Under the Radar

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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English
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#388387

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#239019

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#3366

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.