Under the Radar

Under the Radar is a quarterly indie music magazine that reaches audiences across North America and beyond, proudly declaring itself as "The solution to music pollution." Founded in 2001 by the husband-and-wife duo of Mark Redfern, a writer, and Wendy Lynch Redfern, a photographer, this independent publication is well-regarded for its comprehensive and engaging interviews with both well-known and emerging bands, accompanied by distinctive and artistic photo shoots. The magazine provides insightful and often witty articles that delve deeper than just a band's primary influences, frequently featuring exclusive photography. Notably, Under the Radar conducted the final interview and photo shoot with the late Elliott Smith in 2003, and it gained recognition for its music and politics issues in 2004 and 2008 (known as The Protest Issues), which included charity auctions supporting organizations like War Child. Aiming to be a trendsetter, Under the Radar interviews promising young artists long before they hit the mainstream spotlight, playing a key role in the rise of bands such as Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend, making it the first nationally distributed print magazine to feature either group. The publication was also an early advocate for artists like Bright Eyes, Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie, and many others, and it was the first American magazine to interview international acts such as The Duke Spirit and Friendly Fires. Each issue contains up to 200 reviews covering a variety of cultural releases, including music, film, television, DVDs, books, comic books, and video games. Additionally, Under the Radar’s website offers exclusive reviews, news, interviews, and a rich archive of past content.

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The Great Escape 2025, Brighton, UK, May 15-17, 2025

1 day ago | undertheradarmag.com | Nick Roseblade

Web Exclusive Silly season is in effect in Brighton again. May is the busiest month of the year. Much more so than December. In May Brighton hosts the annual arts Festival and its sister festival The Fringe. For a month the city is filled with performers, actors, artists, pop up venues and food vendors. It is also Open House.
Parasite Nurse @ The Bee’s Mouth, Brighton, UK, May 22, 2025

3 days ago | undertheradarmag.com | Nick Roseblade

Web Exclusive If you want to see noise and experimental music mid-week in Brighton, your best bet is The Bee’s Mouth. They don’t have noise sets every week, but they are regular enough for you to take a chance and see. Or just look up online before heading out is also a good idea. This evening there was a real treat for the senses. As Parasite Nurse was in from America, and leg of European tour of including Distraxi, Pale World and Sword of Damocles was swinging by Brighton.
Times and Seasons: The Rise and Fall and Rise of The Zombies

3 days ago | undertheradarmag.com | Frank Valish

Hozac Books has quietly become the go-to publisher for detailed, expansive, and interesting musical texts, having released books about The Bangles, Chris Bell, and Jimmy Wilsey, as well as memoirs from Paul Collins, Bebe Buell, and The Jones’ Jeff Drake, and titles on New Zealand music fanzines, South Florida punk and new wave, and two volumes of White Label Promo Preservation Society chronicling lost and obscure records.
Alan Sparhawk: With Trampled by Turtles (Sub Pop) - review

4 days ago | undertheradarmag.com | Nick Roseblade

Web Exclusive Alan Sparhawk shouldn’t need any introductions. So, we won’t give him one, other than saying he was a member of one of the greatest bands of the last 30 years, Low, and is one of the finest songwriters of his generation. With Trampled by Turtles is more folk than his last neon-pop album, 2024’s White Roses, My God, but die-hard Low fans should lap it up.
Bearded Theory 2025, Catton Park, Derbyshire, UK, May 22-25, 2025

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Dom Gourlay

Web Exclusive In an era of homogenous festival line-ups and soulless, corporate all dayers, thank the heavens for Bearded Theory. One of the true independent bastions on the UK festival circuit still in existence, Bearded Theory has survived and grown over its eighteen years into an event many of its peers can only dream of.
caroline Share New Song “Coldplay cover” That’s Not a Coldplay Cover

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Mark Redfern

News All London-based eight-piece caroline are releasing their sophomore album, the fittingly named caroline 2, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now they have shared its third single, which is titled “Coldplay cover” but is not a cover of a Coldplay song. Watch the video below.
Whitney Release of New Single “Darling” and Announce Summer Tour Dates

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Issa Nasatir

News All Chicago duo Whitney have released the new single “Darling” while teasing that more is on the way. The band have also announced a headlining North American tour beginning this summer. Check out the new song and tour dates below. Whitney is former Smith Westerners guitarist Max Kakacek and Unknown Mortal Orchestra drummer Julien Ehrlich.
Dry Cleaning Announce New North American Tour Dates and Tease New Music

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Issa Nasatir

News All South-London band Dry Cleaning have announced they will be embarking on a North American headlining tour this fall. The band have also teased that new music will be on its way. See their tour dates below. Dry Cleaning began with the two EPs Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and Sweet Princess EP in 2019.
M. Butterfly @ The Pipeline, Brighton, UK, May 21, 2025

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Nick Roseblade

Web Exclusive The Pipeline is one of the gems of Brighton’s live scene. Situated behind a busy parade of shops, the guildhall and a hotel it’s a blink and you’ll miss it place and a venue I try and frequent as often as possible. Tonight’s gig features four bands that, one paper, don’t gel together that well, but back-to-back should be something special. The last time I saw Holy Clang they were a two-piece doing punk/funk ESG stuff. Since then, they’d expanded things a bit.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Announce New EP, Share New Song “BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES”

1 week ago | undertheradarmag.com | Issa Nasatir

News All Unknown Mortal Orchestra (the project led by New Zealand-born Ruban Nielson) have announced a new EP, CURSE, due out June 18th via Jagjaguwar. The band have also released the EP’s lead single “BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES” accompanied by a video directed by Nielson. See the video and the details for the new EP below.