Today, we’re pleased to share with you the fantastic debut EP from North Carolina-based skate-punk / melodic hardcore band, FUTURE PRIMITIVE. FP14 sounds like the work of a band that already has a few releases under their belt, yet somehow FUTURE PRIMITIVE has only been around for a few months. Seamlessly juggling a wide variety of influences, […]
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Listen to FUTURE PRIMITIVE’s Debut Release ‘FP14,’ Read Their Interview With Us, Then Go Skate Some Curbs
July 30th, 2014 
Tyler Osborne 
Panic! At The Disco Announce “Girls/Girls/Boys” Inspired Shirts, Premiere Director’s Cut Music Video
July 28th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Panic! At The Disco made a number of exciting announcements today, a couple of which there simply wasn’t enough space in the headline for. First, the band revealed a director’s cut version of the music video for their single “Girls/Girls/Boys,” taken from their album Too Weird To Live, To Rare To Die!. That video is […]
UTG INTERVIEW: 21 Questions With Dikembe
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘They Came Together’
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AFI Docs 2014 Round-Up
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Adam McKay Pulls Out Of Final Negotiations To Direct ‘Ant-Man’
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Listen to Yoni Wolf’s New Rap Mixtape
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Microsoft Granted Clearance To Excavate Millions of ‘E.T.’ Atari Game Cartridges For Documentary
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EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Arielle — The Coachella Story
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