North American punk supergroup Rain City Rockers are playing on the listener’s sense of nostalgia with their latest release, The Anime EP. Consisting of members from legendary bands such as Sum 41, Goldfinger, and Mob, the group delivers clever, almost ornery renditions of fan-favorite anime songs ranging from Pokemon to Dragon Ball Z to today’s […]
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UTG PREMIERE: Rain City Rockers – “Digimon”
February 20th, 2015 
Matthew Leimkuehler 
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Tags: andrew conroy, cover songs, digimon, dragonball z, Goldfinger, mob, Pokemon, rain city rockers, sum 41 
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FESTIVAL PREVIEW: 10 Cover Songs We Hope To Hear at Riot Fest Chicago
September 12th, 2014 Kevin Blumeyer Nothing gets a festival crowd going like a good cover tune, so it’s no surprise that many of my favorite memories from Riot Fest 2013 involved covers. The festival opened on Friday afternoon with Hatebreed paying tribute to fallen Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman with their cover of “Ghosts of War,” during which Jamey Jasta made […]
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Jack White, Conor Oberst, Patti Smith to Play Coen Brothers’ Concert
August 19th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Who would curate a concert that includes The Avett Brothers, Conor Oberst, Marcus Mumford, Patti Smith, The Decemberists‘ Colin Meloy, and Jack White‘s first live performance of 2013? Obviously the… Coen Brothers? In preparation for their upcoming film, Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen Brothers and T-Bone Burnett (the film’s soundtrack producer) are bringing the big hitters […]
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FLASHBACK: 7 Unforgettable AOL Undercover Sessions
April 26th, 2013 James Shotwell Earlier today news broke over Twitter that Spinner and all of AOL Music would be shutting down. First impressions were that this would be a gradual change, but tweets sent from the Spinner account (which were later deleted) said that the plug was being pulled today. Spinner Editor Dan Reilly even tweeted, “Well, we all […]
Posted in Columns, Features, News, UTG List Tags: 30 seconds to mars, afi, aol music, aol sessions, cover, cover songs, david bowie, Gin Blossoms, hit the lights, New Found Glory, performance, RIP, rise against, spinner, stream, video Comments Off on FLASHBACK: 7 Unforgettable AOL Undercover SessionsBowling For Soup & The Dollyrots to release 7″ split
July 10th, 2011 Katy Bowling For Soup and The Dollyrots are set to release a 7″ split, in which each band will be covering the others songs. Interesting take on a split in my opinion. The release will be limited to 1000 copies, signed by both bands. A digital version, featuring two bonus tracks, will also be made available.
Posted in News Tags: 7" split, bowling for soup, cover songs, digital version, the dollyrots Comments Off on Bowling For Soup & The Dollyrots to release 7″ splitSteel Train release 7″ Of The Month Club
November 17th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Steel Train announced that they have released 7″ Of The Month Club that is going to feature re-mixes, B-sides and cover songs and is going to be limited to only 250 pieces of each vinyl. Head past the jump to view a statement from the band on this special occasion.
Posted in News Tags: 7" Of The Month Club, b-sides, cover songs, re-mixes, release, steel train, vinyl Comments Off on Steel Train release 7″ Of The Month ClubFirst Impressions: MxPx – On The Cover 2
February 18th, 2009 James Shotwell First Impressions is a segment where we let you into our early thoughts on a highly anticipated album, This week, we have our early views of the highly anticipated album from MxPx entitled, On The Cover 2. It drops late March from Tooth and Nail Records. Pop punk is a field of music that only is […]
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