This Saturday, May 18, Skate And Surf Festival will kick off at Six Flags Great Adventure New Jersey with dozens of the scene’s biggest names. A number of the UTG staff will be on hand for the event, and from the feedback we have been seeing on Twitter it sounds like a lot of you […]
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UTG LIST: 5 Must-See Sets At Skate And Surf (Day 1)
May 16th, 2013 
James Shotwell This Saturday, May 18, Skate And Surf Festival will kick off at Six Flags Great Adventure New Jersey with dozens of the scene’s biggest names. A number of the UTG staff will be on hand for the event, and from the feedback we have been seeing on Twitter it sounds like a lot of you […]
GameChanger World Launches App That Enhances This Year’s Skate And Surf Festival
May 15th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Skate And Surf founder John D’Esposito has spent much of his time in the past few years working on an additional medium most of us overlook: the smartphone app. While a few years ago, after Nine Inch Nails launched their own, artists having their apps was all the rage, it seems now that applications on […]
Skate And Surf Festival Changes Venues; Adds Mayday Parade To The Lineup
April 29th, 2013 James Shotwell Skate And Surf Festival will be moving from Freehold, NJ to Jackson, NJ at Six Flags Great Adventure on May 18 and 19 due to overwhelming demand. The move of venues was announced earlier this morning via press release, which also announced the addition of Floridian pop rockers Mayday Parade to the lineup. The change […]
Skate And Surf Festival Expands Line-up
March 21st, 2013 Grant Trimboli The 2013 Skate And Surf Festival is growing to enormous proportions by adding a slew of new artists and bands to this year’s line-up. Newly added are Of Mice & Men, Breathe Carolina, Escape the Fate, T. Mills, My Ticket Home, Hollywood Ending, World’s Fair, American Authors, Skip the Foreplay, Pittsburgh Slim, and Complete Confusion. […]
Skate And Surf Announce 2013 Lineup, Headliners Include Glassjaw, A Day To Remember, Macklemore, And RX Bandits
January 20th, 2013 Dan Bogosian I have to go to Skate And Surf this year. While several other bands hinted at their inclusion at the festival and a few had confirmed, an e-mail sent out to subscribers early this morning dropped a lot of big names. I wanted to go for Saves The Day and Glassjaw, but now you throw […]
RUMOR: Glassjaw To Play At Skate And Surf
December 22nd, 2012 Dan Bogosian Glassjaw has been awfully quiet lately, with no recordings since 2011’s Coloring Book. Lead vocalist Daryl Palumbo last did a show with one of his numerous projects in New York City on October 18 at Irving Plaza as Color Film. To our knowledge, Color Film is just Daryl and Richard Penzone of Men, Women & […]
2013 Skate And Surf Festival Reveals Dates
November 26th, 2012 Grant Trimboli The 2013 Skate And Surf Festival in New Jersey has finally been revealed and UTG has the completed puzzle here. Returning on May 8 and 9, the festival will be bigger than ever with acts from around the country! Stay tuned for artist/group announcements as we receive them. Tickets will be able to purchase through […]
Skate & Surf Festival Announces First Set Of Bands for 2015
December 18th, 2014 Dana Reandelar Asbury Park, NJ’s very own Skate & Surf Festival has just unveiled the first wave of bands who will be playing their fest in 2015, and it is a very interesting combination. The festival is scheduled for May 16 and 17. On the lineup are incredible bands such as Manchester Orchestra, The Wonder Years, Dropkick […]
UTG PHOTOS: Fall Out Boy, Awolnation, and PVRIS in New York, NY (03/04/16)
March 14th, 2016 MJ Rawls “Did you check everything? Are your batteries fully charged? Are your lenses clean? Seriously, check everything!” To say I gain a little OCD before shooting shows at Madison Square Garden is an understatement. It’s not that I don’t triple-check things to begin with, but this is the most famous arena in the world. You want […]
Triple Crown Records Signs A Will Away, Rock And Roll Lives
August 31st, 2015 John Bazley Connecticut rock group A Will Away have signed to Triple Crown Records. The label will re-issue the band’s early 2015 EP Bliss on October 23. If you’ve been following UTG in 2015, you’re likely already familiar with the band. I raved about Bliss when it released earlier this year, and we sat down with the band at […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Sir Cadian Rhythm Discuss Their Debut EP and Plans For 2015
April 22nd, 2015 Brian Leak Long Island’s Sir Cadian Rhythm have been a band for just over a year and already they’ve shown an immense amount of talent and promise with their self-titled, debut EP. Since its release in February, they’ve been hard at work on a follow-up amidst several other plans to take off in 2015. We had the […]