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10 Best Songs of the Week: U.S. Girls, Murray A. Lightburn, Hannah Jadagu, The National, and More

Plus Lost Under Heaven, Frankie Rose, Gruff Rhys, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 24, 2023

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2023. Thanks in part to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, the week was light on big album announcements, but there were still enough worthy songs to pick from. More

Frankie Rose Shares New Song “Come Back”

Love As Projection Due Out March 10 via Slumberland

Feb 22, 2023

Frankie Rose is releasing her first new album in six years, Love As Projection, on March 10 via Slumberland. Now she has shared its third single, “Come Back.” More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Black Belt Eagle Scout, Lael Neale, Caroline Polachek, Girl Ray, and More

Plus Wings of Desire, Alex Lahey, The WAEVE, H. Hawkline, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 03, 2023

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of strong contenders this week, the Top 7 is especially solid. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More

Frankie Rose Shares Video for New Song “Sixteen Ways”

Love As Projection Due Out March 10 via Slumberland

Jan 31, 2023

Frankie Rose is releasing her first new album in six years, Love As Projection, on March 10 via Slumberland. Now she has shared its second single, “Sixteen Ways,” via a music video. More

6 Best Songs of the Week: Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Hold Steady, Frankie Rose, and More

Plus Death and Vanilla, James Yorkston and Nina Persson, and Peter Gabriel

Jan 06, 2023

Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2023. It was a quiet week as the music industry slowly awakens from the holiday break. Hence we only have six songs and no honorable mentions. More

Jan 06, 2023

Frankie Rose has announced her first new album in six years, Love As Projection, and shared its first single, “Anything.” More

Listen: Frankie Rose - “At Night” (The Cure Cover)

Seventeen Seconds Covers Album Due Out October 27 via Turntable Kitchen

Oct 26, 2017

Frankie Rose released a sci-fi themed new album, Cage Tropical, back in August via Slumberland/Grey Market. Tomorrow she is releasing a new album in which she covers The Cure’s 1980-released album Seventeen Seconds in its entirety as part of Turntable Kitchen’s ongoing Sounds Delicious series of such albums. More

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Aug 11, 2017

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Album of the Week: Frankie Rose

Cage Tropical Out Now via Slumberland/Grey Market

Aug 11, 2017

If anyone expects a complete reinvention from Frankie Rose following a four-year absence (her last album being 2013’s Herein Wild, her only record for Fat Possum), especially given that this is a return after a series of personal setbacks sent her back to Brooklyn after a stint in her native Los Angeles, they’ll be disappointed. More

Frankie Rose Shares Video for New Song - “Dyson Sphere”

Cage Tropical Due Out This Friday via Slumberland/Grey Market

Aug 07, 2017

Frankie Rose is releasing a sci-fi themed new album, Cage Tropical, this Friday (August 11) via Slumberland/Grey Market. Previously she shared “Trouble” (via a visual that included a phone number for a UFO hotline) and “Red Museum” (via its strange video directed by Geneva Jacuzzi). More

Frankie Rose Shares Video for New Song - “Red Museum”

Cage Tropical Due Out August 11 via Slumberland/Grey Market

Jul 14, 2017

Frankie Rose is releasing a sci-fi themed new album, Cage Tropical, on August 11 via Slumberland/Grey Market. Previously she shared its first single, “Trouble,” via a visual that included a phone number for a UFO hotline. More

Seven Best Songs of the Week: Wolf Alice, Everything Everything, Algiers, and More

Plus Trailer Trash Tracys, The Horrors, This Is the Kit, Frankie Rose, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jun 16, 2017

So many notable new tracks this week! To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer. More

Jun 14, 2017

Frankie Rose has announced a sci-fi themed new album, Cage Tropical, and shared its first single, “Trouble,” via a visual that includes a phone number for a UFO hotline. More

Apr 04, 2017

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (the project of Kip Berman) have announced some summer tour dates. Frankie Rose will support some of the dates. More

Listen: Frankie Rose – “Sorrow (Small Black Remix)”

Herein Wild Is Out Now Via Fat Possum

Oct 10, 2013

Frankie Rose tapped fellow Brooklyn dreamers Small Black to remix Herein Wild single “Sorrow.” More

Sep 23, 2013

Poised to release her sophomore solo album Herein Wild tomorrow, former Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls member Frankie Rose recently sat down and played her new track “Into Blue” on a rooftop in Brooklyn. More

Sep 17, 2013

This week and next sees the release of a number of notable new albums. More

Aug 29, 2013

On Sept. 24 former Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls member Frankie Rose will release Herein Wild, the follow-up to her 2012 solo debut Interstellar. More

Aug 01, 2013

Frankie Rose has announced the release of her sophomore album Herein Wild. More

Listen: Frankie Rose: “The Fall” (Fort Romeau Remix)

Plus Tour Dates and "Night Swim" Single Release Announced

Aug 30, 2012

Frankie Rose’s Insterstellar (released by Slumberland and Memphis Industries back in February) was one of the true highlights of the first quarter of the year. Now Insterstellar cut “The Fall” has been remixed by Fort Romeau. More

Jul 30, 2012

Frankie Rose has premiered a futuristic music video to accompany “Know Me,” the latest single from her much-loved new album Interstellar. More

Mar 28, 2012

While the music video for her first Interstellar single “Gospel/Grace” relied on a bit of literal manuevering, venturing into the great emptiness of space, Frankie Rose‘s latest visual accompaniment seems to venture even further in the “exactly what it means” category. More

Under the Radar Announces Winter 2012 Issue with Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, and Twin Shadow

Issue Also Features: Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, Spiritualized, Tegan and Sara, and more

Mar 12, 2012

Under the Radar’s Winter (March/April) Issue will be hitting the stands soon. The issue features an In the Studio 2012 themed cover with the frontmen of three notable acts set to release new albums later this year—Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. The issue also features interviews with Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, of Montreal, Frankie Rose, Spiritualized, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, and much more. More

Frankie Rose Announces Tour

Record Release Show at NYC's Knitting Factory

Feb 15, 2012

Releasing the music video for her track “Gospel/Grace” yesterday, Frankie Rose has also announced that she will emarking on a North American tour starting in April behind her upcoming new album Interstellar. More

Feb 14, 2012

Former Vivian Girls/Dum Dum Girls member Frankie Rose takes a very literal approach to her recently debuted music video for her Interstellar track “Gospel/Grace.” More

Feb 07, 2012

Having gotten a taste of her forthcoming sophomore album Interstellar with the track “Know Me,” former Vivian Girls/Dum Dum Girls drummer Frankie Rose has allowed access to the whole album online. More

Listen: Frankie Rose – “Know Me”

Interstellar Out February 21

Jan 03, 2012

Frankie Rose dropped a new track on us today from forthcoming sophomore album, Interstellar (out February 21 via Slumberland). More



Interviews

2015 Artist Survey: Frankie Rose

Solo Artist and Beverly Member on Modern Pop Music, Being Fired, Taylor Swift, and Star Wars

Jan 12, 2016

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 Frankie Rose. More


Reviews

Mar 15, 2023

A founding member of Vivian Girls, drummer/vocalist with Crystal Stilts as well as playing with Dum Dum Girls and Beverly, Brooklyn-based Frankie Rose was once dubbed queen of the lo-fi scene. More

Sep 27, 2013

Ex-Crystal Stilt, ex-Vivian Girl, and ex-Dum Dum Girl Frankie Rose releases her third album as a solo act, Herein Wild-40odd minutes of bright and breezy dream pop with a bittersweet edge to it. More

Feb 20, 2012

Ex-Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts, and Vivian Girls member Frankie Rose certainly has an impressive pedigree. On her 2010 self-titled debut album with ad hoc band The Outs, she cribbed liberally from the oeuvres of her former bands, crafting a record laden with copious reverb and Spector-esque girl group hooks. More