Archive for August 18th, 2014

MUSIC VIDEO: Chelsea Grin – “Playing With Fire”

Coming off the heels of their time spent on the Vans Warped Tour and the release of their third studio album, Ashes To Ashes, Chelsea Grin have shared a rather dark music video for their single, “Playing With Fire.” Do you like fire? Chelsea Grin sure do. According to them, the best way to complement lyrics […]

Charli XCX Wants To “Break The Rules” And Put Out This New Album, ‘Sucker’

Many ages ago, in a time before “Boom Clap” and “Fancy” appeared against the radio horizon, Charli XCX released a candystriped single called “Superlove.” It was, presumably, a precursor to a second album. News of that second album was a long time coming, though. We got a few cool covers, and then, well, Iggy and The Fault […]

UTG PHOTOS & REVIEW: Outside Lands 2014, Days Two & Three (8/9, 8/10)

Under The Gun Review co-owner and editor, Brian Lion, attended the Outside Lands Music & Arts festival in San Francisco, CA from August 8-10. The 7th annual Outside Lands Music & Arts festival took place from August 8-10 in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. Hosting upwards of 180k attendees, Outside Lands […]

UTG Premiere: Nemes – “Butterfly” (Lyric Video)

New England folk outfit Nemes have been longtime friends of UTG. They were one of the first unsigned bands we ever featured on our site, and in the six years since that time their talent and recognition has only continued to grow. Now, after many months of busking, touring, crowdfunding, and doing everything imaginable in […]

UTG Album Premiere: Get Stoked – ‘Washington Street’

This is a fact we have no doubt mentioned a thousand times in the past, but UTG is a product of Michigan. We may have moved our offices several times since launching on the campus of Ferris State University in the spring of 2008, but that does not mean our hearts ever left the so-called […]

Nicki Minaj Releases “Anaconda” Lyric Video

Nicki Minaj has been riding the viral attention given to “Anaconda” for the better part of a month, and today she continues to milk her latest single for all its worth the debut of the track’s official lyric video. If you know anything about Nicki Minaj it’s likely the fact she does any and everything […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Sleepwave’s Spencer Chamberlain Talks ‘Broken Compass’

As I was patiently sitting outside the venue, waiting to meet up with Spencer, I watched his tall figure move from fan to fan, talking with them, taking pictures, shaking hands — you name it. In the past year or so, it’s been easy to tell that Chamberlain has seen better days. But now, it’s […]

Hostage Calm Stream “A Thousand Miles Away From Here”

Are you ready to Die On Stage? If not, let us help you prepare… Hostage Calm are back, and today they are continuing the promotional run towards the release of their latest studio album with the premiere of a brand new track titled “A Thousand Miles Away From Here.” The song, which premiered on Noisey […]

Florida Georgia Line Announce Sophomore Album, Set October Release Date

The biggest duo in country music are back. Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard, better known to the world as Florida Georgia Line, have announced plans to release their Sophomore album, Anything Goes on October 14. The album arrives just a year after the group re-issued their debut album, Here’s To The Good Times, which has […]

UTG TV: Rockstar Mayhem Fest 2014 With Islander

Serving as one of the truly up-and-coming acts on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2014, Islander seemingly had a lot to prove. That didn’t manage to have an effect on the guys keeping it cool, though. Believe it or not, by the time UTG TV spoke to them in Scranton, they’d already become friends with the […]

Trinidad Jame$ Shares “Hating On Me” Featuring iLoveMakonnen

What we have here is a track that is bound to get far more attention because it was released this week instead of last, and I’ll tell you why: Drake. Last week, iLoveMakonnen went from being a relatively unknown musician on the international scene to appearing on every major urban music blog after October’s Very […]

5 Seconds Of Summer Cover Eminem In Detroit (Video)

Fast-rising pop rock band 5 Seconds Of Summer have spent the past several weeks touring North America as the opening act on the latest leg of One Direction‘s world tour. In that time, the Australian based band have made their first appearance in many US cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and – most […]