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Official line-up announced for Glastonbury Festival

The official line-up has been announced for this year’s Glastonbury Festival. If you have some time to dedicate to some serious scrolling, check out the line-up, posted below, to see that there is no shortage of big named artists packed into this HUGE 3 day festival. June 24 Pyramid Stage U2 Morrissey Biffy Clyro BB […]

Lollapalooza Chile announce the lineup

Pitchfork posts the lineup for Lollapalooza Chile. Check it out after the jump.

Brand New Gearing Up for New Album Release

Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single “At The Bottom.” The album, which promises to be another boundry breaking assault, is the follow-up to The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, an album that earned critical acclaim from SPIN, Blender, […]

IFFBoston 2016: ‘The Hollars,’ ‘The Peacemaker,’ and ‘The Eyes of My Mother’

I always get unreasonably excited when Independent Film Festival Boston rolls around every April. Executive Director Brian Tamm and Program Director Nancy Campbell bring their A-game every year, having scoured fest after fest for the cream of the crop to show to a rowdy Boston crowd. This year’s theme, “Make it yours,” couldn’t be any […]

Let’s talk through season 2 of ‘Daredevil’

In case you went off the grid months ago to live in the woods and are just now returning to the civilized world, you may not know that season 2 of Netflix’s Daredevil was released on March 18. Based on the trailers, the second season looked to build off the stories that began in season […]

UTG LIST: 25 Essential Songs for Valentine’s Day

It’s that time of year again, folks. The flowers have been purchased, the dinner reservations are set, and the second box of chocolates is on the way since you already caved and ate the first. Social media is more vomit-inducing than usual, and Ryan Seacrest is parading around ABC Family like the patron saint of […]

SUPPORT CREATIVITY: Architects (US) Frontman Opens Up About Album Fundraiser

The Architects (US) are in the middle of one of the most artistically provocative and financially demanding projects ever pursued by an independent band. The band’s Border Wars album — a series of five, 6-song EPs and accompanying comic books culminating into a five-part story — is a musical triumph. Or, at least it is […]

Here Are The 2015 Grammy Nominees

Can you smell it in the air? Awards season is right around the corner… The last several years The Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences has held one annual event to reveal the latest round of GRAMMY nominees. This year, the reveal has been turned into a day-long event, with categories and nominees being revealed […]

UTG’s 31 Days Of Halloween: ‘Scanners’

Of all the holidays celebrated worldwide, no single day is more loved by the UTG staff than Halloween. With the arrival of the year’s best month, the time has finally come to begin rolling out a plethora of features and special announcements we have prepared in celebration of our favorite day, including the one you’re […]

Songs For The Season: Fall Playlist

Autumn may be the most visually rewarding season that nature has gifted us. While all the other seasons are sure to give it a fair fight, there is something about the orange, red, and yellow change in the leaves that gift us new enlightenment and invigoration in the natural world around us. But what would […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Pitchfork Music Festival Bands on Their Favorite Chicago Hangouts

We’re a little more than excited for Pitchfork Music Festival to arrive this year considering it has an awesome record fair (Chirp!), top notch food vendors (Rice Table! Puffs of Doom!), and a beautifully stacked lineup (Slowdive! Beck! Neutral Milk Hotel!). The festival will take place over at Union Park on July 18-20 for three days of great music […]

Dream Riders: The Tour Desires of Your Favorite Artists (UTG Exclusive)

Wikipedia defines a rider as: a set of requests or demands that a performer sets as criteria for performance. Whether an act’s tour rider is ridiculously egocentric and/or overly materialistic, just plain outlandish in a fun way, a rock ‘n’ roll legend, or far more modest and unshowy than you might expect, nearly every touring […]