Philadelphia indie-rock outfit, Young Statues have released their holiday song, “Snow Bunny”. This holiday track is featured on Arbor Christmas: Volume 13, a holiday compilation formed by Jon Montague, who has since passed away. The idea started as a holiday TV show in which Montague would act as the “celebrity host” while his friends came […]
Archive for December, 2012
United Nations (Glassjaw, ex-Thursday) Now Features Members Of Pianos Become The Teeth
United Nations is a side project that, to the public’s knowledge, mainly consists of Daryl Palumbo (primarily known as Glassjaw‘s front man) and Geoff Rickly (the former vocalist for Thursday). Recently, they sent a so-called “transmission” to Alternative Press to announce a show and the addition of two unspecified members of Pianos Become The Teeth. […]
WATCH: Major League Perform Acoustic Set Outside After Show Shut Down
Pop/punk band Major League seemed to be on the upside with their new record and a successful cover of Foo Fighter’s “Everlong”. Last night, they were supposed to have a record release party in Freehold, New Jersey for Hard Feelings. The show was shut down by police; some are reporting that it was because of […]
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Into It. Over It. – “A Curse Worth Believing” Demo
Into It. Over It. have been working on their next album. Evan Weiss’ band also has a few tour dates coming up in January and March, but no major tours compared to how much they trekked in 2012. Their March dates are in support of Texas is the Reason, while the January dates are in […]
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Frank Ocean – “Wise Man” (Song For Django Unchained)
A while back, Quentin Tarantino announced that the song that Frank Ocean had written for his latest blockbuster, Django Unchained, was to be left off of the soundtrack. According to the famed director, “[Frank] wrote a fantastic ballad that was truly lovely and poetic in every way, there just wasn’t a scene for it.” Since then, we’ve been […]
UTG Interview: ZZ Ward
With her bold voice and charming personality there is absolutely no reason why ZZ Ward should not take over the world. With a bluesy sound spliced softly with hip-hop and protest singer influences, Ward seems to come at you from all angles. Sure, her sound can effortlessly be written-off as resembling Adele and Amy Winehouse, […]
Mod Sun Announces Winter Tour
The hip-hop hippie, and one of the most down to earth people in music today, Mod Sun has announced a winter tour kicking off this coming February. Featuring support from Cisco Adler, Pat Brown, Tayyib Ali, and select dates with Choo Jackson, this tour promises to be one heck of a party. Mod Sun also […]
RUMOR: Glassjaw To Play At Skate And Surf
Glassjaw has been awfully quiet lately, with no recordings since 2011’s Coloring Book. Lead vocalist Daryl Palumbo last did a show with one of his numerous projects in New York City on October 18 at Irving Plaza as Color Film. To our knowledge, Color Film is just Daryl and Richard Penzone of Men, Women & […]
LIVE VIDEO: The Starting Line – “Luck” [New Song]
After seeing the Starting Line a few weeks ago at the second Detroit date, I left completely satisfied. It was a fantastic performance with a killer set list. That being said, I would have loved to hear a new tune called “Luck.” So far, it has only been played at a handful of dates on the […]