Archive for August 8th, 2013

STREAM: Russian Circles – “Deficit”

If nearly 7 minutes of ominously eerie post-metal sludgy goodness was what you were looking for this evening, you’ve come to the right place. Sargent House’s Russian Circles have released a helluva killer new track, entitled “Deficit,” which is blowing our minds over here at UTG. MetalSucks writer, Axl Rosenberg, uses one word to describe […]

Twin Forks

Chris Carrabba’s Twin Forks Debut First Music Video, Announce US Tour

As the lead singer of Dashboard Confessional, Chris Carrabba stood as a martyr for an entire generation of anguished teens for over a decade. Now, nearing age forty (do you feel old yet?), it would seem that Carrabba has shed the emo moniker of his youth, vying for more mature melodies in the form of […]

Music Video: Sienna – “Better Man”

Sienna have a new video for their latest single “Better Man,” but before you watch it, let’s get to know them a little better. They’re a female fronted band out of Providence, RI who aren’t keeping things quiet on the east coast. Sienna have a few records under their belt, including their most recent, Making […]

George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, and Bill Murray Go To War In First ‘Monuments Men’ Trailer

Yesterday I mentioned the fast-approaching season of potential award-winning films, and just moments ago another surefire box office (and critical) hit released its first trailer. This December, George Clooney is bringing together Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett in his latest directorial effort, The Monuments Men. Based on the Robert Edsel book […]

UTG TV: Warped With Story Of The Year

Story of the Year are finally back. After touring this summer’s Vans Warped Tour, the band plans on taking back to the road on the 2013 Scream It Like You Mean It Tour where they will be performing the 2003 hit album Page Avenue in its entirety. For our tenth and final installment of our […]

REVIEW: Asking Alexandria – ‘From Death To Destiny’

Artist: Asking Alexandria Album: From Death To Destiny Genre: Metal Label: Sumerian Records I have been a fan of Asking Alexandria for a long time. People tend to love or hate them, and I can definitely say that I love them. They’ve been going through a lot of changes over the years, and their music […]

Jane’s Addiction Reveal New Song “Another Soulmate”

Jane’s Addiction are currently streaming a new song, entitled “Another Soulmate,” which you can listen to inside this post. Depending on your age, you may have caught the band 10 years ago when they took Lollapalooza on tour, sharing the stage with the likes of Audioslave, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, Jurassic 5, The […]

New Romance Movie From Spike Jonze, Arcade Fire to Score

Film hardhitter Spike Jonze will be putting out a new romance movie on November 20 called Her and it looks–surprise–incredible. The movie follows a lonely man as he begins to fall in love with a computer operating system designed to grant the user’s commands. It’s been four years since Jonze’s last feature film, Where the Wild […]

UTG INTERVIEW: The Tomas Doncker Band

Tomas Doncker has been involved with music almost as long as I’ve been alive and after two decades of creating and touring the world, his Global Soul movement is in full swing. The Tomas Doncker Band recently released an EP of tracks that help comprise the score for a show called Diablo Love which re-imagines […]

MUSIC VIDEO: King Krule – “Easy Easy”

Britain’s indie rock fellow King Krule will be releasing his debut album later this month, and he’s just released the music video for one of its tracks, “Easy Easy.” It looks like it was shot on film, adding extra softness to the scenes of him viewing the city on rooftops and hopping to catch whatever […]

UTG’s Essential Shark Week Playlist

The television phenomenon known as Shark Week has spilled into mainstream pop culture in recent years, and we thought it was only fitting that this week spent celebrating the awesomely ferocious beauty of nature have its own playlist. With the exception of Shark Night 3D, it’s hard to find a time in recent memory when […]

Schoolboy Q Releases “Collard Greens” Video Featuring Kendrick Lamar

The weekend is so close I can feel it in my bones, and with Schoolboy Q dropping clips like this it is certainly going to be hard to stay focused through today. Consider yourself warned. Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar are two of the most influential young emcees in hip hop today, so it should […]