Dad rock jammers The War on Drugs have expanded their current tour into the fall. The Philly band have just released their great new album, Lost in the Dream. After making stops at the usual European festival circuit, they will come back to North America for some more performances. Considering the amount of flying they’re […]
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The Hold Steady Premiere New Music Video, Announce Tour Dates
April 28th, 2014 
Troy Sennett Fans of The Hold Steady get a double dose of excitement today. First, the band premiered the music video for “I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You,” which you can check out over at Rolling Stone. The clip was shot at New York’s Music Hall of Williamsburg during the band’s recent tenth anniversary shows. […]
Bleachers Release Second Single, “Shadow”
April 28th, 2014 Troy Sennett “If you’re feeling small, I’ll love your shadow,” declares Jack Antonoff on “Shadow,” the second single from his latest project, Bleachers. The reassuring, uplifting sentiment fits perfectly with the track’s infectious synthesizer lines and drum machine beat. Like the previously released “I Wanna Get Better,” “Shadow” is destined to be on repeat all summer. Stream […]
Watch Brand New Cover Coldplay and Modest Mouse
April 15th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Brand New have done their fair share of covers over time, often showing a lot of love for Neutral Milk Hotel way back when. A few days ago, though, the band played a show at the London Troxy and mixed up “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” with a little bit of Coldplay and […]
Modest Mouse Announce US Tour Dates
March 11th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Modest Mouse has reemerged, announcing several US tour dates in May. It has been seven long years since the release of Modest Mouse’s most recent full-length, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Signs of relief started popping up last year, though. Rough audio and video started popping up from Modest Mouse sets at various […]
Tegan and Sara Announce Summer Tour
February 25th, 2014 Rebecca Docter Indie rock sister duo Tegan and Sara are set to team up with Katy Perry for the Prismatic Tour in September, but until then, the pair has some dates of its own. The duo will be hitting major cities in the US and Canada, plus a five-day stint in the Bahamas on the Paramore cruise. […]
Brand New Announce Summer Tour Dates
February 4th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Ladies and gentlemen, get ready at your keyboards. Brand New are going to be hitting up a handful of US cities this summer for what looks like a short tour and presale tickets go live in an hour. As usual, Brand New are offering a special ticket presale through Ducat King that starts today at […]
Passion Pit Perform Entire Set At Letterman’s Ed Sullivan Theater
September 5th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli Paul Shaffer’s legendary late-night band on David Letterman may have some competition after Passion Pit performed an entire set at the Ed Sullivan Theater. The band played the set in some snazzy suits, although it was a little late. The event was actually scheduled to happen last year, but vocalist Michael Angelakos assured the crowd […]
75% of Passion Pit’s Equipment Was Destroyed
September 2nd, 2013 Nina Corcoran In a predictable but unfortunate set of events, Passion Pit have had a good chunk of their equipment damaged in a storm this past Friday night. When gearing up to play at Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival, the festival was delayed and shortly after “approximately 75% of” Passion Pit’s gear was destroyed before they went […]
The Gaslight Anthem To Release New Album In 2014
July 5th, 2013 Kyle Florence Still flying high off their critically praised 2012 major label debut, Handwritten, The Gaslight Anthem have just announced that they have been writing music for a new album that will likely be released at some point in 2014. The announcement came earlier today via Tumblr in the form of a personal message from the band. […]
REVIEW: Somos – ‘First Day Back’
February 19th, 2016 Dana Reandelar Artist: Somos Album: First Day Back Label: Hopeless/No Sleep Genre: Indie-Punk On their 2014 debut full-length Temple Of Plenty, Boston, Massachusetts’ Somos brought to the table clean-cut indie-punk anthems that swept many off of their feet. This led to successful tours and their almost-inevitable collaboration with a big indie label like Hopeless Records. Today the […]
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 […]