Lily Moayeri

music journalist since 1992 | educator since 2004 | podcaster since 2020 | Iranian American since birth

Ducktails: St. Catherine (Domino)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Ducktails St. Catherine (Domino) Watch the video for “Headbanging In The Mirror.”

July 24, 2015 · 1 Comment

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Live In Paris (Vagrant)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Live In Paris (Vagrant) Watch the trailer for Live In Paris.

July 23, 2015 · Leave a comment

Major Lazer: Peace Is The Mission (Mad Decent)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Major Lazer Peace Is The Mission (Mad Decent) Listen to the whole album via Major Lazer’s SoundCloud.

July 22, 2015 · 1 Comment

MS MR: How Does It Feel (Columbia)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: MS MR How Does It Feel (Columbia) Watch an acoustic performance of “Wrong Victory.”

July 15, 2015 · Leave a comment

Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys (PIAS)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Roisin Murphy Hairless Toys (PIAS) Watch the official video for “Evil Eyes.”

June 16, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Charlatans: Modern Nature (BMG/Chrysalis)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: The Charlatans Modern Nature (BMG/Chrysalis) Watch the video for “So Oh.”

May 19, 2015 · Leave a comment

Carl Barat and the Jackals: Let It Reign (Grand Jury)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Carl Barât and the Jackals Let It Reign (Grand Jury) Stream the entire album via Consequence Of Sound.

March 9, 2015 · Leave a comment

Catfish And The Bottlemen In Los Angeles On February 9, 2015

  Catfish and the Bottlemen live in Los Angeles at the Troubadour on February 9, 2015, reviewed for Under The Radar: Catfish and the Bottlemen February 9, 2015 in Los … Continue reading

February 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Slap (NBC)

NBC’s “The Slap” reviewed for Under The Radar

February 12, 2015 · Leave a comment

Daft Punk: Alive 2007 Reissue (Rhino)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Daft Punk Alive 2007 Reissue (Rhino) Watch Daft Punk perform “Harder Better Faster Stronger” live.  

February 2, 2015 · Leave a comment

Gaz Coombes: Matador (Hot Fruit)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Gaz Coombes Matador (Hot Fruit) Watch a video on the making of Matador via Gaz’s Vevo channel.

January 30, 2015 · Leave a comment

Simple Minds: Big Music (Caroline International)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Simple Minds Big Music (Caroline International) Listen to “Midnight Walking” via Consequence Of Sound.

December 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Inspiral Carpets: Inspiral Carpets (Cherry Red)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Inspiral Carpets Inspiral Carpets (Cherry Red) Watch the official video for “Spitfire,” the first single off the album.    

December 16, 2014 · Leave a comment

Under The Radar’s Top 140 Albums Of 2014

Write-ups on The Horrors and Wild Beasts for: Under The Radar’s Top 140 Albums Of 2014 Listen to the Horrors’ album Luminous in its entirety via Exclaim. Listen to the Wild Beasts’ album Present Tense … Continue reading

December 12, 2014 · Leave a comment

Gruff Rhys: American Interior (Turnstile)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Gruff Rhys American Interior (Turnstile) Watch a trailer for the accompanying film.

December 8, 2014 · Leave a comment

Track-by-Track: Johnny Marr on “Playland”

Johnny Marr interviewed for his album, Playland, for Under The Radar: Track-by-Track: Johnny Marr On Playland Full stream of the album made available on Johnny’s YouTube channel.

November 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Melted Toys: Melted Toys (Underwater Peoples)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Melted Toys Melted Toys (Underwater Peoples) Listen to “Blush” via Spin.

September 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Fink: Hard Believer (R’COUP’D)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Fink Hard Believer (R’COUP’D) Listen to my favorite song off the album, “The Green And The Blue.”

September 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

Diplo: Random White Dude Be Everywhere (Mad Decent)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Diplo Random White Dude Be Everywhere (Mad Decent) Stream the album on any number of platforms here.

August 28, 2014 · Leave a comment

Royksopp and Robyn: Do It Again (Cherrytree/Interscope)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Royksopp and Robyn Do It Again (Cherrytree/Interscope)

June 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

Doug Tuttle: Doug Tuttle (Trouble In Mind)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Doug Tuttle Doug Tuttle (Trouble In Mind) Stream the entire album at Spin.

May 28, 2014 · Leave a comment

Tensnake: Glow (Astralwerks)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Tensnake Glow (Astralwerks) Listen to a minimix of the whole album via Tensnake’s SoundCloud.

May 27, 2014 · Leave a comment

Penny Dreadful (Showtime)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Penny Dreadful (Showtime) Take a look at the entire first episode and judge for yourself.

May 9, 2014 · Leave a comment

Lo-Fang: Blue Film (4AD)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Lo-Fang Blue Film (4AD) Watch the Lo-Fang video for “Look Away.”

April 16, 2014 · Leave a comment

Track-By-Track: Jimi Goodwin On Odludek

  Jimi Goodwin breaks down his debut solo album, Odludek, for me for Under The Radar: Track-By-Track: Jimi Goodwin On Odludek Watch Jimi perform “Terracotta Warrior” live at The Guardian‘s studio.

March 28, 2014 · Leave a comment

Milagres: Imagination Is Stronger Than Reality

Milagres‘ Kyle Wilson interviewed for their album, Violent Light, for Under The Radar: Milagres: Imagination Is Stronger Than Reality Watch the video for “Jeweled Cave.”

March 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

Roman Remains: Zeal (H.O.T. Records Ltd.)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Roman Remains Zeal (H.O.T. Records Ltd.) Watch the video for “This Stone is Starting To Bleed.”

March 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

Temples: Here Come The Suns

Temples’ James Bagshaw interviewed for their debut album, Sun Structures, for Under The Radar: Temples: Here Come The Suns Watch Temples perform “Keep In The Dark” live for Vevo Dscvr.

March 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Gardens & Villa: Just Say No To Gateway Gadgets

Gardens & Villa‘s Chris Lynch interviewed for their album, Dunes, for Under The Radar: Gardens & Villa: Just Say No To Gateway Gadgets Watch part of the performance that captivated Tim Goldsworthy … Continue reading

March 10, 2014 · Leave a comment

Mixology (ABC)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Mixology (ABC) Watch a trailer for the show here.  

February 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

Growing Up Fisher (NBC)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Growing Up Fisher (NBC) Watch a sneak preview of the show.

February 23, 2014 · Leave a comment

About A Boy (NBC)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: About A Boy (NBC) Watch the trailer for the show.

February 22, 2014 · Leave a comment

Cheatahs: Resident Aliens

Cheatahs‘ Nathan Hewitt interviewed for their self-titled debut album for Under The Radar: Cheatahs: Resident Aliens Watch a video of Cheatahs performing “Kenworth” live at Dropout Studios.

February 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

Star-Crossed (CW)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Star-Crossed (CW) Watch the first trailer for the show.

February 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

Howe Gelb: Desert Cowboy

Howe Gelb interviewed for his album, The Coincidentalist, for Under The Radar: Howe Gelb: Desert Cowboy Watch Howe’s Red Bull session in Madrid with Steve Shelley.

November 25, 2013 · Leave a comment

Staff Playlist: Apples and Oranges The Covers

Blog post on Marion Corrales‘ cover of Dirtyphonics‘ “No Stopping Us” for Under The Radar: Staff Playlist: Apples and Oranges The Covers In order to experience the full impact of … Continue reading

November 14, 2013 · Leave a comment

Juana Molina: Wed 21 (Crammed)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Juana Molina Wed 21 (Crammed) Listen to “Sin Guia, No” from Wed 21 via SoundCloud.

November 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

Blacklist (NBC)

Blacklist Watch the official trailer for the show.

September 23, 2013 · Leave a comment

Undercover: Nightlands

Nightlands‘ David Hartley interviewed for the cover of his album, Oak Island, for Under The Radar: Undercover: Nightlands Watch the official video for “To The Moon.”

June 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

The Twitterview: Black Moth Super Rainbow

Black Moth Super Rainbow‘s Thomas Fec AKA Tobacco interviewed via Twitter for the album, Cobra Juicy, for Under The Radar: The Twitterview: Black Moth Super Rainbow Check out some of Tobacco’s … Continue reading

May 29, 2013 · Leave a comment

Strfkr: Miracle Mile (Polyvinyl)

  Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine: Strfkr Miracle Mile (Polyvinyl) The poster children for the hipster city of Portland, Oregon, STRFKR, return with Miracle Mile, the follow-up to the ear-catching Reptilians. … Continue reading

April 17, 2013 · Leave a comment

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Natural Disasters

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club‘s Robert Levon Been interviewed for their album, Specter At The Feast for Under The Radar: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Natural Disasters Watch Part Two of a six-part … Continue reading

April 8, 2013 · Leave a comment

Tosca: Odeon (K7)

  Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine Tosca Odeon (K7) Cool sophistication has no age and time where Tosca is concerned. The musical offspring of Vienna, Austria’s Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber … Continue reading

April 3, 2013 · Leave a comment

Cult (CW)

Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine: Cult Watch “It Isn’t A Show” preview.

February 19, 2013 · Leave a comment

Zero Hour (ABC)

Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine: Zero Hour Watch a preview of the show.

February 14, 2013 · Leave a comment

Ulrich Schnauss: A Long Way To Fall (Domino)

  Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine: Ulrich Schnauss A Long Way To Fall (Domino) You’ll be running to answer your mobile phone repeatedly when listening to the polyphonic ringtone-like chimes of … Continue reading

February 12, 2013 · Leave a comment

Lindstrom: Dinner Is Served

Hans-Peter Lindstrom interviewed for his album, Smalhans, for Under The Radar: Lindstrom: Dinner Is Served Listen to Lindstrom’s remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Velvet” via FACT.

February 8, 2013 · 1 Comment

Do No Harm (NBC)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Do No Harm Watch a trailer of the show.

January 29, 2013 · 1 Comment

Running Around Los Angeles Week Of January 18, 2013

•Interview with Dominic Monaghan for his new show Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan on BBC America for Under The Radar on Friday January 18, 2013. •Acted as doorwhore for Play Me … Continue reading

January 25, 2013 · 1 Comment

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