A Will Away are riding high on the release of Bliss, their latest EP which dropped in March via Quiet Fire Media. The band delivered one of the biggest performances of the weekend at New Jersey’s Skate and Surf Festival in May, and hit the road last week with Light Years, Head North, and Casey […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: A Will Away Talk ‘Bliss,’ Rock And Roll At Skate And Surf Festival
June 9th, 2015 
John Bazley 
Skate And Surf Adds A Will Away To Lineup, Posts Set Times
May 8th, 2015 John Bazley We’re just a week away from Skate and Surf 2015 and the fine folks running the festival are still adding must-see bands to the ever-growing lineup. The festival announced today that A Will Away will be playing this year on Sunday, May 17. While Sunday’s lineup was already impressive, the Connecticut four-piece indie/emo band rounds out […]
Skate And Surf Festival Announces More Bands Including Acceptance Reunion, The Gaslight Anthem, American Nightmare, And More
January 26th, 2015 John Bazley Today will go down in history. Acceptance has reunited. The folks over at Skate and Surf have announced several more bands that will be performing at this year’s edition of the festival. The already impressive lineup including Manchester Orchestra, The Dropkick Murphys, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, The Front Bottoms and more has expanded […]
Skate And Surf Festival Confirms First Artist For 2015 Edition
October 20th, 2014 John Bazley We love Skate and Surf Festival here at UTG, and we’re eagerly anticipating details on next year’s edition of the fest. Today, the people behind the festival have revealed the first artist playing in 2015: Dropkick Murphys. Presumably one of the headliners, Dropkick Murphys are a big acquisition for the New Jersey punk music festival; this year […]
UTG PHOTOS: Skate And Surf Festival 2014
June 5th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli If you’re a regular viewer of Under The Gun Review, I’m sure you’ve seen the wave of interviews we’ve been providing over the past week. At Skate And Surf, we had sit-downs with the likes of Fucked Up, Citizen, Knuckle Puck, Front Porch Step, Bellwether, Hidden In Plain View and Animals As Leaders. We decided […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Knuckle Puck At Skate And Surf
June 3rd, 2014 John Bazley While Skate and Surf was the biggest outdoor punk event of the year in New Jersey, some of the crowds at the side stages might have convinced you otherwise. The rise of pop-punk’s popularity over the past few years has shown the average concert-goer that pop-punk shows are best seen in small spaces like basements, […]
UTG TV: Front Porch Step On The Boardwalk At Skate And Surf
May 30th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli By some error, Front Porch Step was accidentally omitted from the Saturday line-up at Skate And Surf Festival. On the day of the show, the festival realized their mistake and told Front Porch Step mastermind Jake Mcelfresh that he’d be performing on one of the side stages as doors opened. As the festival-goers slowly worked their way […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Hidden In Plain View At Skate And Surf
May 29th, 2014 John Bazley While I was walking around Skate and Surf Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey last weekend, I noticed how much older the crowd was than it had been in past years. The hotly-anticipated reunions of Midtown and Saosin with Anthony Green stole the show, but they weren’t the only reunions that drew in a nostalgic fan base. New […]
UTG’s Must-See Acts At Skate And Surf 2014
May 8th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Festival season is quickly approaching and we here at Under The Gun are thoroughly excited about it. The closest festival in our sight is Skate and Surf 2014. It is once again being held in Asbury Park, NJ right on the oceanfront and we are scheduled to be bringing you some great video interviews from […]
Skate And Surf Festival Adds New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio to Lineup
April 3rd, 2014 John Bazley The folks behind Skate and Surf Festival shocked us back in February when they announced that Midtown and Saosin would be headlining this year’s edition of the fest. Today, the lineup gets even better with the addition of headliners New Found Glory and Alkaline Trio. Over the past few weeks, the festival promoters have secretly […]
Skate And Surf Festival Announces Lineup Including Midtown Reunion, Saosin With Anthony Green
February 17th, 2014 Troy Sennett After a chaotic return in 2013 that was marred by bad weather, delays, and poor planning, Skate and Surf Festival has pulled out all of the stops to make the 2014 edition, which takes place May 17 and 18 in Middletown, New Jersey, a memorable one for all the right reasons. The first steps in […]
PropertyOfZack Previews Skate and Surf With Artists’ Timelines
May 17th, 2013 Anthony Galasso Some monumental bands from the early 2000s are performing at Skate and Surf this weekend. To commemorate these artists and all of their hard work over the years, our buds over at PropertyOfZack put together a timeline honoring each of their histories. Here’s what PropertyOfZack had to say: Many of us reflect back on the […]