It’s that time of year again, folks. The flowers have been purchased, the dinner reservations are set, and the second box of chocolates is on the way since you already caved and ate the first. Social media is more vomit-inducing than usual, and Ryan Seacrest is parading around ABC Family like the patron saint of […]
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Stream Owen’s New Covers Album, ‘Other People’s Songs,’ In Full
November 24th, 2014 
Ryan Kappy Mike Kinsella has truly been one busy man in the past year with reuniting classic emo band American Football and also playing in Owls and emo supergroup Their/They’re/There. That hasn’t stopped his longtime solo project Owen from releasing a covers album though. The album, which is aptly titled Other People’s Songs, will be out next […]
Owen Is Releasing An Album Of ‘Other People’s Songs’ – Listen To The First One
October 1st, 2014 Tyler Hanan There’s a big batch of emo/Kinsella/American Football news from Brooklyn Vegan, with at least one bit of information for any fan of those things. The emo revival isn’t real anymore. Or, more accurately, it isn’t really a revival anymore. Emo is just here, popular and newsworthy. Owen, one of Mike Kinsella‘s many projects (see also: […]
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: The Best Riot Fest Chicago After Parties
September 11th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago doesn’t have to end at 10 p.m. when the last band hits the closing note of the evening — no, the punk rock party scatters and moves throughout the city for various after parties and social events for you to attend at your pleasure. Sets from Mineral, The Get Up Kids, Rise […]
Stream Owls’ New Record, ‘Two’
March 18th, 2014 Drew Caruso Marking their first full length since 2001’s Owls, indie rock act Owls are gearing up to release their newest work, Two, with a full album stream. Featuring Tim Kinsella, Mike Kinsella (better known as Owen), Sam Zurich, and Victor Villareal, Owls is understandably a little out there. Consisting of the entire line-up from the highly […]
VINYL REVIEW: Their / They’re / There – ‘Analog Weekend’ EP
January 13th, 2014 Brian Leak Artist: Their / They’re / There Album: Analog Weekend EP Label: Topshelf Records, Polyvinyl Records Original Release Date: Dec. 10, 2013 The three members of Chicago’s grammatically adept post-indie math-pop outfit Their / They’re / There are certainly no strangers to the emo and indie rock scenes. Evan Weiss has been gracing endless headlines over […]
Their/They’re/There Release Music Video For “New Blood”
December 9th, 2013 John Bazley Their/They’re/There, featuring Evan Weiss and Mike Kinsella, have premiered a new music video for “New Blood” at AltPress. The track is from the band’s new EP, Analog Weekend, which is out December 10 through Polyvinyl and Topshelf Records. The band is also getting ready to head out on tour with Mansions. You can check out […]
Their / They’re / There Stream New EP
December 3rd, 2013 Troy Sennett Their / They’re / There made their debut on Record Store Day in April of this year with an excellent EP of angular and frenetic emo rock, and the Chicago group, which features Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It.), Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football), and Matthew Frank (Loose Lips Sink Ships), has wasted no time […]
Their / They’re / There Stream New Song
November 7th, 2013 Troy Sennett Evan Weiss (of Into It. Over It.) just might be the most prolific man in music right now, so it came as no surprise when one of his many projects, Their / They’re / There, announced recently that they would release their second EP of 2013. The group, which also features Mike Kinsella (Owen, American […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Strawberry Girls
October 16th, 2013 Dan Bogosian There’s some bands we’ve loved since before they got signed to any record deal, before they had any publicists or campaigns, before their albums were available on any physical format. One such band is Strawberry Girls, who play a distinctive brand of instrumental groove rock, sharing more in common with “Focus” by Hocus Pocus than […]
ALBUM STREAM: Owen – ‘L’Ami Du Peuple’
June 25th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Old school emo musician Mike Kinsella’s solo work goes by the band name Owen, and his influence is turning out on modern musicians, particularly the likes of Into It. Over It. Owen has a new album coming out, L’Ami du Peuple, on July 2 from Polyvinyl Records, his first since 2011’s Ghost Town. For the curious, […]
Record Store Day 2013 Releases Updated Calendar (~400)
March 20th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Record Store Day 2013 has unleashed another updated version of their official calendar and can be seen here on UTGReview! Check out more than 385 releases by heading through and let us know which ones you and your friends are excited for. CASSETTE RELEASES (COPIED FROM http://new-vinyl.blogspot.com): § Kill Rock Stars The Compilations(limited 3 cassette […]