The Midwestern emo scene was not only one of the most important waves in the ’90s, but one of the most important waves to this day. Chicago got lucky when Braid started up back then, and we are similarly lucky to have them making a return to the scene today. No Coast, their first full-length album […]
Archive for June 30th, 2014
UTG INTERVIEW: Damian Wilde
June 30th, 2014 
Brian Leak To me, everything about Damian Wilde appears to be interesting–from his upbringing, to his locale, to his surprising taste in music. This includes his own music as well. His newest EP, entitled Nouveau Noir, is hard to pin down genre-wise. It could appeal to fans of R&B, indie rock, and ambient trip-hop. Basically, if you’re […]
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10 Years Later: From First To Last’s ‘Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Body Count’
June 30th, 2014 Kriston McConnell On June 29, 2004, it was summer vacation for me. In just a couple of months my friends and I would be moving on to be sophomores in high school. At the time screamo/emo was growing into “mainstream” popularity. At the time I was into metal and punk. That did not last too long and […]
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REVIEW: Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World – ‘Self-Titled’
June 30th, 2014 Brian Leak Artist: Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World Album: Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World Genre: Folk, Acoustic, Indie Matt Townsend and his extensive backing band have burst onto the folk scene with an impressive 9-track debut that spans 46 minutes of a dozen instruments and various voices coming together to create […]
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EP STREAM: Our Last Night – ‘Oak Island’ (Acoustic)
June 30th, 2014 Kriston McConnell A couple of days ago Our Last Night released an acoustic version of the EP they recently released, titled Oak Island. The EP features all seven of the original songs re-hashed into acoustic versions. It also includes one bonus track titled “Falling Away.” As a treat for fans who haven’t picked it up yet, the […]
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