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The Diet Due Out August 17 via Sub Pop
Jun 07, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori has announced a new album, The Diet, and shared a video for its new single, “Happiness Reigns.” The Diet is due out August 17 via Sub Pop. More
New Tour Dates Next Month
Apr 26, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori released his debut solo album, New Misery, back in 2016 via Sub Pop. Now he was returned with a brand new single, “Four Years,” also on Sub Pop and shared via a lyric video for the song. More
Select Protest Signs Still Available to Bid On, Help Us Donate to the American Cancer Society - Everything Everything, Fear of Men, Amber Arcades, and More
Nov 02, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar‘s one-week Protest Auction for the American Cancer Society ended last week and was a complete success. But as happens every time we do a protest sign auction, a handful of signs didn’t sell for whatever reason. More
Select Protest Signs Still Available, Help Us Donate to the American Cancer Society - Everything Everything, Fear of Men, Amber Arcades, and More
Oct 28, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar‘s one-week Protest Auction for the American Cancer Society ended on Tuesday and was a complete success. But as happens every time we do a protest sign auction, a handful of signs didn’t sell for whatever reason. So we have relisted them. You have until next Wednesday, November 2, at 3 PM eastern to bid on the signs by Perfect Pussy, Wild Beasts, Everything Everything, Fear of Men, Amber Arcades, Cullen Omori, and Younghusband. Also still up for grabs is a signed vinyl copy of How to Dress Well‘s latest album, Care. More
New Misery Due Out Next Friday via Sub Pop, Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party Next Thursday
Mar 11, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori is releasing his debut solo album, New Misery, next Friday (March 18) via Sub Pop. Now you can stream the whole album below, via Stereogum, who premiered it. More
Omori is Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party Next Thursday
Mar 10, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
What’s in a Name? is our recurring guest blog series where an artist writes about how they came up their band name. For this edition we hear from Cullen Omori. Of course, Omori is now recording under his own name, but he used to be the frontman of Smith Westerns and here he writes about the process of deciding to now release music simply as Cullen Omori. More
Omori is Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party Next Thursday
Mar 09, 2016
By Cullen Omori
Forgotten Songs is our recurring series where a musician or one of our writers examines a song they love that they feel has been overlooked. It could be a song by an artist who never made it big, or it could be a B-side/rarity or unheralded album track by a more well known artist. More
New Misery Due Out March 18 via Sub Pop, Playing Under the Radar's SXSW Day Party Next Thursday
Mar 08, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori is releasing his debut solo album, New Misery, on March 18 via Sub Pop. He’s already shared the video for the album’s first single, “Cinnamon,” as well as the audio for “Sour Milk.” Now he’s shared another song from the record, “Synthetic Romance.” Check it out below. 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
By Mark Redfern
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
New Misery Due Out March 18 via Sub Pop
Feb 02, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Former Smith Westerns frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori is releasing his debut solo album, New Misery, on March 18 via Sub Pop. He’s already shared the video for the album’s first single, “Cinnamon.” Now he’s shared another song from the record, “Sour Milk.” Check it out below via Stereogum (who premiered it), followed by Omori’s tour dates. More
New Misery Due Out March 18 via Sub Pop
Jan 07, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Smith Westerns somewhat quietly broke up in December 2014 after releasing three albums. Frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori announced back in October that he’d signed to Sub Pop. Now the details of the his debut solo album has been announced. New Misery is due out March 18 via Sub Pop. More
Mercury Rev, Gwenno, Petite Noir, Cullen Omori, Autre Ne Veut, Chad Valley, Girls Names, PINS, and More on List
Nov 17, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the second 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 a little short on big names, but a huge part of SXSW is discovering new artists. More
First Album Due out Spring 2016
Oct 21, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Smith Westerns somewhat quietly broke up last December after releasing three albums. Now frontman and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cullen Omori has announced that he’s signed to Sub Pop. The plan is for him to release his solo debut album next spring. More
Interviews
Omori on 2015's Best Albums, Music Streaming, Outrageous Tour Requests, and Star Wars
Feb 25, 2016
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar’s 13th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2015. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2015 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Cullen Omori. Omori is the former frontman of Smith Westerns. The singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist is releasing his debut solo album, New Misery, on March 18 via Sub Pop.
Reviews
Sep 05, 2018
By Timothy Michalik
Within the past two years, ex-Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori has released a solo studio album, 2016’s New Misery-a self explanatory title-and relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles. Whether or not this move impacted Omori’s life is debatable, but as far as his sound goes, there’s no other explanation. More