Archive for October 8th, 2012

STREAM: Class Of 92 (Matty from A Loss For Words) ft. Rad – “So Fly”

When not touring the world with his pop-punk cohorts in A Loss For Words, vocalist Matty Arsenault has been quiet prepping the debut of his solo project, Class Of 92. Matty had originally wanted to announce the project later this Fall/Winter, but a last minute opportunity to open for 3Oh!3 last week lead to the […]

STREAM: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s new album, ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!, is set to be released on October 16 in the US. It has already been secretly released on their tour, so if you were able to see them live – congrats, you had an exclusive on your hands. You can hear a stream of the […]

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LISTEN: Taylor Swift Teases Dubstep Track “I Knew You Were Trouble”

The release of Taylor Swift’s new album, Red, is fast approaching. Before today we’ve previewed a handful of songs that find Swift blurring the lines between country and pop, but now it’s time to turn things towards the world of EDM. That’s right, America’s country sweetheart is embracing the world of dubstep for at least […]

Nate Barcalow (ex-Finch), Matt Embree (ex-RX Bandits), & Vinnie Caruana (ex-The Movielife) To Do One Off Show

Nate Barcalow (ex-Finch, currently in both Earthbound Ghost and Reverend Crow), Matt Embree (formerly of the RX Bandits & Pebaluna), and Vinnie Caruana (formerly of The Movielife and now of Peace’d Out) have announced one show together, in Japan, called “Songs From Across The Sea”. The show is on December 2. The show itself is […]

STREAM: Nightmare of You/Nightmares for a Week Release Split

Nightmare of You and Nightmares for a Week are releasing a 7″ split entitled Nightmares off Paper + Plastick Records. The split includes two songs from each band as well as the option to order the digital files. Preorder the split to receive a digital download on Halloween as well as the immediate download for a Paper + […]

REVIEW: Defiler – Nematocera

Artist: Defiler Album: Nematocera Genre: Deathcore Label: Razor & Tie Records I love metal. All forms of it. I’ll spend hours listening to every kind of metal from Mayhem to The Acacia Strain. Unfortunately, I get burnt out on it after a while. For weeks at a time the metal on my playlist gathers dust as […]

WATCH: Frank Turner – “Peggy Sang The Blues” (Live)

On this episode of Altar TV‘s Unplugged and Unrehearsed series, British folk singer, Frank Turner performs a stripped down version of “Peggy Sang The Blues”. “This is a song that I wrote about my grandmother who passed away when I was 14. Uh…but she was, uh, the coolest grandma that you could hope for. She […]

Four Year Strong Announce Holiday Show With Such Gold, I Hate Our Freedom, And More

New England rock outfit Four Year Strong have been relatively quiet as of late, but today they have the honor of being named the first band of 2012 to post about a holiday show (GK show does not count as it’s coming from a company and not an individual band)! On December 30, Four Year […]

Sufjan Stevens Announces Christmast Tour, Mispells Own Name

Sufjan Stevens recently announced a Christmas box set, to build on his prior Christmas album. Now, he’s going on a Christmas themed tour. The guy loves Christmas. The tour, which he has aptly titled “The Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant On Ice”, starts in Philadelphia in November, and covers major […]

Dreamshade Release Two New Singles

Dreamshade are a five piece metal outfit from Lugano, Switzerland. They recently announced that they’ll be releasing their third studio album January 25, 2013 titled The Gift Of Life. You can now check out the first two singles that will be on the new record. They are titled “Photographs” and “Sandcastles”. You can stream both […]

UTG’S 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN: “Scream″

Of all the holidays celebrated worldwide, no one day is more loved by the UTG staff than Halloween. With the arrival of October, the time has finally come to begin rolling out a plethora of features and special announcements we have prepared in celebration of our favorite day, including the one you’re about to read. […]

REVIEW: All Time Low – Don’t Panic

Artist: All Time Low Album: Don’t Panic Label: Hopeless Genre: Pop Punk/Rock There is nary a more polarizing band in this scene than All Time Low. For me, and I think for many pop-punk fans in the younger generation, this band’s early output made it a beloved group at an important, developmental time in our […]