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Brand New release first new song in a year, “I Am A Nightmare”

It’s been a quite a while since we last got music from Brand New. The band released “Mene” over a year ago, and it’s been a whopping seven years since their last album, Daisy, came out. Thankfully, the wait for new music is over. The band shared “I Am A Nightmare,” presumably off their upcoming […]

Brand New To Tour With Modest Mouse This Summer

Take a few deep breaths, this is real. Shut up and take our money. Brand New will be hitting the road this summer with Modest Mouse, recreating the awesomeness that was Brand New and Modest Mouse headlining Boston Calling a few years ago. I’m not going to say it would be cool if Brand New […]

Riot Fest Chicago 2015 Lineup Revealed

Christmas has moved from December to May this year, and tonight is the night Santa gives us all the one thing we have been demanding: The lineups for Riot Fest 2015. The final lineup to be revealed tonight, May 27, was for the Chicago event, which takes place Sept. 11-13. Additional bands and details will be revealed […]

Riot Fest Denver 2015 Lineup Revealed

Christmas has moved from December to May this year, and tonight is the night Santa gives us all the one thing we have been demanding: The lineups for Riot Fest 2015. The second lineup to be revealed tonight, May 27, was for the Denver event, which takes place August 28-30. Additional bands and details will be revealed in the coming […]

UTG PHOTOS: Sasquatch! 2015 – Days 1 & 2 in Quincy, WA

Sasquatch, this year, has been interesting to say the least. Not only did the festival go back to four days instead of the cluster-cuss of last year where they tried to split the festival into two different weekends — which failed anyway as the second weekend was cancelled due to low ticket sales — but […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Modest Mouse – “Lampshades On Fire”

Last week, Modest Mouse released their sixth studio album, Strangers To Ourselves. The album’s lead single, a track titled “Lampshades On Fire,” has a new music video, and it’s available to stream below. The video for “Lampshades On Fire” is as chaotic as the title would suggest. It consists of a series of video clips […]

Modest Mouse Stream Long-Awaited New Album, ‘Strangers To Ourselves’

For the first time in eight years (I was just getting my drivers license eight years ago — where were you?) Modest Mouse has released a new LP for the world to consume and criticize at their first convenience. The band dropped an exclusive stream of the record earlier this week via Spotify — you […]

REVIEW: Modest Mouse – ‘Strangers to Ourselves’

Artist: Modest Mouse Title: Strangers to Ourselves Label: Epic Records Genre: Alternative, Indie At this point in the career of Modest Mouse, any new music comes with some unfortunate but fair expectations. It’s nearly impossible to listen to a new album and not think about past work. But that doesn’t mean we can’t welcome change […]

Modest Mouse Share “Of Course We Know”

Modest Mouse will be dropping their sixth studio album later this month, titled Strangers To Ourselves. So far we have heard a few of the singles off the album, and now the group has revealed yet another new track. The song is titled “Of Course We Know,” and it’s available to listen to below. Digital […]

Modest Mouse Announce North American & European Tour

In celebration of the highly-anticipated release of Strangers To Ourselves, the band’s followup to We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank from 2007, Modest Mouse will be heading out an an extensive spring/summer tour throughout North America and Europe. The band will be making appearances at numerous music festivals and will also be playing […]

Modest Mouse Share New Track, “The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box”

Modest Mouse are pumping out songs left and right in anticipation of their new album Strangers To Ourselves, with “Lampshades On Fire,” “Coyotes,” and “The Best Room” already out for streaming. Today, the band has shared yet another song with the music world, and for me, this could be my favorite one I have heard […]

Today, In Modest Mouse News: New Song, New Release Date, Tracklist Reveal

Modest Mouse have led off new release day with a few bits of big news themselves, including a bevy of good, a little bad, and just the slightest bit of unease. The biggest news is the new single. “The Best Room” is the third we’ve heard off the impending Strangers to Ourselves, following We Were Dead-head “Lampshades […]