Last week UTG brought you our Top 10 favorite albums of this year, as nominated and voted on by the staff. Well today we’re pleased to give you each member’s individual picks for the best of the year. However this list does something a little different: not only does it count down the top 10 […]
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UTG LIST: Individual Staff Members’ Best Of 2012 (Albums, EPs, Film)
January 1st, 2013 
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Danny Brown Reveals New Title, Collaborators For ‘XXX’ Followup
December 17th, 2012 Dayton O'Connor Big day for Danny Brown. You know, that rapper from Detroit. He was almost in G-Unit? Uh… he’s the one with the hair… and the teeth (or lack thereof)? Yeah, the gross sexual one! Love that guy. In a yet-to-be-run interview on Pitchfork – I guess they didn’t want to sit on this scoop? – […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Polyenso discuss their local scene and musical metamorphosis
February 23rd, 2016 Brian Leak Despite the stronghold of pastel polos, bronzer, and Jimmy Buffet covers, St. Petersburg, Florida is slowly releasing its Miami Vice-grip to a hipper, more artistic population. The current music scene—if you want to call it that—is mostly bands and artists like Polyenso. They are remnants of the “screamo” wave that ruled the 2000s. Once known […]
REVIEW: Basement – ‘Promise Everything’
January 29th, 2016 Drew Caruso Artist: Basement Album: Promise Everything Label: Run For Cover Records Genre: Rock Basement return from a hiatus that lasted shorter than most people imagined, thankfully, with their third full-length, Promise Everything—a powerhouse rock record that continues the band’s deep roster of solid tunes, even if it feels a little less alluring than 2012’s Colourmeinkindness. Beginning […]
REVIEW: Coheed And Cambria – ‘The Color Before The Sun’
October 13th, 2015 Drew Caruso Artist: Coheed and Cambria Album: The Color Before The Sun Genre: Alt-Rock Label: 300 Entertainment It is certainly a daring move, this far into one’s career, to dismantle a foundation that has held heavy mystery, intrigue and fandom, circulating at the center of the behemoth known as Coheed and Cambria. As the band prepares to […]
REVIEW: Turnover – ‘Peripheral Vision’
April 28th, 2015 Drew Caruso Artist: Turnover Album: Peripheral Vision Label: Run For Cover Records Genre: Indie Rock Turnover return with sophomore LP Peripheral Vision, creating a new sound for the band that is one of ambience, purity, and serenity. Produced by band favorite Will Yip, Peripheral Vision is a stark departure from the band’s more straightforward rock sound. Tracks […]
REVIEW: Forever Came Calling – ‘What Matters Most…’
October 16th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler Artist: Forever Came Calling Album: What Matters Most… Genre: Pop Rock, Pop-Punk Label: Pure Noise Records Forever Came Calling‘s sophomore effort, What Matters Most, is a blistering and dynamic effort of pure emotion — a testimony delivered by a band that deserves to be the next biggest act in pop-punk. The record could easily be […]
UTG PREVIEW: The 8 Must-See Acts At 80/35
July 2nd, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler Tucked away in Des Moines, Iowa is 80/35, one of the best festivals slated for the holiday weekend. Headliners Cake, Conor Oberst, Ziggy Marley, and Dr. Dog help round out an electric lineup of local, regional, and national talent who are all pouring into the heart of America for this annual event. Named after the […]
WATCH: Forever Came Calling – “Indebted”
May 14th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler With a chorus that explodes in post-teen, real world angst, the gentlemen of Forever Came Calling have returned to deliver a rowdy and real summer anthem. The new track from the band, “Indebted,” released earlier today via Alternative Press, is another installment of pop-punk purity from one of the most promising acts in the genre. […]
REVIEW: S. Carey – ‘Range of Light’
March 28th, 2014 Drew Caruso Artist: S. Carey Album: Range of Light Genre: Indie Rock Label: Jagjaguwar I love being from New England. In fact, I live for it. Honored by Mother Nature with four vastly distinct seasons, each year is a cyclical twist around the sun, yielding an environmental invigoration that casts a sense of purity, desperately needed in […]
REVIEW: Anthony Green – ‘Young Legs’
November 11th, 2013 Drew Caruso Artist: Anthony Green Album: Young Legs Genre: Indie Rock Label: Moshtradamus Records My father once told me that the first time he held me in his arms, everything had changed. Something that I have not yet experienced myself, the joy of procreation is ever apparent in most parent’s daily view on life, yielding a change […]
REVIEW: Saves The Day – ‘Saves The Day’
September 27th, 2013 Drew Caruso Artist: Saves The Day Album: Saves The Day Genre: Pop Punk Label: Equal Vision Records Proteins are puzzles, massive collections of molecules and amino acids, chained together to create specific functions throughout our bodies. What is most interesting about these proteins is the way in which they are ordered together, and how influential that is […]