Archive for May, 2013

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Funeral For A Friend Announce UK Tour

Funeral For A Friend have announced that they plan on touring the UK in early October. The short run starts on October 2 at Cardiff University, then travels to London, Glasgow, and finally Manchester. Head out to a show if you are able and support the group. Check out the itinerary and watch out for […]

STREAM: Bass Drum of Death – “Crawling After You”

Hailing from Mississippi, Bass Drum of Death are a group of indie lo-fi rockers who are ready to break through in 2013. My Old Kentucky Blog released another new song entitled, “Crawling After You,” from their upcoming new self-titled album. When you blend together an, “I don’t care” punk-rock attitude with catchy melodies, you get […]

Hodgy Beats Premieres “Years”

Odd Future continue their takeover of hip hop this morning with release of another new track from Hodgy Beats, entitled “Years.” Set against a lo-fi beat that sounds like the place where space and street life collide, Hodgy goes in on “Years” with thoughts and visions about his life, the direction it’s headed, and the […]

surfer blood

STREAM: Surfer Blood – “Gravity”

Surfer Blood has released a slew of new tracks in the past few months. Everything from “Weird Shapes,” to even the b-side from their Record Store Day 7″, “Slow Six.” Today, Surfer Blood unveils another new track, teasing their new album, Pythons, even further. The track is entitled “Gravity,” and is the perfect blend of their […]

REVIEW: Heights – Old Lies For Young Lives

Artist: Heights Album: Old Lies For Young Lives Genre: Hardcore Label: Transcend Music Heights have been together going on four years now. They’ve had a few lineup changes in that time, including kicking out their lead vocalist in 2012 and replacing him with the bassist. That caused a bit of an uproar amongst fans, as […]

The Dangerous Summer Release New Non-Album Track

After releasing two incredible full length albums in the past, Dangerous Summer fans and critics are waiting in anticipation for the release of their new album. AbsolutePunk reports that the band began teasing the album by releasing an instrumental non-album track, entitled “Hemingway,” via their SoundCloud page. The instrumental track contains a vocal sample during […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Allison Weiss – “Making It Up”

Allison Weiss has teamed up with MTV’s Buzzworthy blog to premiere her video for “Making It Up.” Weiss told MTV that her and director, Kristen Winter, had the video’s concept for awhile now, but could never find the time to film it. “The only weekend available was the one surrounding my birthday, so I celebrated my 26th […]

Aiden Begin Writing, Planning New (Final?) Album For 2014

Earlier this year, UTG sat down with William Control to discuss a number of things, including the fate of his punk band Aiden. At that point, Aiden had not been heard from in months, and it was clear from our discussion with William that it would be some time before that project was heard from […]

HOLY SH!T: Grumpy Cat Now Has A Movie Deal

There are thousands of aspiring screenwriters throwing their laptops at walls and out windows this morning following the announcement that Hollywood’s latest acquisition is based on nothing more than a photo. Grumpy Cat, real name Tardar Sauce, is a cat from the middle of America who essentially took over the internet starting in September 2012. […]

Ben Folds Stream Live Album

Ben Folds are currently set to release a live album June 4. They’ve partnered up with The Wall Street Journal to stream the album a little early for fans. You can access that stream by heading right here. If you like what you hear, then head on over to Amazon and pre-order a copy for […]

Spirit Vision Studios

SPIRIT VISION PRESENTS: Wildkin – “Everywhere I Go”

Welcome to Spirit Vision Presents. This is a brand new series that will feature live performances in studio by an array of talented artists. We’ve teamed up with Ben Rosett and Ian Jennings of Spirit Vision Studios and the band Strawberry Girls to bring you some music to appreciate by musicians you may or may not have heard. We’re doing this […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Palisades Ft. Andy Leo (Crown The Empire) – “Outcasts”

Palisades released the new music video for their title track and features Andy Leo of Crown The Empire. The group bring a ton of energy and emotion to the new album and is displayed in the live clips presented. Outcasts is out now so go pick it up right now! The group are going to […]