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State Champs Announce ‘Around The World And Back,’ Stream “Secrets”

State Champs have been very busy lately. The Albany pop-punk breakouts have spent the past year on the road alongside All Time Low in the U.S. and 5 Seconds Of Summer in Australia. In more good news, it seems they are gearing up finally to put out some new music. Following their very successful debut […]

The Maine Announce Free Tour, ‘American Candy’ Full-Album Tour As Well

To celebrate the band’s eighth year together, The Maine have announced a series of completely free admission shows for the fall. The band has reportedly been planning a tour like this for quite some time now. Over the past year, the band has taken to Twitter inquiries from fans about potential venues; now the tour […]

Real Friends’ New Music Video For “Sixteen” Will Make You Very Sad

Illinois sad boys Real Friends have just put out a heartbreaking new music video for their song, “Sixteen.” Taken from their most recent album Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing, and under the direction of Max Moore, the video features a young boy’s lonely sixteenth birthday party at a bowling alley. […]

Patent Pending Sign To Rude Records, Announce New EP

Long Island’s finest five-piece, Patent Pending, have just announced that they will be putting out a brand new EP this summer, entitled Armageddon, under Rude Records. The band spent this past year recording the new EP in Nashville, Tennessee with Jordan Schmidt. Below you will find a new music video for their single, “Brighter.” The band […]

Lil Wayne Drops Free New Album On Tidal

Lil Wayne and his Tidal-using fans got to spend their Fourth Of July weekend jamming to fifteen new tracks. The New Orleans hip-hop recording artist released the much anticipated/now-shortened FWA–also formerly known as the Free Weezy Album–this past Saturday for free on Jay-Z (and company)’s brand new music streaming platform, Tidal. FWA is, as one can […]

Nai Harvest Release New Music Video For “Ocean Of Madness”

Sheffield, UK indie-emo duo Nai Harvest released their sophomore record, Hairball, this past April. Today, with the help of director Eric Crisp, they released a brand new music video for their song “Ocean Of Madness.” The dreamy ballad is brought to life with lead singer Ben Thompson and drummer Lew Currie having a lot of […]

UTG PREMIERE: Mirror Eyes Debut Their New EP, ‘Reality’

Coming together from the Northeast, the Midwest, and the South, melodic hardcore five-piece Mirror Eyes are here to impress and offer diverse musical stylings to a vast majority of music lovers. Today the band is thrilled to premiere their debut EP, entitled Reality. Undeniably an homage to those that have brought melodic hardcore to the forefront, […]

REVIEW: Miguel – ‘Wildheart’

Artist: Miguel Album: Wildheart Label: RCA Genre: R&B, Soul Kaleidoscope Dream from 2012 set the bar very, very high for Wildheart. Grammy-award winner Miguel was on the verge of continuing to champion for the R&B/neo soul sub-industry alongside the likes of D’Angelo and Erykah Badu. In this new record, Los Angeles was his chosen cynosure and […]

Four Year Strong Announce Massive US Fall Tour

Four Year Strong are scheduled to hit the road once again this Fall for a huge US outing in support of their brand new self-titled record, which was released earlier this month via Pure Noise. The Worcester, MA easycore four-piece will be taking a bunch of great bands on the road with them, including Defeater, […]

The Wonder Years Announce New Album, ‘No Closer to Heaven’

Earlier this year, pop-punk frontrunners The Wonder Years celebrated their tenth anniversary as a band with three discography shows in their hometown of Philadelphia. It now seems as though there are more big things in store for them in 2015. This morning, the band has announced that they will be putting out a brand new album, […]

Lydia Announce Fall Headlining Tour With Seahaven, Turnover & The Technicolors

Having recently wrapped up their successful summer tour alongside The Early November and Restorations, Phoenix indie rock outfit Lydia have just announced that they will be back on the road this Fall. This upcoming tour will be held in support of their impending full-length record, the direct follow-up to 2013’s Devil, which is estimated to […]

You Can Now Listen To The New Refused Album, ‘Freedom’

It has been over seventeen years since their last full-length album, The Shape Of Punk to Come; but Swedish punk band Refused are finally back with new material. Due out on June 30 via Epitaph, Freedom is produced by Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). “It’s not a reunion anymore,” frontman Dennis Lyxzén shares. “This […]