Northern California’s premier, eco-friendly music and arts festival is nigh! The unsurprisingly sold out Outside Lands is set to take place August 8-10 in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA, and Under the Gun Review will be on-site to cover all of its glorious offerings. We’ll cover Outside Lands’ various food, drink, […]
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James Vincent McMorrow Releases Gorgeous New Video For “Gold”
June 13th, 2014 
Brian Leak When you’ve got a hypnotizing falsetto and mellow folky vibes like James Vincent McMorrow, you need the arresting and hypnotic visuals to match. Emma J Doyle and Cory Philpott wrote, directed, and produced exactly what JVM’s Post Tropical single, “Gold,” needed. Filmed around some of San Francisco’s most beautiful areas (Horseshoe Bay, the Exploratorium, and […]
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The Matches Announce Third Reunion Show
June 4th, 2014 Amber Wade Another week, another reunion show announcement from The Matches. After fans quickly bought up tickets for the first two shows, breaking the ticketing website in the process, the band announced a third show scheduled for Nov. 6. The show will take place at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale […]
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San Francisco’s Outside Lands Reveals 2014 Lineup
April 8th, 2014 Brian Leak There hasn’t been a day in the past couple of months where we didn’t post about a festival’s lineup. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s really beginning to feel that way. Luckily though, 2014 is a huge year for iconic festivals and nearly all that have been announced for 2014 have had […]
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Thee Oh Sees Take Hiatus
December 20th, 2013 Rebecca Docter During a show last night in San Francisco, Thee Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer announced that the band would be taking an indefinite hiatus. “This will be the last Oh Sees show for a long while,” Dwyer said. “So dig in.” According to SF Weekly, Dwyer is leaving his home of San Francisco for Los Angeles. […]
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Footage Of 2 Chainz Being Robbed At Gunpoint Surfaces Online
June 13th, 2013 James Shotwell So much for those attempts to deny everything, eh 2 Chainz? Earlier this week, the hip hop community was rocked with the news that 2 Chainz had been robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco. News of the event broke in the middle of the night, and by the time most sites got around to reporting […]
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The Dodos Set to Release New Album; Premiere New Track
May 15th, 2013 Mike Sacchetti The Dodos have teamed up with Polyvinyl Records to release their new album, Carrier, due out August 27. It’s slated to be the fifth album by the San Francisco natives, and the follow-up to their 2011 release, No Color. The leader of the band, Meric Long, was deeply affected by the death of Christopher Reimer, […]
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UTG PHOTOS: THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT (4/11/13)
April 22nd, 2013 Kellie Gannon Under The Gun welcomes photographer Ryan Tuttle to our UTG family with her first photo set! We sent her to the Warfield in San Francisco on Thursday, April 11 to capture all the sights & sounds from The Airborne Toxic Event. Review and photos by Ryan below! “You know it’s gonna be a f***ing good […]
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No Sleep Records Sign Early Graves
June 5th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Yesterday No Sleep Records announced they would be getting heavier with the labels new addition. They were certainly not kidding. Today No Sleep revealed the signing of San Francisco metalcore outfit Early Graves. Early Graves will be entering the studio this July to record their third studio album (and No Sleep debut), scheduled to be […]
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WATCH: A$AP Rocky Performs New Song in San Francisco
April 23rd, 2012 Grant Trimboli There are honestly few things we here at UTG enjoy more than A$AP Rocky‘s outgoing and explosive personality but his new song has our full attention. A video has surfaced of A$AP Rocky performing his new unreleased joint called “Thuggin Noise” in San Francisco on April 20. The bass hits too hard, drowning out some […]
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Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival Announces Line-Up
April 17th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival has announced their official line-up and it looks to be an unforgettable experience. This one-of-a-kind gourmet music festival takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park August 10 through 12, and will feature such acts as Stevie Wonder, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Neil Young, Jack White and tons more. Tickets […]
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The Morning Benders Change Name to Pop Etc
March 26th, 2012 Brian Leak Leading fans to believe they had broken up, San Francisco natives The Morning Benders took to their Twitter last night with a vague tweet stating, “This will be the last tweet from The Morning Benders. Thank you all very much.” In fact, they weren’t lying, as any further tweets from the band will be from […]
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