1st has spent much of his career outside the immediate gaze of hip-hop’s spotlight, but he’s no stranger to the success that it entails. Half of Atlanta’s trap production-duo, FKi, the multi-faceted artist’s career began in the studios of Collipark Music and quickly ascended after a basement-studio session with Travis Porter resulted in two Billboard-charting singles. Since that fateful […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Michael Leonard Witham
November 24th, 2014 
Brian Leak “Somewhere along the line, it became uncool to like popular bands or artists. Fuck that. A good song is a good song. I like what I like.” The impetus for the still-budding musical career of Arkansas’ Michael Leonard Witham is a unique one, but one that will undoubtedly make for an interesting opening in the […]
NEW EMINEM: Slaughterhouse And Yelawolf Join Slim On “Psychopath Killer”
November 21st, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Eminem dropped a new track yesterday from his upcoming release Shady XV, featuring Slaughterhouse and Alabama’s own Yelawolf. Mr. Mathers has been making headlines seemingly every day for the past few weeks, whether for jabs at Lana Del Rey or Iggy Azalea. But for as long as he keeps coming out with fire tracks, the […]
REVIEW: Wild Imaginaries – ‘Shades’ EP
November 20th, 2014 Scott Murray Artist: Wild Imaginaries Album: Shades EP Genre: Pop, Piano Rock Label: Unsigned From the ashes of San Francisco band Via Coma comes the next project from the Bay Area trio who are now known as Wild Imaginaries. The group’s first installment comes in the form of a five-song, piano pop EP, titled Shades. Shades doesn’t […]
REVIEW: Various Artists – ‘Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6’
November 16th, 2014 James Shotwell Artist: Various Album: Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6 Genre: Covers/Compilation Label: Fearless Records Two years have passed since Fearless Records shared Punk Goes Pop Vol. 5, and in that time the world of top 40 music has undergone quite a transformation. There is less music created by actual instruments at radio today than ever before, […]
Charli XCX Pushes Back ‘Sucker,’ Shares New Album Art
September 22nd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Following a steady slew of good news from Charli XCX, we have a bit of a downer: the release of her sophomore album Sucker has been pushed back from October 21 to December 16 in the US. The album won’t see light in Europe until next year, with January 26 set for the UK/Europe drop date. The […]
UTG PHOTOS: Lollapalooza 2014 in Chicago, IL
August 21st, 2014 Corbin Alvae Under The Gun’s Head of Photography, Corbin Alvae, attended Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago, IL. I went out to Chicago to attend the infamous 3-day music festival known as Lollapalooza, which takes place at Grant Park in the downtown area. The whole weekend was packed with artists of various genres; everything from electronic, to […]
Stream Charli XCX’s “Boom Clap” Remixes EP
July 28th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Ever since UK singer-songwriter Charli XCX first hit the radio airwaves as a featured singer on Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” she’s been steadily rising. Her new single “Boom Clap” just peaked at #14 on the Hot 100 chart, making it her biggest hit as a solo artist to date, and she’s releasing […]
M.I.A. Joins The Partysquad For “Gold”
July 24th, 2014 Tyler Hanan If you haven’t listened to the latest M.I.A. album, the banger-laden Matangi, please visit that. It’s worth the time. After you’ve done that, return here for this new M.I.A. track – kind of. Per Consequence of Sound, she’s teamed up with The Partysquad for “Gold.” It isn’t as golden as “Only 1 U” or “Bad Girls,” […]
Stream Weird Al’s New Album, ‘Mandatory Fun,’ In Full
July 17th, 2014 James Shotwell I don’t know about you, but I have spent the last couple of days anxiously waiting to see what top 40 song Weird Al parodied next. “Tacky” reminded us why he has stayed relevant all these years, but it wasn’t until “Word Crimes” that I felt confident in saying Al is delivering some of the […]
Charli XCX Announces North American Tour
July 8th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Oh, Charli. The should-be pop star – for now only a “pop ingenue” or “pop singer” in articles – seems destined to only get tastes of the limelight while featuring on the hits of others. First came “I Love It,” which was fine – that song is fantastic, and Icona Pop is pretty great. The […]
Ariana Grande Breaks Free On New Single
July 3rd, 2014 Mike Giegerich Ariana Grande is on the verge of absolute pop stardom due to an unbelievable amount of buzz stemming from her strong full-length debut in 2013 along with this year’s “Problem,” a chart-scorching single featuring fellow rising sensation, Iggy Azalea. With seemingly no limit on how far she can take her well-received sound, Grande has released […]