My Firsts: Nada Surf | Under the Radar | Music Blog for the Indie …
Dec 24, 2024 By Mark Redfern Photography by Paloma Bomé. My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Matthew Caws of Nada Surf.
Festival Preview: Rockaway Beach 2025 | Under the Radar Magazine
Dec 23, 2024 By Jimi Arundell Photography by Shaun Gordon Web Exclusive. Fast forward the festive holidays and skip New Year’s Eve because the real party is at Rockaway Beach!Our favourite festival returns to Bognor Regis Butlins for its tenth year from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th of January, bringing with it a bumper lineup of massive headliners, revered legacy acts …
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2024年12月22日 · Sparks on the 50th Anniversary of “Kimono My House” Dec 31, 2024 Issue #73 - Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya. In 1974, the band Sparks saw a startling change of fortune when they transformed from an American band with somewhat dim prospects into a British band that became an overseas sensation. Kimono My House was their breakthrough third album, reaching #4 on the UK albums chart and ...
Sunday (1994) on Love, Dark Humor, and Leaps of Faith
Apr 30, 2024 Web Exclusive By Andy Von Pip. Sunday (1994) recently made waves with their stunning debut single, “Tired Boy.” Not only does the single resonate like a lost classic, but the band also arrived with a fully formed visual aesthetic.
No Country For Old Men [4K UHD] - Under the Radar Magazine
Dec 17, 2024 Web Exclusive By Zachary Lee Photography by The Criterion Collection “What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” That line, uttered by Javier Bardem’s sadistic and psychopathic mercenary Anton Chigurh, opens Joel and Ethan Coen’s neo-Western crime thriller No Country for Old Men with wrathful violence and unforgiving charisma.
The Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Fiction/Capitol) - review | Under …
Nov 01, 2024 Web Exclusive By Dom Gourlay. Having been teasing the prospect of a new Cure album for some time, the band’s 14th long player is finally with us. The long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s 4:13 Dream, Songs of a Lost World is a thing of beauty. Composed of eight songs—five of which have been regular staples in the band’s live sets since October 2022—Songs of a …
Violent Femmes – Gordon Gano on “Blister in the Sun” and 40 …
May 24, 2021 Web Exclusive By Jake Uitti Photography by Rocky Schenck. As soon as the bouncy guitar riff from Violent Femmes’ enduring pop hit, “Blister in the Sun,” comes on the stereo, likely you’re immediately boosted into a good mood. Then the childlike snare drums clap and the helium-like singing voice of the band’s frontman, Gordon Gano, comes in and the melody-induced grin on ...
Julia Holter on “Something in the Room She Moves”
Mar 22, 2024 Web Exclusive By Jasper Willems Photography by Camille Blake. 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 …
Seven Music Documentary Films and Series From 2024 to Watch …
2024年6月16日 · The Greatest Night in Pop, about the writing and recording of USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” at Henson Studios is a masterpiece of director Bao Nguyen.Seeing the musicians’ personalities in close quarters, working all night, is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The footage of superstars standing nervously in the same room and bringing their best performance to the table is nicely ...
Sophie Thatcher: From Yellowjackets to Experimental Pop
Oct 11, 2024 Web Exclusive By Andy Von Pip Photography by Press Shot “Please ignore this painting behind me! I’m staying in an Airbnb, and it would not be my choice,” laughs singer-songwriter and actor Sophie Thatcher as we kick off our Zoom chat. The artwork in question is indeed striking: it features a child who looks like a bizarre mashup of one of the Grady twins from The Shining and ...