Posted from Rollingstone.com Pearl Jam and Verizon have teamed up to launch a new mobile app that will allow Blackberry Tour users to download three live tracks from each of the remaining shows on the band’s current Backspacer tour, which concludes November 29th in Christchurch, New Zealand (check out the full list of dates below). […]
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Pearl Jam’s Backspacer Hits Number One
October 2nd, 2009 
Val Provided by Spin Pearl Jam’s spark is back! The revitalized alt-rock sound of Pearl Jam’s, Backspacer, has secured the Seattle band the No. 1 position on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, with 189,000 album copies sold in the first week of release! The triumph is the quintet’s first chart-topper since 1996’s No Code, and career […]
Pearl Jam Tour
September 19th, 2009 Val As posted by Paste Magazine With the release of Backspacer, Pearl Jam is embarking on an arena-rocking tour of North America, Australia and New Zealand. In other words, you might say, “Ohhhh, they’re still alive.” (Sorry.) Eddie Vedder and company will kick it off with two hometown shows in Seattle, and follow up with two […]
Upcoming Fall Tour Dates for Pearl Jam
July 11th, 2009 Brandon Upcoming Fall Tour Dates for Pearl Jam: August 8 – Calgary, AB @ Virgin Fest August 21 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre August 23 – Chicago, IL @ United Center August 24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center August 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival September 21 – Seattle, WA @ […]
Everyone Loves 90’s Covers
June 17th, 2010 Matth The Gaslight Anthem covers Pearl Jam’s ‘State of Love and Trust’
Celebrating 20 Years of Silverchair’s ‘Frogstomp’
April 1st, 2015 Brenton Harris In the last week of March in 1995, a band of three long-haired, fifteen-year-old grunge disciples from working class Newcastle in northern New South Wales shot to worldwide prominence courtesy of their enthusiastically received debut album Frogstomp. That band was known as Silverchair and for a nine-year-old Australian kid, raised on the likes of Nirvana, […]
UTG PHOTOS: Sleater-Kinney Make Their Triumphant Return (2/8/15)
February 10th, 2015 Xander Deccio In 2006, Sleater-Kinney, a well-known indie/alt rock band based out of Olympia, WA called it quits. The band had a huge following, and were one of the pioneers of shaping the roots of indie rock. Maybe most importantly, they never signed to a major label, even though many begged them to do so. However, the […]
Sleater-Kinney Announce Reunion Album and World Tour, Share New Single
October 20th, 2014 James Shotwell Following the surprise release of a new song over the weekend, Sleater-Kinney have confirmed plans to reunite in all the best possible ways. This morning, reps for Sleater-Kinney confirmed the band has not only reunited for the release of a new album, but that they will also spend a good portion of 2015 touring the […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Paul Maged Discusses ‘Diamonds & Demons’ and the Woes of the World
September 29th, 2014 Brian Leak Just last week, New York-based singer-songwriter Paul Maged released his sophomore LP, entitled Diamonds & Demons. With a wide array of influences including everyone from Billy Joel and Jimi Hendrix to Green Day and Pearl Jam, Maged’s newest is unsurprisingly diverse in sound and structure. We had the chance to speak with Maged for a […]
REVIEW: The Lost Poets – ‘Insubordia’
August 25th, 2014 Brian Leak Artist: The Lost Poets Album: Insubordia Genre: Rock, Alternative Stockholm, Sweden’s enigmatic alt-rock duo The Lost Poets bring together influences seemingly spanning the catalogs of acts such as Nirvana, Tool, Staind and Queens of the Stone Age, with dark and somewhat eerie themes and tones stringing it all together. Their most recent EP, Insubordia, boasts […]
REVIEW: The Gaslight Anthem – ‘Get Hurt’
August 12th, 2014 Drew Caruso Artist: The Gaslight Anthem Album: Get Hurt Genre: Alternative Rock Label: Island If you spend too much time attempting to vivisect the songs that make up The Gaslight Anthem’s fifth album, Get Hurt, you may very well miss it entirely. As listeners, we are used to the blue collar, Americana themes presented by the act, […]
Austin City Limits Festival Announces 2014 Lineup
April 22nd, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer Hey, look! It’s another 2014 festival lineup! After expanding to two weekends for the 2013 festival, the 2014 edition of the Austin City Limits Music Festival will take place on October 3-5 and 10-12, featuring headlining sets from Eminem, Pearl Jam, Outkast, Skrillex, Beck and Calvin Harris. Given that ACL and Lollapalooza are produced by […]