Our friends over at Absolute Punk are exclusively streaming Washington, DC based ska-punk band Kill Lincoln’s new song, “Wait, Wake, Repeat.” The song is really fast, urgent, and has some really infectious horns weaved in. “Wake, Wait, Repeat” is the first song on Kill Lincoln’s newest album, That’s Cool…In a Totally Negative and Destructive Way, […]
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STREAM: Kill Lincoln – “Wake, Wait, Repeat”
May 29th, 2013 
Tyler Osborne 
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AFI DOCS Announces Lineup for this Year’s Documentary Film Festival
May 24th, 2013 Tyler Osborne AFI DOCS (formerly known as AFI Silver Docs), released their schedule for this year’s film festival, and the list is filled with what we’re sure will be an amazing lineup of documentary films. Stationed in Washington, DC, AFI DOCS is the premiere documentary film festival on the East Coast, and is also considered one of the […]
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STREAM: Coke Bust – “Iron Spiral”
May 17th, 2013 Tyler Osborne One of the fastest bands out of Washington, DC, hardcore band Coke Bust released a new song today titled “Iron Spiral.” Just under a minute in length, the song has the signature Coke Bust feel: fast and most certainly pissed. “Iron Spiral” is the first song to come off of Coke Bust’s newest full-length, Confined, […]
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Streetlight Manifesto Fans Fight To Get DC Venue Changed
April 22nd, 2013 Tyler Osborne Last night a group of punk kids from the DC area began petitioning for Streetlight Manifesto to drop the venue they booked in Northern Virginia (which for those who don’t know is basically a suburb of DC) known as Empire. For those who remember, a few weeks back The Wonder Years spoke out against Empire’s […]
Posted in News Tags: community, dc, diy, empire, equality, homophobia, nova, punk (genre), punk rock, rock (genre), ska, streelight manifesto, the lab, The Wonder Years 3 Comments »
UTG TV: Boardroom Heroes Acoustic Session
March 14th, 2013 Tyler Osborne DC-based punks Boardroom Heroes recently sat down with Tyler of our UTG TV staff and performed two of their songs acoustically, “Elephant” and “Not Hesitating.” Since being signed to Sinking Ship Records and playing Fest 11 in 2012, Boardroom Heroes have been steadily gaining a substantial following. Boardroom Heroes are gearing up to go on […]
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Trapped Under Ice Announces Hiatus
February 22nd, 2013 Tyler Osborne Well hardcore heads, the time has come. Baltimore hardcore group Trapped Under Ice just announced that they will be going on hiatus after This is Hardcore in August. Announcing the hiatus via a lengthy note on their Facebook page, TUI will be playing a slew of shows from now until This is Hardcore, and then […]
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LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: The Gaslight Anthem + Laura Stevenson and the Cans (Dec 3 at 930 Club, DC)
December 19th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Earlier this month I made my way out to the 930 Club in Washington DC to see the very popular rock group The Gaslight Anthem with Laura Stevenson and the Cans. Normally I shy away from the 930 Club (although it’s not a terrible venue) because generally a lot of the acts that play there […]
EXCLUSIVE STREAM: Over & Out – Plastic City EP
November 20th, 2012 James Shotwell A few weeks ago we talked to you about one of our new favorite hardcore bands from DC, Over & Out. Well today we are excited to announce that we are hosting their new EP Plastic City! The seven track album clocks in at a break neck 14 minutes, and it’s a really aggressive effort […]
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Texas is the Reason Announces Reunion Tour
November 5th, 2012 Tyler Osborne This isn’t super surprising, but nevertheless it’s awesome. Texas is the Reason announced today tour dates for 2013, and they’re hitting some places on the East Coast as well as in California. Texas is the Reason is a really important band in punk history, so seeing them tour around again is really welcome. They also […]
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UTG TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Over & Out ‘Free Tenley’ Winter Tour
October 31st, 2012 James Shotwell Washington, DC’s hardcore group Over & Out has announced plans for a Winter tour and UTG is sponsoring! Over & Out is a hardcore group from the Tenleytown area of DC, and they do their best not to sound like anything coming out of their scene right now. The ‘Free Tenley’ tour is in support […]
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STREAM: Thick Skin – Demo
October 4th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Here at UTG we cover a lot of types of music, a majority of which is already either somewhat popular or in the public eye. I personally love finding bands that nobody knows, because frankly I feel ahead of the curve once they strike it big. Now I’m from DC, and one of the greatest […]
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ALBUM STREAM: Sick Fix – Vexed
September 17th, 2012 Tyler Osborne DC hardcore group Sick Fix released their new record Vexed on Bandcamp for you to hear, and it’s hard as nails. With members of Magrudergrind / Coke Bust / Lotus Fucker / D.O.C., this hardcore group is fast, angry, and pushes you to not only want to mosh through a wall, but to think as well. The release comes courtesy of […]
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