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Warpaint, Drink Up Buttercup, Bang Bang Eche
October 30, 2009Under the radar #54: CMJ edition
Finding the next big thing in NYC: Warpaint, Drink Up Buttercup, Bang Bang Eche
Under the radar #53
Bands the blogs love: Kristeenyoung; Turbo Fruits; Sirens Sister; Real Ones
Under the radar #52
Bands the blogs are buzzing about: Alvin Band, Bloody Panda, The Big Pink
Under the radar #51
Eyedea and Abilities, Wild Beasts, Washed Out
Under the Radar #50: our best (and worst) picks
Ladyhawke: we called it! Pittsburgh Slim: not so much.
Under the radar #49
Kleerup, Thee Oh Sees, the Smith Westerns
Under the radar #48
Eugene McGuinness, Bowerbirds, General Elektriks, Blacklist
Under the radar #47
Marina and the Diamonds; Paul and the Patients; Frank Turner; Middle Class Rut
Under the radar #46
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Explode Into Colors, Andy Shauf
Under the radar #45
Wordsmith, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Mark Mallman
Under the radar #44
Post War Years, Goes Cube, Das Pop, Headless Heroes
Under the radar #43
Crystal Stilts, Spain Colored Orange, Men, Dananananaykroyd
Under the radar #42
Up-and-coming indie faves: Jeremy Jay, Vienna Teng, Micachu
Under the radar #41
Buraka Som Sistema; It Hugs Back; the Whitest Boy Alive; Trash Talk
Under the radar #40
Here We Go Magic; Mirah; Fake Problems; Harlem
Under the radar #39
Gui Boratto; Sholi; The Phantom Band
Under the radar #38
Those Dancing Days; Hypernova; Mr. Scruff
Under the radar #37
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band; Andrew Lipke; Fever Ray; Paper Route
Under the radar #36
Titus Andronicus; Max Tundra; Astronautalis
Under the radar #35
Marykate O'Neil; Mother Mother; Deastro
Under the radar #34
Empire of the Sun; Dalek; Gramercy Arms; Tobacco
Under the radar #33
Jim Noir; the Gay Blades; Illa J; Friendly Fires
Under the radar #32
Morgan Geist; Novillero
Under the radar #31
The Break and Repair Method; Ladyhawke; Johnny Foreigner
Under the radar #30
I'm Not a Gun; Pendulum; the Phenomenal Handclap Band
Under the radar #29
The Airborne Toxic Event; Figurines; Freshkills; Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Under the radar #28
Flying Lotus; Love Psychedelico; the Cancer Bats; Musee Mecanique
Under the radar #27
Adron; Pas/Cal; The Whip
Under the radar #26
Grand Archives; King Khan & the Shrines; Torche; Colourmusic
Under the radar #25
Lightspeed Champion; the Presets; Priscilla Ahn
Under the radar #24
The Bridges; the Hood Internet; Modey Lemon
Under the radar #23
Does It Offend You, Yeah?; Dark Meat; Christine Fellows; Osborne
Under the radar #22
F--- Buttons; Cut Copy; Syme
Under the radar #21
School of Language; Carl Craig; Magnetic Morning
Under the radar #20
Shy Child; the Morning Benders; Sara Melson; Genghis Tron
Under the radar #19
The Big Sleep; Jack Penate; F---ed Up
Under the radar #18
The Republic Tigers; Young Punx; Times New Viking
Under the radar #17
Alice Smith; British Sea Power; Pig Destroyer; the Field
Under the radar #16
Pittsburgh Slim; Jukebox the Ghost; the Gaslight Anthem; Rudder
Under the radar #15
Besnard Lakes; Mac Lethal; Foxy Shazam
Under the radar #14
Enter Shikari; Via Audio; 'Daft Funk Samples'
Under the radar #13
West Indian Girl; the Coathangers; White Williams
Under the radar #12
Tunng; Bangers & Cash; Get Him Eat Him
Under the radar #11
Blockhead; Working for a Nuclear Free City; Foreign Born
Under the radar #10
Jesca Hoop; Madlib; Rogue Wave
Under the radar #9
Colette; Oakley Hall; Odd Nosdam
Under the radar #8
Summer compilation nation: Bob Marley, Get Physical, Now-Again
Under the radar #7
The Postmarks; A Band of Bees; Dimitri from Paris
Under the radar #6
Savath & Savalas; Gabby Glaser; Pelican
Under the radar #5
Blitzen Trapper; Cinematic Orchestra; Digitalism; Misha
Under the radar #4
Datarock; Joan As Police Woman; Toca; Socalled
Under the radar #3: Dance-floor edition
Bonde Do Role; Matthew Dear; Von Südenfed
Under the radar #2
Battles; Hot Chip; Miracle Fortress
Under the radar #1
Yacht; Great Northern; Dungen




What other people are saying...
Andy H from Highland Park - March 31, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Poetical: you're right, we probably do tend to skew more towards indie rock that we maybe should. But, try checking out Astronautalis (UTR #36), Da...
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Report This Commentpoeticalmath from poeticalmath - March 27, 2009 at 6:05 PM
So are we going to sprinkle some urban acts in there? If not this thread is completely biased
Report This Commentgmh31684 from holbrook - January 06, 2009 at 1:34 PM
You forgot to mention one of the best new bands out there...Lansdowne. Check them out there music is awesome and their live performances are even b...
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Report This Commentatlantarocks from buckhead - August 15, 2008 at 9:16 AM
more on the coathangers: go to MMX atlanta's music page.
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