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Pusha T Calls Out False Promoter On Twitter, Swears He’d Never Charge For Meet And Greets

Anyone who has spent more than thirty seconds listening to the music of Pusha T knows he’s not the type of person you want to mess with, especially when it comes to his business. Unfortunately, one promoter recently learned this lesson the hard way. Pusha is currently touring the US in support of his new […]

Steve Klein Is No Longer A Member Of New Found Glory

The pop punk world is confused and a bit sad today following the announcement that longtime guitarist Steve Klein is no longer a member of New Found Glory. Taking to Facebook late Wednesday night, the remaining members of New Found Glory informed fans about Klein’s departure via open letter. The group cited growing differences between […]

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Out Of The Furnace’

Film: Out Of The Furnace Directed By: Scott Cooper Starring: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana If Scott Cooper’s short but notable career has taught us anything, it’s this: half of directing is casting. Okay, that might not be a quantifiable statistic, but you get the idea. For his first feature, […]

3/4 of Quiet Out Loud Quit Band

It’s not every morning you wake up to learn a band you featured less than three months prior essentially imploded while you were asleep. Three of the four members comprising Chicago pop rock outfit Quiet Out Loud have reportedly quit the band following ongoing friction between themselves and vocalist Nick Forbes. You can read a […]

MOVIE REVIEW: A.C.O.D.

Movie: A.C.O.D. Director: Stuart Zicherman Writer: Ben Karlin, Stuart Zicherman Studio: Black Bear Pictures Divorce used to be such a taboo subject (I am told). Now half of all marriages end that way. My parents split when I was a kid and a lot of my friends’ folks did the same. It had its benefits like double holidays and […]

Jason Lancaster Pens Open Letter To Go Radio Fans, Disagrees With Band’s Statement

The alternative rock scene is still recovering from the loss of Go Radio earlier this week, and now frontman Jason Lancaster has stepped forward to reveal his version of the band’s final days. Speaking directly to fans, Lancaster released a message earlier today opening up about the days leading up to the demise of Go […]

Escape The Fate Might Be Replacing Monte Money

All does not seem to be well in Escape The Fate‘s world right now. In case you missed it, the band announced yesterday that their guitarist, Monte Money, was refusing to go on their upcoming tour so they had to find a replacement for him at the last minute. From what I can tell, he […]

Black Veil Brides Accused Of Using Fake Amps

Forums and social networks are alive and well with Black Veil Brides gossip this morning following a weekend Facebook post from The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx drummer Jorma Vik. Writing in the description of a new photo upload featuring a band performing with empty/fake amps posted on his personal account, Vik wrote, “A friend of mine […]

MOVIE REVIEW: My Best Day

Movie: My Best Day Director: Erin Greenwell Writer: Erin Greenwell Studio: Smithy Productions My Best Day is a drawn out indie drama with interesting characters and LGBT passion. Usually I find myself either loving or hating indie dramas. I either walk away feeling lots of emotion or I end up bored to tears wishing I could have my 90 […]

Hawthorne Heights Offer $200 Photo Pass For Warped, Kevin Lyman Shuts Them Down

Ohio is for lovers, not greedy bands still trying to keep the dream alive. Hawthorne Heights found themselves in the spotlight this weekend after launching a number of special offers for fans around their upcoming stint on the Vans Warped Tour. As PropertyOfZack originally pointed out, the band’s offers included a chance to play guitar […]

Katy Perry Pokes Fun At “Hate Being Sober”; Chief Keef Replies With Threat

I’m starting to lose count of the number of times I’ve had to write about Chicago rapper Chief Keef getting himself into trouble for things that have very little to do with him releasing new music, but here we are once more. Tuesday evening, May 21, Katy Perry tweeted “Just heard a new song on […]

System Of A Down Bassist Blames Frontman Serj Tankian For Lack Of New Music

System Of A Down have not released a new album since 2005. In the time that has passed since that time UTG was born, over a dozen writers for the site graduated college, and the face of mainstream rock has completely changed at least three times over. Still, even with all that has happened, fans […]