Under the Radar Magazine

Texas indie-pop band Voxtrot (@voxtrot.bandcamp.com) recently released "Dreamers in Exile," their first new album in 19 years. Here's our review of it.

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Rosa Walton is one-half of Let's Eat Grandma and she has announced her debut solo album, "Tell Me It’s a Dream" on Transgressive, and shared its first single, “Sorry Anyway.”

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This week’s Songs of the Week includes the latest by Black Country, New Road; Anna Calvi​, Nilüfer Yanya​, and Ellie Rowsell; Bat for Lashes; Metric; Maya Hawke; Rosa Walton; Wet Leg; Cameron Winter; Aldous Harding; Goon; SPRINTS; Friko; Foals; and more.

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"HELP(2)," the new War Child charity album, has been released today. It features fantastic tracks by Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Bat For Lashes, Cameron Winter, Wet Leg, and more.

Stream the whole album here and read our two separate reviews of it.

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Los Angeles-based band Goon released a new album, "Dream 3," in 2025 on Born Loser. Now they have shared an outtake from the album, “Atrium.”

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New Zealand singer/songwriter Aldous Harding has announced a new album, "Train on the Island" on 4AD, and shared its first single, “One Stop,” via a music video.

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Peter Gabriel is releasing a new album, "o/i," later this year via Real World. Now he has shared its third single, “What Lies Ahead.”

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Tomorrow War Child UK are releasing "HELP(2)," an epic new charity compilation album. In honor of that we have posted to our website our article on the original "HELP" album from 1995.

It was exclusive to our '90s Issue print magazine, but is now online.

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Morrissey is releasing a new album, "Make-Up Is a Lie," tomorrow via Sire. Here's our review of it.

Will you be listening to the new album?

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Charli XCX recently released the soundtrack to the new film adaptation of "Wuthering Heights," on Atlantic Records. Here's our review of it.

"The decade’s most daring and intriguing mainstream artist."

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Metric are releasing a new album, "Romanticize the Dive," on April 24 via Thirty Tigers. Now they have shared its second single, “Time Is a Bomb.”

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Gorillaz released a new album, "The Mountain," last Friday. Now they have announced some new fall North American tour dates. You can also stream the new album and watch the accompanying short film, plus read our rave review of the album.

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Our roundup of February's best albums includes the latest releases by Ratboys, Mitski, Gorillaz, Charli XCX, Lala Lala, Voxtrot, Bill Callahan, and more.

It includes streams for each album and links to our reviews and/or interviews supporting each LP.

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British indie-pop band Heavenly just released "Highway to Heavenly," their first album in 30 years, on Skep Wax. Here's our review of it.

"A polished record that is perfectly functional but curiously weightless."

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Singer/actress Maya Hawke has announced a new album, "Maitreya Corso" on Mom + Pop, and shared its first single, “Devil You Know.” She has also announced some tour dates.

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The New Pornographers are releasing a new album, "The Former Site Of," on March 27 via Merge. Now they have shared its fourth single, “Spooky Action.”

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Magdalena Bay as photographed by Wendy Lynch Redfern in Charlottesville, VA for a feature in our print magazine in 2021.

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Read our 2021 interview with Magdalena Bay:

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This week’s Songs of the Week includes the latest tracks by Courtney Barnett, Mitski, The Twilight Sad, American Football, TV Star, Cheekface, Modern Woman, The Slow Country, deary, New German Cinema, WU LYF, and more.

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Humorous Los Angeles-based indie rock trio Cheekface (@cheekface.bsky.social) have shared a new song, “Hostile Street,” via a lyric video.

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Mitski has released a new album, "Nothing’s About to Happen to Me," today via Dead Oceans.

Watch the new video for “If I Leave,” stream the whole album and read our rave review of it, and watch her performance Colbert from earlier this week.

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Seattle and Tacoma, WA based five-piece TV Star have announced their debut album, "Music For Heads" on Father/Daughter, and shared a new song from it, “Out of My Bag,” via a music video. The song is influenced by Britpop and Madchester.

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Scotland’s The Twilight Sad are releasing "It’s the Long Goodbye," their first new album in seven years, on March 27 via Rock Action. Now they have shared its third single, “Attempt a Crash Landing - Theme.”

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Gorillaz released a new album, "The Mountain," today.

Here's our review. "You can feel [Damon] Albarn pouring his soul out to us, crooning about people who have passed, but he’s also hopeful."

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“I’m always surprised that life is not what you think it is, that there’s always another plot twist.”

Mike Hilleary spoke to Ramesh Srivastava of Voxtrot (@voxtrot.bandcamp.com) about the Texas band's first album in almost 19 years, which is out tomorrow.

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British jazz quartet Ezra Collective and Greentea Peng have teamed up for “Helicopters.” It’s the fifth single from "HELP(2)," the ambitious new charity album to benefit War Child UK.

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British quartet WU LYF have announced their first new album in 15 years, "A Wave That Will Never Break," their long-awaited sophomore album, and shared a new song from it, “Love Your Fate.”

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"Scream 7" is out this Friday, so our writer Steve King, a huge "Scream" fan, did a deep dive into the horror franchise, including the behind-the-scenes drama/controversies surrounding the new film.

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American Football have officially announced their new album, “American Football (LP4)” on Polyvinyl, and shared its first single, “Bad Moons.”

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Courtney Barnett is releasing a new album, "Creature of Habit," on March 27 via Mom + Pop. Now she has shared two new songs from it, “Mantis” and “Sugar Plum.”

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"Mitski’s stately and artful lyrics cut as deep as ever, but her art pop tragedies have rarely felt this consciously curious."

Mitski is releasing a new album, "Nothing’s About to Happen to Me," this Friday via Dead Oceans and here is our review of it.

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