Began in a Cramped LA Residence. Nonetheless Preventing for Indie Music. 44 Subscriptions to Go.
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Jul 26, 2025
Images by Mark and Wendy Redfern
Mark and Wendy from Underneath the Radar right here. You’re in all probability getting uninterested in seeing outdated photographs of us—however listed here are two extra anyway. These have been taken within the hallway of our outdated house constructing in Los Angeles, the place Underneath the Radar was born in our cramped one-bedroom again in 2001. For years we labored out of that tiny house—packing containers of again points stacked within the kitchen nook, towers of promo CDs threatening to topple over.
Issues look a bit of totally different now: the again points are in our storage in Virginia, and publicists largely ship us advance streams and downloads (and sometimes vinyl). However what hasn’t modified is our DIY spirit and our mission to place out one of the best indie music journal round (it helps that we’re one of many solely print ones nonetheless left).
Earlier this summer season, we introduced a purpose of signing up 500 new subscribers—and we’re now simply 44 away from hitting that quantity. 4-issue subscriptions are nonetheless 50% off. Should you’ve by no means subscribed—or let your subscription lapse—please contemplate becoming a member of (or rejoining) the various readers who’ve found their favourite new bands in our pages. One reader not too long ago commented:
“I keep in mind getting your magazines on the bookstore in highschool and discovering numerous new bands that method. 37 now and nonetheless a fan!! Stick with it.”
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We’ve outlasted most of our print-era friends not as a result of we had the deepest pockets or the largest employees, however as a result of we’ve saved it private. As a result of we care. As a result of we consider music journalism ought to be pushed by coronary heart, not algorithms.
If you would like a deeper have a look at how Underneath the Radar survived the final 20+ years—via births, deaths, cross-country strikes, and a quickly altering media panorama—learn our behind-the-scenes secret origin story, written for our twentieth Anniversary Problem in 2021.
Every problem of Underneath the Radar consists of:
- 20–30 in-depth interviews Our subsequent problem—Problem 75—is a sequel to our fan-favorite ’90s Problem, that includes brand-new interviews with the artists, filmmakers, and creatives behind among the decade’s most iconic music, movie, and TV.
- 20–50 album opinions
- A downloadable MP3 sampler of as much as 40 new tracks
- Unique pictures—much less inventory photographs or label promos
- Unique options that usually keep in print months earlier than going surfing
We’re aiming to enroll 500 new subscribers earlier than our new problem goes to press. Should you worth considerate music journalism, in case you miss flipping via a superbly designed print journal, or in case you merely need to assist a passionate, family-run publication—that is the time to subscribe.
Print’s not lifeless. Nevertheless it does want your assist.
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