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Plus Cat Power, Wild Nothing, Still Corners, Mitski, Madeline Kenney, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks' Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 17, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
We took a break from Songs of the Week last week due to a little vacation by our publishers. So this week we are compiling the best songs of the last two weeks. Hence we couldn't contain the list to our usual Top 10, although we didn't do too badly, only expanding to a Top 11 and a few more honorable mentions than usual. More
Double Negative Due Out September 14 via Sub Pop
Aug 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Low are releasing a new album, Double Negative, on September 14 via Sub Pop. Now Low have shared the album's closing track, "Disarray." More
Plus The Lemon Twigs, Christine and the Queens, Phantastic Ferniture, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 13, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Hello again. We haven't done a Songs of the Week for almost five weeks, since June 9. We were on vacation from mid to late June and then when we returned there really weren't enough compelling songs last week to justify doing Songs of the Week lists, mainly because of the July 4th holiday being smack dab in the middle of the week and so labels mainly avoided sharing new songs. More
Double Negative Due Out September 14 via Sub Pop; Watch Videos for “Quorum,” “Dancing and Blood,” and “Fly”
Jun 12, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Low have announced a new album, Double Negative, and shared videos for three new songs, "Quorum," "Dancing and Blood," and "Fly." Double Negative is due out September 14 via Sub Pop. The three videos were released as one complete 14-minute piece, a triptych, as well as separately. More
Feb 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Low have shared a cover of the Al Green classic "Let's Stay Together." Proceeds from digital sales of the cover go to the Duluth, Minnesota branch of the NAACP. Listen below. More
Low, Ought, Gaz Coombes, Girl Ray, Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Hinds, and More Added to the List
Jan 10, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, previously announced the first round of 2018 musical performers, as well as the second round. Now they have announced the third round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there's also film and interactive portions) in 2018 and it's a long list featuring 570 artists! More
Standalone New Single via Sub Pop
Dec 01, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Low's excellent new album, Ones and Sixes, came out on Sub Pop last fall. The band have a long history of releasing Christmas songs and even had a whole EP of them in 1999, the appropriately titled Christmas. More
Ones and Sixes Out Now via Sub Pop
Feb 01, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Low's excellent new album, Ones and Sixes, came out on Sub Pop last fall. Now the band has shared a video for "Into You." Jim Burns and Beth Chalmers directed the clip, which was filmed at a show in Glasgow, Scotland. The video manipulates performance footage, taking it in a hazy direction. More
Ones and Sixes Out Now via Sub Pop
Oct 08, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Low's excellent new album, Ones and Sixes, came out on Sub Pop last month. Now the band has shared a video for "Lies." Manuel Aragon directed the clip and described it as such in a press release: "Diego is a jornalero - a day laborer, struggling to maintain his livelihood. 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
Ones and Sixes Due Out September 11 via Sub Pop
Aug 03, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Low recently announced their new album, Ones and Sixes, which is due out on Sub Pop on September 11. Back when it was announced the band shared "No Comprende." Now they have shared another song from the album, "What Part of Me." More
Ones and Sixes Due Out September 11 via Sub Pop
Jun 23, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The ever durable Low have announced a new album and has shared a song from it, "No Comprende." Ones and Sixes is due out on Sub Pop on September 11 and was co-produced by Low and engineer BJ Burton in Eau Claire, Wisconsin at Justin Vernon's April Base Studios. More
Jan 31, 2015
By Laura Studarus
On Jan 26, Low performed at Barby in Tel Aviv, Israel. More
Jun 13, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Minnesota trio Low have premiered a music video for "Plastic Cup," the latest single off their new album The Invisible Way. More
Off Upcoming Album The Invisible Way
Jan 09, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band this year Low will soon release their 10th studio album The Invisible Way. More
Download Free Live EP Plays Nice Places
Nov 28, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Reaching the 20 year mark as a band together in 2013 Minnesota trio Low have announced that they will reach the milestone with a new album titled The Invisible Way. More
Riding the Rails With Low
Aug 17, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Today, Low released the video for “Especially Me,” the second track receive the visual treatment from recently released album, C’mon. We have the clip. More
"Tiny Desk Concert" Features Three Songs from C'Mon
May 26, 2011
By John Everhart
Low stopped by NPR to perform a "Tiny Desk Concert." More
Just Your Average Drive in the Country…Right?
Apr 13, 2011
By Laura Studarus
File this one under “That’s so crazy it might just work.” Actor John Stamos stars in Low’s new music video for C’mon track, “Try and Sleep." Yup. More
Feb 02, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Low is heading out on a worldwide tour in support of forthcoming album C’mon (out April 12 via Sub Pop). We have the dates. More
April 12, 2011 Via Sub Pop
Jan 20, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Low recently finished new album C’mon—due out April 12 via Sub Pop. We have the details. More
From September 16th to 19th, Illinois is the Place to Be for Iron & Wine, The Antlers, My Brightest Diamond, Low, etc.
Aug 13, 2009
By Laura Studarus
Longing for one last summer-ish experience? Well, if you're in Champaign-Urbana Illinois, the fifth annual Pygmalion Music Festival has you covered. A mere $60 dollars gets you four days of music, including such notable indie bands as Iron & Wine, The Books, My Brightest Diamond, The Antlers, Headlights, Wavves, BLK JKS, Autolux, Low, Japandroids, YACHT, and Ra Ra Riot. We have the full lineup and schedule. More
Interviews
Alan Sparhawk on Music Streaming, Childhood Memories, Star Wars, and the Genius of Taylor Swift
Feb 16, 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 Alan Sparhawk of Low. The band's latest album, Ones and Sixes, was released in 2015 via Sub Pop. More
Nov 17, 2015
By Matt Fink
Alan Sparhawk says I caught him on a chatty day, something that seems to surprise him as much as it does me. Knowing him only through the 11 resolutely inward-looking albums he has made with Mimi Parker, his wife and co-leader in Low, I don't expect him to be quite so outgoing and approachable. More
Nov 16, 2015
By Matt Fink
After 22 years as one-half of the husband-and-wife songwriting team in Low, vocalist/guitarist Alan Sparhawk has developed a thesis on longevity. Bands that have been around so long inevitably fall into one of two categories: they either survive by carving out a distinctly identifiable sound and repeating it over and over, or they never allow their aesthetic to fully congeal and attempt to reinvent themselves with each release. More
Reviews
Sep 08, 2015
By Chris Drabick
Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk and their bassist (Steve Garrington has served in the role since 2011) have long been making only two kinds of records; completely essential, passionate, cohesive and cogent statements, or those that are merely excellent and serve as a nice collection of tunes. More
Green Man Festival 2013 - Edwyn Collins, The Horrors, Low, Fuck Buttons, Band of Horses, and more
Sep 06, 2013
By Dan Lucas
The Green Man Festival has, in the 10 years since its inception, evolved from a one-day, 300-capacity campfire folk show into a week-long, eclectic event playing home to some 22,000 guests. Amongst British festival-goers it has a reputation as one of the summer's highlights and is spoken of as being a world away from the laddish, lager lout-infested, drug-peddling havens that make up the larger part of the Brit festival circuit. More
The Invisible Way
SUB POP
Mar 18, 2013
By Kyle Lemmon
Gradual change is rare for most groups, but Duluth, MN trio Low has morphed from a slowcore band into a folk-tinged rock outfit over its 20 years of existence. Like most indie bands, Low will trot out a new production style or genre experiment alongside each full-length release. More
