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Rise Against Release B-Side Sampler Video

Rise Against, the post-hardcore band from the 2000s who spent time on labels both large and small, have a b-side and covers collection, the aptly titled Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000-2013, that was released on September 10. With this in mind, the band has released a sampler video that has clips from several b-sides, […]

Finch To Release Live Album On CD/DVD And Vinyl, Randy Strohmeyer To Return To Tour

Last week, Finch guitarist Randy “R2K” Strohmeyer’s father passed away, leading the band to head out on tour, while Randy stays home with family. Today, the band confirmed with AlternativePress that he will be returning to the live lineup this weekend in Atlanta. Up until now, the band has featured bassist Daniel Wonacott and vocalist […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Strawberry Girls

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 […]

LIVE REVIEW: Will Yip’s Studio 4 Session With Anthony Green And Tigers Jaw

Under the Gun Review was able to send staff writer Dan Bogosian to Will Yip’s Studio 4 in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania to review the second ever Studio 4 Session with Anthony Green and Tigers Jaw. When Will Yip first announced the Studio 4 Sessions, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. On one hand, […]

WATCH: Kanye West’s Full Interview On Jimmy Kimmel Live

Kanye West and Jimmy Kimmel have had a large on going feud where both sides seemed a tad out of place. Kimmel mocked West’s interview with the BBC, using children to quote West in an attempt to mock him. West responded with over the top angry Twitter rants that were unwitty and petty. The two […]

Pixies Announce January Tour

The Pixies have announced their first full American tour without original bassist Kim Deal, who quit the band earlier this year. This tour will be in support of recent release EP-1 that came out on September 3. They’ve already toured Europe with the lineup, as well as played America under the new build at Riot […]

XO To Release Debut 7 Inch ‘Fault’ On November 5

XO are perhaps best known to feature members of Say Anything, with three of the four band members also being in the Max Bemis group. Despite that, it is creatively the band members focus; the group, featuring Jeff Turner, Jake Turner, Parker Case and Joe Assef, will finally have a debut release on Rory Records […]

WATCH: Rise Against – “Historia Calamitatum Moto X Gloria”

Punk band Rise Against are probably best known for Siren Song of the Counter Culture, but they’re still at it and cranking out solid tunes. They recently released a music video for their new song “Historia Calamitatum Moto X Gloria” (which is Latin for something along the lines of “The History of Disaster in Motocross […]

Madden Brothers Sign To Capitol Records

Benji Madden and Joel Madden are best known as the lead guitarist and lead vocalist for pop punk band Good Charlotte. Despite the band’s ongoing existence (no, Good Charlotte have not broke up), the two brothers will be releasing another record as the Madden Brothers, and have recently signed a contract with Capitol Records to […]

Madonna Peforms A Dramatic Cover Of Elliott Smith’s “Between The Bars”

Sometimes artists cover artists from other genres that we could never had expected. While Elliott Smith may have ended his time as a major label act (on the short lasting major label of Dreamworks), I doubt any of us could predict in 2013, Madonna would cover one of his most well known songs for the […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Steve Rennie, Manager of Incubus, Founder Of Renman Music & Business

From time to time, a chance to interview someone we’ve long admired comes up that we simply cannot resist. Stevie Rennie is a music industry expert who started as a promoter in Los Angeles, became a record executive for Epic Records, and ended up managing Incubus. He’s now started his own website for those who […]

Jeff Daniels Thinks ‘Dumb And Dumber To’ Makers Have “Topped The Original”

Some comedies get great sequels – Austin Powers and Wayne’s World come to mind – while others get washy second films – ironically, Dumb and Dumberer is an easy example. Dumb And Dumber To (the misspelling is intentional, because… well, the characters are dumb) will start filming this week, and feature both original stars in […]