After interviewing Fki’s 1st in late 2015, we had the chance to speak with the production duo’s more opulent half, Sauce Lord Rich. Hailing from Harlem but raised in Atlanta, Rich’s ear for sound transcends not only boundaries established by region, but genre as well; an obvious notion when glancing at his production credits for a […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: FKi’s 1st Talks ‘First Time For Everything’
December 14th, 2015 
Mike Giegerich 1st has spent much of his career outside the immediate gaze of hip-hop’s spotlight, but he’s no stranger to the success that it entails. Half of Atlanta’s trap production-duo, FKi, the multi-faceted artist’s career began in the studios of Collipark Music and quickly ascended after a basement-studio session with Travis Porter resulted in two Billboard-charting singles. Since that fateful […]
Stream Charli XCX’s New Album, ‘Sucker’
December 9th, 2014 Dana Reandelar Having grown more and more successful as the year progressed, British pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX is ending 2014 on a high note as we near the impending release of her newest full-length record, Sucker. She was first heard on the radio as a co-writer for Icona Pop‘s “I Love It” and featured on Iggy Azalea‘s […]
Here Are The 2015 Grammy Nominees
December 5th, 2014 James Shotwell 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 […]
Charli XCX Releases Video For “Breaking Up”
December 2nd, 2014 Scott Murray Singing sensation Charli XCX made her way into the hearts of many after her feature on Iggy Azalea‘s smash hit “Fancy” earlier this year. Since that time, Charli has seen a good deal of success with the singles she’s released from her upcoming breakout album Sucker. Now on the album’s third single, she’s premiering the […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Michael Leonard Witham
November 24th, 2014 Brian Leak “Somewhere along the line, it became uncool to like popular bands or artists. Fuck that. A good song is a good song. I like what I like.” The impetus for the still-budding musical career of Arkansas’ Michael Leonard Witham is a unique one, but one that will undoubtedly make for an interesting opening in the […]
NEW EMINEM: Slaughterhouse And Yelawolf Join Slim On “Psychopath Killer”
November 21st, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Eminem dropped a new track yesterday from his upcoming release Shady XV, featuring Slaughterhouse and Alabama’s own Yelawolf. Mr. Mathers has been making headlines seemingly every day for the past few weeks, whether for jabs at Lana Del Rey or Iggy Azalea. But for as long as he keeps coming out with fire tracks, the […]
REVIEW: Wild Imaginaries – ‘Shades’ EP
November 20th, 2014 Scott Murray Artist: Wild Imaginaries Album: Shades EP Genre: Pop, Piano Rock Label: Unsigned From the ashes of San Francisco band Via Coma comes the next project from the Bay Area trio who are now known as Wild Imaginaries. The group’s first installment comes in the form of a five-song, piano pop EP, titled Shades. Shades doesn’t […]
REVIEW: Various Artists – ‘Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6’
November 16th, 2014 James Shotwell Artist: Various Album: Punk Goes Pop Vol. 6 Genre: Covers/Compilation Label: Fearless Records Two years have passed since Fearless Records shared Punk Goes Pop Vol. 5, and in that time the world of top 40 music has undergone quite a transformation. There is less music created by actual instruments at radio today than ever before, […]
Ariana Grande Releases Music Video For “Love Me Harder” Featuring The Weeknd
November 4th, 2014 Kriston McConnell At the end of August Ariana Grande released her sophomore studio album, My Everything. The album boasts a wide collection of featured artists, including Zedd, Iggy Azalea, Childish Gambino and more. Her single “Love Me Harder” features Canadian crooner The Weeknd, and the duo have revealed a sexy music video for it. You can watch […]
Charli XCX Pushes Back ‘Sucker,’ Shares New Album Art
September 22nd, 2014 Tyler Hanan Following a steady slew of good news from Charli XCX, we have a bit of a downer: the release of her sophomore album Sucker has been pushed back from October 21 to December 16 in the US. The album won’t see light in Europe until next year, with January 26 set for the UK/Europe drop date. The […]
WATCH: New JLo Video For “Booty” Proves She Is Still A Goddess
September 19th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler According to Wikipedia, Jennifer Lopez is 45 years old. But that can’t be right — she hasn’t aged a day. JLo’s new video for the single “Booty,” is as sexual and sensational as the JLo we fell in love with decades ago. It’s apparent, by the 2.3 million views in less than 24 hours, that […]