If you have seen Touche Amore or La Dispute at any point since either band rose to prominence, you’ve probably overhead a snobby music fan in the back of the room loudly explaining to their friends that both bands harness a style similar to what Mewithoutyou delivered once upon a time. In 2014 fans will […]
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Curious Volume Changes Name, Streams New Song
November 23rd, 2012 
Matthew Dondiego Staten Island punk act Curious Volume announced that after 7 years they will be leaving behind their old moniker, changing their band name to Everything Ever. Along with the band’s big announcement, Everything Ever has released a brand new song titled ”Rock Bottom”, which available for free download and is the group’s first material since […]
Such Gold Announce East Coast Tour
November 8th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Such Gold recently wrapped up their tour with Citizen, Raindance, and Mixtapes, and already have a slew of tour dates announced leading all the way up to March. So what does one of the hardest working bands around do? They find a short week-long span where they have a couple of days to rest and […]
‘The Sins Of Dracula’ Trailer: All Hail Low Budget Filmmaking
September 7th, 2014 James Shotwell Scorpio Film has become something of a genre staple in recent years. Though the production company has not released a single film that received theatrical distribution, the people working at Scorpio have managed to craft some of the most bizarre original features in recent memory. The best, at least in our opinion, has been a […]
REVIEW: Of Montreal – ‘Lousy With Sylvianbriar’
October 19th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Artist: Of Montreal Album: Lousy With Sylvianbriar Genre: Psychedelic pop Label: Polyvinyl Hearing Of Montreal’s music for the first time is a trip in every sense of the word. When they formed in 1996, frontman Kevin Barnes wound up creating not just a new church, so to speak, but an entire religion. It’s all too […]
Sky Ferreira Cancels Tour Dates with Vampire Weekend
October 2nd, 2013 Nina Corcoran Teenage pop singer Sky Ferreira has been all up in the news recently–from her arrest, drug use, and debut album release date–and now she’s getting another headline. Ferreira was supposed to open several dates for Vampire Weekend but recently backed out. Ferreira said her reason for missing her opening tour dates for Vampire Weekend this […]
Attila Frontman Defends Use Of ‘Faggot,’ Claims He Is Not A Homophobe
June 30th, 2013 James Shotwell Attila frontman Chris Fronzak, known to many as Fronz, has taken to Twitter to respond to allegations that he is a homophobe. Anyone familiar with the world of Attila knows the band essentially makes their living on controversy. Their new album, About That Life, features talk of hard-partying, violence against haters, sex, drug use, and […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Jake Luhrs of heartsupport / August Burns Red
June 12th, 2013 Adrian Garza Last week we chatted with Jake Luhrs of August Burns Red, but instead of focusing our conversation on band stuff like their upcoming album, Rescue & Restore, we talked about Luhrs’ nonprofit, heartsupport. The frontman will be busy round the clock on every single day of this summer’s Warped Tour working as hard as he […]
STREAM: Coke Bust – “Iron Spiral”
May 17th, 2013 Tyler Osborne One of the fastest bands out of Washington, DC, hardcore band Coke Bust released a new song today titled “Iron Spiral.” Just under a minute in length, the song has the signature Coke Bust feel: fast and most certainly pissed. “Iron Spiral” is the first song to come off of Coke Bust’s newest full-length, Confined, […]
UTG INTERVIEW: William Control
January 31st, 2013 James Shotwell There are a select few in this alternative music community who truly spend every waking second trying to develop fresh ideas to share with curious ears. Sometimes their efforts fail, sure, but in our book a disastrous experiment is better than a monotonous retread of familiar sonic territory any day of the week. Of those […]
First Round of SXSW Bands Announced; Application Deadline Pushed Back
November 8th, 2012 James Shotwell SXSW is approaching faster than you think and this morning the first round of performing artists were announced. The list, which you can find below, features acts of all genres from around the world and barely begins to scrape the total list of artists who will eventually make the trek to Austin in March 2013. […]
REVIEW: The Shins – Port of Morrow
April 2nd, 2012 Josh Hammond Artist: The Shins Album: Port of Morrow Genre: Indie Rock Label: Columbia Records In life, there is a long ass list of things that people take too seriously. Religion, politics and The Shins new album top that list. The second that Port of Morrow hit NPR, masses of talking heads protested against its existence. Like a […]