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Under the Radar Announces Best of 2011 Issue Featuring Three Covers: Bon Iver, M83, and The Horrors

Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, Pj Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and more

Check it out + fall in love [again]

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Dec 31

Posted by blueskyandhardrock

Part 1 of 3 Sky Selections This New Year’s Eve

A Few of the Top “Sky + Friends” Spotify Playlists

Blue Sky’s Top Picks of 2011 [pt.1 tbc] An earlier start to The Best of List
Contenders ‘11 Who else was up for a 2011 Best Of?

Last.Loved Tracks from Sky.fm that You guys loved!
top tracks | top albums | 12/11 Emerging
Up Up Up | Starry Skies

*A preview of the tracklist for Noised.fm’s 50 Top Rock Songs of 2011

100 Best Songs of 2011 from Spotify | 2011 In Memoriam Playlist by Fuse.tv
Top 50 Rock Songs of 2011 Noised.fm | The Best 35 Songs You’ve Never Heard
Under the Radar Tunes of 2011 | NME’s Best Tracks Of 2011 | PASTE: 50 Best
NPR Music’s 100 Favorite Songs Of 2011

Top 100 Tracks 2011- ShareMyPlaylists.com | Hipster International
The Soundtrack to 2011 | SSMF 2011 | September 2011 | Fall 2011 Mix

lookingformyshadow’s Best albums
1.Strange Mercy-St.Vincent 2.Let England Shake-PJ Harvey
3.Bon Iver-Bon Iver 4.A Creature I Don’t Know-Laura Marling
5.The Whole Love-Wilco 6.Parallax-Atlas Sound

7.Wounded Rhymes-Lykke Li 8.Watch The Throne-Jay-z&Kanye West
10. Yuck-Yuck

sillyrabbitartisforkids Best albums
1. Handsome Furs – Sound Capital 2. Starfucker – Reptilians
3. Moonface – Vibraphone Not Organ Music Like I’d Hoped
4. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 5. Wolf Parade – Expo 86

Above: Recent Top Tracks | Below: Top Tracks from the Start of Blue Sky

BrooklynVegan’s Favorite Albums of 2011 brooklynvegan.com
Our readers’ fave albums and songs of 2011 guardian.co.uk
Wired’s Top 100 Songs of 2011 Spotify Playlist wired.com

Posted in free, Lykke Li, playlists, streaming, Uncategorized

Want a Radar Love of Your Own?

Nov 21

Posted by blueskyandhardrock

I thought you might… so here it is to Cure your Case of the Mondays this week.

|Radar Love|

50 BlueSky Selected Songs from Artists in Under the Radar #1 + #38

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Be sure to check out our Media Tribute to Under the Radar, and add your message!

As touched as Under the Radar was to get the gift you guys helped us put together, I am just as touched and beyond honored to be able to present it to them, and have it mentioned on the UTR Tumblr, Facebook + Twitter!

Thank to all you music makers + shakers, you are the reason we are here!

Phantogram | Don’t Move | Radar Love | A Tribute to Under the Radar

Indie on Indie | A Cover Playlist | Cure Your Case with a Double Dose

Robyn Be Happy | 40 Happy Songs + Cheerful Beats

Posted in 2011, cure your case, facebook, grooveshark, indie rock, playlist, The-Mondays, themondays, Uncategorized

SPECIAL FEATURE: Radar Love | A Tribute to Under the Radar

Nov 21

Posted by blueskyandhardrock

Originally this article was to honor Elliott Smith, who’s last interview was with Under the Radar when the indie culture magazine first started. Smith is also pictured in previously unpublished photos in the 10th Anniversary issue of Under the Radar! We were inspired to do a piece on the artist at a later date, in order to fully showcase the inspirational indie publication.

We wanted to go in depth about the Under the Radar 10th Anniversary issue, but they did an outstanding job summarizing the issue online on their website, and Christopher Roberts even wrote 10 Reasons You Should Read Under the Radar’s 10th Anniversary Issue. So we decided to give you a look into the very 1st Issue of Under the Radar (published 2001) side-by-side with the epic 10th Anniversary Issue.

UNDER THE RADAR

Issue #1 Summer 2001 Grandaddy Jul 01, 2001

Doves•Idlewild•Geggy Tah•Ladytron•Black Box Recorder•Sebastian Tellier•Gorillaz•Mogwai•ArabStrap•Placebo•Spoon•The Charlatans•Scanner•Grandaddy

Issue #38 The 10th Anniversary Oct 20, 2011

Joanna Newsom•Robin Pecknold•Grandaddy•The Divine Comedy•The Flaming Lips•Elliott Smith•Black Rebel Motorcycle Club•Rilo Kiley•Air•Beck•Beirut•Cat Power•The Decemberists•Florence + the Machine•Emily Haines•She & Him•Tegan & Sara•Sufjan Stevens