Began in a Cramped LA Condominium. Nonetheless Combating for Indie Music. 44 Subscriptions to Go.
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Jul 26, 2025
Pictures by Mark and Wendy Redfern
Mark and Wendy from Below the Radar right here. You’re in all probability getting bored with seeing outdated pictures of us—however listed below are two extra anyway. These have been taken within the hallway of our outdated residence constructing in Los Angeles, the place Below the Radar was born in our cramped one-bedroom again in 2001.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 just a little completely different now: the again points are in our storage in Virginia, and publicists principally ship us advance streams and downloads (and infrequently vinyl). However what hasn’t modified is our DIY spirit and our mission to place out the perfect indie music journal round (it helps that we’re one of many solely print ones nonetheless left).
Earlier this summer season, we introduced a objective of signing up 500 new subscribers—and we’re now simply 44 away from hitting that quantity. 4-issue subscriptions are nonetheless 50% off. In the event you’ve by no means subscribed—or let your subscription lapse—please think about becoming a member of (or rejoining) the numerous readers who’ve found their favourite new bands in our pages. One reader just lately 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 most important employees, however as a result of we’ve stored it private. As a result of we care. As a result of we consider music journalism needs to be pushed by coronary heart, not algorithms.
If you’d like a deeper take a look at how Below the Radar survived the final 20+ years—by way of births, deaths, cross-country strikes, and a quickly altering media panorama—learn our behind-the-scenes secret origin story, written for our twentieth Anniversary Concern in 2021.
Every concern of Below the Radar contains:
- 20–30 in-depth interviews Our subsequent concern—Concern 75—is a sequel to our fan-favorite ’90s Concern, that includes brand-new interviews with the artists, filmmakers, and creatives behind a few of the decade’s most iconic music, movie, and TV.
- 20–50 album critiques
- A downloadable MP3 sampler of as much as 40 new tracks
- Unique images—much less inventory pictures or label promos
- Unique options that usually keep in print months earlier than logging on
We’re aiming to enroll 500 new subscribers earlier than our new concern goes to press. In the event you worth considerate music journalism, in case you miss flipping by way of a fantastically 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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