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Summer Essentials: Tyler Lyle Releases ‘The Native Genius Of Desert Plants’

If perfect summer soundtracks are your thing, I confidently declare that this is the album for you. The independent second album from Tyler Lyle, The Native Genius of Desert Plants, is out today and is the perfect follow-up to his 2011 indie-folk debut, The Golden Age and The Silver Girl. This album is mesmerizing and […]

Summerfest Unveils Monstrous 2015 Lineup

Summerfest, a.k.a. America’s largest music festival, is set to return to Milwaukee’s Henry Maier Festival Park this coming summer, and earlier today, “The Big Gig” unveiled a monster lineup that features over 90 diverse headlining acts. Though more artists will likely be added to the bill, presently it seems that Kendrick Lamar, Kings of Leon, Zac […]

Listen to A New Song By Farro, Josh Farro’s (Ex-Paramore) New Band

On the opposite spectrum of Paramore circa 2007’s sullen lyrical material is Farro, Josh Farro (formerly of Paramore)’s newly-founded twinkly indie-pop band. Josh and his brother, Zac, formed a band called Novel American not too long after their departure from Paramore. Last May, however, the band announced that they will no longer be making new […]

Walk The Moon Announce Spring Headlining Tour, Release Infectious Single “Different Colors”

If you were looking for a reason to dance around your cubicle on this Monday morning, indie-pop quartet Walk The Moon have debuted the second single from their upcoming album Talking is Hard. “Different Colors” follows the album’s first single “Shut Up And Dance,” which has been blowing up U.S. alt/rock radio since debuting in […]

SCENE & HEARD: Iron Man 3

Written by UTG critic Grace Duffy, Scene & Heard takes a look at the music that makes our favorite films so memorable. Whether it’s the 400-piece orchestra Christopher Nolan used for The Dark Knight, or the dozen or so bands that contributed to the soundtrack of Top Gun, there is no denying the impact music has on movies […]

UTG PHOTOS: Nylon & Starbucks Frappuccino Summer Music Tour (8/14/12)

Under The Gun’s photographer, Tori Thomas attended the Detroit date of the Nylon & Starbucks Frappuccino Summer Music Tour featuring Neon Trees, Walk The Moon, & Twenty One Pilots on August 14. As fellow readers and followers of UTG would know, I’ve been to a few Twenty One Pilots shows. This time it was a […]

twenty | one | pilots Perform “Trees” Live

Fueled By Ramen’s latest signing twenty | one | pilots were filmed performing their song “Trees” live and the energy and passion from this showing truly gets our blood pumping. This hometown show, in April, was shot at The LC Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio. Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun both amp up the crowd with […]

Fitz & The Tantrums announce fall tour

Fitz & The Tantrums will begin a US tour with Walk the Moon this fall. Band presale tickets are now available, and regular tickets will go on sale this Friday, August 26, at noon. The tour begins on November 10 at Terminal 5 in New York. All dates are listed below.