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Less Than Jake, Hostage Calm and Pentimento Release Tour Sampler

To get fans excited for their summer tour, Less Than Jake released a three song sampler with Hostage Calm and Pentimento through Limited Run.

UTG LIST: 5 Must-See Sets At Skate And Surf (Day 2)

This Saturday, May 18, Skate And Surf Festival will kick off at Six Flags Great Adventure New Jersey with dozens of the scene’s biggest names. A number of the UTG staff will be on hand for the event, and from the feedback we have been seeing on Twitter it sounds like a lot of you […]

Less Than Jake Announce New Label, New Album, And New Tour

Well it looks like we have some news of a new full length release from Less Than Jake. The band will be entering the studio in May to record their first LP since 2008’s GNV FLA through one of the biggest labels in punk music: Fat Wreck Chords. Along with that, LTJ are going to […]

Virginia Promoter Calls Misser Merch Guy A Faggot; We’re Not Stoked

Tonight, Misser made a stop in Springfield, Virginia on their pop-punk all-star tour with The Wonder Years, Fireworks, and Hostage Calm. The show was at Empire where 24/20 management owner and concert promoter Tyler Greene (who some may recall as the vocalist for metal band ABACABB) was collecting merch cuts. When Misser merch guy and member of […]

WATCH: Hostage Calm – “Patriot” (Live)

Last night, on their first night on tour with The Wonder Years, Fireworks and Misser at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Hostage Calm closed their set by performing “Patriot”. The song is an a capella-driven ballad of sorts off of their acclaimed 2012 release Please Remain Calm. The band claimed they’ve never […]

Turnover Premier New Song “Bloom”

Virginia Beach rockers Turnover have partnered up with AltPress to premier the stream of their new song “Bloom.” This song will come off of the band’s forthcoming album, Magnolia, which has a release date of April 16 through Run For Cover Records.  Be sure to catch the band on tour with Diamond Youth and PJ […]

Rocketown Promoter Has Different Side To Volumes Controversy

There are two sides to every story, and the latest incident from Rocketown is looking pretty hectic. Last night, the word was Volumes front man Michael Barr was attacked by following his dedication of a song to a homosexual friend (with No Country For New Nashville originally reporting that reasoning, but they have since updated […]

Volumes Frontman Reportedly Attacked At Rocketown After Dedicating A Song To A Homosexual Friend

Damn, Rocketown. Get it together. Following news earlier in the week that an employee at the Nashville-based Rocketown music venue was fired after wearing a Hostage Calm shirt promoting same sex marriage, word of a new incident at the Tennessee establishment has made its way to UTG. According to various sources at the venue, as […]

Rocketown Release Statement On Same-Sex Marriage

Recently we reported that an employee of the music venue Rocketown in Nashville, Tennessee was fired for sporting Hostage Calm‘s ‘I Support Same Sex Marriage’ shirt. I imagine in light of public outrage seen in the last 24 hours the venue decided to issue a statement on the situation. You can see what they had […]

Friend Of Hostage Calm Fired For Wearing Same-Sex Marriage Shirt

Just when you think the country is moving in the right direction regarding equality something like this happens. According to a very lengthy post from our friends in Hostage Calm, a long-time friend of theirs was fired from his job at a concert venue for wearing a shirt that said “I Support Same-Sex Marriage”. While […]

Skate And Surf Announce 2013 Lineup, Headliners Include Glassjaw, A Day To Remember, Macklemore, And RX Bandits

I have to go to Skate And Surf this year. While several other bands hinted at their inclusion at the festival and a few had confirmed, an e-mail sent out to subscribers early this morning dropped a lot of big names. I wanted to go for Saves The Day and Glassjaw, but now you throw […]

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Misser To Enter The Studio, Start Work On A New EP Tomorrow

Misser, the pop-punk duo comprised of Tim Landers from Transit and Brad Wiseman of This Time Next Year, will be gettin down to bidness on a new EP starting Monday. According to a statement on the band’s Facebook, they’ll be recording the first release since their 2012 debut album Every Day I Tell Myself I’m Going […]