Temperatures across the country may be taking a plunge, but things sure are heating up at the box office, now that Oscar season is among us. In a battle of epic proportions, Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar faced off this weekend, with the former emerging on top, boasting an estimated $56 million […]
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The Acacia Strain Stream “VVorld Demise” From ‘Coma Witch’
October 8th, 2014 
Ryan Kappy We are one week away from the release of The Acacia Strain‘s new album Coma Witch, which will be released through Rise Records on October 14. After streaming “Cauterizer” and “Nailgun,” the band has dropped another song named “VVorld Demise” that will surely make your ears bleed. With vocalist Vincent Bennett’s growling screams and a […]
UTG TV: Rockstar Mayhem Fest 2014 With Body Count
August 28th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli For our last installment of UTG TV‘s Rockstar Mayhem Festival coverage, we spoke with the revived iconic hardcore legends in Body Count. The guys just finished the summer long run on the road with the Mayhem Festival and wrapped things up last weekend at the Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn, NY. Ice-T, who had no problem […]
Fred Armisen Forms Supergroup With The Damned, Stray Cats, Guns N’ Roses Members
August 7th, 2014 Nina Corcoran SNL alum and Late Night band leader Fred Armisen has just formed the most ridiculous supergroup; he’s teaming up with members of Guns N’ Roses, The Stray Cats, The Damned, The Living End, and The Alarm to create a giant new band called Dead Men Walking. Just wait — the ridiculousness doesn’t stop there. The group–which is boasts […]
James Vincent McMorrow Announces November US Tour
July 10th, 2014 Kyle Florence In January, James Vincent McMorrow stole our hearts with Post Tropical, and later this year, the Irish crooner will be returning stateside for a handful of shows in support of his latest release. The fun begins in Dallas, Texas on November 1, following a hefty European run. A full itinerary can be found after the break. […]
Queens of the Stone Age Announce Awesome Halloween-Themed Concert
July 8th, 2014 Nina Corcoran When not dropping music videos, following an extensive tour schedule, and starring in Hercules trailers, California rock band Queens of the Stone Age are prepping to make their life agenda even more grandiose. They’ve been working hard ever since …Like Clockwork dropped last year, and it seems like they don’t know how to say goodbye to their run behind that […]
James Vincent McMorrow Releases Gorgeous New Video For “Gold”
June 13th, 2014 Brian Leak When you’ve got a hypnotizing falsetto and mellow folky vibes like James Vincent McMorrow, you need the arresting and hypnotic visuals to match. Emma J Doyle and Cory Philpott wrote, directed, and produced exactly what JVM’s Post Tropical single, “Gold,” needed. Filmed around some of San Francisco’s most beautiful areas (Horseshoe Bay, the Exploratorium, and […]
Listen to Sharon Van Etten’s New Single “Taking Chances”
March 4th, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer Sharon Van Etten‘s Tramp was one of the finest albums of 2012 and while I’m not sure two years is even enough time to recover from such a release, she recently announced the follow-up, Are We There, will hit stores on May 27. Today she released the first single from the album, “Taking Chances.” It’s […]
Listen To Elder Brother’s Newest Track, “In My Bones”
February 5th, 2014 Drew Caruso Elder Brother, the side project of Kevin Geyer from The Story So Far, and Dan Rose from Daybreaker, grant us a new track from their debut LP, Heavy Head, due out March 11 on Pure Noise Records. This will be the second track released from the indie duo, with the first being “Throw Me To […]
Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival Reveals Lineup, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pixies, Arcade Fire Headlining
January 28th, 2014 Nina Corcoran For our overseas readers, the time has come: Barcelona’s annual festival Primavera Sound has announced its lineup. The three-day festival, taking place May 29 – 31 right by the beach (sigh), revealed its lineup in a short film. Once again, it’s a dream, with Neutral Milk Hotel, Pixies, and Arcade Fire headlining. Other bands performing […]
As It Is Announce EP, Stream New Song
January 17th, 2014 Troy Sennett If members of The Ataris and Less Than Jake formed a supergroup, it would probably sound a lot like As It Is. The UK pop punk group is just as tight, melodic, and energetic as their influences, and the repeated refrain of “I just want to believe in something” in their new single, “Horoscopes,” is […]
Leanne Cushing’s ‘Best of 2013’ In Music
January 1st, 2014 Leanne Cushing My friends, UTG colleagues and I are all driven and inspired by music in some way or another. It is the art form that we connect with the most; it is the way we communicate our aspirations to the outside world and helps connect us to people with similar loves, dreams and ambitions.