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Aug 23, 2012 Passion Pit By Christopher Roberts Photography by Tommy Kearns (Tegan and Sara cover) and Wendy Lynch Redfern (Dan Deacon cover)

Under the Radar is pleased to share our election year Protest Issue for 2012, on newsstands next week, featuring two covers with Dan Deacon and Tegan and Sara. The issue features major stories on the music of Occupy and gay musicians talking about current queer issues. The issue is now available to buy in the digital/iPad format here.

In each installment of The Protest Issue, artists are given boards and paint to make their own protest signs and are photographed holding them.

Artists photographed for The Protest Issue 2012 include:

Apparat, Andrew Bird, James Blake, Body Language, Charli XCX, The Citizens Band, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Dan Deacon, Matthew Dear, Death Cab for Cutie, DIIV, The Drums, Dum Dum Girls, EMA, Fanfarlo, Hooray for Earth, Beth Jeans Houghton, Ladytron, La Sera, Liars, Lost in the Trees, The Love Language, MEN, Menomena, Janelle Monáe, Tom Morello, The Mynabirds, Niki & The Dove, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Amanda Palmer, Peaking Lights, Poor Moon, Porcelain Raft, Laetitia Sadier, Shabazz Palaces, Silversun Pickups, Slow Club, Summer Camp, Taken By Trees, Tegan and Sara, Corin Tucker, Reggie Watts, Youth Lagoon, Zambri, and Zola Jesus.

These signs were also all autographed and will be auctioned off starting October 16 to benefit the War Child charity.

The “Detection” section of the issue features profiles of Ariel Pink, Wild Nothing, Passion Pit, and Matthew Dear. Our “Pleased to Meet You,” new bands section, includes interviews with Arthur Beatrice, Alt-J, Foxygen, and Moons.

A summary of the political articles in this issue:

The Rainbow Connection
Gay and Lesbian Artists on Marriage and More
A Conversation with Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas, Bob Mould, Nico Muhly, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce, JD Samson of Le Tigre and MEN, and Tegan and Sara Quin.

Giving Back: Indie Rockers Making a Difference
A Conversation with Andrew Bird, The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhenn, Chuck D, Dan Deacon, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, The New Pornographers’ Carl Newman, Amanda Palmer, and Laetitia Sadier.

The Music of Occupy
A Conversation with Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham, EMA’s Erika M. Anderson, of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, Laura Burhenn, Dan Deacon, Tom Morello, and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff.

Barack Obama: The First Indie Rock President?
A Conversation with Kevin Barnes, Jello Biafra, Andrew Bird, Tom Morello, Carl Newman, and Will Sheff.

Changing the World One Song at a Time: The Challenges of Writing Protest Music
A Conversation with Erika M. Anderson, Jello Biafra, Andrew Bird, Laura Burhenn, Carl Newman, Will Sheff, and Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla.

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U.S. residents: click here to buy the Tegan and Sara cover of The Protest Issue.

U.S. residents: click here to buy the Dan Deacon cover of The Protest Issue.