Rumors have been swirling all weekend that Green Day and Blink-182 were gearing up to announce a 10-year anniversary edition of their hugely successful Pop Disaster Tour from 2002. We never ran the rumor because, honestly, we couldn’t find a single person to serve as a “source” for this information. Turns out, that was a […]
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Mark Hoppus Confirms Green Day & Blink-182 Tour Is NOT Happening, Admits It Is A “Good Idea”
September 10th, 2012 
Justin Proper 
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Man Overboard Release First Album For Free
September 9th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Man Overboard have announced that they are, for one day only, releasing their first “proper” album to download for free. The album is titled Before We Met, and you can access the download by heading right here. Man Overboard have quite a few tour dates coming up over the next couple of months, and they […]
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I Call Fives Announce Co-Headline Tour
September 7th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Pop punk outfits With The Punches And I Call Fives have announced a full US co-headlining tour kicking off this October. The tour will also feature appearances by Real Friends and Stickup Kid, each appearing on select dates. Both bands have recently released albums, With The Punches’ Seams & Stitches, and I Call Fives self-titled […]
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REVIEW: Handguns – Angst
September 7th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Artist: Handguns Album: Angst Genre: Pop-Punk Label: Pure Noise Records Handguns is a pop punk band from Pennsylvania that kids have latched onto as oflate. I’ve seen them a few times live, and when Don’t Bite Your Tongue came out, I was really into the release, especially the song “I Hope He Kills You” (I […]
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REVIEW: Sparks The Rescue – Sparks The Rescue EP
August 30th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: Sparks the Rescue Album: Sparks the Rescue EP Genre: Pop-punk Label: (None) Considering Sparks the Rescue’s recent chequered history (member departures, label schisms), this Kickstarter-funded EP could easily have been populated with lots of morose, self-indulgent songs about rejection, bitterness, and loss. This is not so, however. On this seven-track EP, the band’s fourth, […]
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REVIEW: The Dollyrots – The Dollyrots
August 29th, 2012 Grace Duffy Artist: The Dollyrots Album: The Dollyrots Genre: Pop-punk/pop-rock Label: Arrested Youth Records Four albums in, it’s business as usual for pop rock duo The Dollyrots on this eponymous release. The band’s sound is clinically breezy and spirited as always; the album laden with feelgood, suitably infectious anthems and odes to carefree living. It’s a populist […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Green Day – Oh Love
August 16th, 2012 James Shotwell Now that we’ve recovered from the fanboy meltdown half the staff suffered when the song “Kill The DJ” surfaced a few days back, UTG is proud to present the latest music video from pop punk pioneers Green Day. Described by the band as a clip that portrays the “tension between your heart and other parts […]
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STREAM: Yellowcard – “Fix You (Coldplay Cover)
August 14th, 2012 Adrian Garza A bonus track off of Yellowcard’s latest full length album, Southern Air has surfaced as of late. Yellowcard has been making waves stateside over the past couple of years, with their latest run on The Vans Warped Tour being one of the best indicators of that. Be sure to keep an eye out for the band’s […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Vans Warped Tour West Palm Beach, FL 7/28
August 8th, 2012 Adrian Garza If it weren’t for the Vans Warped Tour, I wouldn’t be writing this piece. Aside from the fact that there needs to be an event worth writing about to be able to write about said event, I wouldn’t have as much of a passion for the music that I listen to if it weren’t for […]
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Broken Rim Records Sign Forever Young
August 6th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Illinois pop punk outfit Forever Young have announced signing with Broken Rim Records. The band will be releasing their debut full length Out On A Limb through the label on October 2. Pre-orders for the album are available now and can be found here. For those unfamiliar with the band hit the jump to check […]
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REVIEW: Yellowcard – Southern Air
August 2nd, 2012 Tyler Osborne Artist: Yellowcard Album: Southern Air Genre: Pop-punk Label: Hopeless Records Yellowcard is one of the bands that I grew up listening to. And not just, “Oh I love that album Ocean Avenue,” or, “Yeah ‘Only One’ is so good!” No. That is not me at all. Yellowcard was one of those bands when I was younger […]
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EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM: Thieves – Achiever EP
July 31st, 2012 Jacob Tender It’s new music Tuesday here at UTG. Time to dig into what could be your new favorite band. Check out Thieves, an Austin, TX pop-punk four piece. Thieves was formed after the break-up of a band called Tomorrow’s Too Late (which featured With The Punches singer Jesse Vadala), combining the forces of vocalist/guitarist Billy Canino, guitarist […]
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