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 […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Foxing Discuss ‘The Albatross,’ the Science in ‘Lucy’ and Their Audiotree Session
August 15th, 2014 
Drew Caruso 
REVIEW: Driver Friendly – ‘Unimagined Bridges’
July 15th, 2014 John Bazley Artist: Driver FriendlyAlbum: Unimagined Bridges Label: Hopeless RecordsGenre: Pop-Punk / Pop-Rock When I saw that Driver Friendly’s new album was titled Unimagined Bridges, I let out a chuckle that hid a lingering feeling of disappointment; the band used the metaphorical bridge extensively on their Hopeless Records debut EP Peaks + Valleys, and seeing the word in the new record’s title […]
REVIEW: Particle Wave – ‘Grand Unifier’
April 14th, 2014 Brian Leak Artist: Particle Wave Album: Grand Unifier Genre: Rock Los Angeles-based garage rock quartet Particle Wave recently released Grand Unifier, their third album since forming in 2006. Melding prominent elements of modern garage and psych rock with the best influences from earlier eras of rock and roll, the band’s newest release can appeal to many generations […]
UTG INTERVIEW: The Architects (US) Talk Future Of ‘Border Wars’
April 10th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler The Architects are not your little sister’s kind of rock n’ roll. The band is completely in your face, engrossing your brain with infectious riffs and irresistible melodies. Coming off the 2013 release, Border Wars – Episode 1, The ‘Tects are rampaging across venues in the greater 48 throughout this spring. Border Wars – Episode […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Run and Jump’
February 8th, 2014 Grace Duffy Film: Run and Jump Directed by: Steph Green Starring: Maxine Peake, Will Forte It’s a long way from Nebraska to Kerry. Will Forte is probably the last person you’d expect to see in the charming Run and Jump, an unexpectedly uplifting film about a family in rural Ireland struggling to deal with the aftermath of […]
REVIEW: Dum Dum Girls – ‘Too True’
January 29th, 2014 Brian Leak Artist: Dum Dum Girls Album: Too True Genre: Indie Pop, Lo-Fi Label: Sub Pop The Dum Dum Girls that we have come to know and love through the years is all but gone. And in the case of Too True, it’s not a bad thing. The progression we have seen from the stripped down, lo-fi […]
REVIEW: Sweet Weapons – All of My Best Friends are Dogs
July 30th, 2013 Grace Duffy Artist: Sweet Weapons Album: All Of My Best Friends Are Dogs Genre: Hardcore/rock Label: Escapist Records It’s strangely difficult to get more information on Sweet Weapons, but in an odd way it kind of adds to the lure of this album. All of my Best Friends are Dogs is, in itself, a profoundly strange album, […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Iron Man 3
April 27th, 2013 Grace Duffy Movie: Iron Man 3 Director: Shane Black Writers: Shane Black, Drew Pearce Studio:Marvel Studios, DMG Entertainment You can stop saying “Stark Knight Rises” now. This expression has been doing the rounds since the very first trailer landed for Iron Man 3, implying that Tony Stark’s third outing would be some kind of serious, redemptive meditation […]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Place Beyond the Pines
March 15th, 2013 Grace Duffy Movie: The Place Beyond the Pines Director: Derek Cianfrance The Place Beyond the Pines is a reminder of what cinema can achieve with so little. Our contemporary movie landscape is clustered with big-budget adaptations, comic book extravaganzas, fantasies, hard-boiled political thrillers, and comedies more notable for the bank balance of the actors in them than […]
REVIEW: Maker – Self Titled EP
November 9th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Artist: Maker Album: Maker Genre: Indie Punk To be quite honest, it had been some time since I had last listened to Maker prior to the new EP. After my first listen I was convinced the band I was listening to was a different band than I had remembered. However, I was wrong; it was […]
REVIEW: The Wallflowers – Glad All Over
October 13th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: The Wallflowers Album: Glad All Over Genre: Rock Label: Columbia Records It’s been a while since The Wallflowers released a new record, but you’d certainly never think it from Glad All Over. The band are as tight and together as ever, illustrating a truly remarkable precision and mastery over their craft that is nothing […]
UTG INTERVIEW: David Joyner, The Man Inside Barney
October 10th, 2012 Brian Leak Barney is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs, costumed characters and children’s show icons there is. When Barney & Friends first aired in 1992, kids went nuts and Barney merchandise flooded stores and homes alike. New episodes of the series have not run since 2009 but PBS stations still continue to show re-runs of Barney […]