Well it’s that time of the year where we in the music world collectively follow through to toss in our 2 cents worth of opinions (once more) by means of our “best of” lists. After much thought about it – and believe me, I’ve been working on my list since last month – I’ve finally […]
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Adrian Garza’s ‘Best of 2013’ In Music
December 14th, 2013 
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Tyler Osborne’s ‘Best of 2013’ In Music
December 12th, 2013 Tyler Osborne It’s coming to the end of 2013, and it’s been a really weird year. Almost every band and their mother has reunited, pop music is now punk music, and ten year anniversary tours are now a norm within the industry. Admittedly, this wasn’t my favorite year for music. Sure, there have been a lot of […]
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5 Crazy Aspects Of The ‘Yeezus’ Tour Only Kanye West Could Pull Off
October 20th, 2013 James Shotwell Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus‘ tour, his first solo outing in five years, kicked off this weekend in Seattle. Almost as soon as doors opened photos began to flood social networks, and now that night one is officially over we’ve sorted through everything to find the 5 things everyone will be talking about in the weeks ahead. […]
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UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Suspiria′
October 11th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Of all the holidays celebrated worldwide, no single day is more loved by the UTG staff than Halloween. With the arrival of October, the time has finally come to begin rolling out a plethora of features and special announcements we have prepared in celebration of our favorite day, including the one you’re about to read. […]
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UTG ESSENTIALS: Go Radio Favorites And Memoirs
October 6th, 2013 Jacob Tender In light of tonight’s unfortunate news, we decided to send Go Radio off the right way. We’ve asked our staff and some of our friends to contribute a few words on their favorite Go Radio songs for this UTG Essentials feature/playlist. Below, you’ll find the Go Radio favorites for a vast array of our music industry […]
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UTG LIST: Favorite Halloween Songs
October 3rd, 2013 Nina Corcoran October is finally here, and UTG couldn’t be more excited for Halloween to show itself. Under the Gun Review has the difficult task of deciding which movies to include in our 31 Days of Halloween countdown, but now we’ve decided to sling together some of our favorite Halloween songs along the way to make the […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is Booking Your Favorite Band Before You Know It
September 11th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
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June 6th, 2013 Brian Leak Oh, how we miss the days of deceptively titled bulletins, pc4pc, and hours of pimping your profile with just the right visuals and accompanying music (only to change it all again within a day or two). Myspace dominated the bulk of our high school years much like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram do today. Apart from […]
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FOR THE LOVE OF FILM: The Star Wars Holiday Special
March 14th, 2013 Jacob Tender For The Love Of Film is a weekly column from film nerd and lover of all movies Justin Proper (and this week, Jacob Tender). Sometimes you need some help to figure out how to enjoy movies, and we are here to help! No longer will you need to fear movie night because your friends have no taste […]
Posted in Columns, Features, For The Love Of Film Tags: boba fett, chewbacca, good movie, holiday special, list, review, Star Wars, wookiees 5 Comments »
UTG LIST: 5 Artists To Watch In 2013
January 28th, 2013 James Shotwell One of our biggest goals in 2013 is to bring you even more new and cutting edge artists than ever before. Be it music, film, comedy, or something else altogether that absolutely floor us, we are dedicated to helping usher in the next wave of talent that will soon overtake the industry. Just over a […]
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UTG LIST: Best Albums of 2012
December 24th, 2012 Tyler Osborne All year the Under the Gun Review staff has weighed in on what we thought about the albums the music scene had to offer. This year has been good to us musically, but it’s a really hard process to shave down to our ten favorites of the year. As you’ll see when you read through […]
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UTG LIST: 5 Essential “Starvation” Tracks
April 1st, 2012 Grant Trimboli It seems like we spent the first three months of the year hyping Ace Hood’s latest mixtape, but it all paid off earlier this week when Starvation finally hit the net. Now, after dozens of listens, we have some thoughts to share. Hiphop is crazy right now. The affordability of acceptable recording equipment is lower […]
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