Anybody who knows somebody in an independent touring band can attest that life on the road is tough to begin with, and once you realize the harsh reality that material objects diminish, things become more difficult. UTG originally had intentions of interviewing the truly unique and genre-transcending Tiny Moving Parts (one of our 5 Artists […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Tiny Moving Parts
February 14th, 2013 
Adrian Garza 
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REVIEW: Spoken – Illusion
February 12th, 2013 Adrian Garza Artist: Spoken Album: Illusion Label: E1 Music Genre: Alt-Rock Contrary to popular belief, Spoken are still alive and well. The hard rock band may have allowed a good 5+ years to pass before releasing their seventh album, Illusion. One of the first things that stood out to me when first spinning the album was the […]
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REVIEW: Villagers – Awayland
February 6th, 2013 Adrian Garza Band: Villagers Album: Awayland Label: Domino Genre: Indie-Pop If I had to describe Awayland by Dublin, Ireland’s Villagers with one word, the word would be either “sophisticated” or “imaginative”. Why sophisticated? Connor O’Brian, the frontman of the band, has quite the mellow tone throughout the album’s 11-track span. Everything sonically meshes together in a proper […]
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UTG Interview: Rescuer
February 5th, 2013 Adrian Garza UTG caught up with JP Marra, the vocalist of Rescuer last week. The hardcore five-piece released their debut full length, With Time Comes The Comfort, through Rise Records just over three weeks ago. Just recently, the group embarked on their biggest tour to date: letlive.’s headlining tour alongside bands like Hrvrd, Conditions, and This Is […]
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REVIEW: Vessels – Black Teeth
January 26th, 2013 Adrian Garza Artist: Vessels Album: Black Teeth Genre: Melodic Hardcore Label: Unsigned Originality can be tough to pin down, especially when artists tend to take in ideas from what’s around them, including what’s popular at the time. Some bands are more successful at keeping their influences at bay in comparison to others. So here comes Vessels, a […]
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REVIEW: Skinny Lister – Forge & Flagon
January 21st, 2013 Adrian Garza Artist: Skinny Lister Album: Forge & Flagon Genre: Folk/Punk Label: Sunday Best Recordings (UK) / Side One Dummy Records (US) Punk music has been crafted, stretched, and molded, on countless occasions over the past 40-something years that the genre has been around. Many eras have come and gone in that time, with many more sub-genres […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Aaron Gillespie of The Almost
January 11th, 2013 Adrian Garza The Almost has been working on their latest record for over a year now, and their hard work genuinely shows. Frontman Aaron Gillespie couldn’t be more confident for the release of his band’s upcoming release, The Fear Inside Our Bones. During our brief chat outside of The Orpheum in Tampa, FL we discussed the recording […]
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REVIEW: Sail To North – Pictures From Youth
December 19th, 2012 Adrian Garza Artist: Sail To North Album: Pictures From Youth Label: Unsigned Genre: Pop Punk / Hardcore Originally, I was a little hesitant to listen to a French pop punk band. I mean, nothing against the country at all, it’s just that bands like Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! sort of give people a bad misconception of what […]
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REVIEW: Major League – Hard Feelings
November 30th, 2012 Adrian Garza Band: Major League Album: Hard Feelings Label: No Sleep Records Genre: Pop Punk / Easycore Do you remember back when the music made by easycore bands didn’t necessarily have breakdowns every 30 seconds? Yes, there was a time where easycore mainly referred to pop punk with tinges of hardcore, and it didn’t have breakdowns or […]
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REVIEW: From Indian Lakes – Able Bodies
November 21st, 2012 Adrian Garza Artist: From Indian Lakes Album: Able Bodies Genre: Indie Rock Label: Unsigned Over the last several months I’ve noticed that many of my music-savvy west coast friends have taken a serious liking to what they’ve labeled as this hot new band from central California called From Indian Lakes. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? If not, […]
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REVIEW: Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
November 7th, 2012 Adrian Garza Artist: Converge Album: All We Love We Leave Behind Genre: Metalcore Label: Epitaph I’m going to be transparent, this album took several play throughs before I could find the words that show this album justice. Converge isn’t a band that can be cast aside and given an “end all, be all” opinion after one or […]
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REVIEW: A Hero A Fake – The Future Again
July 24th, 2012 Adrian Garza Artist: A Hero A Fake Album: The Future Again Genre: Metalcore Label: Victory Records The name of the game of metalcore is “pure riffage”. As much as we all emphasize how important lyrics and vocals are in today’s music, one of the main things that captivates an audience’s attention is how creatively somebody can write a […]
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