BBC Radio One has given the world many wonderful music moments during its long-heralded existence, but I don’t know if any one segment has more frequently provided quality shareable content than the station’s ongoing efforts to capture unique in-studio performances. Everyone, and I mean everyone in pop music today has at least been asked to […]
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PVRIS Covering Tove Lo Is As Exciting As Christmas Morning
June 11th, 2015 
James Shotwell 
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Watch Charli XCX’s Punk Cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”
February 10th, 2015 Nina Corcoran Britain’s pop-meets-punk singer-songwriter Charli XCX put out her excellent sophomore LP Sucker last year to applauding reviews. While she’s busy supporting that album, Charli XCX took some time to stop by the BBC’s Live Lounge to perform a cover of Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off.” Considering the two are friends, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. And given […]
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Lorde Just Covered Jeremih’s Hit Single “Don’t Tell Em” (And It’s Amazing)
November 13th, 2014 James Shotwell Oh, Lorde. I once thought our love affair with your music was a fleeting burst of hormones and originality, but over the last year you have made it abundantly clear that you will be a staple of music for many years to come. You do what you please when you want, and as far as […]
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Baauer Teams Up With AlunaGeorge For “One Touch”
October 20th, 2014 Mike Giegerich While Baauer is best known to much of the world’s population for a repetitive trap song turned viral hit whose name we will purposefully omit in hopes of not reminding our readers of its existence (…okay, it was the “Harlem Shake”), he is in fact an extremely well-versed producer with a nuanced ear for blending […]
Daft Punk Documentary Coming In 2015
June 27th, 2014 Kyle Kohl The Daft Punk hype will continue into next year as BBC Worldwide Production France teams up with French TV channel Canal+ to bring an hour-long TV documentary. The untitled documentary is set to air in 2015. Variety reports that the doc will cover the duo’s career from their beginnings in 1993 to the smashing success […]
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Watch CHVRCHES Cover Lorde’s “Team”
March 11th, 2014 Drew Caruso Have you heard of CHVRCHES? You’ve heard of CHVRCHES. The Scottish electro-pop trio have been taking over the buzzes of the internet, storming forums and news headlines since their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, came out in late September. The album, which has pleased fans and critics alike, consists of 12 tracks […]
Robin Thicke Covers Icona Pop’s “I Love It”
July 17th, 2013 James Shotwell Ready to get weird? Read on. Icona Pop struck pop gold with the release of “I Love It” late last year. In the months since its release dozens of remixes and covers have surfaced, and the vast majority of them have gone unnoticed because they brought little, if anything new to the already infectious song. […]
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Jay-Z’s “BBC” to feature Beyonce, Nas, Justin Timberlake, and More
June 29th, 2013 Nina Corcoran It’s now less than a week until Jay-Z‘s new record, Magna Carta Holy Grail, comes out, and the rapper has released more information about one of its tracks, “BBC.” “BBC” has an all-star cast of appearances, including usual suspects Beyonce and Justin Timberlake, as well as Nas, Pharrell, Timbaland, and Swizz Beatz. Beyonce also joins Jay-Z on […]
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WATCH: Frank Turner – “All My Life” (Foo Fighters Cover)
June 14th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Everybody’s got a soft spot for Dave Grohl. Yesterday, BBC Radio 1 posted a video performance Frank Turner did in which he covered the Foo Fighters‘ “All My Life,” and Frank hits a home run. It’s an acoustic performance with his full band, and the harmonies are nailed. This is one of many other Frank Turner […]
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Kanye West Reportedly Naming New Album ‘I Am God’
March 25th, 2013 James Shotwell Oh, Kanye West. Will you ever stop being controversial? The BBC is apparently hungry for news this morning because they cracked the code of writing and found a way to turn a one line story about a rumored baby name into a 500+ word article. Regardless, buried in their latest post on Kanye West and […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: John D. Boswell (Symphony Of Science)
September 11th, 2012 Brian Leak This feature sets itself apart from our typical arsenal of interviews here at UTG, but as the focus is an incredible project not only comprised of music, but also a fresh aim at teaching the wonders of science, we feel it’s only appropriate that anyone and everyone be aware of John Boswell and his brainchild, […]
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SLOW NEWS DAY: Will Smith Performs The “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” Theme
May 20th, 2012 James Shotwell This weekend has been overly slow as far as news is concerned, but thankfully the gossip hounds at TMZ found a solution. While making an appearance on the Graham Norton Show to promote Men In Black 3, Will Smith busted out an on-the-spot rendition of the timeless theme to The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Don’t […]
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