Jan 08, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Oxymorrons

NYC-based band Oxymorrons have released their latest single, “Green Vision.” Increasingly in the streaming age genre lines mean less and less and Oxymorrons are coming up as part of a new branch of genre-blenders, refusing to be boxed in by outside expectations of what rock music sounds like.

Jan 08, 2021 By Christopher Roberts Julien Baker

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Julien Baker is releasing a new album, Little Oblivions, on February 26 via Matador. Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where she performed the album’s first single, “Faith Healer,” with her band.

Jan 07, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Kino Motel

Melbourne-based duo Kino Motel have released their newest single, “Simple Desire,” premiering with Under the Radar. Ed Fraser and Rosa Mercedes, the minds behind Kino Motel, first met on a Berlin commune before hitting the road together. The new project was born following a 2019 basement night of karaoke in Vietnam. When day broke Fraser and Mercedes came out with a new band, Kino Motel, named after the band’s birthplace.

Jan 07, 2021 By Caleb Campbell POSTDATA

Halifax-based indie rock project POSTDATA, has shared its newest track, “Nobody Knows,” premiering with Under the Radar. Some may be familiar with Paul Murphy, the mind behind POSTDATA, for his time fronting Wintersleep, but Murphy also has shown a penchant for acoustic, folk-oriented songwriting through his work as POSTDATA. Murphy has returned following 2018’s Let’s Be Wilderness LP with a handful of singles off his latest project, Twin Flames.

Jan 07, 2021 By Caleb Campbell TWO

Aja Volkman-Reynolds and Dan Epand, formerly two-thirds of the LA alt rock trio Nico Vega, have returned with a new video for their track “Cage Fighter,” premiering with Under the Radar. Though Nico Vega disbanded in 2018 Volkman-Reynolds and Epand came back together last year as TWO with a new project, Pull The Knife Out.

Jan 07, 2021 By Mark Redfern Jamila Woods

Last year Jamila Woods shared a new song “Sula (Paperback),” which was inspired by Toni Morrison and was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Last night she performed the song on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Jan 07, 2021 By Mark Redfern Courtney Barnett

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has teamed up with Courtney Barnett to cover Karen Dalton’s version of “Reason to Believe” (the very original 1965 version of the song was by Tim Hardin). Vagabon has also announced a livestream concert.

Jan 07, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Jazzie Young

LA-based indie pop musician Jazzie Young is releasing her newest single, “Fake Love,” premiering with Under the Radar. The 26 year old singer has been writing music since she was a child, but only started releasing her own material in 2019. After a handful of singles last year, “Fake Love” is the first single Young has released in 2021, diving back into her style of soulful indie pop ahead of her upcoming EP Grown Up & Apart.

Jan 06, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Dog Trainer

NYC duo Dog Trainer has released the newest video for their single, “Dumb Paranoia,” premiering with Under the Radar. Created entirely under lockdown, Scrolling to feel better…part one, the band’s latest album, is a quarantine album through and through. Nick Broman and Lucas del Calvo worked online, sending beats back and forth from Broman’s NYC apartment and the basement of del Cavo’s Vermont Airbnb.