Began in a Cramped LA Condo. Nonetheless Preventing 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 You’re in all probability getting bored with seeing outdated images of us—however listed below are two extra anyway. These had been taken within the hallway of our outdated condo constructing in Los Angeles, the place Below the Radar was born in our cramped one-bedroom again in 2001.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 area—containers of again points stacked within the kitchen nook, towers of promo CDs threatening to topple over.
Issues look somewhat completely different now: the again points are in our storage in Virginia, and publicists largely ship us advance streams and downloads (and sometimes vinyl). However what hasn’t modified is our DIY spirit and our mission to place out the very best indie music journal round (it helps that we’re one of many solely print ones nonetheless left).
Earlier this summer time, we introduced a purpose 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 take into account becoming a member of (or rejoining) the numerous readers who’ve found their favourite new bands in our pages. One reader lately commented:
“I keep in mind getting your magazines on the bookstore in highschool and discovering numerous new bands that approach. 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 saved it private. As a result of we care. As a result of we consider music journalism ought to be pushed by coronary heart, not algorithms.
If you need a deeper have a look at how Below the Radar survived the final 20+ years—by births, deaths, cross-country strikes, and a quickly altering media panorama—learn our behind-the-scenes secret origin story, written for our twentieth Anniversary Problem in 2021.
Every situation of Below the Radar contains:
- 20–30 in-depth interviews Our subsequent situation—Problem 75—is a sequel to our fan-favorite ’90s Problem, that includes brand-new interviews with the artists, filmmakers, and creatives behind a number of the decade’s most iconic music, movie, and TV.
- 20–50 album evaluations
- A downloadable MP3 sampler of as much as 40 new tracks
- Authentic images—much less inventory photos 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 situation goes to press. In the event you worth considerate music journalism, in case you miss flipping by a superbly designed print journal, or in case you merely wish to assist a passionate, family-run publication—that is the time to subscribe.
Print’s not lifeless. But it surely does want your assist.
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