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Today marks the 25th anniversary of Wilco’s "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." The album had a famously complicated path to release...
09/18/2026

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Wilco’s "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." The album had a famously complicated path to release, beginning with Wilco streaming it for free on their website in September 2001 after parting ways with Reprise, before its official retail release on Nonesuch in April 2002. Chris K. Davidson reflects on discovering the album and why it eventually became a record he could listen to from start to finish at any time.

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/wilco_reflecting_on_the_25th_anniversary_of_yankee_hotel_foxtrot

The Thermals are back! "Under Crushing Rain" is the first album released under The Thermals name since 2016’s "We Disapp...
09/18/2026

The Thermals are back! "Under Crushing Rain" is the first album released under The Thermals name since 2016’s "We Disappear," with Hutch Harris reviving the project as a solo endeavor—with Kathy Foster’s blessing. Matthew Berlyant reviews the album and writes:

"This thing absolutely roars, doesn’t let up for one second of its 10 songs in 30 minutes, and has sing-a-long choruses and hooks for days."

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/under_crushing_rain_the_thermals

Spiritualized’s "Let It Come Down" came out 25 years ago today, on September 17, 2001—just six days after 9/11. Jason Pi...
09/17/2026

Spiritualized’s "Let It Come Down" came out 25 years ago today, on September 17, 2001—just six days after 9/11. Jason Pierce’s ambitious, beautifully bleak follow-up to "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating" in Space featured 115 musicians, an orchestra, and a gospel choir, resulting in one of the most lushly produced albums of his career.

Matthew Berlyant reflects on the album’s emotional weight, its themes of addiction and recovery, and its enduring beauty.

Read more:

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/spiritualized_reflecting_on_the_25th_anniversary_of_let_it_come_down

Editors share new single "Seriously" ahead of new album 'Surface, Echo & Sound,' out October 30th via Play It Again Sam
09/17/2026

Editors share new single "Seriously" ahead of new album 'Surface, Echo & Sound,' out October 30th via Play It Again Sam

Hopeless Records was the first record label to advertise with Under the Radar. In fact, it was the only label to adverti...
09/16/2026

Hopeless Records was the first record label to advertise with Under the Radar. In fact, it was the only label to advertise in our first issue. We’re not sure why they took a chance on a tiny, unknown magazine with no corporate backing that mainly covered indie rock, since Hopeless was more of a punk label. Granted, the half-page ad only cost them $60.00 (it would be quite a bit more these days).

The Issue One ad for Hopeless and their nonprofit sister label Sub City Records promoted albums by Thrice, The Weakerthans, Atom and His Package, and others. The only other ad in the issue was for Rhino Westwood, the record store where our co-publisher/co-founder Mark Redfern worked in the early days of Under the Radar.

If you’d like to advertise in our upcoming 25th Anniversary Issue and support truly independent music journalism, reach out to Mark Redfern ([email protected]) or Mark Nockels ([email protected]).

Or subscribe to our print magazine for 50% off here:

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/500_to_go_join_under_the_radars_summer_subscription_campaign

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