Under the Radar

Under the Radar is obsessed with music. We're dedicated to breaking new bands and checking-in with our favorite established artists through our in-depth articles and eye-catching original photography. Each issue also contains a ridiculous number of reviews--all the better to help you find your new favorite album, film, TV show, book, comic book or video game.

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UNDER THE RADAR 66 A DIGITAL SAMPLER!

TEGAN and SARA • Origin Story

TEGAN QUIN • on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s Live/1975-85

SARA QUIN • on Why She Can’t Choose a Favorite Album

JAY SOM • The More Things Change

WILCO • Simple and Brutal

Jeff Tweedy of WILCO • on Meat Puppets’ Meat Puppets II

HATCHIE • on Carole King’s Tapestry

Andy Stack of WYE OAK AND JOYERO • on Bill Callahan’s A River Ain’t Too Much to Love n

Ellen Kempner of PALEHOUND • on Elliott Smith’s Either/Or

LUCY DACUS • on LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening

ANNA MEREDITH • on Björk’s Debut

JASON MANTZOUKAS • on Joni Mitchell’s Hejira

Kazu Makino of BLONDE REDHEAD AND KAZU • on Unwound’s The Future of What 

NICK HORNBY • on His Five Favorite Current Albums

CHELSEA WOLFE • on Townes Van Zandt’s Townes Van Zandt

Katherine Paul of BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT • on Cat Power’s Moon Pix

FRED ARMISEN • on Paul and Linda McCartney’s RAM

Nik Ewing of LOCAL NATIVES • on Frank Ocean’s Blonde n

NOËL WELLS • on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass

Jana Hunter of LOWER DENS • on Archie Shepp’s Attica Blues

MC Taylor of HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER • on Brightblack Morning Light’s Brightblack Morning Light

CHRIS SULLIVAN • on John Prine’s John Prine

Jennifer and Jessie Clavin of BLEACHED • on The Cure’s Three Imaginary Boys

ONE TRUE PAIRING • on Joanna Newsom’s The Milk Eyed Mender

Jim Reid of THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN • on Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life

Neil Hannon of THE DIVINE COMEDY • on Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love

ZOE LISTER-JONES • on Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Alan Sparhawk of LOW • on David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Rachel Goswell of SLOWDIVE • on Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Miki Berenyi of PIROSHKA • on The Shangri-Las’ Shangri-Las-65!

JAY BARUCHEL • on Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Yanqui U.X.O.

James Bagshaw of TEMPLES • on Scott Walker’s Scott 3

Richard Reed Parry of ARCADE FIRE • on Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden

AMANDA PALMER • on Lorde’s Pure Heroine

ALAN TUDYK • on Loudon Wainwright III’s Grown Man

Emily Haines of METRIC • on Silver Jews’ American Water

Mark Gardener of RIDE • on The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up

ZOLA JESUS • on The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Choir’s Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares

Tracyanne Campbell of CAMERA OBSCURA AND TRACYANNE & DANNY • on Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour

MARIKA HACKMAN • on Warpaint’s The Fool

IRON & WINE • on Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben’s Gil e Jorge

BLANCK MASS • on Ennio Morricone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Tim Booth of JAMES • on Patti Smith’s Horses

Wayne Coyne of THE FLAMING LIPS • on The Beatles’ The Beatles (aka The White Album)

“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC • on Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Gruff Rhys of SUPER FURRY ANIMALS • on The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up

JIMMI SIMPSON • on The...