If you haven’t been following Kevin Smith‘s film Red State, you need to catch up. The Clerks director has taken a turn for the world of horror with his latest flick and has rewritten the book on grassroots marketing in the process. Not only did Smith “buy” the film himself after premiering it at Sundance, […]
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Free Download!: SPIN’s 33 song SXSW sampler
March 11th, 2011 
Melanie SPIN is offering a free download of their 2011 edition of: SPIN Presents AUSTIN POWER. The download can be found on their facebook page. Track Listing:
Joe Perry says Steven Tyler is done with Aerosmith
November 9th, 2009 Chris Courtesy: Rolling Stone After a disastrous summer tour marred by long simmering internal tensions, injuries, and poor ticket sales, it appears that Aerosmith and frontman Steven Tyler may be parting ways. “Steven quit as far as I can tell,” guitarist Joe Perry told the Las Vegas Sun late last week. “I saw online that Steven […]
Meaghan Smith – The Cricket’s Quartet
January 8th, 2009 James Shotwell Band: Meaghan Smith Album: The Cricket’s Quartet Genre: Folk/Jazz/Big Band Label: Sire Tracks: 1. Drifted Apart 2. If You Asked Me 3. A Little Love 4. I Know Tell your great grandparents to bust out their dancing shoes because big band/swing/jazz sounds are making quite the comeback as of late. Amy Winehouse took it very […]
Outside Lands Announces 2015 Lineup; Elton John, Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys To Headline
March 24th, 2015 Brian Leak San Francisco’s premier annual music, food and arts festival, Outside Lands, will be returning for its eighth consecutive year from August 7-9 at the historic and always beautiful Golden Gate Park. This year’s lineup has been revealed and it’s a doozy, as per usual. Apart from all the endlessly delicious foods, beers and wines, Outside […]
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 […]
Iggy Azalea Leads Second Wave Of Teen Choice Awards Nominations
July 18th, 2014 James Shotwell The second wave of 2014 Teen Choice Awards nominations were revealed late Thursday, and as many had suspected “Fancy” hitmaker Iggy Azalea was the star of the show. The Australian born, self-proclaimed New Classic picked up five nominations Thursday night, including Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song, Choice Summer Song, Choice Summer Music Star; Female, and two nods […]
Let’s talk through season 2 of ‘Daredevil’
March 31st, 2016 Gabe Aikins 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 PREMIERE: The Head – “It Ain’t Easy” (Music Video)
November 17th, 2015 Kyle Florence Today, we have the privilege of premiering The Head‘s brand spankin’ new music video for “It Ain’t Easy,” a gritty rock ‘n’ roll narrative that’s sure to sit well with fans of The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub, and R.E.M. The track is taken from the Atlanta trio’s latest EP, Millipedes, which made landfall last week, and […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Violet Night Discuss ‘I Hope You’re Well’
November 17th, 2015 Brian Leak British Columbia duo Violet Night released a four-track EP at summer’s end, titled I Hope You’re Well. Attributing influences to The National, Blink-182, Death Cab For Cutie and more, the effort offers slow and steady, genuinely heartfelt tracks that fans of any of those acts should find enjoyment in. We had the opportunity to speak […]
UTG Track-By-Track: Bird Talks ‘Figments Of Our Imagination’
September 15th, 2015 James Shotwell Just days ahead of her new album arriving in stores, Bird has partnered with UTG to offer fans an in-depth look at Figments Of Our Imagination. I imagine Bird’s music probably served as the soundtrack to the film Drive in another universe. There is a calm, cool, and endlessly hypnotic vibe to her sound that uses […]
UTG PREMIERE: Aaron Lee Tasjan – “The Dangerous Kind”
August 6th, 2015 Matthew Leimkuehler Aaron Lee Tasjan’s newest single, “The Dangerous Kind,” is a fine piece of blues rock ‘n’ roll music. The track—which comes off of Tasjan’s new record, In The Blazes—mixes everything from poignant storytelling to sleek and saucy guitar playing. “This love is the dangerous kind,” Tasjan sings. This song is the dangerous kind…dangerously good. In […]