Artist: Relient K Album: Collapsible Lung Genre: Pop-Rock, Rock Label: Mono VS Stereo Let’s not beat around the bush here: when any band takes more than three years to put out an album with original material, people get skeptical about the quality of it. Introducing several co-writers and two producers to the mix can be […]
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UTG PHOTOS: The 8123 TOUR (6/25/13)
June 28th, 2013 
Corbin Alvae Under The Gun sent photographer, Corbin Alvae, to the 8123 Tour at The Crofoot in Pontiac, MI. This past weekday (Tuesday to be exact), I stopped over in Pontiac to catch The Maine, Rocket To The Moon, This Century, and Brighten. Now I’ve been a fan of each band for awhile now, so you could say […]
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We The Kings Premiere New Song
May 5th, 2013 Adrian Garza Here’s something that slipped through the cracks: We The Kings released a new track this past Friday in the form of the band posting an iTunes link to their latest single on their Facebook. Aside from “Just Keep Breathing,” their prior single which was released in April, we are practically in the dark as far […]
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NEW SONG: The Maine – “Birthday In LA” (Acoustic)
April 30th, 2013 Adrian Garza The Maine recently performed an acoustic set at Loony Tunes CD Store in New York this past Sunday, and sometime mid-set, the Arizona pop rock group decided to play a rendition of a new song off their upcoming album, Forever Halloween. “Birthday In LA” is exactly what it sounds like: it’s a song about frontman […]
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STREAM: The Maine – “Happy”
April 16th, 2013 Adrian Garza AltPress is currently streaming “Happy,” lead single off of The Maine‘s upcoming record, Forever Halloween. The Brendan Benson (of The Raconteurs) produced album will be independently released stateside on June 4, and as an international release through Rude Records. Pre-orders can be found here. Follow the jump to listen to the song, and to look […]
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Three Relient K Members To Sit Out On Upcoming Tour
April 15th, 2013 Adrian Garza According to a Facebook status put up on Saturday, it seems that only 2/5 of the actual members of Relient K will be on the road as the band heads out on their headlining tour with William Beckett, Mike Mains & The Branches, and Hellogoodbye that starts in a matter of days. The band cites […]
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Paramore Stream Two B-Sides From S/T
April 9th, 2013 Adrian Garza Paramore have released their self-titled album today, and with that came the exclusive stream of the record on Rdio, included alongside a couple of b-sides that didn’t make the cut. One of the things that many have said about the record is that there are several tracks that should’ve been b-sides, considering how much they […]
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Matchbox Twenty Announce Co-Headlining Summer Tour With Goo Goo Dolls
March 20th, 2013 Adrian Garza Alt Rockers Matchbox Twenty have recently announced a massive summer co-headlining tour with Goo Goo Dolls. Who knows, maybe a tour like this will rekindle the following of each band. Both groups will be promoting their latest releases. Goo Goo Dolls with their upcoming tenth album, Magnetic, which will drop on May 7. Matchbox with […]
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March 15th, 2013 Adrian Garza Yesterday we posted a stream of a lyric video of Paramore’s latest single, “Still Into You”, and today we follow that up with a clip taken from the band’s first ever live performance of the song at SXSW. Two days into SXSW, and it seems obvious that Paramore‘s antics have been in full swing. The […]
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WATCH: The Summer Set – “Maybe Tonight”
March 5th, 2013 Adrian Garza The Summer Set have partnered up with our friends over at Alter The Press! to put out an acoustic performance of “Maybe Tonight”, a track that will be featured on the group’s soon to be released full length studio album, Legendary. Legendary will be released through Fearless Records in the US on April 16 and […]
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WATCH: Fall Out Boy Return To Jimmy Kimmel Live
February 14th, 2013 Adrian Garza Ready for more Fall Out Boy news? Chicago’s “suitehearts” made their long-awaited return to the televised stage last night on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show with the performance of their latest single, “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”. Just like any past instance of FOB hinting at something […]
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UTG Presents: Terra Terra Terra’s ‘The Space We Create’ Giveaway
January 17th, 2013 Adrian Garza We here at UTG are excited to announce our latest giveaway, a fan pack by Lakeland, FL’s own Terra Terra Terra. The pop-rock group has just released their sophomore LP, The Space We Create this past Tuesday, and they’re so excited to share it with the world that we’ve partnered together to give one of […]
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