Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. Whereas competitors are in a hurry to get their list up before anyone else, in late ...

The last time the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) were hosted in North West was in 2022. For the past three years, the ...

Justin Bieber has released a new live album capturing his 2026 Coachella set, titled SWAG LIVE FROM COACHELLA (WEEKEND I).

The first-week numbers for Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, are a massive milestone ...

Sjava has confirmed the upcoming release of Inkanyezi Nezinkanyezi, the closing instalment of his acclaimed three-part album series The singer described the project as an emotional and spiritual ...

For many South African hip hop fans, Emtee, Sjava and Saudi’s names will always be linked to a period when local music was being reshaped in real time. The trio, alongside producer Ruff, first built a ...

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its year-end charts for 2024! Because the yearly charts are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2024, songs and ...

I’m accustomed to mainstream year-end lists providing a distorted reflection of my own experience. But, in a fitting coda to a frankly hallucinatory 2024, it feels like my own year-end list was lying ...

Now that it's 2025, we wanted to give a shout out to the most-streamed new rock album of 2024 on Spotify — but there's a catch. To determine which new album garnered the most streams in 2024, we ...

From top left to bottom right: Jamie xx (courtesy of Jamie xx), Peggy Gou (courtesy of Park Jongh Ha), Olan (courtesy of Meagan Rodriguez), Isoxo (courtesy of Isoxo) and Two Shell (courtesy of Two ...

The metal world is as vast as ever, and 2024 was full of countless great albums from all across the metal spectrum, by bands from all over the world. We included some of our heavy faves on our list of ...