Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Reportedly Dead in Apparent Suicide

Jul 20, 2017 Christopher Roberts

TMZ reports that Chester Bennington, lead singer for nu metal icons Linkin Park, has died. He reportedly hung himself and his body was found just before 9 AM PT at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in the Los Angeles area. Bennington was only 41 and leaves behind six children from two wives.

Self-Portrait: Little Dragon

Jul 19, 2017 Issue #60 - Father John Misty

We asked Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi Nagano to take a self-portrait. We also asked her to write a list of personal things—interesting facts that fans may perhaps not know about her.

Mount Eerie

Jul 18, 2017 Issue #60 - Father John Misty

Phil Elverum opens A Crow Looked at Me with a clarification. The death of his wife, visual artist and musician Geneviève Castrée, should not be reduced to the inspiration for a set of songs. Nor is it a learning experience, a clarifying opportunity to understand what's really important in life. 

Little Cub

Jul 13, 2017 Issue #60 - Father John Misty

While Little Cub's moniker might seem like an odd fit for a project focused on dancefloor-ready club singles, there's a bit of an intention behind it. "When we started the project, we were talking about what kind of statement we wanted to make and we realized how asinine and meaningless a band name is-I noticed how many band names are an adjective and a noun," explains the band's Duncan Tootill. 

Under the Radar’s Top 50 Albums of 2017 So Far

Jul 13, 2017

In the past we've avoided posting midyear best albums lists. It seemed somehow impatient and premature to evaluate the year's albums halfway through. And how do you decide which period the list covers, which arbitrary release date do you work out is the cut off point, as every midyear list seems to cover a different period? But 2017 is a year that demands a partial evaluation. The first half of the year has already produced enough strong albums to easily fill a Top 50, but also the second half of 2017 is stacked with so many high profile releases that threaten to overshadow some of the gems released so far. For example, we've already heard some August and September releases that we're certain will make the upper echelons of our final best albums of 2017 list come December.

To make this list an album had to be released for the first time (no reissues) somewhere between January 1, 2017 and last Friday, July 7. That means there are some good albums out tomorrow (such as Waxahatchee, Japanese Breakfast, and The Dears) that may made this list had we extended the period that far. Fourteen of our writers and editors (including myself and my co-publisher/wife Wendy Redfern) each submitted a list of their 20 favorite albums released this year thus far. Their number one album was worth 20 points, their number two worth 19 points, and so on until their number 20 album and any honorable mentions were worth one point each. All of that was calculated into the final list. By the way, this year we've interviewed 38 of the artists in the Top 50 and reviewed almost all these albums, so continue reading Under the Radar, both in print and online, for further proof that in-depth music journalism is far from dead. By Mark Redfern

Bob Dylan at Montreal Jazz Festival

Jul 02, 2017 By Laura Studarus

My only real argument with my mother happened when I was sixteen. It was over Bob Dylan—specifically the fact I wanted to go see his show at the fairgrounds and she wasn’t keen on the idea of her teenage daughter hanging out with NPR hippies. Her response upon finding out I’d see him perform at Montreal Jazz Festival?

The PLAYlist 09: Honshu

Jul 20, 2017 By Austin Trunick

We review a new, tiny map-building game from Renegade Games Studios, and explore Japan's all-time best-selling pop singles by Western artists.