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Latest Release in Their String of Summer Singles
Aug 21, 2020
By Jennifer Irving
London-based HÆLOS have released a video for their newest summer single, “Hold On.” Check out the track and the Elliot Gonzo directed video below. More
Any Random Kindness Out Now via Infectious
Jun 05, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
London-based HÆLOS released a new album, Any Random Kindness, last month via Infectious (stream it here). Now they have shared a video for the album’s “End of the World Party.” The disorientating clip features a young woman as she jumps back and forth from moment to moment from being at any empty beach to being in a crowded dance club. More
HÆLOS and Clinic Are Runner-ups (Plus Stream New Albums from Mac DeMarco, Maps, The Get Up Kids, and More)
May 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Charly Bliss released a new album, Young Enough, today via Barsuk and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below, as well as on two runner-ups that were almost our Album of the Week. Below that are streams of other notable albums released today. More
Any Random Kindness Out Now via Infectious
May 10, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
London-based band HÆLOS have released a new album, Any Random Kindness, today via Infectious. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More
Plus Absolutely Free (Feat. U.S. Girls), Kindness, Cate Le Bon, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
May 03, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were lots of great new tracks this week, some from the usual suspects, others less expected. We’ve even got a whopping nine honorable mentions, but still managed to reign it in to just a main Top 10. More
Any Random Kindness Due Out May 10 via Infectious
May 02, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
London-based band HÆLOS are releasing a new album, Any Random Kindness, on May 10 via Infectious. Now they have shared another song from it, “Another Universe,” which will be the album’s last pre-release single. They have also announced some new UK and European tour dates. More
Plus Cage The Elephant and Beck, Bibio, Bedouine, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 29, 2019
By Mark Redfern
This week’s Songs of the Week list stars with a 24-minute first movement of a symphony featuring a trip-hop icon, but most of the songs in the Top 10 are by artists that have already made the list in recent weeks with previous songs. More
Any Random Kindness Due Out May 10 via Infectious
Mar 27, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
London-based band HÆLOS are releasing a new album, Any Random Kindness, on May 10 via Infectious. Now they have shared another song from it, “End of World Party,” which a press release says “is a satirical look at disregarding the apocalyptic aspects of humanity and focusing on the now.” More
Plus Jessie Ware, Drugdealer, Jenny Lewis, SASAMI, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 15, 2019
By Mark Redfern
It was pretty rough week to be a Ryan Adams fan. We won’t regurgitate the details, but if you haven’t already done so then you should read The New York Times article detailing the sexual misconduct allegations made against him by Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers, and several other women. More
Any Random Kindness Due Out May 10 via Infectious
Feb 14, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
London-based band HÆLOS are releasing a new album, Any Random Kindness, on May 10 via Infectious. Now they have shared another song from it, “Boy / Girl,” which a press release says is “a brooding examination of technology’s role in modern relationships.” More
Plus Rose Elinor Dougall, Foals, Florence + the Machine, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 25, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
This was a helluva week for new music. Monday was fairly quiet due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but Foals officially announced two albums and shared a cinematic video for a new song. More
Any Random Kindness Due Out May 10 via Infectious
Jan 23, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
London-based band HÆLOS have announced a new album, Any Random Kindness, and shared a video for a new song from it, “Kyoto.” Any Random Kindness is due out May 10 via Infectious. Check out the “Kyoto” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. Also below are the band’s upcoming tour dates. More
Plus The Good, The Bad, & The Queen; boygenius; Beirut; Beach House; and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 26, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This week’s Songs of the Week list is a supersized edition, with a Top 12 rather than our regular Top 10. Various new album announcements this week, as well as some excellent albums being released today, resulted in the need to make room for two extra tracks. More
Single Out Now via Infectious
Oct 24, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
London-based band HÆLOS released their debut full-length, Full Circle, back in 2016 via Matador. Now the band have returned with a new song, “Buried in the Sand.” It was shared via a video for the song directed by The Sacred Egg. More
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
By Christopher Roberts
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
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
Full Circle Out March 18 via Matador
Mar 03, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
London-based trio HÆLOS are releasing their debut full-length, Full Circle, on March 18 via Matador. Now the band has shared a video for “Separate Lives.” The band made the video themselves, which was shot on their first tour of the U.S. West Coast. Watch it below. The band also have a bunch of U.S. tour dates in the works, including 11 SXSW appearances (starting at one of Under the Radar‘s events) and a stop at Coachella. More
Debut Full-length to Be Announced Soon
Nov 12, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
London-based trio HÆLOS have announced some North American shows for early next year. A press release also promises that the trio’s debut album, due out in 2016 via Matador, will be announced in the coming weeks. The tour dates include their first shows in New York and on the West Coast, plus a stop at SXSW, and are below. More
Crystal Castles, Yuck, Fear of Men, HÆLOS, Micachu and the Shapes, Caveman, and More on List
Oct 20, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
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
Earth Not Above 12-Inch Out Now via Matador
Aug 26, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
London-based trio HÆLOS have released a video from “Earth Not Above,” a song taken from a 12-inch of the same name that’s out now on Matador. More
Issue 54 Also Includes Interviews with New Order, Garbage, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, the Casts of Fear the Walking Dead and Wet Hot American Summer, and More
Aug 07, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the August/September 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via Under the Radar‘s app and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It features CHVRCHES on the cover. Garbage’s Shirley Manson discusses the 20th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut album. We talk to the creators and various cast members of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. Star Cliff Curtis and producer Gale Anne Hurd talk about The Walking Dead companion series Fear the Walking Dead. The issue also includes interviews with Beach House, New Order, Foals, Beirut, Jesse Eisenberg, Low, FFS, Destroyer, Wolf Alice, Tamaryn, Telekinesis, Ducktails, DRINKS, Briana Marela, LA Priest, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Chelsea Wolfe, and more. More
Interviews
May 30, 2019
By Lotti Benardout
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 Lotti Benardout of HÆLOS. More
Nov 13, 2015
By Lily Moayeri
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that adage can be applied to fresh British trio HÆLOS. The threesome, while still in their 20s, have a lengthy and varied collective resume: Lotti Benardout featured on tracks from Redlight, Gorgon City’s Foamo, and Kidnap Kid; Arthur Delaney headed up Born Blonde; and Dom Goldsmith was a central figure in the spacey beats outfit Get People. More
Reviews
Mar 15, 2016
By Zach Hollwedel
Full Circle, the debut album from London-based trio, HÆLOS, is a lake at nighttime-you have no way of knowing how deep it is until you wade in. Once you plunge beneath the warm water’s surface, you realize this is a world you have rarely experienced before. More