Nineteen years ago today the world lost Kurt Donald Cobain, frontman of legendary grunge act Nirvana. Cobain chose to take his own life from inside his Seattle home, and every year on this day fans around the world remember his contributions to the world by listening to his music, reading his journals, and (in the […]
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Seattle Newspaper Posts Previously Unpublished Photos From Kurt Cobain Suicide Scene
April 5th, 2013 
James Shotwell 
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The Postal Service Stream “Turn Around”
March 21st, 2013 James Shotwell Back in January, the internet essentially exploded for an afternoon when word broke long-hibernating indie pop act The Postal Service would make a return in 2013. This was followed with a second bit of hysteria when the small batch of dates they announced became a full blown tour, and again later when a new song […]
Warped Tour Seattle Change Of Venue
July 27th, 2012 Grace Duffy The Seattle date for the Vans Warped Tour has been changed, according to a tweet from festival producer Kevin Lyman yesterday evening. The August 4 date of the festival will now take place at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn.
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Bumbershoot 2012 Line-Up Announced
May 9th, 2012 Tori Thomas Bumbershoot has announced their line-up for 2012. Bumbershoot is Seattle’s Music and Art Festival that is held at the Seattle Center. This year the festival is from September 1-3, which is Labor Day weekend. Artists toping the bill are Jane’s Addiction, Tony Bennett, Skrillex, Mac Miller, M83, Passion Pit, Big Sean, AWOLNATION, City and Colour, […]
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MUSIC HISTORY CLASS: The Death of Kurt Cobain
April 5th, 2012 Michael McCarron On this day in 1994, legendary Rock and Grunge icon, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, committed suicide in his Seattle, Washington apartment. However, Cobain’s body was not discovered until 8 April when Veca Electric employee, Gary Smith, was at Cobain’s residence to install new security lights. Smith noticed a lifeless body on the floor of the […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Demon Hunter – My Destiny
March 20th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Seattle outfit Demon Hunter have released their new music video for “My Destiny,” that can be seen on UTG. The group’s song is off of their forthcoming album, True Defiance, due out April 10 on Solid State Records. Demon Hunter take the performance aspect of the video and introduce clips of skateboarding in between. Check […]
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Rain Fest Announce Lineup that Includes Bane, Cro-Mags and H2O
March 15th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Seattle-based hardcore festival Rain Fest in 2012 announced its lineup today, and it’s out of control. Now sure, there are a ton of fests around, but this one’s lineup is really doing it right. With legends like Bane, Cro-Mags and H2O, Rain Fest really brought in some heavy hitters as well as a huge list […]
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The Scene Aesthetic Release EP Details
November 15th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Unsigned rock act The Scene Aesthetic have revealed that they will be releasing their upcoming EP, The Days Ahead, on December 6. The pre-orders will begin tomorrow so be sure to pick that up and support these guys. The Scene Aesthetic will be playing an EP release show on December 6 at the Q Cafe […]
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Pentimento announces US fall tour
August 31st, 2011 Grant Trimboli Buffalo, NY’s Pentimento have revealed their fall touring plans starting on September 22. The PentimenTour tour, a 13-city trek, will wrap on October 5 in Edinboro, PA. Check out all the dates on the tour poster by clicking past the jump and let UTG know if you will be heading to a show by commenting […]
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July 5th, 2011 Tori Thomas The Maine covered Ryan Adams’ “Dance All Night” in Seattle with some help from Augustana and Austin Gibbs. Check out the cover below.
Posted in News Tags: Augustana, austin gibbs, cover, dance all night, Fearless Records, ryan adams, seattle, The Maine Comments Off on The Maine cover “Dance All Night”A Rocket To The Moon play ping pong
April 25th, 2011 Tori Thomas Andrew from A Rocket To The Moon battled Ryan from Runner Runner in a Ping Pong tournament at Kiss FM in Seattle. Check out the video below to see who won this tournament.
Posted in News Tags: a rocket to the moon, andrew cook, interview, kiss fm, On your side tour, ping pong, runner runner, seattle, tournament, update, video Comments Off on A Rocket To The Moon play ping pongAsking Alexandria frontman comments on Seattle incident
April 1st, 2011 James Shotwell Asking Alexandria’s Danny Worsnop has responded to the news that broke today about his drunken antics in Seattle earlier this week. In the letter, which was posted on Twitter, Worsnop offers little to no apology for his actions, claiming he is simple “rock & roll.” You can view the full message below. Reckless And Relentless […]
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