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The Fall Of Troy Reuniting For Three Shows In Texas, Playing First Three Albums In Full

Most reunions that have happened have come on the tenth anniversary of a band’s biggest album. The Fall of Troy will reunite this December to perform their first three albums in full with the original lineup; other sites are incorrectly reporting they will perform their entire discography, but this is not the case, as the […]

Bruno Mars Will Perform At This Year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bruno Mars will perform at this year’s Super Bowl Halftime show. Reports are in that he will do as such, and then his official Facebook has a post saying, “WE’RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!” Last year’s Super Bowl performance had Beyoncé; more memorable performances include Prince covering the Foo Fighters and Justin Timberlake and […]

WATCH: Two New Pixies Songs Live

The Pixies recently released EP-1, an… EP… with new songs on it. While recently doing a show – one of their first with bassist, Kim Shattuck, who replaced another Kim in Kim Deal – they played two new songs. According to Pitchfork, the two new songs are called “Blue Eyed Hexe” and “Greens and Blues.” […]

WATCH: Queens Of The Stone Age – “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” (Arctic Monkeys Cover)

Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme produced the new Arctic Monkeys album, AM, and has now covered the single from said album with his main project. Perhaps unexpected, though, this version is far more relaxed and chill; though it isn’t just Josh singing and playing on it, this version is definitely acoustic. Overall, it’s […]

Bon Iver Will Return, According To… Bon Iver

In the wake of some over zealous blogs posting that Bon Iver was most likely over (we ourselves posted saying Justin Vernon was “unsure”), his label has posted that Bon Iver will return and pointed at several interviews pointing out the plan has always been for a long hiatus. From Jagjaguwar, both Bon Iver and […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Moby – “The Perfect Life” (With Wayne Coyne Of The Flaming Lips)

The musicians most prone to unusual collaborations are unusual musicians. Wayne Coyne, frontman for The Flaming Lips, and Moby have collaborated on the song “The Perfect Life,” with Wayne singing some vocals. The two now have released an official music video for it that features random dancing costumed people. In his own words, Moby says […]

MGMT Preview Songs In Trailer For New Album

MGMT‘s next album, MGMT, will be out September 17 on Columbia Records, and the band has released a trailer in anticipation of the full length release. The trailer, produced by Mercedes-Benz (but not heavily featuring any Mercedes, because why?), is directed by Jordan Fish and has the band being spied on by the government, because […]

65daysofstatic, Caspian, And TWIABP To Tour This November

The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have hopped on quite a few tours lately – Finch, Brand New, and The Front Bottoms come to mind. Now they’ll hop on Caspian’s first band without their recently deceased bassist, both supporting UK headliners 65daysofstatic. For some reason, TWIABP will […]

Former Finch Bassist Admits To Running A Mortgage Audit Scam

Temecula, California, 2002. Five young men in a band called Finch release What It Is To Burn to critical acclaim. Fast forward to St. Louis in 2013, and one of those men has long since been out of the band and is now admitting that he ran a mortgage audit scam. According to St. Louis […]

UTG VIDEO PREMIERE: Strawberry Girls – “Negro Spiritual” (Live In Studio)

Strawberry Girls have been one of our favorite bands for some time, well before they signed to Tragic Hero Records. The self-described “groove rock” band has the physical release of their debut full length album, French Ghetto, coming up on October 1. In anticipation, they’ve filmed a live video of one of the deepest jams […]

Justin Vernon Unsure If He Will Return To Bon Iver

There’s no good way to say a headline that involves a statement full of doubt. In an interview with Triple J (as sourced by NME), Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon suggested he was nowhere near the headspace needed to write another Bon Iver record, and was unsure if he ever would be. The full quote is as […]

Tera Melos Announce Fall Tour With Zorch, Fang Island

The Sargent House family has been touring a lot with each other lately (TTNG & Tera Melos, TTNG & Mylets), and now this tour that features Tera Melos, Zorch, and Fang Island. This is in addition to Tera Melos’ tour with Minus the Bear that starts in early September. Overall, it should be a good […]