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Classic Interviews 2016 Artist Survey: Tim Kasher of Cursive Kasher on 2016's Best Albums, Trump and the Election, Stranger Things, Friends, Obama, and Scary Movies Feb 02, 2017 Tim Kasher. For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of …
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.
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 …
Cursive: Devourer (Run for Cover) - Under the Radar Magazine
Sep 12, 2024 Issue #73 - Maya Hawke and Nilüfer Yanya By Frank Valish. For 30 years, Cursive, led by frontman Tim Kasher, have been at the forefront of adventurous, forward-thinking post-whatever indie rock music.Albums like 2000’s Domestica and 2003’s The Ugly Organ cemented the band’s legacy, and if their early aughts albums were all …
Claude Fontaine: La Mer (Innovative Leisure) - review | Under the …
Nov 21, 2024 Web Exclusive By Frank Valish. For her second album, La Mer, Los Angeles-based songwriter Claude Fontaine has picked up where her 2019 debut left off, melding tropicália, jazz, reggae, and French pop styles into a seductive montage, led at its center by Fontaine’s expressively sublime vocals. And again Fontaine has brought with her a crack instrumental team that includes, among ...
4K UHD Review: Seven Samurai | Under the Radar Magazine
Nov 13, 2024 Web Exclusive By Joey Arnone Photography by The Criterion Collection. A monumental work in the history of cinema, Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 film Seven Samurai is a masterclass in storytelling and arguably one of the most influential films ever made. It was, at its time, the most expensive film production in Japan, and clocking in at …
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Under The Radar Mag
Aug 30, 2024 Web Exclusive By Matt the Raven. Nick Cave’s recent personal tragedies of loss, grief, and sorrow have been well documented and reflected in the music of the past few Bad Seeds albums—2016’s Skeleton Tree and 2019’s Ghosteen—as well as Carnage, the 2021 album cut with longtime corroborator Warren Ellis.Now it appears as though Cave has completed a lifework transformation ...
Wand: Vertigo (Drag City) - review | Under the Radar Magazine
Jul 25, 2024 Web Exclusive By Daniel Gard’ner. It’s been five years since Laughing Matter, a record that charted Wand’s steady evolution from high voltage garage psych warriors to purveyors of sophisticated, atmospheric art rock. In the time since, singer Cory Hanson’s solo output has veered from sun-fried cosmic country to glam guitar crunch.
Shinedown’s Brent Smith On “A Symptom Of Being Human”
Feb 13, 2023 · Above all, despite the longevity of their career, Brent is excited yet always humble, when it comes to talking about the band’s success; “Don’t ever believe that you’ve arrived,” he says, “there’s always a bigger mountain.”
Seven Music Documentary Films and Series From 2024 to Watch …
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 ...