Dear UTG Readers – Today is a very good day for our site. After five years of headaches, confusion, and restraint we are beyond excited to tell you we are no longer associated with Buzz/Spin Media. We thought joining a giant digital company who claimed to have our best interests in mind would be the […]
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Dear Readers – Please Help Us Develop The Future of UTG
August 21st, 2015 
James Shotwell 
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Explosions In The Sky Working On New Material In 2015
January 13th, 2015 John Bazley As they enter their sixteenth year as a band, Explosions in the Sky have taken to Facebook to fill fans in on the status of their band. In a statement posted Friday night, the band has apologized for months of “hibernation” after a few years of writing soundtracks and contributing to other projects. The band promises that […]
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Outlook Uncertain: Set Your Goals Update Fans On Status Of Band
December 26th, 2014 James Shotwell Set Your Goals have been a favorite band of many UTG staffers and readers over the years, but anyone with even the slightest interest in the beloved pop punk outfit could tell you it has been a while since the group did basically anything at all. To make matters worse, they have also remained largely […]
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Good Luck Varsity May Be Done, But There’s Still New Material To Be Heard
November 14th, 2014 Scott Murray About a year ago, Michigan band Good Luck Varsity went their separate ways after differences between members of the band became too great to continue their efforts. Rumblings of an upcoming album we’re quickly overshadowed by the splitting of the band, and many were left to wonder if any new material would ever surface from […]
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Story Of The Year Post Long Update On The Band’s Future, Part Ways With Bassist
September 30th, 2014 Ryan Kappy Classic post-hardcore band Story Of The Year have been a little quiet since coming back from hiatus and touring relentlessly throughout the country in regards to the ten-year anniversary of Page Avenue last year. Also, they released a completely stripped down acoustic version of the record titled Page Avenue: 10 Years And Counting that same […]
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Chance The Rapper Hospitalized, Cancels Coachella Performance
April 20th, 2014 James Shotwell Chicago hip hop phenomenon Chance The Rapper was admitted to a Southern California hospital today and has since been forced to cancel his scheduled appearance at the second weekend of Coachella. Using Chance’s official Twitter account, someone from the rapper’s management posted a series of messages this afternoon updating fans on the songwriter’s condition. “On […]
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Cody Payne Responds To AJ Perdomo’s Statement On Leaving The Dangerous Summer
March 29th, 2014 Kriston McConnell News broke this morning that The Dangerous Summer‘s frontman AJ Perdomo has decided to part ways with the band. He wrote a lengthy blog post outlining his reasons, which mostly consisted of him becoming a father. He also mentions guitarist Cody Payne and the fact that he has no control or say over what the […]
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Billy Ray Cyrus Allegedly Planning ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ Hip-Hop Remix
January 7th, 2014 James Shotwell Almost twenty-two years have past since Billy Ray Cyrus skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard charts with “Achy Breaky Heart,” but if RadarOnline is to be believed there may be an updated version of the iconic track on the way in 2014. According to a story that has been developing since the dawn of […]
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‘Fast And Furious 7’ Delayed, But Not Scrapped
December 2nd, 2013 James Shotwell Everyone is still in shock over the sudden loss of Paul Walker over the weekend, but business must push forward and this morning we have our first update on the status of Fast and Furious 7. According to a new story on The Hollywood Reporter, studio executives met on Sunday morning to discuss the fate […]
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Never Shout Never’s Upcoming Album To Be “Old School”
November 4th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Christofer Drew of Never Shout Never recently sat down with Alternative Press to talk about what he’s been up to lately, and he spoke about NSN’s upcoming LP, as well as his solo work. While speaking to the new Never Shout Never album, he stated they’re “going for a basic, old school, rock ‘n’ roll […]
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Ridley Scott Confirms ‘Prometheus 2’ Is Written
October 31st, 2013 Kriston McConnell Fans have been anxiously waiting for an update on the sequel to the most recent movie installment in the world of Alien. We knew another Prometheus movie was coming, but when? Well Ridley Scott has confirmed that Prometheus 2 is written. He has some other movies in the works at the moment though, and did […]
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Austrian Death Machine Album Nears Completion
September 4th, 2013 James Shotwell Tim Lambesis has been making headlines more for his life outside of music in 2013 than within, but today we’re going to talk about the art his fans have supported for years and, as far as we can tell, still want to hear. Shortly before word broke about Lambesis’ arrest earlier this year he successfully […]
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