The Solution to Music Pollution, Under the Radar is arguably America's best independent music magazine. We're based in Los Angeles, but nationally distributed in places like Borders, Tower Records and Virgin Megastores. We're known for our in-depth and intelligent interviews, and for our sharp photo shoots.
The Winter 2005 issue is on stands now! The issue features the following: Exclusive Interviews and Photo Shoots with: Bright Eyes, The Bees (aka: A Band of Bees), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (in the studio), Blue States, Tim Booth (ex-James), thebrotherkite, Ian Brown (ex-Stone Roses), Clinc vs. Can, The Dears on Morrissey, The Delgados, Devendra Banhart vs. Donovan, The Dresden Dolls, The Earlies, The Go! Team, Ed Harcourt, My Barbarian, Muse, Primal Scream vs. The Cramps, Snowden, Supergrass, The Thrills vs. Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Unkle, and The Zutons.
Plus the Chris Walla Column, and the best of 2004 special, featuring interviews with Caribou/Manitoba, The Decemberists, Doves, Idlewild, Mew, My Morning Jacket, Of Montreal, Ulrich Schnauss, Tegan & Sara, Tilly & the Wall, and The Walkmen.
Featured in The Protest Issue (Issue 7, which came out in September 2004): Huge special section on the intersection of politics and music. Incorporating tons of interviews and/or photo shoots with protest music legends and big indie musicians, including: Yoko Ono, Billy Bragg, Death Cab for Cutie, Badly Drawn Boy, Joan Baez, Devendra Banhart, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bright Eyes, David Cross, Cursive, The Decemberists, Ani DiFranco, Elbow, Faithless, Perry Farrell, The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Interpol, Iron & Wine, Ted Leo, Les Savy Fav, Le Tigre, Luna, MC5, Metric, Pedro the Lion, Radio 4, The Secret Machines, Pete Seeger, The Sleepy Jackson, Super Furry Animals, They Might Be Giants and others.
Also exclusive interviews and photo shoots with: Asobi Sesku, Clinic, The Concretes, Graham Coxon, The Dears, Dykehouse, The Faint, The Fiery Furnaces, The Flaming Lips (studio update), The French Kicks, Hope of the States, Idlewild (in the studio), Interpol (joint cover story), M83, Midnight Movies, Muse, Pas/Cal, Simple Kid, The Veils, and more.
Featured in our sixth issue, which came out in March 2004, were interviews with: Rilo Kiley, Air, Starsailor, Underworld, Elbow, Doves, Ash, Basement Jaxx, All Night Radio, The Elected (Rilo Kiley side project), Mew, Fort Lauderdale, Franz Ferdinand, The Cardigans, Clinic, Sparklehorse, Hot Hot Heat, Marjorie Fair, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Desert Sessions (Josh Homme of Queens of the Stoneage), Run Run Run, Pitty Sing, Ambulance LTD., The Decemberists, Martina Topley-Bird, The Duke Spirit, Modest Mouse, Badly Drawn Boy, Magnetic Fields, The Polyphonic Spree, Rachel Goswell, Blonde Redhead, The Secret Machines, Now It's Overhead, Luna, The Divine Comedy, Sonic Youth, Sing-Sing, Death Cab for Cutie, Clearlake, Lambchop, Low, Helen Stellar, Interpol, Cursive, Stephen Malkmus, Eels, The Beta Band, Lone Pigeon, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Mellowdrone, Iron & Wine, The Walkmen, The Vines, Sufjan Stevens, Fischerspooner, Dntel, Low, The Velvet Teen, The Faint, Idlewild, David Byrne and others. The issue are features an Elliott Smith tribute, artists on their favorite albums of 2003, the most anticipated albums of the rest of 2004, and the best new artists to watch out for.
Previous issues of Under the Radar have featured interviews with Elliott Smith (in his last interview and photo shoot before his tragic passing), Coldplay, Beck, BRMC, Belle & Sebastian, Spiritualized, The Flaming Lips, Moby, Stereolab, Dandy Warhols, South, Broadcast, Mogwai, Super Furry Animals, British Sea Power, !!!, The Sleepy Jackson, Supergrass, Blur, Bright Eyes, Ladytron, The Thrills, The Dears, Sparks, Gemma Hayes, Christopher O’Riley, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, M. Ward, Tindersticks, Puffy AmiYumi, Quasi, Enon, Buzzcocks, The Shins, Beulah, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Teenage Fanclub, Mirah, Irving, The High Llamas, The Charlatans, Mercury Rev and many other great bands.
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