After Death Grips broke up for what they said would be the last time, we have some exciting news. The experimental hip-hop duo have taken to Facebook to announce their final album, the powers that b, is complete. The double LP has yet to get a release date, but they will announce digital and physical copy information […]
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Death Grips Music Used In New Adidas Commercial, Band Still Broken Up
September 2nd, 2014 
James Shotwell Death Grips were/are one of the most anti-establishment bands to come along in a number of years. The group broke up earlier this year shortly after the release of their album Niggas On The Moon, but this morning their art was given new life in an incredibly corporate way when a snippet from a Government […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Foxing Discuss ‘The Albatross,’ the Science in ‘Lucy’ and Their Audiotree Session
August 15th, 2014 Drew Caruso On a warm evening in Cambridge, MA, at the venue known as The Middle East, I stood and watched as Foxing came alive on a small stage to a sold out crowd. I witnessed the band pour everything they had into the notes and sounds reverberating from their instruments, bleeding over the crowd, seemingly ill-prepared […]
REVIEW: The Otter Years – ‘Singles Collection’
July 24th, 2014 Mike Giegerich Artist: The Otter Years Album: Singles Collection Genre: IDM Label: Little League Records When listening to The Otter Years‘ work for the first time, one would not be foolish to suspect the musician behind it has focused their career efforts on experimenting with all facets of electronic music. Alas, they would be wrong, as The […]
Death Grips Announce They’re “Over”
July 2nd, 2014 Nina Corcoran Noise hip-hop group Death Grips are always full of surprises, yet perhaps today’s is the biggest of all. Shortly after dropping a mixtape collaboration with Bjork, they’re calling it quits. The band is known for canceling shows and dropping unexpected mixtapes, so who’s to say if this will hold true (or if they won’t reunite in […]
UTG LIST: The Best Releases You Might Have Missed From The First Half of 2014
June 30th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler If there’s one thing 2014 has brought us thus far it is an array of fantastic music. It seems as though every week there is a new record released that needs to be thrown into the consideration for album of the year. For our mid-year review at Under The Gun, we wanted to bring you […]
LIVE REVIEW: S. Carey in Allston, MA (4/17/14)
May 14th, 2014 Drew Caruso Under The Gun Review sent staff writer, Drew Caruso, to the Great Scott in Allston, MA on April, 17 to experience S.Carey with support from White Hinterland and Words Like Earth. If you were unsure, I absolutely loved S. Carey’s new album, Range of Light. It is a masterpiece of sound, highly illuminated by Carey’s […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Ras Xix
May 5th, 2014 Brian Leak Having traveled the world over, most recently uprooting from Singapore to Austin, Texas, it’s safe to say that Ras Xix has some valuable experience and miles under his belt to integrate into his creative vehicles. His brand new album was just released on May 1 but between promoting, securing funding, planning upcoming shows, and writing […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Amatus
April 16th, 2014 Brian Leak After reviewing Amatus‘ excellent debut EP late last month, the New York-based up-and-comer took some time to speak with us about Broken Compass, those involved with creating it and the other projects she’s currently working on. Check out our full conversation after the jump and make sure to give Amatus’s new 5-track EP a spin […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Vista Chino – Kyuss Lives! is Dead, Long Live Kyuss!
February 6th, 2014 Brenton Harris Rising from the ashes of the sadly burnt-out but much beloved desert-rock icons Kyuss, Vista Chino have been touring the world for the best part of the last three years, bringing the music and the vision of Kyuss screaming back to life in all of its distorted glory. Originally formed under the name Kyuss Lives! […]
LIVE REVIEW: Big Day Out (1/26/14 – Sydney, Australia)
January 30th, 2014 Brenton Harris For over two decades, the Big Day Out has been regarded as Australia’s premier touring musical festival. Responsible for bringing some of the world’s biggest acts to Australian shores, the Big Day Out has played host to international acts as influential and diverse as Nirvana, Kanye West, Blink 182, Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Iggy […]
Stream iamamiwhoami’s New Single Via Stunning Music Video
January 23rd, 2014 Brian Leak In December of 2009, I came across a couple of mysterious videos that immediately piqued my interest. They initially appeared to be some kind of music video teasers, but for what, or whom, I did not know. After doing some digging with fellow forum members, we came to the conclusion that it involved Jonna Lee, […]