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The Books’ Paul de Jong Announces Debut Solo Album ‘IF,’ Streams “Auction Block”

When The Books broke up in 2012, an era came to an end. The collage-pop duo of guitarist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong had invented a magical, comforting, mashup of strings and found sounds, creating the type of music that is as perplexing as it is educational. Since then, Zammuto has gone on […]

Zammuto (of The Books) Announce New Album, Stream “Hegemony”

Not a week goes by where I don’t get sad knowing The Books are no longer around. But then, almost immediately following that thought, I remember we have Zammuto and thank the musical stars above. Started by Nick Zammuto of The Books shortly after the band called it quits in 2012, Zammuto stays in line with The […]

Listen and watch The Books new song

Courtesy: Pitchfork A few weeks back, the low-tech sound-collage duo the Books played to a tittering crowd at St. Louis’ Luminary Center for the Arts. At that show, the band played a spacey, mellow new track called “Group Autogenics”, and the rear projections that accompanied them made visual jokes out of the duo’s trademark instructional […]

Hotel Books Premiere ‘I’m Almost Happy Here, But I Never Feel At Home’

After recently closing a tour with Kurt Travis and Zachary Garren, Hotel Books just finished up a double EP entitled I’m Almost Happy Here, But I Never Feel At Home. Now, they’ve teamed up with Alternative Press to premiere the double EP in its entirety. The record is out digitally and on CD July 1 […]

Manchester Orchestra

Manchester Orchestra Extend Tour to UK With Kevin Devine and Bad Books

Time is winding down on Manchester Orchestra‘s US tour in support of their near-perfect new album, Cope. That doesn’t mean they’re going to stop playing, though. The band will be heading overseas to play a series of shows in the UK in the fall with Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band and Bad Books opening. Manchester […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Books On Fate

“If you can express yourself without hurting others and bring something into this life, well that’s the point of the thing.” We recently had the chance to speak with San Francisco-based Adam Dishart, who goes musically by his solo moniker Books On Fate, a project started after working with his previous band, The Catholic Comb. […]

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 […]

The Dangerous Summer Frontman Claims His Signature Was Forged In Tab Books

It seems that The Dangerous Summer just can’t seem to keep themselves out of headlines as of late, and not in a good way. The frontman of the band, AJ Perdomo, tweeted that he was unaware of, and not associated with, the tab books that were allegedly signed by the band. The only tab books […]

Billy Joel Books A Residency At Madison Square Garden

When you’re Billy Joel you can do whatever you want. This includes playing Madison Square Garden for as long as you can. The piano man has already played over 40 shows at the New York venue throughout the years. Back in 2006 he even sold out 12 in a row. Fast forward almost a decade […]

Bad Books Perform “No Sides” Acoustic

Rockers Bad Books were filmed performing their new song “No Sides” acoustic. This song is off of the group’s latest release, II, which hit shelves in October 2012 through Crown Records/Favorite Gentlemen. Be sure to head through the link provided to pick up your very own copy of II over on iTunes now. Andy Hull […]

Bad Books Announce Winter Tour

Bad Books, the side project of Kevin Devine and Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra, have announced an upcoming winter tour. The tour, which kicks off on February 13, will feature support from The Front Bottoms and Weatherbox. For those of you who have yet to check out Bad Books latest record II, be sure to […]

Bad Books & Miracle of ’86 Sessions At Nervous Energies

When you have completely your daily perusing of Under The Gun, jet over to Nervous Energies and check out the Bad Books sessions. The indie rock super group provide sessions of “Friendly Advice” and “No Sides.” If that isn’t temptation enough, check out Kevin Devine reliving his previous and long defunct project Miracle of ’86 […]