Album Reviews
The Black Crowes
Happiness Bastards
Mar 18, 2024 Web Exclusive
It’s been 15 long years since The Black Crowes have released an album, brothers Chris and Rich Robinson seeming to have parted for good after the release of 2009’s Before the Frost…Until the Freeze.
Boeckner
Boeckner!
Mar 15, 2024 Web Exclusive
Nobody in indie rock has a knack for sing-along refrains like Dan Boeckner.
Youth Brigade
Sound and Fury (Deluxe Edition)
Mar 14, 2024 Web Exclusive
Following their previous, much anticipated and justifiably praised deluxe reissues of the first two 7 Seconds 12 inches (see my review of Walk Together Rock Together) and the first two Circle Jerks LPs, Trust has done it again by reissuing yet another crucial, timeless, West Coast punk rock classic that’s been long out of print.
News
Pulp Announce First North American Tour Dates in 12 Years
Mar 18, 2024
Britpop icons Pulp have announced their first North American tour dates in 12 years. Last year the band reunited for dates in the UK and Europe, but they performed on this side of the Atlantic since 2012.
Interviews
Ride on Forthcoming Seventh Album “Interplay”
Mar 10, 2024 Web Exclusive
Ride release their seventh album Interplay at the end of March, so Under the Radar caught up with singer, guitarist and songwriter Mark Gardener to discuss the new record, his studio, and the band’s tour plans for this year.
Slowdive on “everything is alive,” Critical Reappraisal, and Finding a New Younger Fan Base
Feb 09, 2024 Web Exclusive
Since reforming in 2013, Slowdive has now been around longer than their initial run in the early ’90s. The music industry they now inhabit has morphed into something that would have been completely unrecognizable to their younger selves. But Slowdive’s guitarist, singer (alongside Rachel Goswell), and primary lyricist, Neil Halstead, has never been the type of musician to dwell on the past.
Pleased to meet you
Eaves Wilder on a Year of Growth and New Experiences
Feb 01, 2024 Web Exclusive
Emerging UK singer/songwriter Eaves Wilder had a memorable 2023. It was a year in which she grew as an artist and discovered what it takes to become a touring musician. Under the Radar sat down to have a chat with her just before Christmas, and we delved into her early musical influences and how they informed the music she writes today.
Lists
Under the Radar’s Top 40 TV Shows of 2023
Jan 29, 2024
Last year was a challenging one for the entertainment industry with the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes. While this double blow—albeit for good causes—had detrimental snowball effects on the industry, there was still a solid grip of high quality material that made it to the not-so-small screen airwaves and streamers. Award-winning series like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Barry took their last bows, and we’re still waiting for a trifecta from Vince Gilligan to round out Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but there was plenty to keep viewers glued to the tube. From superheroes to science fiction, political intrigue to teenage hijinks and dramatized jury service to historical dramas, we continue to be spoiled for choice. It was a battle for Under the Radar’s top television shows of 2023, but we’ve managed to narrow it down to 40 solid watches.
Live reviews
Peel Slowly And See, Leiden, Netherlands, March 1-2, 2024
Mar 08, 2024
Peel Slowly And See delivered on its promise that nobody leaves the festival without discovering something outside of their regular musical comfort zone.
Blog
20% Off Subscriptions This Week as Under the Radar’s New Issue is Shipping Soon
Mar 11, 2024
Under the Radar’s new print issue (Issue 72) is shipping out soon and to encourage readers to subscribe or re-subscribe before it’s sent out, we are offering 20% off subscriptions this week. It saves us money if issues are sent directly from the printer, rather than after they’ve been sent to our headquarters, and so we are passing on those savings to you.
Media
- Spacey Jane – Listen to Our Interview in the New Episode of Our Under the Radar Podcast
- Tim Burgess – Listen to Our Interview in the New Episode of Our Under the Radar Podcast
- Phoenix – Listen to Our Interview in the New Episode of Our Under the Radar Podcast
- Bloc Party – Listen to Our Interview in the New Episode of Our Under the Radar Podcast
Cinema Reviews
Problemista
Mar 08, 2024 Web Exclusive
With so many gimmicks, you might assume all meaning is lost, but Problemista‘s messages of devotional love and holding out hope while on an impossible path shine through.
DVD Reviews
Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons
Studio: The Criterion Collection
Feb 26, 2024 Web Exclusive
Tales of the Four Seasons represents some of the finest of Rohmer’s work, highlighting the qualities that make his films and scripts some of the best French cinema has to offer.
Television Reviews
The Girls on the Bus
Max, March 14, 2024
Mar 12, 2024 Web Exclusive
The timely The Girls on the Bus is a political drama focused on four women, of different generations, covering the race for the White House on the campaign trail for the Democratic National Convention from varying perspectives for dramatically divergent outlets. The 10-episode series is based on co-creator and writer Amy Chozick’s 2018 memoir about her experience reporting on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for presidency, Chasing Hillary.