Under the Radar’s Holiday Gift Guide 2018 Part 5: Toys and Other Gifts for Kids (Part 1)

Dec 10, 2018 Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick

Welcome to part 5 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight toys and other gifts for kids and their parents, including books, DVDs, board games, technology, and more. We were sent so many cool things to write about that we had to split the post into two parts, our website couldn't handle one post as long as our Toy Gift Guide. So here's part 1, which features kid-friendly toys, books, and DVDs/Blu-rays. 

The End: Anatole Serret of Parcels

Dec 07, 2018 Web Exclusive

To end out the week, we ask Anatole "Toto" Serret of Parcels some questions about endings and death.

My Firsts: Dave Tattersall of The Wave Pictures

Dec 06, 2018 Web Exclusive

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Dave Tattersall of The Wave Pictures.

Snail Mail on “Lush”

Nov 29, 2018 Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

With her parents at work, Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan has the house to herself for the next several hours. Though she still lives at home, the 18-year-old's time back in the Baltimore suburb of Ellicott City, Maryland is more or less a stopover between several days of promo in New York City earlier in the week and a flight in a few days' time that will take her across the Atlantic for her first European tour.

Beach House - 10 Best Songs:  Ranking the Best Tracks from Teen Dream to 7

May 23, 2018

With their latest album 7, Beach House has now released eight albums (seven studio albums and one rarities and B-sides release) and 83 songs. Distilling these 83 songs down to a 10 best was a daunting task but one that was met with an enthusiastic glee. Not much is better than revisiting Beach House's entire catalog of their signature dream-pop formula of airy guitars, hushed indie-rock beats, and ethereal vocals. From their self-titled 2006 debut to the recently released 7, their sound shimmers with lush and gossamer melodies, catchy beats and softly soaring guitar riffs. Of course it proved too difficult to pick just 10 tracks, so below is list of the top 14. A 10 best and four honorable mentions.

Of course all of this is subjective, this is simply the opinion of one writer. No doubt you have your own list of favorite Beach House songs. And yes, we are aware there are no songs from the band's first two albums, 2006's Beach House and 2008's Devotion; we feel they truly came into their own with their third album, 2010's Teen Dream. By Matt the Raven

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(Sandy) Alex G and Half Waif at First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA, November 16, 2018

Dec 05, 2018 By Max Freedman

It's hard to say which version of a two-set show is better: one with an unheard-of opener who commands the room and becomes a favorite new discovery, or one with a popular opener who's already as well-regarded as the headliner. 

Under the Radar’s Holiday Gift Guide 2018 Part 5: Toys and Other Gifts for Kids (Part 2)

Dec 10, 2018 By Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick

Welcome to part 5 of our Holiday Gift Guide 2018, in which we highlight toys and other gifts for kids and their parents, including books, DVDs, board games, technology, and more. We were sent so many cool things to write about that we had to split the post into two parts, our website couldn't handle one post as long as our Toy Gift Guide. So here's part 2, which features kid-friendly board games and technology.