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.

Letter From The Editor

Staff Photos from 2001 and Favorite Albums of 2001

Under the Radar

CATE LE BON • Adapting to the Vacuum

SNAIL MAIL • Balancing Intentionality with Intuition

PARQUET COURTS • Community Music

COURTNEY BARNETT • Bringing Down the Walls

ALT-J • Dreams and Details

CAT POWER • A Little Bit of Magic

TEARS FOR FEARS • Mourning Earnestly, Aging Gracefully

THE WAR ON DRUGS • True Fiction

LET'S EAT GRANDMA • Love, Loss, and Reconnecting

MAGDALENA BAY • From Prog to Pop

W.H. LUNG • Guided By Song

YARD ACT • Character Studies

WET LEG • Wet Dreams with Dry Humor

GEESE • Preflight Check

COVERS OF COVERS • Inside Under the Radar’s First Album

The COVERS That Never Were

2001 Albums, Movies, and TV Shows Also Turning 20 • Since we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of our first print issue, we are highlighting albums, movies, and TV shows that also debuted in 2001.

THE ALBUMS THAT DEFINED UNDER THE RADAR

The Second Draft of History Inside ELLIOTT SMITH'S Recording of from a Basement on the Hill

LOVE AND DANCING • The Secret Origin of Under the Radar

MOGWAI • Not Ancient Now

THE CHARLATANS • Three Weeks in Wonderland

BLACK BOX RECORDER • When Will I, Will I Be Famous

IDLEWILD • The Abandoned Painting

DOVES Out of the Ashes

LADYTRON Built to Last

GRANDADDY • Putting Off the Sunset

THE DIVINE COMEDY • Reflections on a Younger Self

NILÜFER YANYA • Getting to Her Roots

MIKI BERENYI OF PIROSHKA AND LUSH • Decades of Memory

ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL • Joining the Dots

THE HORRORS • The Art of the Response

ELBOW • They’ve Never Stopped

WEYES BLOOD • Clarity Amidst the Confusion

BAT FOR LASHES • Manifesting Dreams

KAMASI WASHINGTON • Searching for Higher Musical Ground

CHVRCHES • Murder Ballads and Internet Trolls

The REVIEWS

Joseph Mount of METRONOMY

My Firsts Kevin Whelan of AEON STATION Regeneration

NATION OF LANGUAGE Bringing New Magic

ALL OUR FRIENDS • Under the Radar’s Writers on Our 20th Anniversary and Their Most Memorable Moments