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12 Best Songs of the Week: LUMP, Villagers, Magdalena Bay, Meatbodies, and More

Plus Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, Ade & Connan Mockasin, POND, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jul 02, 2021

Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week we were feeling a bit indecisive and couldn’t really narrow it down to a Top 10, so we went with a Top 12 instead. More

Premiere: Caveman Debuts New Single “River”

Smash Coming August 13 on Fortune Tellers

Jul 02, 2021

New York indie band Caveman is back later this month with their long-awaited fourth record, Smash. Named after and inspired by frontman Matthew Iwanusa’s late cousin, the band’s latest record is their first since 2016’s Otero War, though we did hear from the band in 2020 with their EP, New Sides. The record is also the band’s first LP released via Fortune Tellers, the new label from The Walkmen’s Peter Matthew Bauer. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: LUMP, Modest Mouse, Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth, Iceage, and More

Plus HARD FEELINGS, Alex Lahey, Caveman, Liars, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

May 07, 2021

Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week wasn’t overly eventful, in terms of U.S. news. More

Caveman Share New Song “Like Me”

Smash Due Out July 16 via Fortune Tellers

May 07, 2021

New York’s Caveman are releasing a new album, Smash, on July 16 via Fortune Tellers. Now the trio have shared the album’s second single, “Like Me.” More

May 21, 2020

New York’s Caveman recently surprise released the New Sides EP via Fortune Tellers. Now they have shared a video for the EP’s opening track, “You’ve Got a Feeling.” We also have a stream of the full EP. More

Watch: Caveman - “The State of Mind” Video

Otero War Out Now via Cinematic Music Group

Jul 07, 2016

New York’s Caveman released a new album, Otero War, last month via Cinematic Music Group. Now they have shared a video for “The State of Mind.” Joe Baughman directed the strange clip, which is live action, but with some stop-motion aspects. Watch it below. Caveman has also announced some tour dates, which are also below. More

Listen: Caveman - “Life or Just Living”

Otero War Due Out June 17 via Cinematic Music Group

Jun 06, 2016

New York’s Caveman are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. The band has already shared “Never Going Back,” “Human,” and “80 West,” as well as a video for “Never Going Back.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Life or Just Living.” Listen below. More

Under the Radar Announces May/June 2016 Issue with M83 on the Cover

Issue 57 Also Includes Interview with Lush, Primal Scream, John Carpenter, Frightened Rabbit, Underworld, Yeasayer, Frankie Cosmos, Julien Baker, Cat's Eyes, School of Seven Bells, Parquet Courts, Fear of Men, Minor Victories, Kevin Morby, and More

May 06, 2016

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More

Austin City Limits Lineup: Radiohead, M83, HAIM, LCD Soundsystem, Foals, and More

Plus: Mumford and Sons, Kendrick Lamar, Chairlift, Local Natives, Band of Horses, Frightened Rabbit, and Others

May 05, 2016

Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2016 festival, in which they will celebrate their 15th anniversary. Highlights include Radiohead, M83, HAIM, LCD Soundsystem, Foals, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford and Sons, Andrew Bird, Local Natives, Conor Oberst, Chairlift, Flying Lotus, Caveman, Marlon Williams, Willie Nelson, Band of Horses, Major Lazer, Frightened Rabbit, and more. More

Watch: Caveman - “Never Going Back” Video

Otero War Due Out June 17 via Cinematic Music Group

May 03, 2016

New York’s Caveman are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. The band has already shared “Never Going Back,” “Human,” and “80 West.” Now the band has shared a video for “Never Going Back.” The psychedelic clip was directed by Steven Sebring and features the band in space and on an alien planet. More

Listen: Caveman - “80 West”

Otero War Due Out June 17 via Cinematic Music Group

Apr 07, 2016

New York’s Caveman are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. The band has already shared “Never Going Back” and “Human” and below is another song from the album, the atmospheric “80 West.” More

Outside Lands 2016 Lineup: Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, and The Muppets

August 5 - 7 in San Francisco, Lineup Also Includes Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana

Apr 05, 2016

Outside Lands have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down August 5 - 7 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Highlights of the lineup include Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana Del Rey, DIIV, Big Grams, Julien Baker, Lionel Richie, Major Lazer, Jason Isbell, Lord Huron, Vince Staples, Years & Years, HÆLOS, POLIÇA, Ra Ra Riot, Rogue Wave, Caveman, Whitney, Miguel, and Chance the Rapper. More

Nocturnal Admittance: Matt Iwanusa of Caveman on His Most Vivid Recurring Dream

Otero War Due Out June 17 via Cinematic Music Group, Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party This Wednesday

Mar 14, 2016

Nocturnal Admittance is our series where an artist writes about their most vivid recurring dream or nightmare. For this Nocturnal Admittance, Matt Iwanusa of Caveman writes about pre-show jitters that have inspired a recurring nightmare. The New York five-piece are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. More

Listen: Caveman - “Human”

Otero War Due Out June 17 via Cinematic Music Group, Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party Next Wednesday

Mar 08, 2016

New York’s Caveman are releasing a new album, Otero War, on June 17 via Cinematic Music Group. The band has already shared “Never Going Back” and below is another song from the album, “Human.” More

Under the Radar Announces Three SXSW Events: Car Seat Headrest, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, and More

Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Julien Baker, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Fear of Men, Yuck, Gwenno, Girls Names, Cullen Omori, TEEN, and Others to Play

Mar 04, 2016

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2016 events: two day parties on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 and one official nighttime showcase on Wednesday, March 16. The lineups include Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Yuck, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Girls Names, Gwenno, MONEY, Cullen Omori, TEEN, Mass Gothic, Younghusband, and more. More

Panorama, New NYC Festival from Coachella Organizers, Announces Inaugural Lineup

LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, and Kendrick Lamar to Headline Three-Day Event in July

Mar 01, 2016

The company behind Coachella, Goldenvoice, are launching a new festival in New York City named Panorama and today the festival’s lineup has been announced. Panorama will go down at Randall’s Island Park in New York City, from July 22-24. The headliners will be LCD Soundsystem (in their first NYC show since their Madison Square Garden farewell concerts five years ago), Arcade Fire, and Kendrick Lamar. More

Frightened Rabbit Announce New Album and Tour Dates, Share “Death Dream”

Painting of a Panic Attack Produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, Due Out April 8 via Canvasback/Atlantic

Feb 19, 2016

Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit have announced a new album and shared a new song. Painting of a Panic Attack is due out April 8 via Canvasback Music/Atlantic. Aaron Dessner of The National produced the album. Here is the album’s first single, “Death Dream.” The band has also announced a bunch of tour dates, which are also below. Caveman will support all dates and are releasing their own new album, Otero War, this summer. More

Caveman Announce New Album, Share “Never Going Back”

Otero War Due Out This Summer via Cinematic Music Group

Feb 04, 2016

New York’s Caveman have announced a new album and shared it’s first single. Otero War is due out this summer via Cinematic Music Group. Here is “Never Going Back,” a typically rousing new song with a strong bossgaze vibe. The main complaint is that at 3 minutes the track is too short, it leaves you wanting more! More

SXSW Music 2016 Announces First Round of Artists

Crystal Castles, Yuck, Fear of Men, HÆLOS, Micachu and the Shapes, Caveman, and More on List

Oct 20, 2015

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the first round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2016 (its 30th year). The list is short on big names, but a huge part of SXSW is discovering new artists. More

Halloween 2013 Questionnaire: Caveman, Gap Dream, Les Jupes, and Chaos Chaos

"The tanner didn't wear off for a few days. So Halloween was pretty long for me that year." - Caveman's Matt Iwanusa

Oct 31, 2013

We sent out the same set of Halloween-related questions to a bunch of different musicians. All Halloween week we are posting their responses. Here are some spooky answers from Caveman, Gap Dream, Les Jupes, and Chaos Chaos (formerly known as Smoosh). More

Watch: Caveman – “In the City” Video

New Self-Titled Album Out Now

May 23, 2013

In the new video for Caveman cut “In the City,” a young couple (played by Julia Stiles and Fran Kranz) go for a romantic weekend in the city. More

Stream Caveman’s New Album

Self-Titled LP Out April 2

Mar 25, 2013

Next week Caveman will unlease their latest batch of dreamy soundscapes with their new self-titled album. More

Greetings From Caveman at Under the Radar’s SXSW 2013 Parties

Checking in From Flamingo Cantina in Austin, Texas

Mar 19, 2013

Caveman checked in from day 2 of the Under the Radar SXSW parties in Austin, Texas. More

Caveman – Under the Radar’s SXSW Party Spotlight

Set to Play Under the Radar's Second SXSW 2013 Party, Thursday, March 14 at Flamingo Cantina

Mar 09, 2013

On March 14 Under the Radar will host the second of three free day parties. Leading up to the event we’re letting you know about each artist playing. Today we’re spotlighting Caveman More

Listen: Caveman - “Over My Head”

Off Upcoming Self-Titled LP

Mar 08, 2013

Recently signing to Fat Possum, New York five-piece Caveman will soon release their self-titled follow-up their 2011 debut CoCo Beware. More

Under the Radar Announces Three SXSW Day Parties Featuring Surfer Blood, DIIV, Small Black, and more

Also Performing: Shout Out Louds, Foxygen, Marnie Stern, Doldrums, Caveman, Young Galaxy, Girls Names, IO Echo, Mister Lies, Young Dreams, and more

Mar 06, 2013

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2013 day parties, taking place on Wednesday March 13, Thursday March 14, and Friday March 15. Featured performers include Surfer Blood, DIIV, Small Black, Shout Out Louds, Foxygen, Poolside, Young Galaxy, Marnie Stern, Doldrums, Caveman, Girls Names, IO Echo, Mister Lies, Young Dreams, and more. More

Oct 16, 2012

On Saturday October 13, the Austin City Limits Music Festival continued in Austin, TX. We sent photographer Robert Redfield down to capture the action. Check out his photos of Jack White, Father John Misty, Zola Jesus, Andrew Bird, Gotye, Caveman, Gardens & Villa, The Roots and Band of Skulls here. More

Check Out Photos from Day Three of Outside Lands 2012 Including Stevie Wonder and Jack White

Plus Franz Ferdinand, Skrillex, Bloc Party, Santigold, Regina Spektor and more.

Aug 14, 2012

Check out photos from Day Three of the Outside Lands, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA on August 12, 2012. The gallery includes photos of Bloc Party, Caveman, Franz Ferdinand,Jack White, Regina Spektor, Santigold, Skrillex, Stevie Wonder and Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman. More

Oct 25, 2011

Check out photos from Day Three of CMJ 2011 in New York, NY including photos of Zambri, Dum Dum Girls, Caveman, Ill Fits and Forest Fire. Photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern was there to capture the action. See the full gallery here. More



Interviews

2016 Artist Survey: Matthew Iwanusa of Caveman

Iwanusa on Trump, How Bowie Helped His Friend, First Kisses, Practical Jokes, and the Zombie Apocalypse

Feb 14, 2017

For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

Caveman

Widescreen Rock

Jun 17, 2016

When Caveman frontman Matt Iwanusa takes a listen to Otero War, the New York-based band’s new album, he can’t pinpoint any weak points. That’s because he went into the project fully focused and ready to spend time perfecting the songs. More

Halloween 2013 Questionnaire: Caveman, Gap Dream, Les Jupes, and Chaos Chaos

"The tanner didn't wear off for a few days. So Halloween was pretty long for me that year." - Caveman's Matt Iwanusa

Oct 31, 2013

We sent out the same set of Halloween-related questions to a bunch of different musicians. All Halloween week we are posting their responses. Here are some spooky answers from Caveman, Gap Dream, Les Jupes, and Chaos Chaos (formerly known as Smoosh). More

Caveman

Discovering Fire

Jan 24, 2012

The New York-based Caveman have had a whirlwind two years since they first started playing music together. Veterans of separate projects that folded around the same time, these long-time friends looked to each other to find a new outlet for their musical compulsions. More


Reviews

Jul 21, 2021

When Caveman entered the music scene a decade ago with 2011’s Coco Beware, their music blended the chamber-pop of the era’s heavy-hitters with an atmospheric sonic palette to create an album that sounded fresh. Yet by 2016’s Otero War, the band’s inventiveness felt lost. More

Jun 17, 2016

Is this the same Caveman we met on 2011’s WWF-referencing Coco Beware? Is it even the same group we were re-introduced to two years later on their self-titled sophomore LP? More

Apr 02, 2013

Caveman’s debut, CoCo Beware, initially self-released but reissued by Fat Possum Records in 2012, was a sweeping, ethereal album that recalled Plants and Animals’ 2008 album Parc Avenue and the work of Fleet Foxes. More