Mar 07, 2014 By Under the Radar Staff

For Under the Radar's 11th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the important issues of the last year, as well as some quirkier subjects. Check out our current print issue and digital issue for surveys from My Morning Jacket, Foals, Amanda Palmer, Local Natives, Wild Nothing, These New Puritans, Lanterns on the Lake, Xiu Xiu, and Summer Camp. More

Mar 06, 2014 By Under the Radar Staff Web Exclusive

For Under the Radar's 11th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the important issues of the last year, as well as some quirkier subjects. Check out our current print issue and digital issue for surveys from My Morning Jacket, Foals, Amanda Palmer, Local Natives, Wild Nothing, These New Puritans, Lanterns on the Lake, Xiu Xiu, and Summer Camp. More

Mar 06, 2014 By Under the Radar Staff Web Exclusive

For Under the Radar's 11th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the important issues of the last year, as well as some quirkier subjects. More

Mar 05, 2014 By Matt Fink Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

If you haven't been paying attention, it might seem as if HAIM is a classic overnight sensation, the rare band that emerges fully formed with a first album that captures the cultural zeitgeist and the imaginations of a startlingly large number of listeners. More

Mar 04, 2014 By Matt Fink Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM

Their debut album, Days Are Gone, has only been out for two days, but the Haim sisters are already exhausted. Less than 24 hours ago, they were in top form onstage for an intimate performance at Rough Trade East in London; this afternoon, after nearly two years of writing, recording, and touring, the Los Angeles trio appears to be finally wearing down. [This article first appeared in Under the Radar's November/December 2013 issue. This is the cover story's debut online.] More

Feb 27, 2014 By Matt Fink Web Exclusive

The fourth season of Portlandia starts with a sketch that more or less encapsulates the social critique-mixed-with-absurdity aesthetic of the show. More

Feb 27, 2014 By Austin Trunick Web Exclusive

Crispin Glover recently spoke with us about his role in The Bag Man, his as-yet-untitled next directorial feature, and the current status of the third film in his still-in-progress It? trilogy.  More

Feb 26, 2014 By Matt Fink Issue #49 - February/March 2014 - Portlandia

Though she has already maneuvered through the media crush for one highly acclaimed album—2011's Past Life Martyred Saints—Erika M. Anderson (aka EMA) has yet to learn the art of the carefully evasive interview. More

Feb 25, 2014 By Matt Fink Issue #49 - February/March 2014 - Portlandia

Back in 2000, it was easy to assume that The New Pornographers would probably be the sort of band that would make one classic album, Mass Romantic, and then quietly fade into inactivity. For one, they were building their career on a kind of music—power-pop—that never really goes out of style but never completely breaks through in a significant way, either. More