Apr 01, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our long-awaited new print issue, Issue 75, which is The ’90s Issue Part 2 and features Pulp and Suede on the two covers. The issue also features our Top 300 Albums of the 1990s; plus interviews with De La Soul, Air, Sarah McLachlan, Saint Etienne, Spacehog, Garbage, Ratboys, Sharon Van Etten, Dry Cleaning, The Twilight Sad, The Divine Comedy, Slint, Miki Berenyi Trio, MEMORIALS, Amy Heckerling (on writing/directing Clueless), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (on starring in Secrets & Lies), the cast of Homicide: Life on the Streets, and others.
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Mar 12, 2026
By Mark Redfern
The long awaited new print issue of Under the Radar is almost done. We’re currently in the proofreading stage, which means all articles and reviews have been written and laid out and we’re giving every page one more read through to check for any typos we may have missed. In the meantime, we are offering 50% off print subscriptions—as low as $2.49 per issue—with the code SPRING2026 (valid worldwide on both four-issue and eight-issue subscriptions), to encourage some last subscribers to come on board with this issue.
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Apr 03, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 13th Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide the list. We considered over 35 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 14.
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Apr 03, 2026
By Mark Redfern
U2 have surprise-released a brand new six-song EP, Easter Lily. As its title suggests, its release is timed to Easter and one song features Brian Eno.
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Apr 03, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Jack White has shared two new songs, “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” and “Derecho Demonico.” This weekend he’s performing on Saturday Night Live and it’s a fair bet that he’ll perform one (or both) of the songs on the show. Fittingly Jack Black is hosting SNL this week and it’ll be White’s sixth appearance on the show.
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Apr 03, 2026
By Caleb Campbell
New Jersey-based indie singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sara Abdelbarry debuted under the moniker Teen Idle with her 2020 Insomniac Dreams EP and followed in 2023 with her first full-length album, Nonfiction. Those early indie concoctions were produced, recorded, and performed in Abdelbarry’s basement studio, lending them a scrappy DIY charm, but Abdelbarry’s stylistic horizons have been steadily expanding in the years since.
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Apr 03, 2026
By Andy Von Pip
Blood Red Shoes return with new single “Screams” and announce tour dates across the UK and Europe
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Apr 02, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Of Montreal, the project of Kevin Barnes, have announced a new album, aethermead, and shared its first single, “When.” Of Montreal have also announced some new tour dates.
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Apr 02, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Peter Gabriel is releasing a new album, o/i, later this year via Real World (the exact release date is TBA). Now he has shared its fourth single, “Till Your Mind is Shining.”
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Apr 02, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Metric are releasing a new album, Romanticize the Dive, on April 24 via Thirty Tigers. Now they have shared its third single, “Crush Forever.”
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