Michael Jackson’s five-page will from 2002 was filed today in a Los Angeles court, leaving all his assets in the hands of the Michael Jackson Family Trust. Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson was named the guardian of his three children, but in the will’s most surprising detail Jackson left his three children to singer Diana Ross […]
Archive for July 1st, 2009
A Conversation with Boots of Street Sweeper Social Club
July 1st, 2009 
James Shotwell UTG: Hey Boots, how’s the day find you? Boots: It’s going alright. Just around the house with my sons and his friends. UTG: So you’ve been in the music scene for awhile, but we’re talking today about your newest creation, Street Sweeper Social Club, which you created with Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine […]
Posted in Features, Interviews 
Tags: boots riley, chat, conversation, interview, rage against the machine, street sweeper social club, the coup, tom morello 
Comments Off on A Conversation with Boots of Street Sweeper Social ClubUTG TV: LETTERDAY ACOUSTIC!
July 1st, 2009 James Shotwell Introducing an ALL NEW FEATURE for UTG. UTG RAW TV! IN THIS EDITION: For our inaugural test run of UTG RAW: The Video Series – we decided we’d go back to the roots of the scene: underground talent. Letterday, based out of Boston, is a five piece pop rock act whose latest ep can be […]
Posted in Features, Streams, Unsigned Tags: exclusive, letterday, pop rock (genre), utg raw tv, utg tv, video stream 6 Comments »New Music First: Ketch Harbour Wolves
July 1st, 2009 James Shotwell This time around on New Music First we go a bit North to a Canadian band that’s really making some waves here in the US. Ketch Harbour Wolves, who just released their new record Dead Calm Horizon, bring a dark indie rock feel that’s not too prominent in the current music scene and give us […]
Posted in Features, Streams, Unsigned Tags: dead calm horizon, free album, free music, ketch harbor wolves, ketch harbour wolves, Music Stream, new band, new music first, unsigned Comments Off on New Music First: Ketch Harbour WolvesFirst Impressions: Owl City – Ocean Eyes
July 1st, 2009 James Shotwell First Impressions is a segment where we let you into our early thoughts on a highly anticipated album, This week, we have our early views on Owl City’s Ocean Eyes. It drops September 1st, 2009. After selling nearly 300,000 individual songs and 30,000 albums digitally on their own, Owl City will be taking a shot […]
The Mars Volta – Octahedron
July 1st, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: The Mars Volta Album: Octahedron Genre: Rock Label: Warner Bros. Taking a sharp turn for the 5th record, The Mars Volta have relaxed jsut a bit. Octahedron, the group’s newest release was said to be an “acoustic record” which, given the band’s style may make people think of hippies and bongos, but it’s far […]
Posted in Reviews Tags: at the drive-in, octahedron, prog rock, review, the mars volta, waner bros, warner bros Comments Off on The Mars Volta – Octahedron