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Lorde, Neutral Milk Hotel, The National, The Replacements, Nas, The Roots to Headline Boston Calling in Fall

Boston Calling Music Festival will be returning to Government Center in Boston in a matter of weeks with their spring lineup, but the crew have already announced the roster for the fall edition and it’s pretty damn impressive. We’re talking headlining sets from The National, Lorde, The Replacements, Nas x The Roots, Neutral Milk Hotel, and […]

UTG PREVIEW: Why Middle of the Map Is Festival Season’s Best Kept Secret

Tucked away in the heart of the Midwest, Middle of the Map Fest has became one of the premier festival stops for up-and-coming indie artists. After three years of experimentation with the festival, MOTMF has produced a near-perfect lineup for this year’s event, which is set to take place this weekend in Kansas City. 2014 […]

Sufjan Stevens Announces New Album ‘Carrie & Lowell’

If you were let down by Sufjan Stevens‘ deeper venture into electro pop with Age of Adz, cheer up. The indie folk god has just announced a brand new album titled Carrie & Lowell and it’s described as a return to his “folk roots.” The album is out March 31 via Asthmatic Kitty Records. The […]

REVIEW: The Color Morale – ‘Hold On Pain Ends’

Artist: The Color Morale Album: Hold On Pain Ends Genre: Post-Hardcore Label: Fearless Records The Color Morale has been astonishingly prolific since signing to Rise Records back in 2009 as Hold On Pain Ends marks their fourth full-length, but first since making the jump from Rise to Fearless Records. Typically, the concern with bands that […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Aubergine MACHINE

Florida-based electronic duo Aubergine MACHINE melds the production talents of decorated producer Ian Carey with the smooth vocal goodness of Shanti Ellis to form a well-balanced and highly enjoyable project that brings to mind the best elements of acts like Ghost Loft, Massive Attack, and Little Dragon. We recently spoke with Carey and Ellis about […]

Watch Off!’s Video For “Red White And Black,” It’s A Riot

It’s like no one appreciated the art of a good music video nowadays. Thankfully bands like Off! still take the time to put some effort behind theirs. The video for “Red White and Black” doesn’t just tell a story and have guest stars, it’s hilarious too! The clip has comedians Brian Posehn and Dave Foley […]

Netflix Adds ‘Trailer Park Boys’ To Original Programming Lineup

Netflix has announced the acquisition of the popular Trailer Park Boys franchise to their growing lineup of original programming. According to an article on The Verge, Trailer Park Boys is being revived by Netflix for two new seasons, with the first slated to air before the end of 2014. The previous seasons of the show, […]

LIVE REVIEW: Brand New @ The Paramount

When Brand New announced, out of nowhere, that they would be playing all of their discography at four shows–two on the west coast and a two on the east–fans flipped out exactly how you would expect them to. The internet exploded, the tickets sold out in minutes, and most everyone was half furious, half depressed […]

STAND-UP TUESDAYS: Nick Cannon

Stand-Up Tuesdays is a weekly comedy spotlight written by the wonderfully talented Angie Frissore. Covering both known and unknown comics, Stand-up Tuesdays is your new source for all things funny. This week, Angie puts a spotlight on Nick Cannon’s comedy career. If you or your comedy troupe would like to be featured on Stand-Up Tuesdays, please email […]

The Coen Brothers are Writing a “Musical Comedy”

While most of us are trying to get tickets to Inside Llewyn Davis when it hits theaters this week, its creators, the Coen brothers, are busy working on a “musical comedy” set around an opera. As they told Vulture, it’s one of two projects that the brothers are in the middle of. “One of the two things […]

‘The Conjuring’ Gets A Spinoff-Prequel About Annabelle (The Doll)

[minor spoilers ahead] One of my favorite aspects of The Conjuring was how director James Wan showed audiences the room where the Warrens kept all the items they believed to have been used or possessed by evil spirits without giving them too much back story on any particular object. There seemed to be hundreds of […]

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

Film: Inside Llewyn Davis Directed by: Ethan and Joel Coen Written by: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Oscar Isaac, John Goodman, Carey Mulligan “I don’t see a lot of money here,” a nightclub owner played by F. Murray Abraham tells Llewyn Davis after the folk singer bares his soul during a private performance in which […]