This year is the five-year mark since North Carolina rapper J. Cole‘s breakthrough mixtape The Warm Up dropped. He’s escalated quickly in fame since then, working alongside modern greats like Eminem, Justin Timberlake, and Kendrick Lamar. To honor the anniversary of that release, J. Cole stopped by Sway last weekend to shoot a 30-minute special of […]
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J. Cole Shares Heartfelt Letter About ‘The Warm Up’ Turning Five, “Lights Please” Music Video, Tour Dates
June 16th, 2014 
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I Am The Avalanche Announce Summer Tour With Somos, Rust Belt Lights
May 28th, 2014 Troy Sennett Here at UTG, we were pretty excited about the new I Am The Avalanche record, Wolverines, which was released back in March. Today, Vinnie Caruana and company have given us even more to be psyched about. The New York City band will be touring the east coast this summer, and you can check out the […]
Watch Eminem’s Heartfelt Spike Lee-Directed “Headlights” Video
May 14th, 2014 Nina Corcoran A single day out of the year to celebrate our moms doesn’t seem like enough time to do justice for all that they do. Even Eminem knows that. The Detroit rapper decided to celebrate Mother’s Day on May 11 by releasing his new, heartfelt, Spike Lee-directed music video for “Headlights.” The song, which features Nate Ruess […]
Hit The Lights Sign To Pure Noise Records
April 14th, 2014 Kyle Florence Earlier this morning, Hit the Lights officially announced that they are now a part of the Pure Noise Records family, and additionally will be releasing a new album later this year. It will act as a follow-up to 2012’s Invicta. In the coming months, the four-piece will be kicking off the Skip School, Start Fights […]
UTG PHOTOS: Demi Lovato’s Neon Lights Tour (3/13/14)
March 18th, 2014 Corbin Alvae Under The Gun’s Head of Photography, Corbin Alvae, stopped over at The Palace in Auburn Hills, MI to catch the Neon Lights tour on March 13, 2014. I decided to break my barriers and went to cover a different type of tour that has been hitting it off hard; the Neon Lights tour. Currently this […]
ALBUM STREAM: Praise – Lights Went Out
March 11th, 2014 Tyler Osborne It’s a beautiful day here on the East Coast, and it’s now even nicer since Baltimore hardcore punks Praise released their new record, Lights Went Out, today. Available to stream via their Bandcamp, the record was released by React! Records. Lights Went Out would sit comfortably beside all of your favorite ’80s Dischord Records releases, […]
City Lights Call It Quits
February 14th, 2014 Kriston McConnell City Lights have been together since 2008, and they’ve released two full length albums in that time. One of which, was released this past December. It’s a rather short time for a band to be together, but it appears as though that’s long enough for the group as they have announced their plans to break […]
Sending Lights Sign To We Are Triumphant & Stream New Single
February 12th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Sending Lights are a hardcore outfit based out of Northern Bavaria, Germany. They’ve taken the local hardcore scene by storm, and now they plan on expanding their reach even further. Earlier today, the band announced that they’ve signed with US-based label We Are Triumphant Records. With the label backing them up, they will finally get […]
Watch: Broken Bells Perform New Song “The Changing Lights”
January 16th, 2014 Kendra Beltran Broken Bells stopped by La Blogotheque’s “Take Away Show” to perform nothing something old, something new, nothing borrowed, but both will make fans feel less blue. Before we get to the new stuff, Brian Burton and James Mercer gave longtime fans a stripped-down version of “October” off their 2010 self-titled debut. They then went on […]
Lights & Motion Offer Debut Album For Free Download
January 15th, 2014 Troy Sennett Have a long, snowy drive ahead of you, or simply just need your post-rock fix for the day? Christoffer Franzen, the mastermind behind Lights & Motion is here to help. Today marks the one-year anniversary of Lights & Motion’s debut album, Reanimation, so Deep Elm Records is celebrating by offering the downright impressive record for […]
Listen To Lights Cover Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
January 2nd, 2014 Kriston McConnell I don’t think there’s any doubt that Lights is a talented musician. She has a huge following and seems to have exploded in the last 12 months. Her latest musical effort comes in the form of an acoustic cover of Drake‘s hit single, “Hold On, We’re Going Home.” This is an awesome cover, and you […]
MUSIC VIDEO: City Lights – “See You At The Top”
December 8th, 2013 Kriston McConnell City Lights will be dropping their sophomore album, The Way Things Should Be, this coming Tuesday, December 10, via InVogue Records. A couple of days ago, their label put up the album to stream in full until it officially hits stores. Earlier today, the band made another premiere with the release of a new music […]