Concept
Under the Radar is an American music magazine that features interviews with accompanying photo-shoots. Each issue includes opinion and commentary of the indie music scene as well as reviews of books, DVDs, and albums. The magazine posts web-exclusive interviews and reviews on its website. Items are reviewed based on a rating system in which each album, book, and DVD receives a rating from 1 to 10. The magazine has been in publication since late 2001 and is issued three times per year. The magazine was founded by co-publishers (and husband and wife) Mark Redfern and Wendy Lynch Redfern, who currently run the magazine. Mark is the magazine's Senior Editor and writes many of the magazine's articles. Wendy is the Creative Director and lays out each issue. She is also a music photographer and conducts photo-shoots for the magazine, including many of its covers. It was the first American magazine to interview the following non-American bands: The Aliens, The Besnard Lakes, The Dears, The Duke Spirit, The Earlies, Editors, The Go! Team, Hope of the States, iLiKETRAiNS, I'm from Barcelona, The Long Blondes, Los Campesinos!, Love Is All, Lucky Soul, Mew, Mugison, Mystery Jets, The Pipettes, The Research, Serena Maneesh, The Sleepy Jackson, Taken By Trees, The Thrills, and Young Galaxy. It was also the first print magazine to interview Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes. Photographers who have shot for the magazine include: Crackerfarm, Wendy Lynch Redfern, Ray Lego, Koury Angelo, Ian Maddox, James Loveday, Autumn de Wilde, and David Redfern. Under the Radar has had 67 print magazine issues since its debut in December 2001. Issue 1: Grandaddy (Dec. 2001) Issue 2: The Divine Comedy (Jul. 2002) Issue 3: The Flaming Lips (Oct. 2002) Issue 4: Elliott Smith (Mar. 2003) Issue 5: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Oct. 2003) Issue 6: Rilo Kiley (Jul. 2004) Issue 7: Interpol (Protest Issue) [Oct. 2004] Issue 8: Bright Eyes (Jan. 2005) Issue 9: Super Furry Animals (Mar. 2005) Issue 10: Death Cab for Cutie (Jul. 2005) Issue 11: O Canada! (Oct.