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Album Reviews

Jazz Dispensary: The Freedom Sound! The People Arise 

Various Artists
Jazz Dispensary: The Freedom Sound! The People Arise 

Jul 04, 2024 Web Exclusive

This recent installment in Craft Recordings’ vaunted Jazz Dispensary series puts a special focus on compositions with titles and themes of Black power, freedom, resistance, and Afrocentrism.

Tales of the Great Rum Runners (Deluxe Edition)

Robert Hunter
Tales of the Great Rum Runners (Deluxe Edition)

Jul 03, 2024 Web Exclusive

This deluxe edition of 1974’s Tales of the Great Rum Runners kicks off Rhino’s career-spanning archival series honoring Robert Hunter’s work as a solo artist.

How Will I Live Without a Body?

Loma
How Will I Live Without a Body?

Jul 02, 2024 Web Exclusive

The third album from the trio Loma, and follow-up to 2020’s hypnotically enchanting Don’t Shy Away, continues their foray into spectral and impressionistic indie rock.

Classic Interviews

Big Thief on “Capacity”

Big Thief on “Capacity”
Official Bonds

Aug 31, 2017 Big Thief

The second album in as many years from Brooklyn’s powerful folk rock group Big Thief is that work of impact that propels a band from a warm reception to commanding the discussion. Formed from a coalescence of peaking creativity and internal chemistry, Capacity expands on a cherished notion, that of connecting with people through intimate channels.

Comic Book Reviews

Mark Twain’s War Prayer

Mark Twain’s War Prayer
Fantagraphics

Jun 27, 2024 Web Exclusive

Legendary 92-year-old graphic and font designer Seymour Chwast takes a dazzling, multidisciplinary approach to Mark Twain’s 104-year-old prose poem in this slim but radical new book. Through drawing, pastel painting, type design, and computer color, Chwast breathes life into Twain’s savage rebuke of religion’s role in jingoism and violent patriotism.

Book Reviews

Desolation

Mark Morton
Desolation

Jul 01, 2024

Mark Morton is the guitarist/lyricist for metal pioneers Lamb of God, and Desolation is his story. In some ways, Morton’s tale is similar to many, but there are a few characteristics that set Desolation apart.

Interviews

Tomer Capone on Playing Frenchie in “The Boys”

Tomer Capone on Playing Frenchie in “The Boys”

Jun 13, 2024 Web Exclusive

We sat down with Tomer Capone to hear more about his creative background, the trust he feels playing Frenchie, and how The Boys is a “jackpot” for an actor.

Sitting Down With The Cast Of “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”

Sitting Down With The Cast Of “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”

May 12, 2024 Web Exclusive

The cast of The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed sits down for a discussion about the indie comedy’s commitment to authenticity.

Pleased to meet you

Sunday (1994) on Love, Dark Humor, and Leaps of Faith

Apr 30, 2024 Web Exclusive

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.

Lists

Seven Music Documentary Films and Series From 2024 to Watch (and Three to Skip)

Jun 16, 2024

Music documentaries and series are a sure thing, or so it seems. 2024 has seen quite a few of them hit theatres and even more turn up on streamers. Among these are the high-profile ones such as the newly restored 1970 film, The Beatles: Let it Be and Frank Marshall’s The Beach Boys, not to mention Taylor Swift|The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version), all on Disney+. Lil Nas X released his interpretation of Madonna’s Truth or Dare with his behind-the-scenes tour film, Long Live Montero (HBO). There is also Eno, the groundbreaking generative documentary feature on Brian Eno. Just as fascinating as the biographical docs are topical ones such as the recently released How Music Got Free (Paramount+).

Coming soon is Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (HBO), which shines a much deserved spotlight on the multi-hyphenate talent, and I Am: Celine Dion (Prime Movies), which shares the singer’s challenges with Moersch-Woltman Syndrome.

Whether or not you’re into the artists, subjects, or the music, there is a voyeuristic and vicarious thrill in watching musicians, both in their professional setting and personal lives. Music documentary films and series are often worth the time—except when they’re not. Here are seven must-watch music docs and series released in 2024, and three from this year that you can skip.

Live reviews

Necrot @ Brooklyn Meadows, Brooklyn, US, June 26, 2024

Necrot @ Brooklyn Meadows, Brooklyn, US, June 26, 2024

Jul 04, 2024 By Matthew Berlyant

Death metal outfit Necrot brought their “Lifeless Birth” tour to Brooklyn last month and Under the Radar were there to witness it

Blog

Help Fund Our Next Two Issues – Subscribe, Advertise, Buy Back Issues, and Support Us on Patreon

Help Fund Our Next Two Issues – Subscribe, Advertise, Buy Back Issues, and Support Us on Patreon

Jun 27, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar’s next two print issues are shaping up nicely, but we need your help to fund them. It costs over $10,000 to print and ship each issue and while advertising from record labels gets us part of the way there, these days it’s not enough. If you’re a fan of our magazine there are four ways you could help: subscribe, advertise, buy back issues, or support us on Patreon.