Before you go and write this off as another instance of somebody who’s made of money turning to the public in search of the funding to put together a project that could easily fund it himself, don’t. James Franco’s recently launched Indiegogo fundraiser for his Palo Alto: Stories collection that hit bookshelves back in mid-2011 […]
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James Franco Launches Indiegogo For Upcoming Film Trilogy Project
June 18th, 2013 
Adrian Garza 
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MUSIC VIDEO: Driver Friendly – “Run”
June 18th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Austin, Texas rock outfit Driver Friendly have unleashed the visuals for their new single, “Run,” and it can be seen here. Their song comes off of the new EP, Peaks + Valleys, distributed through a new label home, Hopeless Records. If you would like to check out the official review of Peaks + Valleys by […]
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STAND UP TUESDAYS: Two for Tuesday! Nate Craig, Kristin Key
June 18th, 2013 Angie Frissore Stand-Up Tuesdays is a weekly comedy spotlight written by the wonderfully talented Angie Frissore. Covering both known and unknown comics, Stand-up Tuesdays is your new source for all things funny. This week, Angie puts a spotlight on Nate Craig’s and Kristin Key’s comedy careers. If you or your comedy troupe would like to be featured on Stand-Up Tuesdays, […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Less Than Jake Discuss Their New Album and the State of Music
June 18th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli “HEY GIRLS! HEY GIRLLLL! ARE YOU THERE?” whispers Chris DeMakes, frontman of Less Than Jake as we begin our interview in the back on the band’s tour bus. Fortunately for my comfort’s sake, he was speaking directly into my audio recorder and assured me “I’m just making sure it’s working.” It was the first date […]
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Make Do And Mend / The Flatliners Stream 7″
June 18th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Make Do And Mend and The Flatliners are currently streaming their new 7″ on AbsolutePunk.net. Feel free to purchase the effort right here and let Under The Gun Review know what you think of it. Check out the small quote from the band below and enjoy the stream! “Today we released a split 7″ with […]
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REVIEW: Light Years – ‘I Won’t Hold This Against You’
June 18th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Artist: Light Years Album: I Won’t Hold This Against You Genre: Pop-punk Label: Paper+Plastick Light Years‘ brand new record and Paper + Plastick debut, I Won’t Hold This Against You is an insatiable dose of satisfying pop punk. From the in-your-face shredding opener, “Uphill Battle,” to the self-titled, powerful closer, “I Won’t Hold This Against […]
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ALBUM STREAM: Pity Sex – ‘Feast Of Love’
June 18th, 2013 Dan Bogosian The band named after most of my conquests, Pity Sex, have an EP already on their belt, but their debut album is yet to come out. This full length, Feast of Love, will be released on Run For Cover Records on June 25. Run For Cover has posted the album on Soundcloud and is now […]
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Bad News Bears Stream New Song “Bloodsucker”
June 18th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Our friend and fellow UTG staffer, Mike Sacchetti (Bad News Bears), has paired up with AbsolutePunk.net to stream his brand new song called “Bloodsucker.” This song comes off of BNB’s forthcoming full-length, Battle Scars, that is released on July 9 through his imprint Faded Youth Records. Additionally, Sacchetti recruited Nicholas Steinborn (The Wonder Years) to […]
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ALBUM STREAM: Taking Back Sunday – ‘TAYF10 Acoustic (Live)’
June 18th, 2013 Adrian Garza Sure Taking Back Sunday‘s ten year anniversary of their classic album, Tell All Your Friends, arrived in March of last year, but today sees the release of the songs in an acoustic live arrangement, dubbed TAYF10 Acoustic (Live). The Long Island rock/emo band took the celebration for the album to the road for nearly two […]
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Emery Release Rare Music Video For “It Always Depends”
June 18th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Emery has dropped an extremely rare music video for their 2002 song “It Always Depends” and is filled with plenty of items to make you laugh. We do not mean laugh as in the song is bad but the production of the music video and backdrops are pretty cheesy. Part of the video shows the […]
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Kanye West Releases ‘American Psycho’-Inspired Short Film
June 18th, 2013 Nina Corcoran The hype for Kanye West’s new album, Yeezus, which dropped today, has been through the roof these past few days. With his new American Psycho-Inspired short film, he’s only continuing the trend. A number of projections were scheduled to occur around the world to promote the new album days before its June 18 release date. Los Angeles […]
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ALBUM STREAM: Bear Language – ‘Rememory’
June 18th, 2013 Anthony Galasso Bear Language, an alt-rock trio from Boston, premiered their debut album, Rememory, on Diffuser.fm yesterday. “Bear Language are doing an excellent job resisting the current trends in indie rock. Instead of slow jams and walls of reverb, the Boston trio has opted for walloping bass lines, distortion-heavy vocals and a real emphasis on melody,” Cameron […]
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