Jan 29, 2026 By Mark Redfern

Legendary British protest singer Billy Bragg has penned a new song about the people in Minneapolis protesting the influx of ICE agents. “City of Heroes” was inspired by the murders of Alex Pretti and Renée Good by ICE agents and was written on Sunday, the day after Pretti’s death, and recorded within 24 hours of it being written. More

Dec 20, 2025 By Mark Redfern

Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog returns with 2025’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled A Bit of Christmas. Every year for over two decades Goodwin puts together an annual mix of indie rock Christmas songs, handing out free burned CDs to friends and also posting it online via Mixcloud and Christmas Underground. More

Dec 19, 2025 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 43rd Songs of the Week of 2025. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we’ve been busy and less new songs are being released this close to the holidays, so this week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks. This will also be the final Songs of the Week of 2025. More

Feb 28, 2025 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 74, which is The Protest Issue and features Kathleen Hanna and Bartees Strange on the two covers. Issue 74 also features Magdalena Bay, Doves, Lauren Mayberry, Jarvis Cocker, Mdou Moctar, Kate Nash, DIIV, Reggie Watts, Nilüfer Yanya, Porridge Radio, Billy Bragg, Thurston Moore, Mannequin Pussy, My Morning Jacket, Michael Kiwanuka, Pixies, MJ Lenderman, Mount Eerie, The Linda Lindas, Confidence Man, Soccer Mommy, The Weather Station, and many others. More

Oct 07, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Iconic British singer/songwriter and activist Billy Bragg is releasing a new album, The Million Things That Never Happened, on October 29 via Cooking Vinyl. Now he has shared another song from it, “Mid-Century Modern.” He’s also shared a video of him performing the song live with his band. More

Sep 03, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Iconic British singer/songwriter and activist Billy Bragg is releasing a new album, The Million Things That Never Happened, on September 3 via Cooking Vinyl. Now he has shared another song from it, “Pass It On.” He’s also shared a video of him performing the song live with his band. More

Apr 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, 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 Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Jun 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds have organized a series of concerts in houses to raise awareness for the refugee crisis. More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

May 14, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Courtney Barnett continues to win over new fans with covers (as though her debut A Sea of Split Peas wasn’t enough). More

Nov 07, 2016 By Matt Fink

On July 11th, Billy Bragg took advantage of a brief break in the London rain to take his dog for a walk. By the time he got back home that afternoon, Great Britain had a new prime minister. That’s how suddenly change happened in the days following the country’s vote to leave the European Union, and, as arguably Britain’s greatest protest singer, Bragg suddenly found himself in the spotlight. More

Nov 03, 2016 By Matt Fink

On July 11, 2016, Democratic nominee for president Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, thereby ending one of the unlikeliest campaigns in American political history. It had been a remarkable run for the 74-year-old Vermont senator, going from barely registering in national polls to running neck and neck with Clinton throughout much of the primary. And, if public statements and Twitter endorsements are to be believed, the world of indie rock stood almost unanimously in their support for him. Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear-all performed for Sanders at his rallies. Killer Mike of Run the Jewels filmed interviews with Sanders to help spread his message. More