Looks like European music fans will have one more festival to look forward to this year when winter rolls around. Citing a successful run in 2012, Warped Tour has announced that they will be will be returning to play shows in the UK in November 2013. The long-running punk music tour will also be expanding […]
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Warped Tour To Return To The UK, To Make Stops In Mainland Europe In 2013
February 26th, 2013 
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STREAM: Alcoa – ‘Bone And Marrow’
February 26th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Did you know that Defeater frontman Derek Archambault moonlights as solo singer/songwriter with a distinctly countrified bend? It’s true! He’s calls his side gig Alcoa and he just released his project’s debut LP Bone and Marrow. That seems to be the trajectory for the lead singers of punk (and in this case, post-hardcore/screamo) outfits, does it […]
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WATCH: Desaparecidos Cover Joyce Manor’s “Constant Headache” Live
February 26th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Yes, many of us bow at the feet of Conor Oberst in reverence of his various musical projects and his formative contributions to that Saddle Creek sound. Fortunately, it looks like Oberst isn’t above taking a few cues from one of the bands that he influenced. Oberst recently resurrected his rocking and rollicking side-project Desaparecidos […]
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Daft Punk Revamp Site, Confirm Move To Columbia In The Process
February 26th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Man, those helmets look fresh to death. Daft Punk’s website has been pretty static up until recently. Before yesterday, a visitor to daftpunk.com would be greeted with the image seen here… and nothing else. That all changed today, when the logo seen here appeared on their home page. Again, it’s not a splash page and […]
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Baauer And “Harlem Shake” Materialize At The Top Of Billboard Hot 100 Chart Thanks To Incorporation Of Streaming Data
February 25th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor The stars just keep aligning for young trap producer Baauer. First his song, “Harlem Shake”, became the sonic framework for a video dance meme, a meme which accelerated in popularity at an unprecedented rate. Then he topped the iTunes Singles chart. Now, to complete his coronation as king beatmaker of the moment, he sits at […]
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STREAM: Alkaline Trio – “Torture Doctor”
February 25th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor With every cut that bleeds out from Alkaline Trio’s upcoming full length My Shame Is True – out April 2 on Epitaph – we here at Under The Gun Review salivate a little bit more. This remains the case for “Torture Doctor”, which our good friends over at SPIN are streaming for your consideration. Replete with “hey”s, “ho”s, […]
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Rapper Gunplay Has Assault And Armed Robbery Charges Dropped, Avoids Life Sentence
February 25th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Gunplay, real name Richard Morales Jr., is probably breathing a little bit easier today. After all, he’s a free man. The Florida-based rapper revealed on Twitter that all the assault and armed robbery charges he was facing have been dropped. I jus gave da State of Florida back a life sentence!! Case dismissed!! S/o to […]
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Linkin Park Prepping ‘Hybrid Theory’ Colored Vinyl Release
February 25th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Frequent readers of Under The Gun Review will know that we, as a blog, are pretty obsessed about vinyl. So you know when something like this popped onto our radars, we would have to give it some notice. An eagle-eyed AbsolutePunk member noticed a new entry in Linkin Park’s catalog of releases on Amazon, a […]
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STREAM: Tegan And Sara – “When You Were Mine” (Prince Cover)
February 24th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Pop singing-songwriting twin sister duo Tegan and Sara have been killing it lately with their covers of deepish cut classic rock songs. Did you hear the pair’s version of The Rolling Stones’ “Fool To Cry” that they did for the soundtrack to the second season of Girls? Tis lovely. Their proclivity for mining the sonic […]
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DOWNLOAD: Major Lazer Delay Release Of ‘Free The Universe’, Put Out First Installment Of ‘Lazer Strikes Back’ Consolation Mixtape Series
February 23rd, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Major Lazer’s hotly anticipated Free The Universe has been pushed back before, and it’s getting pushed back again. The sophomore LP from Diplo’s electronic-dancehall side project was initially scheduled for release back in September of 2012. However, circumstances beyond the band’s control forced a rescheduling of the release to February 19. But based on a […]
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Producer Madeon To Be The First Dance Music Artist To Play… The New York Stock Exchange?
February 22nd, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Here’s a head-scratcher to stew in your brainpan for the weekend. DJ/producer Madeon has experienced more success at the age of 18 (maybe 19? But he looks way younger?!) than most artists have over the course of their whole lives. He’s gone viral. He’s toured with Lady Gaga. He’s a titan, a young god, in his chosen […]
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As Of Right Now, The Strokes Don’t Plan On Touring In Support Of ‘Comedown Machine’
February 22nd, 2013 Dayton O'Connor It’s not all unicorns and lollipops when it comes to The Strokes’ upcoming album Comedown Machine. Bassist Nikolai Fraiture has stated that the band currently does not have a support tour in the works for their fifth album. Not only that, but any future touring plans have been limited to the abstract. When asked by […]
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