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REVIEW: Pile – ‘Special Snowflake / Mama’s Lipstick’ 7″

Artist: Pile Album: Special Snowflakes / Mama’s Lipstick Genre: Post-punk, rock & roll, indie rock Label: Exploding in Sound Records The burned-out psychedelic grunge of Dripping still has its edge. When it was released, Pile were a band that I had heard but never seen live – a band that had played shows with favorites […]

Oculesics And Autocatalytica Announce Master Egg Tour

Two of New England’s (and, uh, New York City’s) finest progressive acts are heading out on tour together. Prog-metal act Autocatalytica (featuring Emmett Ceglia on drums, who you may recall as the handsome devil from Sugar Bomb!) and math-experimental band Oculesics (who used to feature Ceglia on drums, but that’s besides the point) are covering […]

Piglet Successfully Funds Kickstarter Campaign

Oh, math rock, how I adore your best bands and despise your run-of-the-mill local acts. Legendary math rock pioneers Piglet successfully funded their own Kickstarter campaign earlier today, which featured a handful of limited prints of their releases. Piglet’s entire official discography can be summarized as a six track EP that was released in 2005, […]

Giraffes? Giraffes! And Goddard Head Out On Skeletour

Math rockers Giraffes? Giraffes! and alternative rockers Goddard have shared one of the coolest looking vinyl splits we’ve ever seen (see here). Soon they’ll be going on tour together, with G?G! having some dates alone first. The tour will be the furthest Goddard has traveled from home; it’s harder to say that about G?G!, as […]

REVIEW: Tera Melos – ‘X’ed Out’

Artist: Tera Melos Album: X’ed Out Genre: Indie Pop, Math Rock Label: Sargent House I had this album for review two weeks before it came out. I listened to it probably close to twenty times in that first week of April, which was an emotionally negative time for me, and I really thought this was […]

STREAM: Giraffes? Giraffes! / Goddard 10″ Split

File this under a split I love just as much as the Pianos Become The Teeth / Touche Amore split. Massachusetts rock band Goddard and famed math rockers Giraffes? Giraffes! have digitally released their new 10″ split (which appears to be aptly titled 10″), with two new songs from Goddard and one from G?G!. The […]

TEASER TRAILER: Do It Together (Documentary)

A few weeks back, we showed you the first trailer to Do It Together, a documentary on the Do-It-Yourself scene and musicians an artists working together. It promised to even be a how to, which should be interesting for all aspiring musicians who are just starting out or have been going at it for years […]

Giraffes? Giraffes! And Goddard Doing A Split 10″

Math rock band Giraffes? Giraffes!, who you may best remember as the soundtrack to the Do It Together trailer, haven’t had a new release since 2011’s Pink Magik. Now, they’ll be doing a split with slightly-more-normal rock band Goddard. Goddard was the band to announce it, doing so through a casual “Happy New Year” Facebook post. […]

TRAILER: Do It Together (Documentary)

We here at UTG are always trying to bring you the best in up and coming bands and independent films. With Do It Together, these two merge. The film is a full length independent documentary on the Do-It-Yourself scene, connecting everyone from modern day math rockers Tera Melos to noise group Deerhoof to new wave […]

STREAM: Pile – “Prom Song”

Boston hard rockers Pile have streamed a new song, “Prom Song” from their upcoming album, dripping. The song features some gnarly guitar work and some grunge-era songwriting. Pile is currently on tour over the eastern US. UTG will be at the show in Northampton, which features math rock band Giraffes? Giraffes! and post rock band […]