The reverentially lauded Godspeed You! Black Emperor surprised and delighted fans, critics, and music lovers in general by quietly releasing Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! in October of last year. There was suddenly a new album there on the merch table at a Boston show, like it hadn’t been ten long years since Yanqui U.X.O. had been […]
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Awarded Polaris Music Prize, Don’t Really Want It
September 24th, 2013 
Tyler Hanan 
Paramore’s Parahoy Cruise Finalizes Its Lineup
September 10th, 2013 Kendra Beltran Paramore have added even more to the list of friends they’re taking on their Parahoy cruise. Tegan and Sara was the first band announced and they’ll be joined by Bad Rabbits, mewithoutYou, Shiny Toy Guns, Reuben Wu, and (who didn’t see this coming?), New Found Glory. Paramore set sail on March 7 from Miami to […]
UTG PREVIEW: Eight Reasons Riot Fest Is The Most Unique Festival Of The Year
September 4th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Riot Fest Chicago is everything an alternative music lover of the past 3 decades wants in a festival. It is arguably the most buzzed about, tweeted at, liked and talked about festival of 2013. It has the potential to be legendary. Riot Fest-Chicago will be a weekend full of unforgettable sets and unrealistic appearances. Here at […]
STREAM: Hellogoodbye “(Everything Is) Debatable”
August 27th, 2013 Jacob Tender Hellogoodbye took us by surprise with the head-of-its-time record Would It Kill You. Vastly more mature than its predecessor, it was fun, yet haunting. The first song from the upcoming album Everything Is Debatable doesn’t stray far from that path. It’s the indie dance song that the hipster blogs love with the Hellogoodbye flavor we’ve come to […]
Hellogoodbye Confirm New Album Title, Release Date & Tracklisting
August 14th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Hellogoodbye have confirmed the title of their upcoming album, and its expected release date. The album will be titled Everything Is Debatable, and it’s currently set to be released October 29 via Old Friends Records. You can check out the tracklist for the album by taking a look below the jump. The band will be […]
Paramore Announce Australian Tour
August 7th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Earlier today, Paramore announced that they will be heading out on a short tour in Australia starting January 9 of next year. They will be joined on the tour by You Me At Six and Twenty One Pilots. According to the band, tickets are currently set to go on sale starting August 22. They stated […]
See Azealia Banks, The Gaslight Anthem, Frightened Rabbit, and More for Free
July 11th, 2013 Nina Corcoran The only thing that beats free shows are free shows in the summer. Thanks to Red Bull, a new concert series called Red Bull Sound Select will be happening in ten cities across America from July 26 – 28. Artists include The Gaslight Anthem, Metric, Azealia Banks, Dirty Projectors, Frightened Rabbit, Erykah Badu, Juicy J, Yeasayer, and plenty […]
Lauryn Hill Writes A Letter About Racism
June 28th, 2013 Kendra Beltran Lauryn Hill has been making headlines recently more for her tax woes than her music, but this week she turned the attention to her views on racism. She wrote a long letter about the issue on Tumblr (who else thinks it’s funny she knows what Tumblr is?). One thing’s for sure, if Lauryn is looking […]
EXCLUSIVE: Elway ‘Leavetaking’ Track-By-Track
June 25th, 2013 James Shotwell UTG is excited to host the official track-by-track rundown for Elway’s new album, Leavetaking. After spending the spring perched on the lips of every “in the know” music fan, Elway have finally released their highly-anticipated new album through digital retailers (a physical release will happen on July 2). The album is a goldmine of raw […]
Rise Records Welcomes Honour Crest
May 28th, 2013 James Shotwell After making headlines in recent months for a number of punk-leading additions to their roster, Rise Records has made a return-to-form of sorts today by welcoming Virginia band Honour Crest. Founded in 2009, Honour Crest describe themselves as a “metalcore/electronica band tearing its way through the scene.” They have one recently released album, Metrics, and […]
REVIEW: Betty Who – The Movement
May 4th, 2013 Josh Hammond Artist: Betty Who Album: The Movement Label: Unsigned Genre: Pop You can say whatever you want about the 1980s being a disposable decade for music. You can toss around names like Wham and Culture Club all day, but it won’t change the fact that a generation of slap bracelets and Devo hats altered music with […]