Under the Radar Magazine

In honor of this week’s supreme court case, here’s our interview with Tegan and Sara’s Tegan Quin on marriage equality from last October: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/tegan_and_sara_tegan_quin_marriage_equality/

Doctor Who (on BBC America) is #9 on our Best TV Shows of 2012 list. Check out the full Top 50 here: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/under_the_radar_top_50_tv_shows_of_2012/ 

Bear in Heaven’s I Love You, It’s Cool is #20 on our Best Albums of 2012 list. Check out the full Top 100 here: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/under_the_radar_top_100_albums_of_2012/

2012’s television landscape took in myriad subjects—from zombie apocalypses to 1920s prohibition, from local political campaigns to international terrorist plots and CIA double agents, from the surreal shenanigans at a community college to the behind the scenes drama of a cable newscast. And then there was once again Doctor Who, whose main character can travel anywhere in time and space! Check out the list of our favorite TV shows of 2012. What did we get right? What did we get wrong? What are some of your favorite shows of 2012? Check out the full list here.

Django Django’s self-titled debut album is #5 on our Best Albums of 2012 list. Check out the full Top 100 here: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/under_the_radar_top_100_albums_of_2012/

Chairlift’s Something is #6 on our Best Albums of 2012 list. Check out the full Top 100 here: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/under_the_radar_top_100_albums_of_2012/

Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2012

It always begins the same way. Every January, drunk on the musical riches of the previous 12 months, we find ourselves convinced that no year could match its predecessor. Then—little by little—we discover we’re wrong. Here at Under the Radar we could argue that 2012 was an even better year for music than 2011 was, which is why we expanded our Top 80 best albums list from last year to a Top 100 best albums released in 2012.

Each of Under the Radar’s writers submitted a list of their Top 35 favorite albums of the year. Those lists were all combined and tallied up to form Under the Radar’s master Top 100 albums of 2012 below. Included, when available, are Rdio streams for each album.

This list will also appear in Under the Radar’s forthcoming Best of 2012 Issue and several of the artists on this list are interviewed in that issue.  

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Ranked: The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Albums from Most to Least Essential