A three-way split has been released today by Snarl, comprised of Parker Cannon (The Story So Far), Power Wrench (Mat Kerekes of Citzen) and Michigan’s new skate punk band Spitback. Each band contributed three songs to the release and put it up for sale on Bandcamp. This follows another Power Wrench/Spitback split from June and […]
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Snarl (The Story So Far), Power Wrench (Citizen) and Spitback Share Split EP
January 21st, 2015 
Ryan Kappy 
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Citizen Release New Music Video For “Figure You Out”
October 6th, 2014 Dana Reandelar This past summer, Michigan alt-punk outfit Citizen headed to the United Kingdom to play a series of shows with Diamond Youth and Headroom. During the tour, the band decided to film a rad music video for their song “Figure You Out,” taken from their most recent record, Youth. The new music video features an array […]
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Mat Kerekes of Citizen Releases Music Video For “Reach”
September 23rd, 2014 Mark Garza Early last month, Mat Kerekes, the vocalist for Michigan band Citizen, released a music video for his song “Forgiveness” from his self-titled solo debut EP, released back in June. Today, the talented frontman has released another video, this time for the third track, entitled “Reach.” You can check the music video out below. The self-titled […]
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Fireworks Frontman Reveals Solo Project, Tea & Water
September 22nd, 2014 Dana Reandelar Dave Mackinder, lead singer of Michigan pop-punk outfit Fireworks has just released information on the solo project he’s been working on, called Tea & Water, and it’s pretty different. Mackinder’s new digital EP is entitled Strangers Again and it contains three fresh tracks that all sound significantly less pop-punk and more indie/pop rock with a […]
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Hostage Calm Premiere Video for “1000 Miles Away From Here”
September 17th, 2014 Scott Murray Just yesterday, Connecticut rockers Hostage Calm released their album Die On Stage via Run For Cover Records. The album is currently available for sale via Bandcamp. Hostage Calm are on tour right now supporting Citizen, alongside You Blew It! and Praise. The tour will continue hitting dates all across the United States for another month, […]
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Citizen Release “Silo” From Upcoming 7″
August 12th, 2014 Drew Caruso Citizen released a new track today via Brooklyn Vegan, in the form of “Silo,” a track featured on the band’s new exclusive tour 7″ from Run For Cover Records. The 7″ will include the regular track, as well as a stripped down version. Expanding on the grounds covered on debut album Youth, “Silo” is a […]
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August 6th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Mat Kerekes‘ solo work outside of his role as frontman of Citizen seems to be going over well with fans so far. Over the last few months he’s released a handful of singles and they have all been hits. One of the singles from his recently released EP is a slow, heartbreaking song titled “Forgiveness.” […]
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Citizen Announce Support For Upcoming Fall Tour
July 30th, 2014 Kyle Florence This coming fall, Citizen will be taking part in their first-ever headlining tour, and after keeping us in the dark for the last month or so, have finally announced their support for the upcoming 30-date run. It seems that You Blew It!, Hostage Calm, Praise, and True Love USA will all be hitting the road […]
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Dream Riders: The Tour Desires of Your Favorite Artists (UTG Exclusive)
July 15th, 2014 Brian Leak Wikipedia defines a rider as: a set of requests or demands that a performer sets as criteria for performance. Whether an act’s tour rider is ridiculously egocentric and/or overly materialistic, just plain outlandish in a fun way, a rock ‘n’ roll legend, or far more modest and unshowy than you might expect, nearly every touring […]
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Citizen Announce North American Headlining Tour This Fall
June 19th, 2014 Brian Leak One of our favorite bands here at UTG, the midwest-based Citizen, have announced their very own headlining tour that will take place across the entire US this September and October. The bands that will be supporting Citizen on the tour have yet to be announced but we will update you with that information as it […]
LISTEN: Mat Kerekes – “Forgiveness”
June 11th, 2014 Drew Caruso Mat Kerekes, best known as the frontman for Citizen, has just released the first new track from his upcoming solo EP, simply titled Mat Kerekes. The EP will be released June 12, 2014. Mat has been writing acoustic songs for some time now, though “Forgiveness” may be my favorite piece from him. For all the […]
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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 […]
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