The New Music Seminar is a gathering of the musical brains of sorts. It’s a three-day jaunt where aspiring musicians and figures from the music world come together to talk about innovations and to see some up-and-coming acts; an Avengers-esque class of 2015 if you will. While I was there, there were three acts in […]
Editorials
New Music Seminar: Three Acts That Impressed At This Year’s Event
August 27th, 2015 
MJ Rawls 
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Tags: Fictionist, Grace Weber, New Music Seminar, SPZRKT 
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GUEST BLOG: “Punk’s Dead, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Killed It”
August 26th, 2015 Matthew Leimkuehler The following is a guest blog written by Blacklist Royals drummer Rob Rufus. He, alongside his bandmates, appeared in the role of a punk rock band on the ABC show Forever. Here is his first-hand account of the eye-opening experience: The room was filled with punk rockers. Punks clad in leather. Punks draped in plaid. […]
Posted in Editorials, Features, News Tags: blacklist royals, cuba gooding jr, forever, Forever ABC, guest blog, punk rock 1 Comment »
Love Film? Join The UTG Movie Club And Make A Difference!
August 24th, 2015 James Shotwell As many of you know, UTG recently launched a Patreon page to help fund the future of our site. We are very appreciative of the contributions that have been submitted so far, but there is still a need for additional funds that we hope, in time, you will help us alleviate. One of the cool […]
Posted in Editorials, Features, Movies, News Tags: blu ray, Blu Ray Club, DVDs, Memberships, monthly service, Movie Club, movie news, movies, Site News, subscription service, utg news 1 Comment »
That ‘Free’ Miley Cyrus Album May Not Be What You Expect
August 22nd, 2015 James Shotwell Miley Cyrus has yet to officially announce her fifth studio album, but already the pop star has found herself at the center of yet another media frenzy. Cyrus has been planning for some time to release her new studio album for free. According to manager Adam Leber, the pop diva was even willing to buy […]
Posted in Editorials, Features, News Tags: .mp3, bad, experimental, Freaky, free album, miley cyrus, new album, new music, new song, rca, review, rumor 5 Comments »
Dear Readers – Please Help Us Develop The Future of UTG
August 21st, 2015 James Shotwell Dear UTG Readers – Today is a very good day for our site. After five years of headaches, confusion, and restraint we are beyond excited to tell you we are no longer associated with Buzz/Spin Media. We thought joining a giant digital company who claimed to have our best interests in mind would be the […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Valentino Arteaga Discusses Of Mice & Men’s Newest Chapter
June 22nd, 2015 Emma Guido Often described as Of Mice & Men’s backbone, Valentino Arteaga shines with this aura the second you meet him. Sitting down with the tenacious drummer, he explained the mentality of Of Mice & Men, and contributing to their growing success in the music scene. From being on top of schedules and acting as a moral […]
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Blurred: It’s OK Not To Be OK
May 29th, 2015 MJ Rawls I don’t know if it’s just me, but I don’t think we are vulnerable enough. Being vulnerable is another type of courage. Perhaps we are too much in love with being invincible. A couple weeks ago, I took a look at the much talked about documentary, Montage Of Heck, which chronicled Kurt Cobain, the man […]
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UTG LIST: Records We Overlooked In 2014
May 26th, 2015 Drew Caruso Everyone has a moment where they stumble upon a release that hits them in a certain way; it changes the way the rest of your day, week, month, even foreseeable future will feel and look like. But, within this sonic euphoria, how defeated does one feel to find out that said album was released a […]
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FEATURE: Stop Making Excuses & Start Listening To Oh Honey
May 14th, 2015 James Shotwell This probably won’t be that hard for you to believe, but despite the fact I more or less make a living talking about music there are still great new bands that I don’t discover until well after they have made a splash on the national stage. I like to think I do a fairly good […]
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Ikey Reigns Supreme; All Hail King Jaffe, Hip-Hop’s New Highness
May 12th, 2015 Brian Leak Apart from maybe Run The Jewels, the most exciting thing about hip-hop for me last year was Ikey. He only released a single track–a debut of sorts–but it was a perfectly chosen debut to serve as the gloves he came out swinging with. Initially elusive as all get out, the now-DC-based, mostly Nigerian-raised emcee seemingly […]
Posted in Editorials, Features, News, Reviews, Streams Tags: Any Means Necessary, Elmanium, Green Card, Green Card EP, hip hop (genre), IkeDaKid, ikey, Olodo, poetry, rap (genre), Return of Kind Jaffe, review, Sparkz, SparkzBeats, stream, timbuktu Comments Off on Ikey Reigns Supreme; All Hail King Jaffe, Hip-Hop’s New Highness
UTG FEATURE: Last Night Leon Bridges Changed My Life
May 7th, 2015 James Shotwell For the better part of the last year I have had my eye on Dallas, Texas native Leon Bridges. His music is both a callback to the now long gone heyday of soul, with influences ranging from Etta James to Sam Cooke, as well as a testament to the power of great songwriting. He can […]
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UTG LIST: The 8 Most Out-Of-This-World Tech N9ne Collaborations
May 5th, 2015 Matthew Leimkuehler Tech N9ne dropped his prolific and genre-pushing new LP, Special Effects, yesterday — proving this tenured rapper’s best work is still ahead of him. The record is frantic and transparent on tracks like “Aw Yeah? (Intervention),” belligerent and obscure on songs like “Hood Go Crazy,” and downright strange on songs like “Roadkill.” One thing the […]
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