Under the Radar’s Holiday Gift Guide 2019 Part 6: Blu-rays and DVDs (Part One)

Dec 05, 2019 Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick

Welcome to Part 6 of Under the Radar's Holiday Gift Guide 2019. This one is centered on Blu-rays and DVDs, including classic and current movies and TV shows.

Self-Portrait: Jaakko Eino Kalevi

Dec 05, 2019 Web Exclusive

For our recurring Self-Portrait feature we ask a musician to take a self-portrait photo (or paint/draw a self-portrait) and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Jaakko Eino Kalevi.

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead on “X: The Godless Void and Other Stories”

Dec 04, 2019

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are back on January 17 with their 10th album, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, via Dine Alone. Founding members Jason Reece and Conrad Keely tell Under the Radar about the new record and how a complete clearout revitalised the band in their 25th year of existence.

Dry Cleaning on “Sweet Princess” and “Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks”

Nov 26, 2019

As South London continues to pump out angular post-punk bands with all the regularity of a vending machine, such a well-populated landscape doesn't afford much room for differentiation. It's telling then that Dry Cleaning stand out effortlessly. 

25 of the Best Elton John Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard

Jun 10, 2019

Rocketman is here. And it's spectacular. As such, I've got Elton on the mind.

I didn't go to the church of Jesus Christ when I was a kid. I went to the church of Elton John. Still do. We had portraits of Elton and his lyricist Bernie Taupin framed, matted, and hanging in the hallway as if they were fuckin' family members. LOL. Mom took me to my first concert in 1994. I was 11. It was Elton and Ray Cooper at the Greek Theater in LA. In 7th grade, I had a picture of Elton on the front of my school folder and one of Taupin on the back. Caught a lot of shit for it too. It was middle school, it was the mid-'90s, I was a weirdo.

So I'm a mega-fan for sure.

When people ask me where to start with Elton's catalog, here's what I tell 'em: All the studio albums from the 1970 self-titled Elton John through 1976's Blue Moves are essential. That's 10 albums people. 10 ALBUMS IN 6 YEARS. All of them essential. And no, we're not gonna get into anything after Blue Moves. Don't have time. Too controversial. But do check out 1981's The Fox and 1983's Too Low for Zero if you have the appetite.

Those 10 studio albums aren't just essential because of their brain-scramblingly good singles, but also because the non-single album tracks are Just. Un. Real. To celebrate all that incredible music and the release of Rocketman, I've compiled 25 of the very best Elton John songs I reckon you've never heard.

What'd we miss? BRING IT.

 By Kenny S McGuane

LUCFest 2019: The new Taiwan festival proves phenomenal for new music discovery

Dec 04, 2019 By Cai Trefor

Tainan in Taiwan might not be the most obvious place which springs to mind when contemplating some far flung adventure to see music. 

Under the Radar’s Holiday Gift Guide 2019 Part 6: Blu-rays and DVDs (Part One)

Dec 05, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to Part 6 of Under the Radar's Holiday Gift Guide 2019. This one is centered on Blu-rays and DVDs, including classic and current movies and TV shows.