Album Reviews
The Cult
Dreamtime (40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue)
Mar 27, 2024 Web Exclusive
Reissued on vinyl for the band’s 40th anniversary, The Cult’s 1984 debut, Dreamtime, finds the band hitting the ground running, while also poised for greater heights.
Rosali
Bite Down
Mar 26, 2024 Web Exclusive
Rosali Middleman’s fourth album finds her relocated to North Carolina and comfortably taking up the Merge roster slot left open by Waxahatchee’s departure.
Sam Evian
Plunge
Mar 25, 2024 Web Exclusive
The mid-’80s were awash in action verb titled albums with the likes of INXS’ Kick, The Human League’s Crash, and the more obscure Van Dyke Parks’ Jump!. Aside from sharing the call to get moving, Sam Evian’s fourth solo album, Plunge, has little in common with the referenced albums.
News
Bernard Butler (ex-Suede) Announces First Solo Album in 25 Years, Shares New Song “Camber Sands”
Mar 27, 2024
Bernard Butler was the guitarist in Britpop legends Suede on their first two albums and was also in McAlmont & Butler, among other projects, but he’s just announced his first new solo album in 25 years, Good Grief, and shared its first single, “Camber Sands.”
Interviews
Julia Holter on “Something in the Room She Moves”
Mar 22, 2024 Web Exclusive
On “Sun Girl,” the iridescent opening track of Julia Holter’s new album, Something in the Room She Moves, the California-based composer lets her phrasing dissolve into novel expressions. It sounds as if she magically learns a new foreign tongue on the spot: “Sun girl / Sun girl / Sun may / Some girl / Sun maze / Some girl.” The song sparkles and rattles, like a celestial dial being turned back, transporting the listener to a daybreak where everything feels possible yet nothing seems certain. Here lies the beating heart of Holter’s work; she luxuriates in mystery and oblivion, never allowing sound and language to fully solidify.
Ride on Forthcoming Seventh Album “Interplay”
Mar 10, 2024 Web Exclusive
Ride release their seventh album Interplay at the end of March, so Under the Radar caught up with singer, guitarist and songwriter Mark Gardener to discuss the new record, his studio, and the band’s tour plans for this year.
Pleased to meet you
Eaves Wilder on a Year of Growth and New Experiences
Feb 01, 2024 Web Exclusive
Emerging UK singer/songwriter Eaves Wilder had a memorable 2023. It was a year in which she grew as an artist and discovered what it takes to become a touring musician. Under the Radar sat down to have a chat with her just before Christmas, and we delved into her early musical influences and how they informed the music she writes today.
Lists
Under the Radar’s Top 40 TV Shows of 2023
Jan 29, 2024
Last year was a challenging one for the entertainment industry with the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes. While this double blow—albeit for good causes—had detrimental snowball effects on the industry, there was still a solid grip of high quality material that made it to the not-so-small screen airwaves and streamers. Award-winning series like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Barry took their last bows, and we’re still waiting for a trifecta from Vince Gilligan to round out Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but there was plenty to keep viewers glued to the tube. From superheroes to science fiction, political intrigue to teenage hijinks and dramatized jury service to historical dramas, we continue to be spoiled for choice. It was a battle for Under the Radar’s top television shows of 2023, but we’ve managed to narrow it down to 40 solid watches.
Live reviews
Feeder @ Rock City, Nottingham, UK, March 25, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
Feeder rolled back the years at Nottingham’s Rock City on Monday evening that celebrated both their flawless back catalogue and forthcoming new album “Black/Red”
Blog
20% Off Subscriptions This Week as Under the Radar’s New Issue is Shipping Soon
Mar 11, 2024
Under the Radar’s new print issue (Issue 72) is shipping out soon and to encourage readers to subscribe or re-subscribe before it’s sent out, we are offering 20% off subscriptions this week. It saves us money if issues are sent directly from the printer, rather than after they’ve been sent to our headquarters, and so we are passing on those savings to you.
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