Feb 03, 2021 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “Favor,” which features backing vocals from Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, her bandmates in the supergroup Boygenius. More

Jul 02, 2020 By Samantha Small

It’s almost here… yet another Bandcamp fee-free Friday. For this upcoming July 3 event, boygenius—the supergroup comprised of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus—is sharing an extra special treat: three voice recorded demos from their 2018 eponymous EP.  More

Feb 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced some new North American tour dates. They go down this July and August. Lucy Dacus and Julia Jacklin will take turns opening most of the dates, with Sharon Van Etten also supporting one show. More

Feb 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott) have announced a world tour, with dates in America, the UK, Europe, and Japan. They will be the band's their first new shows in nine years. More

Nov 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. The last three weeks we could only come up with a Top 8, instead of our customary Top 10, but this week's choices were surprisingly much stronger once we did some deeper digging. More

Nov 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus has been working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she has been releasing seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. Now she has shared its final song, "Fool's Gold," which takes its inspiration from New Year's. More

Nov 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus has been working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she has been releasing seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. Now she has shared a cover of Wham!'s 1984 holiday classic "Last Christmas." Her version is faster and punkier, because she doesn't like Christmas apparently. More

Oct 08, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus is working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. It'll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared another installment, a cover of Phil Collins' 1981 classic "In the Air Tonight" timed to Halloween. She has also confirmed the details of the 2019 EP. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus is working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. It'll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared another installment, a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" in honor of his birthday (he turns 70 on September 23). More

Jun 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. The Top 2 are by the same artist, which rarely happens, if ever. This week was a challenge, as there were less immediately obvious tracks to make the Top 10, but then we dug deep and ended up with too many tracks (there are an additional 10 honorable mentions). So there are lots and lots of songs to listen to below. More

Jun 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This year Lucy Dacus is working on a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs in 2019, each timed to a different holiday. It'll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared another installment, "Forever Half Mast," timed to July 4th.  More

May 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus has announced some new fall tour dates. They happen this September and October and include shows on both coasts, in Canada, and elsewhere. More

Apr 26, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a plethora of strong tracks to choose from this week, thanks in part to both some new albums that were announced this week and some other albums that were released today. So much so that we have expanded it to a Top 12 this week (as we've done from time to time in the past). More

Apr 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus previously announced a singles series entitled 2019 where she will release seven songs this year, each timed to a different holiday. It'll be a mix of covers and originals. Now she has shared its second installment, "My Mother & I," which is fittingly timed to Mother's Day and Taurus season. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Jan 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Historian, back in March via Matador. It was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 100 Albums of 2018. Now she has announced a singles series entitled 2019where she will release seven songs this year, each timed to a different holiday. More

Dec 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Historian, back in March via Matador. It was our Album of the Week. Now she has announced some new 2019 U.S. tour dates. They mainly encompass February and March and go on sale this Friday, January 14. Check them out below. More

Nov 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Their self-titled debut EP came out recently via Matador.  More

Nov 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Last night the trio and their backing band stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform "Me & My Dog," a song led by Bridgers. More

Oct 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. Their self-titled debut EP was due out November 9 via Matador and while the physical release is still scheduled for that day, they have released the EP digitally two weeks early. You can stream the whole thing here. More

Aug 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week's Songs of the Week is packed. Firstly boygenius, the new supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, released three songs this week and all were worthy of the list. Thus we decided to expand it from a Top 10 to a Top 12, so that 10 separate artists were still included, be even that wasn't enough, so we added one more for an unlucky Top 13.  More

Aug 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Boygenius is a new supergroup featuring three amazing singer/songwriters: Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers. They have announced their self-titled debut EP, which is due out November 9 via Matador. But you don't have to wait until then to hear half the EP, as today they have shared three of its six tracks: "Bite the Hand" (led by Dacus), "Me & My Dog" (led by Bridgers), and "Stay Down" (led by Baker). More

Apr 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar's Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters and you will also help keep one of the last print music magazines strong and vital.  More

Apr 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down August 10 - 12 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, and The Weeknd. More

Mar 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2018 lineup. The event is due to take place July 21 and 22 at Los Angeles' Exposition Park. The headliners are Florence and the Machine and Janet Jackson.  More

Mar 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2018 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar's app and the magazine apps Readly and Zinio. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. The issue features Courtney Barnett on the cover. More

Mar 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Chicago's the Pitchfork Music Festival has been slowly announcing their lineup via a mural with the artists' names being painted on it over the last few weeks. Now the final and full lineup has been revealed for the festival, which goes down July 20 to 22 in Chicago's Union Park.  More

Mar 12, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus released a new album, Historian, on a couple of weeks back via Matador. It was our Album of the Week. Over the weekend she stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs: "Addictions," "Pillar of Truth," and "Yours & Mine."  More

Mar 02, 2018 By Lee Adcock

Debate the credibility of the term "indie" all you want-but even in today's landscape of monolithic labels and bustling support crews, we still expect the independent artist to follow their own vision. To say, then, that rising star Lucy Dacus may have almost single-handedly penned a cinematic masterpiece in Historian shouldn't surprise you that much.  More

Feb 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week Under the Radar favorite Courtney Barnett announced her new album and shared a new song and fellow favorites Beach House announced that a new album was coming and shared a new song.  More

Feb 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Historian, on March 2 via Matador. Previously she shared its first single and opening track, "Night Shift," as well as a self-directed video for "Addictions." Now she's shared a third song from the album, "Next of Kin."  More

Jan 19, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

2018 is coming on strong with lots of fantastic new tracks this week in our second Songs of the Week post of the year. Like last week, it was definitely a challenge to narrow it down to only 10. Preoccupations, The Spook School, Hinds, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, St. Vincent remixed by Kelly Lee Owens, Eels, and Hinds all could have easily made the Top 10, but it was a competitive week. More

Jan 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Historian, on March 2, 2018 via Matador. Previously she shared its first single and opening track, "Night Shift." Now she has shared a self-directed video for another song from the album, "Addictions." More

Dec 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Lucy Dacus has announced a new album, Historian, and shared its first single and opening track, "Night Shift." Historian is due out March 2, 2018 via Matador. Check out "Night Shift" below, followed by the album's tracklist and cover art. She has also announced some tour dates, which are below too. More

May 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Real Estate released a new album, In Mind, earlier this year via Domino. Now they have shared a new video for "Stained Glass" and announced some more tour dates. More

Nov 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Today was Bedstock, an Internet charity music festival. It featured videos of various musicians performing songs in bed, including Jenny Lewis, Tegan and Sara, Moby, Warpaint, Norah Jones, Lucy Dacus, Radiation City, and others.  More

Jun 14, 2019 By Matt Conner and Max Freedman

The term supergroup is primarily reserved for a band comprised of people well established at their craft—say, a quartet of recognizable rock stars. Although boygenius' members have each released at most two albums, the term is already being regularly applied to the trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. More

Jun 07, 2018 By Mike Hilleary

With over 2,000 handwritten pages, Lucy Dacus is currently on Journal #11. Since her days as a fifth-grader, the Richmond, Virginia-based singer/songwriter has spent countless hours diligently documenting the minutiae of her everyday life.  More

Feb 17, 2017 By Mark Redfern

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

Feb 28, 2018 By Jasper Willems

Richmond, Virginia-based musician Lucy Dacus is painfully aware of the end. On "Pillar of Truth," an arresting and dirgeful augur to Dacus' late grandmother, she holistically reflects on accepting mortality with dignity.  More