Let’s talk about moments. Around 5:00 PM on June 8, 2013, I watched Spitalfield play “Stolen From Some Great Writer” to an empty theater. This was a band I never thought I would have the chance to see live soundchecking for a ten-year anniversary performance of Remember Right Now, a record that had a huge […]
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Troy Sennett’s ‘Best of 2013’ In Music
December 10th, 2013 
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Tags: best of 2013, frank turner, Ghost Key, into it. over it., Jason Isbell, Jimmy Eat World, Laura Stevenson, mixtapes, Pentimento, Pet Symmetry, Some Stranger, the front bottoms, the swellers, The Wonder Years, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, you me and everyone we know 
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Garth Brooks Will Tour In 2014
December 10th, 2013 James Shotwell It has been over a decade since country music legend Garth Brooks toured the nation, and in that time a lot has changed in the world of music. Still, it’s hard to find any country station that doesn’t have at least a few hits from his iconic catalog still in regular rotation. He’s proof you […]
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UTG PHOTOS: NOFX (11/30/13)
December 10th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli Under The Gun Review sent photographer, Derek Scancarelli, to photograph NOFX at Irving Plaza in New York, NY. The team over at Fat Wreck Chords has always treated us well and Under The Gun appreciates that. Simply put, Fat Wreck knows how to do punk rock, because Fat Mike and the boys in NOFX helped […]
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Throwdown Debut “Avow”
December 10th, 2013 James Shotwell Need a reason to mosh? Don’t worry, Throwdown have you covered. Just a few days after announcing plans to release their new album, Intolerance, Throwdown have debuted a new song titled “Avow.” The song is the first to surface from the forthcoming January release, which will be the group’s seventh, and it packs one hell […]
Watch CHVRCHES Perform “We Sink” on ‘Letterman’
December 10th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Scottish trio CHVRCHES have taken over America for months now, and it’s time they say farewell for 2013. They left the states with a bang, stopping by last night’s episode of Late Show with David Letterman to perform “We Sink” off their much-discussed debut LP, The Bones of What You Believe. Don’t forget that they also stopped by Jimmy […]
UTG SESSION: Acoustic Performance & Interview With This Century
December 10th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli As you may have seen earlier this week, when ‘The Up Close and Personal Tour’ came through Long Island, NY, UTG TV caught up with some of the 8123 crew. In addition to Nick Santino & The Northern Wind, we were able to sit down with Joel and Sean of This Century to shoot an […]
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Drew Caruso’s ‘Best of 2013’ In Music
December 10th, 2013 Drew Caruso As the year ends, I find myself shuffling through the albums I have accrued over the past months. Each album an experience, an insight gained, a lens changed, I have continually found myself lost in the art that encapsulated the sonic apotheosis of this past year. The experiences captured within these sounds provide themselves as […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa’
December 10th, 2013 Grace Duffy Film: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Directed By: Declan Lowney Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney I should probably preface this by saying that I, like most on this side of the pond, am aware of the Alan Partridge phenomenon – however, unlike most on this side of the pond, I’ve never really been into it. It’s […]
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Lost Johnny Cash Album Due Out Next Spring
December 10th, 2013 James Shotwell The man in black may no longer walk this earth, but in a few short months material that has waited decades for release will finally arrive on shelves worldwide. Billboard is reporting that a new album containing never before released material from Johnny Cash will be released in Spring 2014. The album, titled Out Among […]
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Kaiser Chiefs Release New Song
December 10th, 2013 Troy Sennett Kaiser Chiefs have released a new song called “Misery Company,” which you can stream after the break. The catchy track is propelled by a pulsing a drum beat and staccato riffs that evolve into a dense, fuzzy guitar solo in the bridge, but its most memorable aspect is the chorus hook, which is more maniacally […]
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Ben Whishaw Cast As Freddie Mercury In Upcoming Biopic
December 10th, 2013 James Shotwell There was a time the world believed it would one day see Sacha Baron Cohen portraying Freddie Mercury, but those days have since become the stuff of internet archives. Talk about the long-gestating film died down in recent months, but this morning news broke that an actor has finally been chosen to portray the iconic […]
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