Alex James, bass player of the band Blur, is launching a new cheese range for Asda. The former winner of the British Cheese Awards had this to say: “I’m hugely passionate about this range and I’m so excited that I’ve been able to bring it to life. Seeing it stocked in Asda will give me […]
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The Get Up Kids cover Blur’s “Girls and Boys”
July 27th, 2011 
Grant Trimboli Watch The Get Up Kids perform their cover of Blur’s hit “Girls and Boys” right here on Under The Gun. How do you think the band did with the cover? Let us know by commenting.
Blur documentary coming to DVD
January 17th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Courtesy of Pitchfork: Back in November, we reported that a Blur documentary called No Distance Left to Run was set to debut in the UK this month. Well, NME reports that the film, from directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, will indeed begin a UK theatrical run next week. It premiered last night at London’s […]
Blur to Release Live Album
November 23rd, 2009 James Shotwell From Pitchfork: Following in the steps of everybody from Prince to Sigur Rós, Blur are set to release a free CD with a UK newspaper. The November 22 edition of the Sunday Times will come bundled with a 10-track disc featuring songs recorded live during Blur’s summer reunion tour. According to the Times, you’ll be […]
Blur hops on for “LEGO Rock Band”
October 15th, 2009 Chris Courtesy: Rolling Stone Many a Britpop fan in the Nineties described Blur as “adorable” — and that was before Damon Albarn and Co. were turned into LEGO versions of themselves for the upcoming music video game LEGO Rock Band. The recently reunited group’s “Song 2″ appears on the title’s in-game playlist (see the full list […]
REVIEW: The Hotelier find peace from agony with ‘Goodness’
May 25th, 2016 John Bazley Artist: The Hotelier Album: Goodness Label: Tiny Engines Genre: Taoist Indie Rock, Emo, Pop-Punk Like many fans of The Hotelier, I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard their breakout sophomore record, Home, Like Noplace Is There. Alone in my freshman year dorm room on a Sunday night in February, I listened to […]
UTG TRACK-BY-TRACK: Sego – ‘Once Was Lost Now Just Hanging Around’
April 22nd, 2016 Kyle Florence There are a lot of bands out there that claim to be unique, but few deliver on that promise quite like Sego. Unrestrained by genre tropes and destined to deviate, the Utah duo are truly beyond compare, combining a mish-mash of influences into a one-of-a-kind final product that is contagious, disorienting, and memorable all at […]
Boston Underground Film Fest 2016: ‘Kill Your Friends’ and ‘Little Sister’
March 28th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Kill Your Friends Starring: Ed Skrein, Nicholas Hoult, Rosanna Arquette Directed by: Owen Harris Music industry satires seem to be a semi-popular thing to do today. Vinyl, the Scorsese-produced HBO show, is now in its fifth or sixth week of characters doing cocaine and bumping into famous bands. While Kill Your Friends doesn’t go […]
UTG PHOTOS: Mija in Grand Rapids, MI (2/25/16)
March 7th, 2016 Benjamin Howell On February 25, Mija phased through The Stache in Grand Rapids, MI with VANTAGE and Attak in a blur of lasers, smoke and bass. The venue was packed before the show even began; everyone came to party. Equipped with glowing everything, the crowd was happy to show me why they believed Mija to be one […]
Transit announce breakup, final tour dates
February 29th, 2016 John Bazley Transit, the Boston pop-punk-turned-emo group best known for albums like Listen & Forgive and Keep This To Yourself, have announced their breakup. The band will play a few final shows and call it a day this Spring. Check out the final tour dates below. In their ten years as a band, Transit released five full-length records […]
REVIEW: Somos – ‘First Day Back’
February 19th, 2016 Dana Reandelar Artist: Somos Album: First Day Back Label: Hopeless/No Sleep Genre: Indie-Punk On their 2014 debut full-length Temple Of Plenty, Boston, Massachusetts’ Somos brought to the table clean-cut indie-punk anthems that swept many off of their feet. This led to successful tours and their almost-inevitable collaboration with a big indie label like Hopeless Records. Today the […]
UTG INTERVIEW: The Sunless Sea Discusses ‘No Ghosts’
December 8th, 2015 Brian Leak South Carolina’s The Sunless Sea—a solo project helmed by Witte Crosby—released a six-track EP titled No Ghosts in the first quarter of 2015. Packed with poppy electronics, elegant piano parts, surprising horns and more, Crosby’s influences are both diverse and recognizable as he melds elements of indie pop, pop-punk and alternative rock with invitingly familiar […]