With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.




Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.
Margaret Farrell

His fifth album “Chloë and the Next 20th Century” is out April 8 via Sub Pop.

It’s the lead single from the duo’s sixth album “The Jacket” that’s out March 11 on Captured Tracks.

The song comes from the duo’s GRAMMY-nominated album “HEY WHAT.”

Remembering all the confections we lost last year in dramatic acts of sensuality, spite, and symbolism.

The follow-up to 2020’s “After Hours” is out this Friday, January 7.

Whether in life or death, Motörhead is forever.

Rico Nasty
You can watch the three performances on December 31 starting at 6 p.m. PST

Some of our favorite artists are sending warm wishes as we enter the holiday season.

The Smile is a collaborative project with Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner.

“Covers of Covers” celebrates Under the Radar’s previous cover stars with cover versions from the publication’s favorite artists.

“With nearly two years of COVID, are any of us the same people we were before?”

It follows her recent “RAP?” and “POP?” EPs she shared earlier this month.

As you do.

The Honyock vocalist makes his solo debut.

The clip stars Fred Armisen and Vanessa Bayer and features everyone from Ringo Starr to Weird Al.

The film documenting the creation of 2020’s “how i’m feeling now” is out January 28.

The ’90s sitcom–inspired special also features Macaulay Culkin, Aparna Nancherla, Luenell, and more.

It’s one of the bonus singles off BC’s forthcoming deluxe version of 2020’s “Always Tomorrow.”

Following the Chromatics splitting up in August, Radelet releases a cover of “Twilight” as her first solo single.

The Swedish composer and pipe organ musician’s recent Nantes set attracted dozens of angry Catholic protestors.