived, and while it doesn't radically change what made the original work, it is a challenging, fun, and welcome addition to the Wii platform.
News
Mark Ronson Rides His Bike in New Video “The Bike Song”
Sep 01, 2010
Mark Ronson has released the video for new single “The Bike Song.” We have the retro-looking clip that features Spank Rock, The View's Kyle Falconer, and Rose Elinor Dougall.
Interviews
!!!’s Nic Offer
Aug 23, 2010 Web Exclusive
It's hard to think that !!! (Chk-Chk-Chk) have been together for 14 years. That's quite the feat in and of itself. In anticipation of their danceable (of course) fourth LP, Strange Weather, Isn't it?, streeting this week (August 24), we talked to Nic Offer, singer and leader of the NYC/Sacramento/Portland/Pittsburgh band.
Pleased to meet you
Delphic
Aug 04, 2010 Web Exclusive
Early blushes of success and all the superlatives that come with it can threaten to topple even the most level-headed of bands. But Delphic—whose debut full-length Acolyte was released earlier this summer in the U.S.—is well studied for their role as “next big thing.” Under the Radar originally interviewed the band in our Winter 2010 Issue in January (when the album came out in the U.K.), but in honor of their U.S. release we sat down with two-thirds of the Manchester trio—James Cook (vocal/guitar) and Rick Boardman (multi-instrumentalist)—before their performance at Dangerbird Records to discuss first musical obsessions, first gigs, and everything that went into their first tastes of success.
Live reviews
Off Festival 2010 Day Three Recap - The Flaming Lips, The Ravonettes, and others
Aug 11, 2010
The third day of a festival is always a bit tough. Sore feet, musical overload, sunburn—it’s a lot to take in. But then, there’s day three of the Off Festival—which proved to be an exception. And not just because I ended up in an orange jumpsuit by the end of the night.
Blog
Wasted on the Youth Guest Blog: Club 8’s Johan Angergård on The Jesus and Mary Chain
Aug 29, 2010
The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy was the very first indie-pop album I bought. This was probably in 1987. We had a music room at school where you could bring your favorite cassettes and play them for everyone to hear. I loved bringing in Psychocandy, turning the volume up, and seeing people's surprised faces.
Cinema Reviews
Get Low
Aug 10, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth
Get Low features an unusually dramatic opening scene: As a fire in a Southern country home reaches flashpoint, a figure stumbles out of a second-story window and flees into the shroud of night, his clothes flaming like an afterburner.
DVD Reviews
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two DVD
Studio: Criterion
Aug 31, 2010 Web Exclusive
For some people, experimental film is completely inaccessible. By and large, cinema as a popular medium is driven by clear narrative and stylistic forces, and other than the occasionally abstract music video, divergences are generally met with boredom or disinterest.
Television Reviews
21 Jump Street - The Complete Series DVD
Mill Creek Entertainment
Aug 12, 2010 Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth
If it hasn't happened already, someday someone will teach a class in which the passage of time in the United States is studied through its television shows aimed at and featuring teenagers. Does anything say late '50s quite as well as Leave It to Beaver? Want to really remember the '80s? Square Pegs says everything. Most of these shows don't hold up particularly well (try watching Beverly Hills, 90210), but few hold up as poorly as 21 Jump Street.