Kevin Smith told the world in 2013 that he was going to work on bringing Clerks 3 to life, but before production begins on that sequel he has one more original story to tell. You’ve probably heard by now that Kevin Smith is releasing a new film this fall titled Tusk. The film, which tells […]
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Gerard Way Has Recorded A Song For Kevin Smith’s Next Film
April 8th, 2014 
James Shotwell My Chemical Romance may be a part of music history at this point, but former frontman Gerard Way is moving forward with plans to release solo material in the near future. Today, filmmaker Kevin Smith revealed via Twitter that Way has recently completed work on an original track that will serve as the closing song […]
Slither This Way: Aerosmith and Slash Announce Summer Tour
April 8th, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer With Motley Crue announcing their final tour (with Alice Cooper opening, no less) and Kiss and Def Leppard hitting the road together, this was already looking like a banner summer for classic rock extravaganzas. But business has once again picked up, my friends. Aerosmith has announced the ‘Let Rock Rule’ tour, which will hit North […]
SINGLE REVIEW: The Smith Street Band – “Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams”
March 7th, 2014 Brenton Harris Artist: The Smith Street Band Song: “Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams” Album: Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams Label: Poison City Records There’s voices in this world that can speak endlessly without saying anything, and then there’s voices that can say everything with a simple turn of phrase. Undoubtedly Will Wagner is gifted with the latter, […]
UTG INTERVIEW: The Smith Street Band
March 3rd, 2014 Brenton Harris The past two years have seen Melbourne, Australia’s The Smith Street Band grow from local cult favourites to international touring folk-punk juggernaut. Much of that rise to prominence can be attributed to two factors; the unprecedented success of their critically acclaimed debut full-length album, Sunshine and Technology, and the band’s relentless and tireless approach to […]
Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers Challenges Will Ferrell to Drum Battle
February 10th, 2014 Anthony Galasso Finding your celebrity look-a-like can be fun, but it’s almost more fun when the look-a-likes are both already celebrities. Such is the case with Chad Smith, long-time drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Hollywood funny-guy and cowbell enthusiast Will Ferrell. Ferrell addressed their similarities in his AMA on Reddit saying, “It has been acknowledged […]
UTG INTERVIEW: Oakes & Smith
February 1st, 2014 Brian Leak Robert Oakes and Katherine Smith met by chance in the summer of 2007 and as they connected immediately on many levels, the two brought their creative strengths together to form a project that has been progressing ever since. The two just released their brand new album, First Flight, in November of 2013, a beautiful folk […]
Download Elliott Smith’s Forgotten EDM Demos (Yes, Really)
January 28th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Way back in 1997 when Elliott Smith recorded the Oscar-nominated “Miss Misery,” he and ex-Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty were recording three songs that sliced Smith’s vocals over–wait for it–electronic beats. Doughty posted the tracks (“The Record,” “Dogs,” and “Burn (Aah Fuck)”) today under his UUL guise. Give them a listen after the jump. According to […]
White Girl Dance Corner featuring Ásgeir, Wild Cub, Say Lou Lou, and Sam Smith
January 16th, 2014 Tarynn Law Hello! I’m Tarynn Law, and this is a weekly column I’ll be writing that spotlights some up and coming indie pop/alternative/hipster/hype/buzz bands/you-get-the-idea groups that you should be checking out before they become massive. I mean, we all want to be that person that says “I knew them way back when,” don’t we? I thought so. Here […]
UTG LIST: Ten Songs To Remember Elliott Smith
October 21st, 2013 Drew Caruso Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of famous singer/songwriter, Elliott Smith. In his short, but vastly influential career, Smith mastered the art of songwriting, creating beautiful piece after piece. In one of his most memorable candid statements, Smith claimed that he thought of songs as shapes, rather than pieces strung together. This aspect […]
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Recorded Song With Psy
October 18th, 2013 Kriston McConnell I think we all know who both of these men are, though each of them for different reasons. You know, one is a legendary rock star and the other broke YouTube’s record for hits on a single video. What makes more sense than to bring these two together in a potentially epic/cringe-worthy collaborative song? I’m […]
Madonna Peforms A Dramatic Cover Of Elliott Smith’s “Between The Bars”
September 25th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Sometimes artists cover artists from other genres that we could never had expected. While Elliott Smith may have ended his time as a major label act (on the short lasting major label of Dreamworks), I doubt any of us could predict in 2013, Madonna would cover one of his most well known songs for the […]