Daytona Beach and Long Island natives, Bad Luck, played their first ever CMJ showcase last week in Brooklyn, NY. The band has been getting some steam lately from those who have seen them live and those who are getting word through the interweb. Having just kicked off their fall tour, we thought it would be […]
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UTG @ CMJ 2014: Bad Luck Talk Musical Roots And Leaving For Tour
October 30th, 2014 
Dana Reandelar 
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UTG @ CMJ 2014: This Is The Story Of How Beach Slang Stole My Heart
October 28th, 2014 Dana Reandelar By now, no one should be surprised that these rising indie/punk rockers hail from the booming city of Philadelphia, home to many breakthrough bands of the same genre. Beach Slang’s muffled, garage band sound filled the 280-cap Brooklyn bar, five seconds into their forty-minute set at BrooklynVegan’s showcase during the last day of the 2014 […]
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UTG @ CMJ 2014: Have Mercy Discuss Taco Bell, Their New Record, And Plans For 2015
October 27th, 2014 Dana Reandelar Baltimore breakthrough alternative outfit, Have Mercy, played Big Picture Media’s CMJ showcase this year. Under The Gun got to sit down with the band and talk about their fantastic Hopeless Records debut, A Place Of Our Own, which comes out today, October 27. The band also talked a bit about their plans for 2015, which […]
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UTG @ CMJ 2014: Wyland Discuss Their Musical Background and New EP
October 27th, 2014 Dana Reandelar What do you get when you combine NGHBRS‘ infectious rhythm and OneRepublic‘s contoured melodic dynamic? You get Kearney, New Jersey pop/indie-rock quintet, Wyland. Under The Gun has many up-and-coming artists on the radar and these folks are one of them. They played a CMJ showcase this year and we were able to get in touch […]
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UTG @ CMJ 2014: The Madness That Was ’68
October 23rd, 2014 Dana Reandelar No Sleep Records threw quite a party Tuesday night and UTG was there to witness it. The No Sleep ’Til CMJ Showcase brought a whopping eleven bands out to play at The Paper Box in Brooklyn. The diversity in the showcase’s lineup brought fans from different scenes together in a tiny space where gear filled […]
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Five & Five: Up-And-Coming / Breakthrough Artists To Keep An Eye Out For At CMJ 2014
October 19th, 2014 Dana Reandelar The 34th installment of New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon is upon us all. CMJ is notorious for its showcases that consist of both artists that have blown up and artists that are quickly headed in that direction. Under The Gun is happy to provide you with suggestions for five up-and-coming acts and five breakthrough […]
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October 17th, 2014 Dana Reandelar With festival season technically over, it’s always best to know what to do in the event that you actually are attending a festival of some sorts during the off-season. What is CMJ anyway? Is that like Coachella? Well…sort of, except two entire boroughs of New York City are essentially your playing field and no one […]
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The Broke College Kid’s Guide To The 2014 CMJ Music Marathon
October 15th, 2014 Dana Reandelar Let’s say you’re in school and don’t have all that much to spare on an all-access CMJ badge this year. Let us also say that you’ve been dying to go out and see some killer breakthrough / up-and-coming acts between the 21st and the 25th of October. You, my friend, are in luck because Under […]
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