Almost annually, Under The Gun has had the opportunity to cover the yearly club festival in Kansas City called Middle Of The Map Fest. This festival has grown substantially over its five years of existence and brought names like Fun., Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal, and Two Door Cinema Club, as well as showcased some great […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Reggie & the Full Effect @ Middle of the Map Fest
April 29th, 2014 
Corey From What do you get when you put 90s punk/emo, 2000s screamo and songs about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into a centrifuge? You get James Dewees. The keyboardist for various bands such as The Get Up Kids, My Chemical Romance, and New Found Glory and the lead man for his own project, Reggie and the […]
UTG INTERVIEW: The Tontons @ Middle of the Map Fest
April 18th, 2014 Corey From 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 […]
LIVE REVIEW: Middle of the Map Fest (4/5/12 – 4/7/12)
April 11th, 2012 Josh Hammond I honestly feel like there is no way to start this review outside of telling Kansas City how proud I am to be a part of its music scene. This fest at its core minimum shoots pride through my body in a way I have never experienced. Wandering the streets of Westport, flooded with the […]
UTG PREVIEW: Why Middle of the Map Is Festival Season’s Best Kept Secret
April 2nd, 2014 Corey From Tucked away in the heart of the Midwest, Middle of the Map Fest has became one of the premier festival stops for up-and-coming indie artists. After three years of experimentation with the festival, MOTMF has produced a near-perfect lineup for this year’s event, which is set to take place this weekend in Kansas City. 2014 […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is The Most Unique Festival Of The Year
September 4th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest-Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
Middlewest Fest 2011 lineup announced
July 21st, 2011 Grant Trimboli Middlewest Fest 2011 recently announced that it will be taking place on September 9-10 in multiple venues throughout DeKalb, IL. Click the link provided above to see the venues and order your tickets. Check out the full lineup below and let UTG know if you’ll be making the treck to see some of these awesome […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Mime Game Discuss the Past and the Future
April 2nd, 2014 Adrian Garza Contrary to what you may believe, Kansas City has quite a lot going for it. One of the latest acts to transition into making a name off of national-level touring would be Mime Game. After releasing their 2013 EP, Do Your Work, and having a stellar string of performances at SXSW, the group has now […]
WHY? Release “Waterlines” Music Video, Yoni Wolf Announces Solo Rap Tour
March 27th, 2014 Nina Corcoran This year marks the 10 years since WHY? first formed back in 2004 in Berkeley, CA. The alternative hip hop group was started by Yoni Wolf, and today we have news regarding both. WHY?’s last album, Mumps, Etc, came out back in 2012, but today the band has shared a music video for the track “Waterlines.” […]
The Get Up Kids Announce First U.S. Show In Almost Three Years
February 5th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler The Get Up Kids will be thawing from a three-year hibernation as the band announced today they will be taking the stage as the headliner of Middle of the Map Fest, slated to take place in Kansas City, Mo. on April 3-5. Although we have not seen the full band together in quite some time, […]