Archive for October 9th, 2011

Jack's Mannequin

STREAM: Jack’s Mannequin unreleased demo

As Something Corporate began to disband, Andrew McMahon found a new outlet for his music in Jack’s Mannequin. At this time, Andrew was demoing a few songs that would eventually form Everything in Transit. However, not every song would make it to the pressed format of the album, so Andrew held onto a few songs […]

Max Bemis Recording Third Painful Splits Release

Say Anything frontman Max Bemis has announced his well into the recording process of the third release from his side project, Max Bemis And The Painful Splits. Bemis announced the news via Twitter early this morning. In his tweet, Bemis wrote “Halfway done recording third painful splits record! Really excited about one song in particular […]

William Beckett Planning Solo Release

The breakup of The Academy Is… earlier this week caused a lot of commotion on UTG and beyond. Though they only released three over the course of nine years, fans still loved TAI and made it clear their absence would be felt. Well brokenhearted teens and young adults, fear not! At least part of TAI […]

STREAM: The Weeknd – Initiation

One of UTG’s favorite upcoming acts The Weeknd has released a brand new song for our listening pleasure. The creepy and dark song “Initiation” encompasses all of the elements we are familiar with as well as some surprises in between. Listen to a stream of “Initiation” by simply clicking past the jump and please let […]

Game Announces The R.E.D. Album Tour

Game has recently announced that he will be touring the country supporting his newly released album R.E.D.. The release is definitely a step in the right direction for him and proves Game’s still got what it takes to survive in the business. The entire listing of tour dates can be viewed by heading through the […]

Drake Pushes Back ‘Take Care’

In an effort to make recordings and every aspect of his highly anticipated album Take Care that much more epic, Drake has pushed it back to an official release of November 15. Fans didn’t really expect this to happen but we can’t really do anything to stop the process. None-the-less UTG is still excited to […]

The World We Knew Announce US Tour

The World We Knew have announced their headlining tour with support coming from Inhale Exhale, The Browning and Dead And Divine. This is guaranteed to be one heavy show so be sure not to miss it if you enjoy these bands. View the official touring poster, with all dates attached, by simply clicking past the […]

New Found Glory Interview With PVR

Our good friend Robert Herrera sat down with the guys of New Found Glory during their Pop Punk Is Not Dead Tour in Hollywood. The band discuss their 7th album Radiosurgery, being in NFG for almost 15 years, upcoming touring plans and much more. Check out the entire interview by simply heading past the jump […]

Mikey Welsh Death

Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh passes away [UPDATED]

Today, a former bassist for Weezer passed away unexpectedly. Mikey Welsh was the bassist for weezer from 1998 to 2001. The Green Album was the only album he appeared on, however he can be found on the odd and end Weezer b-side and their limited edition Christmas album. Mikey left Weezer after a mental breakdown […]