Mark Moody

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Mark Moody

Lael Neale at her family's farm in Virginia. Web Exclusive Releasing her third album on Sub Pop in five years, Lael Neale reflects that each of the records she has put out on the label has been a reaction to living in or living away from Los Angeles. “I write in response to the environment [I’m in]. Acquainted with Night was a response to living in LA.

3 weeks ago | undertheradarmag.com | Mark Moody

Web Exclusive If turnabout is fair play, then The Convenience is the fairest band in the land. On Like Cartoon Vampires, the New Orleans-based duo of Nick Corson and Duncan Troast do a complete 180 from their 2021 debut, Accelerator. On the earlier album, Corson and Troast proved out that there are limits in modeling yourself as a Prince copy band.

1 month ago | undertheradarmag.com | Mark Moody

Web Exclusive Birth, school, work, death as the story goes. Or on Florist’s follow-up to their sublime self-titled album from 2022, it’s life, light, and a winter’s chill—followed by death. These themes recur over 10 lighter than air folk-tinged tracks. Florist-in-chief Emily Sprague has herself all tangled up worrying about whether it’s okay to float through life unthinking, uncaring as the alluded to jellyfish of the the album’s title.

1 month ago | undertheradarmag.com | 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. “I love Variety Playhouse. That’s my dream venue. I love The Earl, it’s such an iconic spot. The Eastern too. I saw Father John Misty there a couple of weeks ago. It was insane, it was so good.

1 month ago | undertheradarmag.com | Mark Moody

Web Exclusive At 75 years of age, many stories have been told about Lonnie Holley. Most from his own tongue. A world renowned self-taught artist, Holley was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. Using improvised approaches in both art and music, Holley has forged his own path.