Jan 10, 2020
By Kyle Mullin
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Aside from being a return to form for The Hold Steady after a couple of lackluster LPs, 2019's Thrashing Thru the Passion also marked the return on wax of keyboardist Franz Nicolay. More
Jan 09, 2020
By Dom Gourlay
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The Orielles are one of the most innovative bands on the UK music scene right now. Under the Radar caught up with the band recently and found carefully planned, rather than difficult, second albums are the way forward. More
Jan 07, 2020
By Frank Valish
In January of 2018, when Tegan and Sara finished the tour and promotion for the band's eighth album, Love You to Death, the Quin sisters were confronted with the question of what to do next. More
Jan 05, 2020
By Charles Steinberg
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Thinking of Bryce Dessner as an indie rocker, gracefully turned film composer is a fun but inaccurate framing. More
Dec 19, 2019
By Steve King
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He's been called the "Millennial/Hipster Mayor," but the citizens of his town just know him as Mayor Ted. Since being elected in 2013 at 30 years old, with 53% of the vote and then winning reelection with 59%, Clarkston, Georgia Mayor Ted Terry has a hell of a track record. More
Dec 17, 2019
By Mark Moody
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Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has just recently passed the mark of having lived in the U.S. as long as in her native Cameroon. In the brief 13 years that have passed since her immigration to America, Tamko has taught herself guitar, graduated college, and in 2017 released her first album, the critically acclaimed Infinite Worlds. More
Dec 12, 2019
By Matt Conner
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"I was a passenger in my own body for 36 years and never realized it." The opening line of Jim Adkins' personal statement issued with Jimmy Eat World's newest album, Surviving, reveals the personal nature of the material within. Adkins, the band's frontman and lyricist, has been wrestling with identity and fear, expectations and pressure. More
