Archive for April 18th, 2014

MUSIC VIDEO: Hands Like Houses – “Torn” (Natalie Imbruglia Cover)

The Punk Goes… series recently added its fifteenth installment, which is Punk Goes ’90s Volume 2. The album features twelve artists, and one of them is the Australia based group known as Hands Like Houses. The song they chose to cover is “Torn,” which was originally by Natalie Imbruglia. Yesterday, the group premiered the music […]

SLEEP IN Premiere “Sleep Sound,” Launch Pre-Orders For Debut LP

The New Jersey based five-piece SLEEP IN (ex-members of The Progress) are premiering “Sleep Sound” from their upcoming debut LP, Settling, on AbsolutePunk. The LP is set to be released digitally by Hide Away Records on April 29 and on 12″ vinyl May 27. Their last single “I Do Know and I’m Not Sorry” had […]

Let The Analog Affair Kickstart Your Weekend With “Take Me Home”

The digital age is a crazy cool time for music for a number of reasons, including the ability for musicians separated by hundreds, if not thousands of miles to collaborate on projects that the entire world can enjoy. This is one of those projects. Evan Baker and Cody Moser are the two creative minds behind […]

One Direction Swap Faces For “You And I” Video

One Direction‘s “You And I” has spent the past several weeks battling for the top spot at top 40 stations around the country, but it was not until earlier today that the track’s official video made its way to the public. One might expect a song about two loves defying the odds and the rules […]

Prince Settles Differences With Label, Announces New Album

Prince has been been teasing the public for the better part of the last year with the idea he may have new music ready to share with the world. There have been a handful of single releases, as well as highly-publicized concerts and appearances on TV shows, but until this afternoon that artist behind “Little […]

5 Movies That Mishandle Future Tech As Badly As ’Transcendence’

The future is both incredibly exciting and horribly terrifying at the same time. You never know what breakthroughs will be discovered from one day to the next, nor do you know who will be in control of said innovation once it has been found, and over the last several decades Hollywood has made many promising […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Jay Mohr On Stand-Up, George Carlin, And His “Hotel California”

“If anyone thinks my show was ‘pretty good,’ then I’ve completely failed.” It’s hard to edit down an interview when the person you’re talking to is an incredible interviewer himself. Not only did Jay Mohr devote time to our conversation, but he often turned the table, asking me my opinion on various issues. Furthermore, it […]

STREAM: Fun. – ‘Point And Light’

Record Store Day is almost upon us, and pop superstars Fun. will be participating in this year’s event with the release of Point and Light, a collection of demos recorded prior to the group’s 2009 debut album, Aim and Ignite. Physical copies will be available exclusively at independent stores tomorrow, but you can stream the […]

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Final Member’

Film: The Final Member Directors: Jonah Bekhor, Zach Math “More and more penises kept coming into the house,” Sigurour “Siggy” Hjartarson’s wife said of her husband’s growing habit. “Then it just got out of control.” No, Siggy wasn’t turning his home into a brothel — he was merely gathering specimens for what would eventually become […]

Movie Review: ‘Wolf Creek 2’

Film: Wolf Creek 2 Directed by: Greg McLean Starring: John Jarratt There was a not a lot left at the end of Wolf Creek to warrant the creation of a sequel, but filmmaker Greg McLean has pulled off something akin to a flawed miracle with Wolf Creek 2. It’s bigger, slicker, and far bloodier than the […]

Move Over Batman, “Trapman” is The Hero Pop Music Needs

If you have never heard of Astro Safari USA before this moment you’re about to have a very, very exciting Friday. A lot of people have been fortunate enough to portray Batman over the last hundred years. Christian Bale, George Clooney, Adam West, an eccentric billionaire named Bruce Wayne, and more. Only one person has […]

UTG INTERVIEW: The Tontons @ Middle of the Map Fest

When you think of Houston, TX, what do you think of? ZZ Top? Destiny’s Child? Maybe…Blue October? Some southern gospel…maybe? But chilled-out indie isn’t necessarily the vibes I get when I think about one of the largest cities in the country. But The Tontons deliver just that. The band just released their latest album, Make […]