Alexisonfire experienced an overwhelming demand for their upcoming farewell tour and have been forced to add more dates to their run. A change has been made to the December 20 date and will be held at the BMO Centre, Canada as well. Please view the added touring itinerary through the jump and let UTG know […]
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Alexisonfire Add Dates To Farewell Tour
September 17th, 2012 
Grant Trimboli 
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REVIEW: Stars – The North
September 5th, 2012 Josh Hammond Artist: Stars Album: The North Genre: Indie, Indie-Pop, Dance Label: ATO Records In terms of music, I can sort of remember Canada always being the butt of all the industry jokes. With the spotlight shining on products like Alanis Morissette, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Barenaked Ladies, and Sarah McLachlan, the sample size making the airwaves […]
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August 16th, 2012 Michael McCarron It looks like City and Colour CEO Dallas Green and Gallows frontman Wade MacNeil are working in the studio together. Green and MacNeil represent two-fifths of Canadian post-hardcore institution, Alexisonfire. Despite calling it a day last year, Alexisonfire have resurfaced to go on one proper farewell tour in celebration of a decade of making great […]
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Brand New Hope to Release New Music
August 4th, 2012 Michael McCarron It looks like the wheels of mysterious alternative rock powerhouse, Brand New, are in fact still moving (albeit at the Long Island quintet’s own speed). In a recent interview with VueWeekly.com, Brand New frontman, Jesse Lacey, discussed the band’s inter-workings and their plans for the future. Lacey expressed a desire to get new music out […]
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Black Label Society Announce Canadian Tour
June 26th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Black Label Society have just announced a huge Canadian tour in October and UTG has the details right here. This run will start on October 16 in St. John’s and end on November 3 in Vancouver so be sure to grab tickets when they are released. The best part of this run is that it […]
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Stars Announce New Album, Stream Track
June 21st, 2012 Brian Leak To follow-up 2010’s The Five Ghosts, indie popsters Stars have announced that they will be releasing their sixth full-length studio album The North September 4 through ATO. Stars took it a step further than this great news and have released the opening track from The North to the pleasure of fans everywhere. “The Theory of […]
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Refused Announce Handful Of Canadian Shows
May 15th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego The recently reunited harcore band Refused have announced they will be performing a short string of Canadian dates this coming August. Pre-sale tickets for the bands “Fan Club” will be available tomorrow at noon, with all proceeds going to benefit Shirts For A Cure. Since the band’s reunion, Refused have scheduled quite a few shows so be […]
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Billy Talent Announces New Album for Fall Release
May 14th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Canadian punk band Billy Talent announced that they will be releasing a new album this fall, as well as a new song at the end of this month! The band hasn’t put out a full length since 2009 (if you sit back and think about it, that’s actually a pretty fairly long time, which is […]
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Skrillex, Diplo And More Touring Canada By Train
May 8th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Skrillex and Diplo have announced that they will be heading out on The Full Flex Express Tour and plan to travel through Canada by train. You can expect this six-city summer tour to feature openers Pretty Lights, Grimes, KOAN Sound and Tokimonsta. All of the artists will travel by train throughout each of the cities […]
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MUSIC HISTORY CLASS: All Killer, No Filler
May 8th, 2012 Michael McCarron On this day in 2001, Canadian pop-punk outfit, Sum 41, officially blew up thanks to the release of their sophomore album, All Killer, No Filler. Filled to the brim with youthful anti-establishment rhetoric, catchy-as-AIDS choruses, and unabashed immaturity, All Killer, No Filler was a welcomed distraction from the monotony of the post-grunge onslaught. Riding high […]
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Useless ID Announce World Tour Dates
April 25th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Israeli punk rockers Useless ID have released a giant listing of tour dates around the world and UTG is bringing you them right here. This run starts in Beijing, China on April 29 and ends in Nottingham, UK on June 30 so be sure to get to one of these dates. The band are currently […]
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Blessthefall Robbed In Canada
April 9th, 2012 James Shotwell Fearless Records’ Blessthefall were robbed in Canada this past Saturday and are asking fans everywhere to help them search for their stuff. Blessthefall opened up about the incident via their official Facebook page. In a message to fans, the band wrote: So, last night in Montreal our van was broken into and 3 bags were […]
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