Apr 16, 2025 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive

Montreal duo DVTR release a live album this month (April 2025) entitled “Live Aux Foufs”, so Under the Radar caught up with the two main protagonists Demi Lune and Jean Divorce

Apr 02, 2025 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive

Meet Otala, the London-based five-piece whose second EP “Fire! To The River” came out last month

Mar 28, 2025 By Mark Moody Web Exclusive

Any indie music loving, self-respecting Atlantan has to have strong opinions on the Southern city’s myriad live music venues. A lifelong resident of the region, Becca Harvey (aka girlpuppy) has hit them all.

Mar 21, 2025 By Mark Moody Web Exclusive

The bulk of Victoria Park’s expanding catalog seeks answers in gently reflective ways. That is unless it doesn’t. Her second album, Nothing Sticks (recorded as Pictoria Vark), releases today on Get Better Records.

Mar 14, 2025 By Andy Von Pip

In this interview, Luvact shares how her journey from teenage busker to circus performer shaped the nostalgic, gothic romance of her music

Mar 07, 2025 By Mark Moody Web Exclusive

Take a map of the Eastern U.S. (the paper kind) and draw lines from Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Charlotte into the heart of West Virginia and one of those lines may put you close to Big Ugly. At least 200 miles from any of those cities (Cincy is the closest), the Big Ugly community metaphorically and literally sits in the middle of nowhere. Big Ugly Creek empties into the Guyandotte River and it’s in this rural region that Fust’s Aaron Dowdy’s grandmother grew up.

Jan 29, 2025 By Andy Von Pip

HotWax reflect on their journey from grassroots venues to major festival stages, the raw intensity of touring, and the power of collaboration on their debut album Hot Shock.

Dec 30, 2024 By Mike Hilleary Issue #73 - Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya

Searching their collective memory, the four members of the Leeds, England-based band English Teacher distinctly remember the time they once made a kid cry.

Nov 20, 2024 By Frank Valish Issue #73 - Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya

For Seattle’s Chinese American Bear, band life is truly a family affair. Bryce Barsten and Anne Tong met 16 years ago in high school jazz band and have been together ever since.