Sep 24, 2021
By Jake Uitti
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Oh, the conversations, inventions, ideas, and discoveries one can enjoy when sitting with a friend, watching a movie. It may seem like an obvious or even commonplace experience to consider, but as one gets older, further and further removed from school and responsibility-less free time, it can be more and more difficult to just sit with a friend and watch a film. Not to mention during a global pandemic when it can be frowned upon socially and public-health-wise even to sit together with a pal. Yet, the simple act is exactly what the friends and artists, Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine, did in a cabin in Upstate New York recently. The result of which is a new 14-track record, A Beginner’s Mind, out today and inspired almost entirely by movies the two watched together, enraptured. More
Sep 20, 2021
By Jasper Willems
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There is a moment during Under the Radar’s Zoom conversation with Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden where the couple (who were in the same room together) unknowingly inhabit the exact same pose together on screen: rolling deep reflecting eyes with the left hand resting on the cheek. More
Sep 16, 2021
By Jake Uitti
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Internationally known musician, José González, is one of those artists who exhibits such an intricate, discrete touch with his work that it becomes an obsession for his listeners. More
Sep 15, 2021
By Celine Teo-Blockey
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That moment in a relationship where two lives become completely entwined can seem like are a couple’s nirvana, until things start to fall apart. Then it’s a co-dependency with all the unhealthy connotations that entails. Nashville-based singer/songwriter Madi Diaz chronicles this in History of a Feeling after her breakup from long-term partner Teddy Geiger, who has since come out as transgender. More
Sep 10, 2021
By Jasper Willems
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During a press cycle in Amsterdam in 2011, Low’s Alan Sparhawk professed a fondness for Kesha’s music. He also responded to a question concerning Neil Young’s Pono platform that day, and whether top-shelf audio-quality is paramount to having a fruitful listening experience. “When I listen to ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ through laptop speakers, I’ll cry all the same,” he mused at the time. More
Sep 10, 2021
By Andy Von Pip
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“It’s been crazy,” laughs North Carolina singer/songwriter Indigo De Souza, regarding the critical acclaim for her second album Any Shape You Take. “It’s also the busiest I’ve ever been in my life.” More
Sep 01, 2021
By Jasper Willems
Issue #68 - Japanese Breakfast and HAIM (The Protest Issue)
There is a moment during Under the Radar’s Zoom conversation with Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden where the couple (who were in the same room together) unknowingly inhabit the exact same pose together on screen: rolling deep reflecting eyes with the left hand resting on the cheek. It speaks of the fluidity in which the Norwegian duo—who together form the paradigm-shattering project Lost Girls—carry themselves, causing tiny rifts between existence and performance with their presence. More
