There’s always something special about welcoming a band home after a long tour. One would think that this band (and the rest on the bill) would be worn out, deflated, and simply spent after a month and a half of straight touring. Circa Survive are not that band. Well, not that tired and exhausted band. […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Circa Survive at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA (12/13/14)
December 18th, 2014 
Brian Leak 
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Tags: circa survive, Connor Feimster, descensus, live review, pianos become the teeth, title fight, Union Transfer 
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LIVE REVIEW: Coheed And Cambria – ‘Neverender: In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3’
October 10th, 2014 Drew Caruso Under The Gun Review sent staff writer, Drew Caruso, to the House of Blues in Boston to experience Coheed And Cambria’s monumental album ‘In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3’ in full. Late on an Autumn evening, the fiction saw the real. It was certainly difficult to ascertain the correct words to attribute my emotions […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Riot Fest Denver (Days 2 & 3)
September 26th, 2014 James Shotwell I was so proud of myself for waking up the morning after my first night at Riot Fest Denver and cranking out my review of ‘Day 1’ that I believed wholeheartedly I would be able to repeat that act the following two days. “I’ll be the first to press ‘post’ out of every journalist there,” […]
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September 20th, 2014 James Shotwell I missed Riot Fest 2013, and to be honest I spent the first six months after it took place kicking myself for having not attended. When the 2014 installment was unveiled, I knew this would be the year I finally made the trek. Chicago was my first choice, but due to some family related issues […]
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LIVE REVIEW: ‘Prekender’ Feat. Knapsack in Melbourne, Australia (8/21/14)
August 23rd, 2014 Brenton Harris Over the past years the Poison City Weekender has grown from a simple showcase for the much respected Melbourne independent label’s roster into one of the Australian punk rock scene’s premiere annual events. The 2014 edition of the festival, now appropriately dubbed Weekender Fest, is set to take place over four days and five venues […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Closure In Moscow – ‘Pink Lemonade’ Album Launch (5/10/14)
May 17th, 2014 Brenton Harris It’s been five years since Australia’s Closure in Moscow announced themselves to the world with their critically acclaimed debut First Temple. So it’s with a sense of great anticipation and joy that the band’s ever faithful fan-base enters the Evelyn hotel tonight to witness the birth of its follow-up, the bombastic progressive-rock opus known as […]
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LIVE REVIEW: S. Carey in Allston, MA (4/17/14)
May 14th, 2014 Drew Caruso Under The Gun Review sent staff writer, Drew Caruso, to the Great Scott in Allston, MA on April, 17 to experience S.Carey with support from White Hinterland and Words Like Earth. If you were unsure, I absolutely loved S. Carey’s new album, Range of Light. It is a masterpiece of sound, highly illuminated by Carey’s […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Duke Dumont (4/24/14)
May 7th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli If you’re into electronic music and haven’t heard of British producer Duke Dumont, it’s time to get yourself together. He may not be blasting on top-40 radio stations or have Rihanna on all of his tracks, but he’s making serious moves within the genre. In the UK, he’s had two #1 singles. This year, his […]
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UTG @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Doc Brown – ‘Of Mic And Men’
April 11th, 2014 Brenton Harris Comic:
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UTG @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: David Quirk – ‘Career, Suicide’
April 9th, 2014 Brenton Harris Melbourne International Comedy Festival Comic:
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UTG Review @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Bryony Kimmings – ‘Sex Idiot’
March 28th, 2014 Brenton Harris Melbourne International Comedy Festival Comic: Bryony Kimmings Show: Sex Idiot Venue: Melbourne Town Hall Every now and then a piece of performance art comes along that is so unique, daring and confrontational that words simply cannot do it testament. Bryony Kimmings’ Sex Idiot is not one of these shows, but only because you’d need to […]
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UTG Review @ Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Alex Williamson – ‘Dumb Things I’ve Done’
March 28th, 2014 Brenton Harris Melbourne International Comedy Festival Comic: Alex Williamson Show: Dumb Things I’ve Done Venue: The Athenaeum Theatre Over the course of the last seven years, Alex ‘Shooter’ Williamson has developed from brash comedic upstart to a multi-talented, verifiable YouTube sensation. With more than 35 million views and more than 370,000 people who have signed up as […]
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