Under The Gun sent guest photographer, Audrey Lew, to Best Buy Theater in New York City to photograph Taking Back Sunday & The Used on April 21, 2014. Taking Back Sunday and The Used just wrapped up the end of their co-headlining tour in support of their new records Happiness Is and Imaginary Enemy, respectively. […]
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UTG PHOTOS: Taking Back Sunday & The Used (4/21/14)
April 29th, 2014 
Derek Scancarelli 
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Brand New and Modest Mouse Announce MASSIVE One-Night-Only Stadium Show In Queens
April 29th, 2014 James Shotwell Hold on to your butts, fans of indie rock laced with emo tendencies. The end of summer just got awesome. Brand New and Modest Mouse have announced a one-night-only stadium performance at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, NY for August 9, 2014. The venue is one of the largest either artist has ever headlined, […]
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UTG PHOTOS: Bayside & Four Year Strong (4/4/14)
April 9th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Under The Gun sent photographer, Derek Scancarelli, to Best Buy Theater in New York City to photograph The Great American Cult Tour on April 4, 2014. Bayside just wrapped up the end of their headlining Great American Cult Tour. Along for the ride were Four Year Strong, Daylight (who’ve since changed their name to Superheaven) […]
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Watch Ava Luna’s “Genesee” Music Video
April 3rd, 2014 Nina Corcoran Brooklyn’s art-punk group Ava Luna just dropped their newest album, Electric Balloon, at the end of February. It’s a soul-filled Dirty Projectors-esque release that is well worth the listen. To put some images to the sound, the band just shared a video for “Genesee” off the record. With some post-punk jittering and eerie harmonies, “Genesee” gets a […]
UTG TV EXCLUSIVE: I Am The Avalanche In-Store Part 2: ‘Avalanche United’
March 25th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli On March 18, our buddies in I Am The Avalanche dropped their third album worldwide. Wolverines is the highly anticipated follow-up to the band’s 2011 release, Avalanche United. One week prior to release, the band streamed the album in its entirety through Billboard. By the time Looney Tunes CDs hosted IATA’s in-store appearance, most fans […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Sulene Releases ‘Holding Words Back’ EP
March 25th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler Under The Gun is happy to introduce you to Sulene, who dropped her brand new and highly-anticipated EP, Holding Words Back, today. A four-track effort full of punk rock vigor and emotion, Sulene shows she is ready to make a name for herself in the alternative scene with the new release. Dynamic and gripping, Holding […]
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UTG TV EXCLUSIVE: I Am The Avalanche In-Store Part 1: ‘Wolverines’
March 24th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Last week, our buddies in I Am The Avalanche dropped their third album worldwide. Wolverines is the highly anticipated follow-up to the band’s 2011 release, Avalanche United. One week prior to release, the band streamed the album in its entirety through Billboard. By the time Looney Tunes CDs hosted IATA’s in-store appearance, most fans already […]
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UTG TV: An Interview With Between The Buried And Me’s Dan Briggs
March 6th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli “It was pretty magical. We were wearing suits and dress pants. It felt like we were desecrating the place with the music we were playing, so we might as well look nice,” says Dan Briggs, reflecting on his performance at the world-renowned Radio City Music Hall. Whether or not you’re into music as heavy or […]
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UTG PHOTOS: Between The Buried And Me (2/21/14)
February 28th, 2014 Derek Scancarelli Under The Gun sent photographer, Derek Scancarelli, to photograph Between the Buried and Me at The Paramount in New York on February 21, 2014. Between the Buried and Me are currently on the road performing their masterfully crafted progressive metal everywhere from New York to Canada and back down to Florida. The tour package also […]
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FREE MP3: Flatbush Zombies – “LiT”
February 14th, 2014 James Shotwell Just in time for the weekend, New York’s underrated bad boys have delivered a new banger that is sure to take your party to the next level. Leveraging a jazz sample to build a sense of timelessness around an otherwise trap-influenced sound, “LiT” finds Flatbush Zombies returning to the spotlight in style. It’s another production […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Brand New @ The Paramount
December 21st, 2013 Nina Corcoran When Brand New announced, out of nowhere, that they would be playing all of their discography at four shows–two on the west coast and a two on the east–fans flipped out exactly how you would expect them to. The internet exploded, the tickets sold out in minutes, and most everyone was half furious, half depressed […]
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UTG TV: Norma Jean’s Corey Brandan Talks ‘Wrongdoers’ And More
December 18th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli Everyone, please hold in your milk, this interview is about to get wild. Well, I take that back. It seems as though when Norma Jean‘s vocalist Corey Brandan isn’t chugging milk to the point of projectile vomiting, he’s actually a pretty laid back guy. The band just wrapped up a tour with KEN mode, The […]
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