Archive for May 22nd, 2011

Death Cab Streams Codes and Keys

Death Cab for Cutie is streaming their latest album, Codes and Keys on NPR’s website. If you are as excited as we are, you are really excited.

Tonight on The Gunz Show

Tonight on The Gunz Show, tune in to hear Eric from the Downtown Fiction, Travis from We The Kings, Select Start, and more!

Augustana plays Letterman

On Wednesday (May 25th), be sure to flip over to your local CBS station to watch Augustana perform on the Late Show with David Letterman. Check your local listings for show times.

Owl City and Lights collaboration

Today, Adam Young tweeted this: Major dream collab = checked off bucket list! Smiles all around. @OwlCity + @Lights = FTW!!! Who finds this exciting?

Gaga googles herself in Chrome ad

Lady Gaga is a mastermind of product placement and so it should come as no surprise she has teamed up with Google to promote their Chrome web browser (though we at UTG support ROCKMELT). Check out Mother Monster in her new ad below:

Songwriter Joseph Brooks kills himself in NYC

The genius behind “You Light Up My Life,” Joseph Brooks, has died of an apparent suicide in NYC. The award winning songwriter was currently on trial for rape. He was 73. You can view a video of Joseph Brooks and Patti Smith from the 80’s show Kids Are People Too below. Patti Smith performs “You […]

KROQ promises new Blink-182 in July

KROQ lit the internet on fire recently by mentioning the possibility of new Blink-182 material as early as July. The band has been in the studio for months working on a follow-up to 2003’s Self-Titled, but no dates have been mentioned yet. However, KROQ claims Travis Barker himself confirmed this news. You can view the […]

STREAM: Wiz Khalifa ft. Chevy Woods & Naeko – Reefer Party

Does the title of this one really surprise anybody? Wiz returns with a new track entitled “Reefer Party,” thanks to a little help from Chevy Woods and Naeko. Check it out below:

Secondhand Serenade performs acoustic

Secondhand Serenade recently sat down with PropertyOfZack to record a new acoustic session. Click here to check it out.

PREVIEW: Norm Macdonald – Me Doing Standup

Comedian Norm Macdonald will be releasing his new standup special, Me Doing Standup, on June 14 through Comedy Central Records. You can use the convenient widget below to preview the special through both audio and video clips:

Doug Benson names upcoming album

In a recent episode of his podcast Doug Loves Movies, Doug Benson revealed that his upcoming album will be titled Potty Mouth. Benson went on to say it should see release sometime this Summer (we’re guessing August).

STREAM: Baxter Dury – Claire

Baxter Dury has premiered “Claire,” the first song to be released off his upcoming album, Happy Soup. You can stream the song below. Happy Soup will be released August 15 and was produced by Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys mixer Craig Silvey. Baxter Dury – Claire (watermarked) by EMI-Artist-Publicity