Under The Gun sent photographer Derek Scancarelli to Madison Square Garden in New York City to photograph Bassnectar on October 4, 2014. Ahhhh, The Garden. The internationally renowned arena over New York’s Pennsylvania Station. It’s home to the New York Rangers, New York Knicks, and is the only venue to ever have a residency by […]
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UTG PHOTOS: Bassnectar At Madison Square Garden (10/4/14)
October 10th, 2014 
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Pinback Announce ‘Summer In Abaddon’ 10th Anniversary Tour Dates With Tera Melos
June 17th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Indie rock got a prog update when Pinback first hit the scene in 1998. Fast forward to today and the San Diego dudes are still running fast, most recently having dropped the bright, upbeat Information Retrieved in 2012. Arguably their best album, however, is 2004’s Summer In Abaddon, an excellent showcase of Rob Crow’s distinct vocals and Armistead Burwell Smith […]
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REVIEW: Wye Oak – ‘Shriek’
May 21st, 2014 Nina Corcoran Artist: Wye Oak Album: Shriek Genre: Indie Rock Label: Merge Just because there’s two people in a band doesn’t mean they’re limited to two instruments. Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have been creating a sound bolder than that which two people would make, Wasner leaping about with her guitar and vocals while Stack expertly drums with one […]
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REVIEW: Nat Baldwin – ‘In The Hollows’
May 8th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Artist: Nat Baldwin Album: In The Hollows Genre: Chamber Pop Label: Western Vinyl Nat Baldwin is a careful man. It’s difficult to imagine the Dirty Projectors bassist being anything but after growing up in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, surrounded by trees and the type of community that rids politeness of stiff formalities. He forgoes beer onstage […]
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THE DROP: Featuring Heroes x Villains, Barron, Rekoil and More
March 14th, 2014 Mike Giegerich While electronic music is generally not the main focus of Under The Gun’s coverage, there are quite a few members of our team who enjoy everything from dubstep and d&b to hardstyle and house. Thus, staff writer Michael Giegerich is heading the revival of The Drop, a retired column some longtime readers may remember. Focusing […]
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Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic Covers Lorde on Accordion
March 13th, 2014 Rebecca Docter While Dave Grohl is arguably the most active former member of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic has recently shown that he’s also dabbling in the music industry. Picking up the accordion instead of the bass guitar, Novoselic has released a cover of Lorde’s hit, “Royals.” He performed the track at a “Fair Vote Campaign” benefit show in […]
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UTG TV: An Interview With Between The Buried And Me’s Dan Briggs
March 6th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli “It was pretty magical. We were wearing suits and dress pants. It felt like we were desecrating the place with the music we were playing, so we might as well look nice,” says Dan Briggs, reflecting on his performance at the world-renowned Radio City Music Hall. Whether or not you’re into music as heavy or […]
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UTG PHOTOS: Between The Buried And Me (2/21/14)
February 28th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Under The Gun sent photographer, Derek Scancarelli, to photograph Between the Buried and Me at The Paramount in New York on February 21, 2014. Between the Buried and Me are currently on the road performing their masterfully crafted progressive metal everywhere from New York to Canada and back down to Florida. The tour package also […]
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Mixtapes Lose Bass Player Michael Remley
January 7th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Mixtapes have lost their bass player Michael Remley to pursue other endeavors. Please be sure to read official statements from the band as well as Remley by simply looking below. “If you read earlier our bass player Michael Remley will be leaving the band, he wrote a letter to talk about it so here it […]
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Blink-182 Recording Music This Week
November 5th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Blink-182 are making it known that they have no plans of slowing down after leaving Interscope Records last month. According to a direct Tweet from bassist Mark Hoppus, the band are gearing up to record new music in California this week. Check out the social update from Hoppus below and get ready for more updates […]
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Secrets Update On SILYMI Tour, Lose Bassist Marc Koch
August 16th, 2012 Grant Trimboli San Diego natives Secrets have announced, in a new tour update, that bassist Marc Koch has decided to quit the band to focus on school full-time. He left in the middle of the Scream It Like You Mean It Tour and the band’s guitarist Richard had to take over duties for a while. We wish […]
Max Green No Longer In Escape The Fate
March 5th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Bassist Max Green has revealed to his Twitter followers that he is no longer playing in Escape The Fate. After months of speculation and questioning it has been stated that he split because of “slight musical and personal differences.” You can read both of his tweets by looking below and comment with your thoughts. We […]