With festival season in full swing across North America and beyond, all eyes are set on the beautiful city of Des Moines, Iowa this weekend for the all-too-stacked two-day lineup at 80/35. More than just a slew of amazing artists playing across three stages this July 10-11, 80/35 is an entire experience—from the food to […]
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80/35 Is The Best 60 Bucks You’ll Spend All Summer
April 9th, 2015 
Matthew Leimkuehler The eighth annual 80/35 music festival, held in Des Moines, Iowa, has packed some major bang for your buck in this year’s lineup. At 59 dollars for a two-day pass, you get graced with artists such as Wilco, Weezer, Jenny Lewis, Run The Jewels, and many others. Not into two days for the event? One […]
Preview Two New Tracks off David Duchovny’s Debut Album
March 31st, 2015 Kyle Florence Last July, the always awesome David Duchovny announced that he would be releasing his debut album sometime in 2015. Never one to disappoint, the 54-year-old actor has since shared the details for his first full-length record, which is set to arrive on May 12 through Thinksay Records. Titled Hell or Highwater, Duchovny’s freshman outing will […]
UTG EXCLUSIVE: The Maine’s John O’Callaghan On Thriving By Way Of Passion And Diligence
March 31st, 2015 Dana Reandelar Unwavering in their attempts to pursue greater heights, Tempe, AZ alternative rock outfit The Maine have just put out American Candy, their most dynamic and sensational record to date. UTG had the pleasure of chatting with lead singer and lyricist John O’Callaghan. Below he tells us a story of how he came about doing what […]
Outside Lands Announces 2015 Lineup; Elton John, Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys To Headline
March 24th, 2015 Brian Leak San Francisco’s premier annual music, food and arts festival, Outside Lands, will be returning for its eighth consecutive year from August 7-9 at the historic and always beautiful Golden Gate Park. This year’s lineup has been revealed and it’s a doozy, as per usual. Apart from all the endlessly delicious foods, beers and wines, Outside […]
UTG INTERVIEW: MAIDS @ 80/35
July 17th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler A MAIDS live show isn’t something that’s going to punch you in the gut. It’s not aggressive or overbearing. A MAIDS live show is like an addictive trance. The band sends participants into a transfusive and seductive melting pot of pop hooks and an authentic mixture of electronic and experimental instrumentation. It’s the type of […]
WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 6/8-6/14
June 14th, 2014 Troy Sennett Welcome back to Weekly Wax! As usual, this week had no shortage of exciting pre-orders and classic reissues. First off, you can pick up the new albums from UTG favorites ’68 and Bleachers, both due out in July. After that, head over to Interpunk and snag the colored vinyl versions of two Big D and […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World
June 2nd, 2014 Brian Leak “A lot of these songs were like lifelines to me. They were redeemers. When I wrote them and sang them they gave me a reason to keep going.” With the official release of his forthcoming debut still three weeks away, we’re pleased to have had the opportunity to speak with Matt Townsend about his newest […]
WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Releases “Sing About Me” Video
December 21st, 2013 Rebecca Docter In a follow up to the No. 16 Video of the Year “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” Kendrick Lamar has released a video for the song “Sing About Me” off of the album good kid, m.A.A.d city. The video was directed by Darren Romanelli (Wilco’s “Dawned On Me”) and features Lamar drifting around Compton until he […]
Austin City Limits Releases Schedule
July 24th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Austin, TX’s slogan should include not only keeping the DIY-centered city “weird,” but musical too. Austin City Limits returns this year for two weekends, October 4-6 and October 11-13, and the schedule has just been released. Much to festival-goers’ delights, the two weekends have a pretty similar schedule. Much to festival-goers’ disappointment, there are some […]
Beck Announces Short Acoustic Tour
April 29th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Beck Hansen, perhaps best known to some as a “Loser” in the 90s (see-what-I-did-there), hasn’t released an album since 2008’s Modern Guilt, unless you count last year’s book of sheet music, Song Reader, as an album. Obviously, Beck is known for doing some unusual things. Today, Pitchfork let the world know that Beck has been working […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Koji
September 28th, 2012 Adrian Garza Sometimes, stripped-down acoustic music is all you really need to hear. Sure, loud and fast music is good and great, some can listen to it for hours on end. But sometimes, you just get tired of having someone shout in your face, and you just want to hear organic feel-good tunes with a passionate message. […]