Artist: Restorations Album: LP3 Label: SideOneDummy Records Genre: Punk Third albums can be a major pain. While most artists are either trying one too many new things in a desperate attempt to reclaim the audience they lost or scraping the bottom of the barrel with repeated ideas that they’re too afraid to let go of, […]
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REVIEW: Restorations – ‘LP3’
October 29th, 2014 
Adrian Garza 
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UTG LIST: The Best ‘Ugly Christmas Sweaters’ From Bands Available In 2014
October 27th, 2014 James Shotwell It’s that time of year again! I don’t know how much time you’ve spent plotting your holiday shopping just yet, but the must-have item in nearly every band store this season is once again the “ugly Christmas sweater.” Sometimes sold as a crew neck with a sweater design, these items offer a humorous twist on […]
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UTG PREMIERE: Swingin’ Utters – “I’m Not Coming Home”
October 23rd, 2014 Tyler Osborne Today, the UTG offices are pleased to share with you a brand new track from Swingin’ Utters, titled “I’m Not Coming Home.” The track comes off of Swingin’ Utters’ upcoming album, Fistful of Hollow, and it’s every bit as fun as you’d expect. The song brings their definitive West Coast punk vibe right off the bat, […]
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Restorations Stream LP3
October 21st, 2014 Adrian Garza The word of mouth backing Restorations‘ LP3 has spread like wildfire, and thanks to a recent album stream provided by NPR, you can finally hear what the hype is all about. We think it was a great decision for the band to use “Tiny Prayers” and “Separate Songs” as promotional singles for this new record. […]
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UTG PREMIERE: anna sage. – “The Life and Lies of Jimmy Fries”
October 17th, 2014 James Shotwell The weekend is here, and as far as we are concerned there is no better way to end the work week than with a new soundtrack that can keep you entertained until Monday shows its ugly face once more. Today, it gives us great pleasure to partner with our friends at Near Mint Records for […]
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Parkay Quarts Announce New Album ‘Content Nausea,’ Stream New Song
October 16th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Parquet Courts are back with a new release, and they’re changing things up along with it. The Queens, NY indie punk four piece have undergone a homophonic name shift to Parkay Quarts to coincide with one member completing a degree in mathematics and another starting a family, seeing Andrew Savage and Austin Brown work alongside two friends […]
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Stream Meatbodies’ Debut Album
October 8th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Over the last few years, Chad Ubovich played as a member of Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin’s respective backing bands. Now, he’s finally getting the center spotlight. Ubovich is teaming up with Cory Hanson of Wand and Erik Jimenez of Together Pangea as Meatbodies, a new punk rock act that touches on psych and garage rock in all the […]
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Rancid Stream “Face Up” From ‘Honor Is All We Know’
October 7th, 2014 Ryan Kappy After releasing a trio of songs for the first time since 2009’s Let The Dominos Fall, Rancid have now released another track off their upcoming record, Honor Is All We Know. The song is named “Face Up” and it’s a 90-second, in-your-face track that contains many of the elements that have made Rancid very unique […]
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Watch Liars’ Freaky Video for “I’m No Gold”
October 2nd, 2014 Nina Corcoran At the beginning of this year, Los Angeles electro-punk group Liars put out their dark, eerie new album MESS. They also shared a video for “Pro Anti Anti” which showed clay versions of their faces being melted. It was a perfect visual companion to the song to show their edgy sound and its twisted undertones. Now […]
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Watch PUP Wreck Their Car in “Mabu” Music Video
September 24th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Toronto punks PUP have been up to no good this year — and by that we mean totally killing it. After releasing their self-titled debut back in April and doing a series of tour dates, the four piece group have decided to share a new music video for “Mabu.” This time around, they’re actually killing […]
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Topbunk Stream “Get Better”
September 18th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Topbunk are a two piece lo-fi emo group based out Atlanta, Georgia. The duo will be releasing their debut album, Ruin A Good Thing, November 11 through Known Pleasure, Paperweight and Holy Hell Records. They teamed up with Absolutepunk to premiere the lead single off the album, which is titled “Get Better.” You can also […]
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REVIEW: Gnarwolves – ‘Gnarwolves’
September 18th, 2014 Adrian Garza Artist: Gnarwolves Album: Gnarwolves Label: Pure Noise Records Let’s be honest, it’s pretty hard for a pop punk band to climb out of the grave that the “Defend Pop Punk” movement has become. A name like Gnarwolves backed up by images of pizza slices and skateboards can either serve as a calling card to invite […]
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