Have you missed out on any important releases recently? You just might be in luck, since this week was chock full of reissues and repressings from indie labels like No Sleep Records and Run For Cover Records, as well as a few major artists, including David Bowie, Beth Orton, and Social Distortion. Can’t make a […]
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REVIEW: Self Defense Family – The Corrections Officer In Me
August 26th, 2013 
James Shotwell Artist: Self Defense Family Album: The Corrections Officer In Me Genre: Punk There are rooms in the world that are so quiet, so resistant to reflecting sound that one may hallucinate sounds. There are bands out there so resistant to classification that one may simply begin drawing comparisons where there aren’t any. Self Defense Family […]
Unwritten Law To Reunite With Drummer For SRH Fest
August 23rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell According to Unwritten Law’s Facebook page, their old drummer, Wade Youman, will be reuniting with the band for their performance at this year’s SRH Fest. For those of you who didn’t know, he parted ways with them in 2003 shortly after the release of their album, Music in High Places. You can read the official […]
Motionless In White Post Explanation Behind “America” Music Video
June 4th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Earlier today, Motionless In White released a music video for their latest single, titled “America.” The band has now released a statement explaining the vision behind the video, and you can read that statement by taking a look below the jump. The band will be embarking on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival this June, and the […]
What The Film!? – The X-Files: I Want to Believe
March 25th, 2013 Dane Sager What The Film!? is a weekly column exclusive to Under The Gun Review that brings to light the general fuckery Hollywood hoped you’d never notice. Written by Dane Sager, this column shows no mercy to films that try and pull the proverbial wool over our eyes. If you know a film with major plot holes […]
Paper + Plastick Records Release Benefit Compilation
November 10th, 2011 James Shotwell Paper + Plastick Records have released a benefit compilation for music publicist Rey Rolden after his personal property was involved in a serious fire, resulting in thousands of dollars worth of damage. The compilation, which you can grab here, features Chuck Ragan, Less Than Jake, Yellowcard, Polar Bear Club, The Sounds, MC Lars, and many, […]
Face to Face releasing first album since 2002
March 8th, 2011 James Shotwell Face to Face have announced a plethora of information about upcoming events. Not only will they be releasing their first new album since 2002 called Laugh Now… Laugh Later on May 17th, but they will also be touring for the first time since 2003. The track listing for the album is posted below, along with […]
The Loved Ones Reunite For Australian Tour
April 20th, 2010 Matth Back together with their old bassist, Australia is next on their tour list
Nikki Sixx – The Heroin Diaries [Book Review]
December 1st, 2008 James Shotwell Author: Nikki Sixx Title: Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life of a Shattered Rock Star Publisher: Pocket Books -Now Available in Paperback!- It seems that every month UTG exists, we change and are better because of it. Having only done one previous book review, I never really thought we’d get the opportunity again as […]
Boston Underground Film Festival 2016: ‘Blood Of The Tribades,’ ‘MAD,’ and ‘Chasing Banksy’
March 30th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Chasing Bansky Directed by: Frank Henenlotter Starring: Anthony Sneed How far would you go to pilfer a piece of art? Would you steal that item for financial gain or otherwise? Chasing Banksy‘s conceit is pretty simple. Based on a true story, Brooklyn artist Anthony Sneed saw massive gains in stealing an original Banksy piece […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Triple 9’ is dirty, mean and really, really good
February 26th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Triple 9 Directed by: John Hillcoat Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet “You gotta out-monster the monster,” Woody Harrelson’s joint-smoking detective, Jeffrey Allen, says before chugging another drink. Boilerplate truths like this one are littered throughout director John Hillcoat’s Triple 9, a cinematic piece of slam poetry dealing in dirges of nasty crime […]
The Black Dahlia Murder Unveil First ‘Abysmal’ Single
June 30th, 2015 Kyle Florence In anticipation of their seventh full-length album, Abysmal, The Black Dahlia Murder have graced fans with a brand new ripper titled “Vlad, Son Of The Dragon.” Stream it below, and if you’re a fan, pick up a pre-order here. While I’ve always been somewhat indifferent to the Michigan outfit’s thrashy brand of death metal, I […]