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UTG INTERVIEW: Billy Duprey (The Republic Of Wolves) Discusses His Debut Album as The Year Fifteen

For the past month, we’ve been stalking Billy Duprey‘s every move. Okay, maybe not every move, but every move he makes musically. We’ve covered his debut solo LP extensively and are pleased to continue aiding in its promotion. As A World Entire is a stellar indie rock release from one fourth of The Republic Of […]

STREAM: The Year Fifteen – ‘As A World Entire’

Billy Duprey, otherwise known as The Year Fifteen, turns twenty-three this Sunday, March 23, and his golden birthday will double as the release date for his first solo album, titled As A World Entire. Duprey, who also plays keyboard in UTG favorites The Republic of Wolves, has been working on the album since 2008, and […]

REVIEW: The Year Fifteen – ‘As A World Entire’

Artist: The Year Fifteen Album: As A World Entire Genre: Indie Rock You may not know Billy Duprey by name, but if you’re a regular reader of this website, there’s a good chance you’ve heard his music. The producer and multi-instrumentalist plays keyboard in The Republic of Wolves, whose latest album, No Matter How Narrow, […]

UTG TRACK-BY-TRACK: The Year Fifteen – ‘As A World Entire’

The Republic Of Wolves’ Billy Duprey is poised to release his excellent debut LP through his solo project, The Year Fifteen, on Sunday, March 23 and over the course of this past week, he’s been rolling out promotional efforts in the form of song streams for listeners to experience bit by bit as we await […]

The Year Fifteen Premiere New Song

Since 2008, Billy Duprey of The Republic of Wolves has been working on a solo record under the name The Year Fifteen. The album, titled As a World Entire, will finally see the light of a day this Sunday, March 23, and you can stream a new song called “Colours” after the break. Fans of […]

UTG PREMIERE: The Year Fifteen – “Sweater, Half Open”

“I am changing back into someone I know…” Billy Duprey of The Republic Of Wolves is set to release his debut full-length digitally on March 23 as The Year Fifteen, his very own solo project that he initially began working on demos with in 2008. On Friday (March 14), our friends over at PropertyOfZack premiered […]

STREAM: The Year Fifteen – “It’s Been So Hard”

The Year Fifteen, a side-project from Billy Duprey of The Republic of Wolves, has released a new track from his forthcoming full-length album, As A World Entire. It’s set to be released digitally on March 23. Be on the lookout here at UTG for more information and music from The Year Fifteen as well as a review […]

Celebrating 20 Years of Silverchair’s ‘Frogstomp’

In the last week of March in 1995, a band of three long-haired, fifteen-year-old grunge disciples from working class Newcastle in northern New South Wales shot to worldwide prominence courtesy of their enthusiastically received debut album Frogstomp. That band was known as Silverchair and for a nine-year-old Australian kid, raised on the likes of Nirvana, […]

Kind Of Like A Body Bag: 10 Years Of Underminded’s ‘Hail Unamerican’

After twenty-seven years on this planet I am convinced of two things being true without exception: Popcorn is always best when it’s freshly popped and every single person will stumble across a collection of albums in their life that change the way they view the world around them. This editorial is about the latter. In […]

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Six Reasons Why Riot Fest Chicago Will Be Your Busiest Weekend This Year

As with most festival or multiple-stage concerts, you’re forced to make choices. And that’s the exciting part of squeezing in as much music as you can in a single weekend. That means it’s a great lineup and you are always consuming music…great music. Riot Fest Chicago is no exception to this rule. This year, for […]

A Thorn For Every Heart Join Growing List Of ‘Scene’ Bands From Mid-Late 2000s Reuniting This Year

It’s the dawn of a new week, so naturally there is a reunion tidbit making its way around the blogosphere that a small portion of the alternative music audience is ecstatic about while those born closer to the Y2K scare scratch their heads with indifference. A Thorn For Every Heart originally went their separate ways […]

Aaron Marsh Performs Live For First Time In 3 Years (Footage Available)

Copeland frontman Aaron Marsh has been away from the music scene for the last few years, but over the weekend he made a triumphant return by opening for Floridian rockers Anberlin with a special solo set. Lucky for us, someone caught the performance on tape. Seated alone on stage with only his piano by his […]