Don’t let the Gainesville, FL point of origin fool you. Frameworks aren’t a bunch of scruffy, PBR swilling orgcore punks. Well, maybe they drink PBR. I don’t know the guys personally, so who’s to say what their libation of choice is? No, Frameworks’ tastes and style is far more contemporary. For the uninitiated think along the […]
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REVIEW: For Today – ‘Wake’
October 9th, 2015 
Brian Leak Artist: For Today Album: Wake Genre: Metalcore Label: Nuclear Blast Wake likely won’t convert any For Today non-believers, but long-time fans of the band’s middling metalcore sound should find themselves enjoying a sixth full-length addition to their FT library. This is by no means the Iowa act’s weakest effort to date, but apart from a […]
Stream A New Track From Pet Symmetry’s Split With Slingshot Dakota
November 11th, 2014 Dana Reandelar Well known for their song titles barely making it into Twitter’s 140 character limit is a band called Pet Symmetry. They are an indie rock, power pop trio comprised of Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It., Their/They’re/There), Erik Czaja (Kittyhawk), and Marcus Nuccio. Late last summer, Soft Speak Records launched a split 7″ series that […]
Pianos Become The Teeth Stream Another Beautiful Single From ‘Keep You’
September 29th, 2014 Brian Leak With each bit we hear from Pianos Become The Teeth‘s Epitaph Records debut, Keep You, we grow accustomed to their somewhat drastic change in sound. The complete omission of screaming previously found throughout their catalogue has left many fans scratching their heads (and bitching), but we’re embracing the new sound as it makes for some […]
Prawn Announce Summer Tour Dates With Into It. Over It.
May 6th, 2014 Corey From Don’t let all of the news about your favorite 90s emo bands make you miss some of the new bands that are helping spur this revival along. The New Jersey group that goes by Prawn have been grabbing the ears of listeners lately, after their four-way split with the likes of Frameworks, Kittyhawk and Droughts, […]
Tiny Moving Parts Announce Split With Old Gray, Stream New Song
April 23rd, 2014 Troy Sennett Tiny Moving Parts burst onto the scene last year with an excellent debut full-length, This Couch Is Long and Full of Friendship, and they’re wasting no time following it up. The recent Triple Crown Records signees will release a split with New Hampshire’s Old Gray on May 20, and you can stream a new song […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Prawn – “Laki”
April 8th, 2014 Mark Garza New Jersey five-piece Prawn have premiered their new music video for “Laki” on The A.V. Club. The band is setting up to release their sophomore full-length on Topshelf Records after their most recent split with Joie De Vivre, a co-release between Topshelf and Count Your Lucky Stars, and their four-way split with Droughts, Frameworks and Kittyhawk that […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Tiny Moving Parts Discuss Recording LP #2, Emo, and SXSW
April 4th, 2014 Adrian Garza The past year and a half has been massive for Triple Crown Records’ latest signing, Tiny Moving Parts. In January, the group released their full-length debut, This Couch is Long and Full of Friendship, and was met with widespread acclaim. So much to the point that we named them one of our 5 artists you […]
Fest 13 Makes First Lineup Announcement
April 1st, 2014 Troy Sennett It was already a given that punks around the world would flock to Gainesville, Florida over Halloween weekend for the thirteenth annual Fest. The only question was which acts would top their must-see lists this year. Now that the first wave of bands has been announced, we can safely answer that question with one word: […]
WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 2/23-2/29
March 1st, 2014 Troy Sennett Record Store Day is getting closer and closer, with new releases being announced nearly every day, but you don’t have to wait until April 19 or stand in a long line to buy most of the records featured in this edition of Weekly Wax. The highlights include the first in a series of Oasis reissues, […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Prawn – “Why You Always Leave a Note”
February 24th, 2014 Troy Sennett Since 2009, New Jersey’s Prawn have been churning out a steady stream of indie-tinged emo rock that should appeal to fans of A Great Big Pile of Leaves and Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) in equal measure. Most recently, Prawn was featured on a split EP with Illinois natives Joie de Vivre. One […]
Joie De Vivre And Prawn Stream Split EP
February 10th, 2014 Troy Sennett Joie de Vivre and Prawn might hail from vastly different parts of the country, but you would be hard pressed to find two better bands to represent the emo genre on a split EP. The five new songs on the team effort, out tomorrow via Topshelf Records and Count Your Lucky Stars Records, pull from […]