Radio

Baauer Teams Up With AlunaGeorge For “One Touch”

While Baauer is best known to much of the world’s population for a repetitive trap song turned viral hit whose name we will purposefully omit in hopes of not reminding our readers of its existence (…okay, it was the “Harlem Shake”), he is in fact an extremely well-versed producer with a nuanced ear for blending […]

Watch Owen Pallett Make Radio Debut Playing “I Am Not Afraid”

Oscar-nominated singer, songwriter, composer, and Arcade Fire sidekick Owen Pallett will be dropping his fourth album, In Conflict, May 27 via Domino/Secret City. In anticipation, he stopped by Canadian CBC Radio One’s Studio Q show to play “I Am Not Afraid.” It’s both a world premiere of the song and of Pallett playing piano and singing on air. […]

UTG INTERVIEW: SiriusXM’s Dennis Falcone Discusses The Radio Industry

Dennis Falcone has been working in radio for over 30 years. Today, you can hear him sporadically on SiriusXM‘s decade channels or as a frequent guest on The Opie and Anthony Show. Aside from being on-air talent, much of Mr. Falcone’s work has been done behind the scenes by facilitating the day-to-day operations of radio […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Jay Mohr On Stand-Up, George Carlin, And His “Hotel California”

“If anyone thinks my show was ‘pretty good,’ then I’ve completely failed.” It’s hard to edit down an interview when the person you’re talking to is an incredible interviewer himself. Not only did Jay Mohr devote time to our conversation, but he often turned the table, asking me my opinion on various issues. Furthermore, it […]

UTG PHOTOS & REVIEW: ‘My Wife Hates Me’ Live Podcast Taping (3/11/14)

“What are you guys watching that sex looks like making sausages?” On Tuesday, March 11, some of the greatest minds in comedy and radio joined forces at the Comedy Cellar’s Village Underground in New York City. Things got weird. The special event was a live podcast taping of Rich Vos and Bonnie McFarlane’s show My […]

Kanye West Calls Anti-Semitism Accusation Comments “An Ignorant Compliment”

After words said in a radio interview, Kanye West was accused of anti-Semitism by the Anti-Defamation League. In the interview, Kanye said “Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people,” which is, as the Anti-Defamation League rightfully said, “classic anti-Semitism” about “the age-old canard that Jews are all-powerful and control the levers […]

Thom Yorke Performs Unreleased Song “Honey Pot”

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke recently debuted an unreleased new song during a radio appearance at KCRW with longtime Radiohead engineer/Atoms for Peace member Nigel Godrich. Now, thanks to the power of YouTube, fans around the world can enjoy the track. Described by Yorke as “a remix of [Radiohead’s In Rainbows track] ‘All I Need’ that […]

UTG PHOTOS: ALKALINE TRIO (5/28/13)

Under The Gun sent Head of Photography, Kellie Gannon, to House of Blues Cleveland for Alkaline Trio on May 28, 2013. I was excited at the prospect of an Alkaline Trio tour for a few reasons. I love that bands like Bayside and Alkaline Trio are not only still touring and playing music, but releasing […]

Ke$ha’s “Die Young” Tumbles Down The Charts Following Newtown Massacre

The aftermath of a national tragedy knows no bounds, especially as far as pop culture is concerned. Multiple television programs were cancelled or delayed, and now it seems the pop charts have been shaken up as a result as well. “Die Young,” the seemingly inescapable single from Ke$ha, has been pulled from numerous stations across […]

RADIO RIP: Juicy J Ft. Young Jeezy & Big Sean – “Show Out”

Oh man, just when you think Juicy J is going to take a break from the spotlight he comes back swinging harder than ever. Juice previewed the stream of his heavy new single “Show Out”, which features Young Jeezy and Detroit’s own Big Sean. There is nothing better than a song that makes you feel […]

STREAM: Christina Aguilera – Your Body (Radio Premiere)

Christina Aguilera returned to America’s pop culture radar in 2011 through reality television, and now it’s time for her to return to the charts (maybe). Serving as the lead single to her forthcoming album Lotus, “Your Body” hits stores next week and packs one hell of a bang. This track is a straight-up dance song, […]

Coheed and Cambria

STREAM: Coheed and Cambria – “Domino: The Destitute”

Prog-metal princes, Coheed and Cambria, debuted their new song, “Domino: The Destitute” yesterday on the alternative radio station, 89X. The track comes off of the group’s forthcoming sixth studio album, The Afterman: Ascension. The quality of the stream is not the highest, but it certainly is not the lowest either. Give “Domino: The Destitute” a […]