Archive for March, 2014

Panda Bear Announces Summer 2014 Tour Dates

Panda Bear (Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox) has announced his tour dates for Summer 2014. The tour will serve as a preview to Panda Bear’s upcoming record, titled Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper. You can check out a full list of dates after the jump. Lennox was featured on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories last […]

Hands Like Houses Announce Headlining Tour

Australian rock group Hands Like Houses have announced their very first US headlining tour. The band will be embarking on a two-week run with Slaves, Miss Fortune, and Alive Like Me. You can check out the tour poster and dates after the jump. This tour marks the debut appearance of Slaves, the new band featuring […]

WATCH: Cloudkicker’s Entire First-Ever Live Performance

This has been a hell of a long time coming. We’re talking five LPs and several EPs over the course of 6+ years long. Ben Sharp’s one-man prog-metal project Cloudkicker has been keeping fans amped in the comfort of their own homes since 2008 but he’s finally taken the project on the road to support […]

Flo Rida Tries (and Fails) To Piggyback Off The Chainsmokers’ Success With A Spoken Word EDM Single Of His Own

If you have been following the various free singles posted on UTG in recent months you will no doubt recall seeing The Chainsmokers’ name scroll by a time or two. They built their brand on cutting-edge remakes of pop hits, but in recent years they have also been making efforts with original music that is […]

Kurt Travis To Tour With Hotel Books, Zachary Garren, So Much Light

Just after concluding a tour with main project A Lot Like Birds, vocalist Kurt Travis announced a full solo US tour starting in May that coincides with the release of his latest record Everything is Beautiful on Blue Swan Records, his new label home, owned by Dance Gavin Dance’s Will Swan. Travis is to be […]

MUSIC VIDEO: The So So Glos – “Speakeasy”

Brooklyn natives The So So Glos have released a video for their track “Speakeasy” off of their  2013 release, Blowout. The video features an army of Internet addicts stuck in “technology-induced catatonic states” and  frontman Alex Levine plays the cyber cop trying to save them all. It might even have you inspired to take a […]

WATCH: Nothing – “Bent Nail”

Nothing are some pretty miserable dudes. Low key, seemingly calm, even drone at times, the members of the Philly based rock band certainly embrace their morose attitudes. Seen on their video for “Bent Nail,” Nothing are guilty of disappointment, though most certainly not sonically. Still within the first month of its release, Nothing’s amazing debut […]

Chicago Rapper Lil Marc Killed Days After Releasing Music Video Mocking Rival Gang

There are a lot of eyes on the Chicago rap scene right now, specifically around those leading the drill music movement. This is more than a trendy sound in rap. It’s a way of life for those spitting rhymes and nearly every teenager blasting their tracks on the street. For outsiders the violent lyrical themes […]

CHVRCHES Announce Summer Tour Dates

The ever hard working electro-pop trio CHVRCHES always seem to be on the road, but in case you are a fool like me and have yet to see them live, us Americans have another chance. Hitting up much of the U.S. before hooking up with some summer festivals, the band will be crossing the U.S. […]

WATCH: Nottee – “Fire”

Swedish singer Nottee has released her debut single from her forthcoming debut album, Side By Side. The minimalist “Fire” is a calming still life exposure of the subtle sounds Nottee emits, creating a catchy, drone, and intriguing set of images to score her sound. Side By Side was produced by Henning Fürst of The Tough […]

A Thorn For Every Heart Join Growing List Of ‘Scene’ Bands From Mid-Late 2000s Reuniting This Year

It’s the dawn of a new week, so naturally there is a reunion tidbit making its way around the blogosphere that a small portion of the alternative music audience is ecstatic about while those born closer to the Y2K scare scratch their heads with indifference. A Thorn For Every Heart originally went their separate ways […]

A$AP Ferg Switches It Up For Trinidad-Inspired “Petit Valley”

Hood Pope A$AP Ferg recently returned from a trip to Trinidad, and as a gift to fans he brought back a new single that sounds like nothing he has done before. Taking cues from Caribbean music and traditional pop music, “Petit Valley” arrived online today with all the makings of a top 40 hit and […]