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COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT: Death to Vinyl Flippers

Welcome to the Complaint Department, a column dedicated to calling out trends in the entertainment industry that bother us. Have something to complain about? Tweet at us, or email utgjames@gmail.com (Subject: COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT) with whatever is on your nerves and we may feature it in a future article! Times are tough in the world. Everyone […]

REVIEW: Vinnie Caruana – City By the Sea

Artist: Vinnie Caruana Album: City By the Sea Label: Run For Cover Records Genre: Punk/Acoustic If you like pop-punk music and don’t know who Vinnie Caruana is, you’re probably really young, and that’s not really your fault. For those who don’t know, Vinnie Caruana has been in the pop-punk scene for a while now, first becoming […]

Antique Records Launches Cyber Monday Sale

Boston’s Antique Records are getting into the economical holiday spirit today with the launch of their first ever Cyber Monday sale. For the next twenty-four hours, users can purchase limited edition bundles packages, including pre-orders for their shirts and crewnecks. Every order will be in before Christmas, so get shopping! Follow these great people over […]

STAND-UP TUESDAYS: Erik Allen

Stand-Up Tuesdays is a weekly comedy spotlight written by the wonderfully talented Angie Frissore. Covering both known and unknown comics, this is your source for all things funny. This week, Angie puts a spotlight on Erik Allen. If you or your comedy troupe would like to be featured on Stand-Up Tuesdays, please email utgjames@gmail.com. It’s […]

REVIEW: MINDSET – Leave No Doubt

Band: MINDSET Album: Leave No Doubt Genre: Hardcore Label: React! Records I’ve been straight edge my entire life (that means I’ve led a substance free lifestyle to those who don’t know), and frankly I’m really proud of it. People make jokes about it to me all the time, poking their fun and thinking it’s weird, […]

REVIEW: The Dollyrots – The Dollyrots

Artist: The Dollyrots Album: The Dollyrots Genre: Pop-punk/pop-rock Label: Arrested Youth Records Four albums in, it’s business as usual for pop rock duo The Dollyrots on this eponymous release. The band’s sound is clinically breezy and spirited as always; the album laden with feelgood, suitably infectious anthems and odes to carefree living. It’s a populist […]

REVIEW: Yellowcard – Southern Air

Artist: Yellowcard Album: Southern Air Genre: Pop-punk Label: Hopeless Records Yellowcard is one of the bands that I grew up listening to. And not just, “Oh I love that album Ocean Avenue,” or, “Yeah ‘Only One’ is so good!” No. That is not me at all. Yellowcard was one of those bands when I was younger […]

STREAM: Police & Thieves – Live @ WMUC

DC-based hardcore group Police & Thieves are no strangers to awesome live shows. The band have been playing locally and around the East Coast for a while now, and I’ve found that the best way to experience them is to see them play in front of a crowd. Police & Thieves decided that they wanted […]

Capeside Records Sign The Better Fight

Our friends at Capeside Records are ecstatic to announce that they have signed Kalamazoo, Michigan pop punk rockers The Better Fight to the roster. Congratulations to the entire band on this great news! The Better Fight will be entering the studio this fall to record their EP debut and in the winter as well to […]

REVIEW: Make Do and Mend – Everything You Ever Loved

Artist: Make Do and Mend Album: Everything You Ever Loved Genre: Punk Label: Rise Records I was at home with my older brother this past weekend, and one of the things we bond over is showing each other music in the car. I’m rarely tolerant of his music (sorry man, I know i’m a little […]

STREAM: The Word Alive – Life Cycles

We have a fantastic stream for all of The Word Alive fans out there today. Under The Gun Review is currently streaming the group’s ferocious title track and it brings down the house. Filled with intensity, blazing guitars, and thundering drum hits, this song exemplifies TWA’s entire record. They will release their follow-up to Deceiver […]

REVIEW: Miss May I – At Heart

Artist: Miss May I Album: At Heart Genre: Metalcore Label: Rise First and foremost, this album blew away all of the presuppositions that I already had of a metalcore band signed to Rise Records. At Heart is heavy, really heavy. To describe it plainly, it’s metal with a side of “-core”. The clean vocals are […]