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Issue 75 Also Features the Top 300 Albums of the 1990s; Plus Interviews with De La Soul, Air, Sarah McLachlan, Saint Etienne, Spacehog, Garbage, Ratboys, Sharon Van Etten, Dry Cleaning, and More
Apr 01, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our long-awaited new print issue, Issue 75, which is The ’90s Issue Part 2 and features Pulp and Suede on the two covers. The issue also features our Top 300 Albums of the 1990s; plus interviews with De La Soul, Air, Sarah McLachlan, Saint Etienne, Spacehog, Garbage, Ratboys, Sharon Van Etten, Dry Cleaning, The Twilight Sad, The Divine Comedy, Slint, Miki Berenyi Trio, MEMORIALS, Amy Heckerling (on writing/directing Clueless), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (on starring in Secrets & Lies), the cast of Homicide: Life on the Streets, and others. More
Ratboys, Mitski, Gorillaz, Charli XCX, Lala Lala, Voxtrot, Ulrika Spacek, Bill Callahan, and More
Mar 04, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Last year we launched our Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month. Now here is a roundup of February 2026’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release. More
Plus Voxtrot, Cardinals, Makthaverskan, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Dec 05, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2025. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks. More
The Band's Ramesh Srivastava Directed the Video
Sep 22, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Voxtrot have shared their first new song in 14 years, “Another Fire.” It was shared via a music video directed by the band’s own Ramesh Srivastava. More
Cut From the Stone: Rarities & B-Sides Due Out July 22 via Cult Hero
Jul 07, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Voxtrot have shared a new single, “Fifteen Minutes.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Cut From the Stone: Rarities & B-Sides, which will be out on July 22 via Cult Hero. The band have also announced a string of new tour dates. More
Also Appearing at a Few Live Dates in Texas
Jul 25, 2013
By Scott Dransfield
Ramesh Srivastava has unveiled two new songs in preparation of a few live dates around Texas. Formerly the frontman of Austin-based indie group Voxtrot, which disbanded in 2010, Ramesh still occasionally makes new music. More
Apr 21, 2010
By Laura Studarus
After three EPs and one full-length, Voxtrot are calling it quits. Says lead singer Ramesh Srivastava on the Voxtrot website, “The career path of Voxtrot was truly one of long, simmering build, explosion, and almost instantaneous decay. Slowly, I am learning to replace any feelings of regret with positive memories of how amazing the whole thing was, and how it has, in an unexpected way, fortified my character.” We have the dates of their final tour. More
Interviews
Feb 26, 2026
By Mike Hilleary
Setting aside whatever spiritual or scientific discourse may exist on the subject of destiny versus free will, Voxtrot frontman Ramesh Srivastava has determined his life—at least from a chronological standpoint—long abandoned any semblance of predictability. “I’m always surprised that life is not what you think it is, that there’s always another plot twist,” he says. “The vision you have of exactly how it’s going to turn out, what it’s going to be, is just not it.” More
Reviews
Apr 14, 2026
By Matthew Berlyant
Voxtrot played the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn last weekend (Friday 10th April) and Under the Radar’s Matthew Berlyant was there to witness their spectacular show. More
Mar 09, 2026
By Matthew Berlyant
Mid-2000s indie-blog darlings Voxtrot reforming and releasing a new album was unlikely to be on many people’s mid-2020s bingo card, but here we are. More
Sep 19, 2022
By Matthew Berlyant
Voxtrot played their first show in 12 years last weekend and it was positively life affirming! More
Aug 11, 2022
By Matthew Berlyant
File this one under answered prayers for fans of Voxtrot, the venerable 2000s era indie-pop quintet from Austin, Texas who made a huge splash in the indie-dominated blogosphere of the mid 2000s with these songs, originally released as two separate CD EPs Raised by Wolves (expanding upon the titular A-side of their second 7-inch by adding four more songs different from the original B-side) and 2006’s just as great Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Wives EP. More
Jul 25, 2022
By Matthew Berlyant
In conjunction with the great Austin indie-pop band Voxtrot reuniting this year a dozen years after their 2010 dissolution, they are self-releasing several compilations. More
