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Issue 71 Also Features Interviews with Angel Olsen, M83, The New Pornographers, John Cale, Indigo De Souza, Lael Neale, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Miss Grit, Sleaford Mods, The WAEVE, Shame, Bartees Strange, Caroline Rose, and More
Apr 05, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 71, which features Weyes Blood and Black Belt Eagle Scout on the two covers. Issue 71 also features interviews with Angel Olsen, M83, The New Pornographers, John Cale, Indigo De Souza, Lael Neale, Phoenix, Dry Cleaning, Miss Grit, Sleaford Mods, The WAEVE, Shame, Bartees Strange, Caroline Rose, Stella Donnelly, Florist, Hot Chip, black midi, Jockstrap, Horsegirl, Blondshell, Sleaford Mods, Beth Orton, and others. More
Plus Lonnie Holley and Michael Stipe, Vagabon, Young Fathers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 13, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2023. After a quiet period last week, this week was roaring with album announcements and new songs. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More
MERCY Due Out January 20 via Double Six/Domino
Jan 11, 2023
By Mark Redfern
John Cale is releasing his first new album in a decade, MERCY, on January 20, 2023 via Double Six/Domino. Now he has shared its third single, “NOISE OF YOU,” via a music video. More
Plus Young Fathers, Amber Arcades, Alice Boman, John Cale and Weyes Blood, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 28, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were turning our new print issue into the printer last Friday. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a slightly supersized Top 13 list. More
MERCY Due Out January 20, 2023 via Double Six/Domino
Oct 19, 2022
By Joey Arnone
John Cale has announced the release of his first new album in a decade, MERCY, which will be out on January 20, 2023 via Double Six/Domino. He has also shared a video for a new album single, the Weyes Blood collaboration “STORY OF BLOOD.” More
Aug 01, 2022
By Joey Arnone
John Cale has shared an animated video for his new single, “Night Crawling,” which is out now via Domino. More
Hark! Due Out October 30 via Loma Vista
Sep 29, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Andrew Bird has announced a new Christmas album, Hark!, and shared its first single, a cover of John Cale’s “Andalucia,” via an animated video for it. The album features original songs, new takes on holiday classics, and covers of songs by John Prine and Handsome Family. More
Inner Song Out Now via Smalltown Supersound
Sep 23, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Acclaimed Welsh actor Michael Sheen is obsessed with a mysterious toaster in the video for Welsh electronic music artist/producer Kelly Lee Owens’ “Corner of My Sky,” a song that features fellow Welsh artist John Cale. In the video Sheen keeps putting bread into his toaster and each time the bread disappears, rather than popping up. More
Plus Cults, Cut Copy, Young Jesus, snny, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 07, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small, Jennifer Irving, and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week Democrats, Republicans, and the Trump Administration couldn’t all agree on a new stimulus package a week after expanded unemployment benefits expired (something Democrats wanted to extend and Republicans didn’t). More
Inner Song Due Out August 28 via Smalltown Supersound
Aug 04, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welsh electronic music artist/producer Kelly Lee Owens is releasing a new album, Inner Song, on August 28 via Smalltown Supersound. Now she has shared another song from it, “Corner of My Sky,” which features fellow Welsh artist John Cale, who sings in both Welsh and English on the song. More
John Cale, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Self Esteem, and More
Dec 11, 2019
By Jimi Arundell
With Rockaway Beach fast approaching, Under the Radar takes a closer look at some of the awesome acts playing from Friday 10th till Sunday 12th of January. More
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood out October 2nd
Aug 30, 2012
By Christopher Roberts
Former Velvet Underground member John Cale is releasing a new solo album, Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood, on October 2nd via Domino Records’ Double Six imprint. Below you can watch the video for “Face to the Sky,” which features Cale in a stark room with a checkered floor and a dancer in a kimono. More
Off Upcoming Album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
Jul 09, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Former Velvet Underground multi-instrumentalist John Cale will release a new album entitled Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood on Oct. 2 through Domino imprint Double Six. More
Tyler The Creator, High Places, Dirty Beaches, Sin Fang
Oct 14, 2011
By Laura Studarus
So many videos, so little time! Here’s a roundup of some of the top videos to hit the interwebs this week.
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Interviews
Nov 06, 2023
By Matt Fink
Joined by a star-studded cast of Welsh musicians (Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers) who count themselves as his musical offspring, John Cale celebrated his 80th birthday in October of 2022 with a headlining performance at the Llais Festival in his native Wales. More
Reviews
Jan 23, 2023
By Michael James Hall
Forever pushing the boundaries of pop, punk, and experimental music, John Cale has been a constant presence at the frayed edges of rock ‘n’ roll for the past six decades. More
Oct 02, 2012
By Dan Lucas
Extra Playful was the title of John Cale’s last release, his 2011 EP that saw him visiting much lighter territory than his fans had become used to over recent years. It turns out this was an aptly teasing title that suggested mischievous misdirection, as the poppier melodies that made up that record are eschewed for a greater sense of vintage violence on brilliantly-titled new album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood.
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