Jul 28, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar

Today, Grimes has shared a new song titled “I Wanna Be Software,” which she co-produced with longtime The Weeknd collaborator, Illangelo. More

Jan 26, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has shared a video for her new song, “Shinigami Eyes.” The song is credited as being “Chapter 1” of her upcoming album, Book 1, described by Boucher as being a space opera about lesbian AI. The video features Jennie Kim of BLACKPINK, Dorian Electra, and experimental fashion Instagram personality Ryon Wu. More

Dec 03, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has shared a new single, “Player of Games.” The song, produced by Boucher alongside Illangelo, was featured in the debut of season five of the video game Rocket League. More

Nov 12, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Chris Lake has collaborated with Grimes’ new AI girl group, NPC, on the new song, “A Drug From God.” It is out now via Black Book/Astralwerks. More

Mar 30, 2021 By Joey Arnone

London-based post-punk band Dry Cleaning have shared a video for a new single titled “Unsmart Lady.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, New Long Leg, which is due out this Friday (Apr. 2) on 4AD. More

Mar 25, 2021 By Joey Arnone

4AD just shared the third set of songs to be featured on their upcoming compilation album Bills & Aches & Blues, which celebrates the label’s 20th anniversary and will be out on April 2. The new song set features Future Islands covering “The Moon Is Blue” by Colourbox, Jenny Hval covering “Sunbathing” by Lush, Dry Cleaning covering “Oblivion” by Grimes, and Bradford Cox covering “Mountain Battles” by The Breeders. More

Mar 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Legendary UK label 4AD are celebrating their 40th anniversary (which was technically last year) with Bills & Aches & Blues, a new compilation album in which current artists on the label cover songs by other artists on the label. The whole album is due out April 2, but they are also releasing it each vinyl side (or five tracks) at a time and today we get Tune-Yards covering The Breeders’ “Cannonball,” Helado Negro covering Deerhunter’s “Futurism,” Spencer covering Grimes’ “Genesis,” Efterklang covering Piano Magic’s “Postal,” and Bing and Ruth covering Pixies’ “Gigantic.” More

Sep 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

British singer/songwriter Marika Hackman has announced a new covers album, simply titled Covers, and shared its first single, a cover of Grimes’ “Realiti.” More

Feb 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released a new album, Miss Anthropocene, last week via 4AD (stream it here). Now she has shared a video for the album’s closing track, “Idoru.” More

Feb 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has released a new album, Miss Anthropocene, today via 4AD. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Feb 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes is releasing a new album, Miss Anthropocene, on February 21 via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “Delete Forever,” which she says is a song is about the opioid epidemic, was written the night Lil Peep died, and has a “Wonderwall” vibe (referencing the Oasis song). It was shared via a video. More

Dec 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is releasing a new album, Miss Anthropocene, on February 21, 2020 via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “4ÆM.” She also performed the song at the 2020 Game Awards tonight, as the song is also featured on the soundtrack to the game Cyberpunk 2077. More

Dec 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s installment covers songs from the last two weeks. Hence we have a Top 13 instead of a Top 10. More

Nov 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is releasing a new album, Miss Anthropocene, on February 21, 2020 via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “My Name Is Dark.” More

Nov 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. Lots of big songs this week from some notable artists, so the pickings weren’t slim. More

Nov 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has shared a brand new song, “So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth,” and has announced more details of her upcoming album, Miss Anthropocene, including its release date, tracklist, and cover art. More

Sep 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It should’ve been a quiet week due to Monday’s Labor Day holiday here in America. And it was quiet at first, but then in the latter half of the week there was a rally of worthy new tracks. We settled on 11 tracks this week (we did only nine last week). More

Sep 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has shared a brand new song, “Violence,” via a self-directed video for the track. The song features i_o, a techno DJ/producer. The video features Grimes and some dancers with swords and starts with her reading The Art of War. More

Mar 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has shared a video for a new demo, “Pretty Dark,” which she stresses is not a single and is not taken from her forthcoming new album. More

Dec 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) recently shared a brand new song for our future AI overlords, “We Appreciate Power,” via lyric video for the track. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the song. More

Nov 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week due to the Thanksgiving holiday and long weekend. Beyond the fact that we were taking a break from work, there simply weren’t enough songs released last week to justify a Songs of the Week wrap up. More

Nov 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has shared a brand new song for our future AI overlords, “We Appreciate Power,” via a lyric video for the track. It was written, produced, and performed by Grimes, features HANA, and is available digitally now via 4AD. More

Jun 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Apple has shared a new commercial that stars Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) as she talks about recording all her music on a Mac. More

Sep 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tegan and Sara previously announced that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album The Con with a tour and The Con X: Covers, an album due out October 20 (via Warner Bros) in which other artists cover each song on The Con, with all net proceeds going to the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which works in support of LGBTQ girls and women. More

Jul 28, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

This week Jake Snider from Minus the Bear discusses the future of the right, the state of the country, and his move from one side of the political spectrum to the other. We also round-up a busy and unpleasant week for Trump, particularly when it comes to healthcare and transgender rights, plus there’s a little Iron & Wine to close. More

Feb 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last week Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released a video for “Venus Fly,” her Art Angels song that features Janelle Monáe. More

Nov 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

On the eve of election day, Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has recreated Lyndon B. Johnson’s iconic 1964 political attack ad in honor of Hillary Clinton. More

Oct 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released her new album, Art Angels, last fall via 4AD. Now she and her tour mate HANA has shared seven new videos filmed while on tour. There are four videos for Grimes songs (“Butterfly,” “World Princess Part II,” “SCREAM,” and “Belly of the Beat”) and three for HANA tracks (“Chimera,” “Underwater,” and “Avalanche”). More

Aug 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Suicide Squad is the next DC Comics film to hit the big screen (Warner Bros. have years of DC films planned) and is due out this Friday. The soundtrack features a mishmash of artists and collaborations, but also includes a new song from Grimes. More

Jun 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Suicide Squad is the next DC Comics film to hit the big screen (Warner Bros. have years of DC films planned) and is due out August 5. March’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice raked in the cash, but got a very split response from fans and critics. More

May 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released her new album, Art Angels, last fall via 4AD. On Friday she shared a teaser trailer for her latest video, for “California,” and now below is the full video. Boucher self-directed the video with her brother Mac. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released her new album, Art Angels, last fall via 4AD. On Wednesday she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform Art Angels track “Flesh Without Blood.” More

May 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released her new album, Art Angels, last fall via 4AD. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform Art Angels track “Flesh Without Blood.” More

Apr 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down August 5 - 7 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Highlights of the lineup include Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana Del Rey, DIIV, Big Grams, Julien Baker, Lionel Richie, Major Lazer, Jason Isbell, Lord Huron, Vince Staples, Years & Years, HÆLOS, POLIÇA, Ra Ra Riot, Rogue Wave, Caveman, Whitney, Miguel, and Chance the Rapper. More

Mar 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup and it’s another impressive one. The event is due to take place August 27 and 28 at LA Sports Arena and Exposition Park. Saturday will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar and Tame Impala and Sunday will be headlined by LCD Soundsystem (who seem to be playing every festival this year) and Grace Jones. More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It’s a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Jan 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Florence and the Machine (aka Florence Welch) have announced some new tour dates in support of their 2015-released album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Support on some dates is to come from Grimes (aka Claire Boucher), who released her new album, Art Angels, last fall. (Both albums ended up on our Top 100 Albums of 2015 list, by the way.) More

Jan 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the line-up for their 2016 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday and Saturday are headlined by two newly reformed bands, LCD Soundsystem and Guns N’ Roses (featuring the reunion of Axl Rose and Slash). Calvin Harris headlines Sunday night. More

Nov 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Natalie Prass released her acclaimed self-titled debut album earlier this year via Spacebomb/StarTime International. Tomorrow she’ll be releasing a new EP, Side by Side, via StarTime International. It includes three covers. We’ve already heard Prass’ versions of Anita Baker’s “Caught Up in the Rapture”and Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.” Now she has shared her cover of Grimes’ “REALiTi,” which is found on the Canadian art-pop singer’s brand new album, Art Angels, but was earlier released as a single. More

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) released her new album, Art Angels, digitally today via 4AD (with a physical version coming December 11). If you want to try before you buy then you can stream the whole album below via Spotify. More

Nov 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is releasing her new album, Art Angels, digitally this Friday (November 6) via 4AD (with a physical version coming December 11). Today on her website she has shared audio of Art Angels’ short 2-minute long album opener, an orchestral intro to the album titled “laughing and not being normal.” More

Oct 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is releasing her new album, Art Angels, digitally on November 6 via 4AD (with a physical version coming December 11). On Monday she shared a joint video for “Flesh Without Blood” and “Life in the Vivid Dream,” which took Grimes’ sound to a very mainstream pop place. More

Oct 26, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has long been teasing her new album and it has been expected that it would come out this fall. Last week she announced the album title, Art Angels, and revealed its album cover. Now she has shared a combined video for two songs on the record: “Flesh Without Blood” and “Life in the Vivid Dream.” More

Oct 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Natalie Prass released her acclaimed self-titled debut album earlier this year via Spacebomb/StarTime International. Now she has announced a new EP, Side by Side, which is due out November 20 via StarTime International. It includes new versions of debut album cuts “My Baby Don’t Understand Me” and “Christy,” as well as covers of Grimes’ “REALiTi,” Anita Baker’s “Caught Up in the Rapture,” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.” More

Oct 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has long been teasing her new album and it has been expected that it would come out this fall and possibly even this month. October is now half-way over and as nothing had been announced yet, it was looking like we should either be bracing for another surprise release or the album had been pushed back. More

Oct 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes recently announced the “Rhinestone Cowgirls” U.S. tour to go down this fall. Now she’s announced a slew of European shows in what she is calling the “Ac!d Reign” tour. HANA is supporting all dates. Below are the dates for both tours. More

Sep 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Grimes has announced the “Rhinestone Cowgirls” tour. Hopefully its title doesn’t indicate that she’s going in a country direction on her new album! The dates go down in October and November and include shows on both coasts. It’s her first headlining tour since 2012. Nicole Dollanganger is supporting. More

Sep 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Fashion designer Alexander Wang has revealed a new campaign for his collection of T-shirts and hoodies with the words “Do Something” written on them. More

May 26, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Over the holiday weekend Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, took to Twitter to reveal that the follow-up to her 2012 breakthrough Visions will see the light of day this fall sometime in October. More

Apr 01, 2015 By Trevor Flynn

Grimes announced via Instagram this morning that she will be supporting Lana Del Rey on the second half of her Endless Summer Tour 2015. More

Mar 16, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

On his debut solo album as Bleachers, Fun.‘s Jack Antonoff recruited Grimes’ Claire Boucher for a track called “Take Me Away.” More

Mar 09, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Grimes has premiered a brand new music video for “REALiTi,” a previously unheard track that was once intended to be featured on her still-in-progress follow-up to Visions. More

Dec 29, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Like everyone else across the globe, Grimes’ Claire Boucher spent time with her family last week to celebrate Christmas. Unlike everyone else, she cobbled together an impromptu holiday song and music video called “Christmas Song II (grinch),” showcasing rhymes by her step-brother Jay Worthy and starring members of her family. More

Dec 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this summer Grimes, a.k.a. Claire Boucher, released “Go,” her first piece of new music since her breakthrough album Visions. More

Dec 02, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this year Grimes released “Go,” a track that left many fans divided—so much so that singer/songwriter Claire Boucher wound up scrapping what was to be the original follow-up to her 2012 breakthrough Visions. More

Oct 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Oct. 21 women’s web publication Rookie Magazine will release the third edition of its annual Rookie Yearbook, a collection of articles, interviews, photo editorials, and illustrations culled from the site’s year of work. More

Sep 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this summer Grimes, a.k.a. Claire Boucher, released “Go,” a brand new song that was originally penned for Rihanna. More

Aug 27, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Grimes’ epic new video for her new single “Go” features her pal Blood Diamonds, a whole lot of dancing, and some crazy costumes. More

Aug 21, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The video for Grimes’ slick new single “Go (featuring Blood Diamonds)” is coming soon. More

Jul 17, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Grimes just shared another new song with the world, but it’s not from her new album. This cut is from 2009, and feature’s Devon Welsh of Majical Cloudz. More

Jul 15, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Today sees the release of Strange Desire, the debut solo album of Fun.‘s Jack Antonoff under the moniker Bleachers. More

Jul 09, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Comic-con seems to get bigger every year. Not only are performers flocking to the major geek-convention, but it seems they’re playing some larger than life venues. More

Jun 27, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Grimes, Jessie Ware, Radiohead’s Phil Selway, Zola Jesus, alt-J, School of Seven Bells, Willis Earl Beal, and much more. More

Jun 26, 2014 By Scott Dransfield

Grimes, the musical project of Claire Boucher, has released her first new song in two years. It’s called “Go,” and it premiered today on Zane Lowe’s show on Radio 1 in the U.K. as his “Hottest Record in the World.” More

Jun 10, 2014 By Austin Trunick

The Big Apple’s annual outdoor music festival took place June 6th through 9th, 2014, on Randall’s Island. Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Grimes, Phoenix, Interpol, Spoon, Janelle Monae, Jenny Lewis, and many others played to large, sweaty NYC crowds, and photographer Robert Kidd was there to cover the action.

Check out his photos of day one here, and days two and three here. More

Jun 09, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Hopefully holding true to the release date she revealed earlier this year, Grimes, a.k.a. Claire Boucher, is expected to deliver the follow-up to her 2012 breakthrough Visions later this year. More

Jan 09, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Grimes is getting down to business. More

Sep 24, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

For the past month or so Grimes’ Claire Boucher and her boyfriend, Dead Girlfriends’ James Brooks, have been traveling across the world performing and generally being a cute couple. More

Aug 26, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Before the MTV Video Music Awards officially kicked off last night Grimes, a.k.a. Claire Boucher, was on duty alongside Rachel Antonoff reporting for MTV Style’s Red Carpet Report. More

Jul 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Beggars Group-affiliated label Young Turks has announced that it will be throwing a special New Year’s Eve party to ring in 2014 with an all-night set of musical performances in Tulum, Mexico. More

Jun 06, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Grimes recently made an appearance on Last Call With Carson Daly. More

Jun 03, 2013 By Colby West

The 2013 Sasquatch music festival took place in Quincey, WA last weekend and we sent photographer Allyce Andrew out to capture the action. Check out her photos of alt-J, Arctic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons, Grimes, The xx, The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend (and more) here. More

Apr 26, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Over the past week and a half Steve Buscemi has been pulling out the stops to demonstrate his own out-of-touch awkwardness, promoting his collaboration with Vampire Weekend and their upcoming webcast performance at New York’s Roseland Ballroom with a number of videos. More

Apr 22, 2013 By Laura Studarus

April 20 was the third day of second weekend of Coachella’s 2013 run. We sent photographer Helen Boast down to cover the action. More

Jan 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Four Tet recently got his hands on our cover artist Grimes’ song “Skin.” More

Jan 02, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Here’s a new playlist that we’ve made over at Rdio featuring highlights from our Best of 2012 issue (available now). More

Dec 28, 2012 By Mark Redfern

The digital version of Under the Radar‘s Best of 2012 issue is available to download now via Zinio for reading on your iPad, Android, Mac, or PC. Download it here. The digital edition features all the same content of the print version, but also includes 52 extra pages of bonus interviews and photos not found in the print issue. More

Dec 21, 2012 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar’s Best of 2012 issue is shipping out to stores and subscribers and will be on newsstands nationwide in January. It features Grimes on the cover and includes interviews with other artists who made an impact in the last year, including Baroness, Julia Holter, Mount Eerie, Tig Notaro, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Ty Segall, Sleigh Bells, Swans, Trust, Scott Walker, Jessie Ware, Wild Nothing vs. The Go-Betweens, and The xx. Plus the Top 100 albums of the year and Year-End Artist Surveys. More

Oct 31, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Recently, Grimes canceled a string of Canadian dates in order to stave off potential hearing damage. Now the electronic sprite has been forced to cancel all her scheduled European stops as well. More

Oct 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The nonstop pace of Claire Boucher’s breakout year seems to have finally caught up with her a bit, as the electro musical artist known as Grimes has been forced to cancel a number of shows, including stops in Calgary and Winnipeg. More

Sep 05, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

This month the Polaris Music Prize will be awarded to the year’s best album by a Canadian musical artist. More

Aug 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

What it lacks in explainable concept, Grimes’ music video for her single “Genesis” makes up with style and strangeness. More

Aug 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Grimes’ Claire Boucher made her U.S. television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing the track “Genesis” off her Polaris Prize-nominated album Visions. More

Jun 17, 2012 By Marie Noble

Yesterday, Pasadena hosted its annual Make Music Pasadena Festival. We set writer/photographer Laura Studarus down to cover the action. Check out her shots of The Happy Hollows, The Chain Gang of 1974, Electric Guest, Cults, and Grimes. More

Jun 15, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

The long list of nominees has been announced this year’s Polaris Music Prize, honoring the best album of the year by a Canadian artist. More

Jun 08, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Claire Boucher, the electronic pop sprite otherwise known as Grimes, has announced that she will embark on a series of live performances this fall starting in September. More

May 18, 2012 By Christopher Roberts

The eighth annual Great Escape Festival took place last weekend in Brighton, U.K., with many amazing bands gracing the local stages in the charming seaside English town. Here’s a gallery of photos from the festival, including photos of Grimes, EMA, Beth Jeans Houghton, Django Django, Slow Club, When Saints Go Machine, Porcelain Raft, and others. More

May 10, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

While her last music video was a bit more used more guerilla film tactics, Grimes’ latest is certainly a more polished affair. More

May 08, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Taking inspiration from the Grateful Dead’s 1970 Festival Express Tour with Janis Joplin and The Band, Grimes, Skrillex, and Diplo will commandeer a portion of the Canadian rail network for a series of train-stop performances this July. More

Apr 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Grimes is launching a line of jewelry with Montreal-based jeweler and sculptor Morgan Black. More

Apr 25, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

She may be 24-years-old, but Canadian electro artist Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, could just as easily pass for someone not even allowed to buy a lottery ticket in the states. More

Mar 20, 2012 By Laura Studarus

What a difference a day makes. Friday night (after a long day at our final SXSW day party—naturally) the Under the Radar team caught three sets. While two artists I had seen earlier in the week, all three shows were significantly different than expected. More

Mar 17, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit fuller of electro indie pop. Erm…yeah. Pretty sure that’s how it’s supposed to go. At any rate, after a full (read: exhausting) day Under the Radar’s second SXSW day party (where every band on the bill could be dubbed a “personal favorite”) I found it in me to stagger over to Pitchfork’s showcase at the Presbyterian Church for Fiona Apple, Charli XCX, Purity Ring, and Grimes. More

Mar 12, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter (March/April) Issue will be hitting the stands soon. The issue features an In the Studio 2012 themed cover with the frontmen of three notable acts set to release new albums later this year—Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr. The issue also features interviews with Air, Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, First Aid Kit, Grimes, of Montreal, Frankie Rose, Spiritualized, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, and much more. More

Mar 02, 2012 By Laura Studarus

She may be post-internet (not that we’ve figured out exactly what that means), but today Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes) is on the Internet. We have her new video. More

Feb 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Grimes’ Claire Boucher released her new album Visions, achieving with it a fair amount of critical acclaim. More

Feb 13, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With her much-anticipated album Visions slated for release in the states next week, Montreal-based artist Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, has opted to give an early preview of the whole electro-pop effort courtesy of NPR. More

Jan 04, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Montreal-based electro-pop songstress Claire Boucher (aka Grimes) recently posted on her Twitter that she has become the most recent signee to 4AD. More

Jun 10, 2014 By Austin Trunick

In its third year on Randall’s Island, New York’s Governors Ball—named for its previous setting, on Governors Island—seems to have finally found steady footing. More

Mar 21, 2012 By Laura Studarus

What a difference a day makes. Friday night (after a long day at our final SXSW day party—naturally) the Under the Radar team caught three sets. While two artists I had seen earlier in the week, all three shows were significantly different than expected. More

Mar 19, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit fuller of electro indie pop. Erm…yeah. Pretty sure that’s how it’s supposed to go. More

Jan 30, 2012 By Luke Winkie

Claire Boucher, the sole-proprietor of Grimes, is billing Visions as her first “real” album—coming a year after a few extraneous curiosities and flashes of interest. More