Welcome back to Weekly Wax! If your wallet is still reeling from Record Store Day, then this was probably a frustrating week, with pre-orders launching for a number of highly anticipated releases, such as Say Anything‘s latest, the Garden State soundtrack, and Knuckle Puck‘s The Weight That You Buried. For emo fans, Tiny Engines announced […]
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Fest 13 Makes First Lineup Announcement
April 1st, 2014 
Troy Sennett It was already a given that punks around the world would flock to Gainesville, Florida over Halloween weekend for the thirteenth annual Fest. The only question was which acts would top their must-see lists this year. Now that the first wave of bands has been announced, we can safely answer that question with one word: […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Frameworks Discuss ‘Loom’
March 28th, 2014 Adrian Garza Topshelf Records’ ever-expanding roster was given a hefty dose of vibrance and aggression in November when they had signed Frameworks. This Gainesville-based act will be releasing their debut full-length, Loom, through the label on April 29. Expectations for this record were set pretty high since the premiere of the title track and more recently, “Mutual […]
WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 3/2-3/8
March 8th, 2014 Troy Sennett Welcome to another edition of Weekly Wax, UTG’s round-up of vinyl news from the past week! Most of the stories in the past seven days concerned reissues and new releases for this year’s Record Store Day, which will take place on April 19. From high profile artists like Bruce Springsteen and Fun. to small indie […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Prawn – “Why You Always Leave a Note”
February 24th, 2014 Troy Sennett Since 2009, New Jersey’s Prawn have been churning out a steady stream of indie-tinged emo rock that should appeal to fans of A Great Big Pile of Leaves and Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) in equal measure. Most recently, Prawn was featured on a split EP with Illinois natives Joie de Vivre. One […]
Joie De Vivre And Prawn Stream Split EP
February 10th, 2014 Troy Sennett Joie de Vivre and Prawn might hail from vastly different parts of the country, but you would be hard pressed to find two better bands to represent the emo genre on a split EP. The five new songs on the team effort, out tomorrow via Topshelf Records and Count Your Lucky Stars Records, pull from […]
Foxing Release New Music Video
December 18th, 2013 Troy Sennett St. Louis, Missouri group Foxing have been one of the hottest new names in emo this year, signing to Count Your Lucky Stars Records in March and releasing their stellar debut full-length, The Albatross, in November. To top off their huge year, the band recently premiered a music video for one of the album’s standout […]
Stream Have Mercy’s Cover Of “White Christmas”
December 2nd, 2013 Kriston McConnell Bands have wasted no time this season in going all out for the holidays. While I usually hate cheesy over the top holiday celebrations, I’ve been enjoying the surge of Christmas enthusiasm expressed by bands over the last few weeks. The latest group of people to join in on the fun is the label known […]
WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 11/24 – 11/30
November 30th, 2013 Troy Sennett Black Friday has come and gone, and if you’re anything like me, you probably spent just a little more money than you wanted to on records. The deals were just so good though! Outside of all of the label sales, a lot of great records went up for sale this week. Circa Survive made the […]
The Hotel Year Announce Winter Tour Dates
February 22nd, 2013 Leanne Cushing The Hotel Year announced today that they will be going on tour at the end of February into late March. The band announced the news just a few weeks after signing to indie record label, Tiny Engines, which has been host to such bands as Tigers Jaw, Restorations, and Everyone Everywhere. This tour will follow […]
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Going On Winter Tour
November 29th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Connecticut emo band with an insanely long name The World is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die are going on tour with Topshelf Records label mates Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate). Several other bands are offering support at various shows. I’ve been to two TWIABP shows this year, and […]
Fest 11 Drops Lineup
April 5th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Gainesville, FL based Fest 11 announced the initial set up bands today for it’s October festival, and it’s unnecessarily fantastic. With bands such as Streetlight Manifesto, Frank Turner, Mixtapes, Polar Bear Club, and TONS of fantastic punk bands, this year is going to be fantastic as always. They haven’t even dropped the huge headliners yet (last year Lifetime […]