Saosin part ways with label; going “DIY”
Saosin have revealed in a recent tweet that they’re no longer signed to EMI/Virgin/Capitol and that they’re “excited about taking a DIY route again.” Saosin signed to Capitol in 2005 and released two...
View ArticleThe Arrivals announce tour with Toys That Kill
Chicago’s The Arrivals will be touring with fellow Recess Records group Toys That Kill this spring. You can view the tour’s full itinerary below. The Arrival’s latest album, Volatile Molotov, is...
View ArticleCirca Survive Discuss Album Leak
Philadelphia area experimental post-hardcore outfit, Circa Survive, may not be starting out their careers on the D.I.Y. path, but since leaving Atlantic Records last year, the group has been carrying...
View ArticleTaking Back Sunday To Release Two Live Albums From TAYF Tour
New York rockers Taking Back Sunday have been killing their Tell All Your Friends Tenth Anniversary Tour. They’ve recently let on that there are more plans involving TAYF10 to come: two live albums,...
View ArticleTRAILER: Do It Together (Documentary)
We here at UTG are always trying to bring you the best in up and coming bands and independent films. With Do It Together, these two merge. The film is a full length independent documentary on the...
View ArticleTEASER TRAILER: Do It Together (Documentary)
A few weeks back, we showed you the first trailer to Do It Together, a documentary on the Do-It-Yourself scene and musicians an artists working together. It promised to even be a how to, which should...
View ArticleStreetlight Manifesto Fans Fight To Get DC Venue Changed
Last night a group of punk kids from the DC area began petitioning for Streetlight Manifesto to drop the venue they booked in Northern Virginia (which for those who don’t know is basically a suburb of...
View ArticleOur Last Night Apparently No Longer With Epitaph Records
According to a couple of tweets by Our Last Night‘s vocalist, Trevor Wentworth, the band is no longer a part of the Epitaph Records family. So far there have been no official statements from either the...
View ArticleSTREAM/DOWNLOAD: Toasted Plastic –‘June Highs’ (Album)
Toasted Plastic are an up and coming emo/math rock band from New Jersey working largely on the DIY circuit. (Their booking information even says “We will try to play any show.”) The weird rockers have...
View ArticleBomb The Music Industry! Announce Last Show
On November 20 the on-and-off-again band, Bomb The Music Industry! (BtMI!), announced their last show will take place on January 19, 2014 with Cheap Girls at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY. An hour after...
View ArticleREVIEW: You Blew It! –‘Keep Doing What You’re Doing’
Artist: You Blew It! Album: Keep Doing What You’re Doing Label: Topshelf Records Genre: Emo, Indie As someone who has written his fair share of album reviews, I always jump at the opportunity to take a...
View ArticlePile Stream “Special Snowflakes”
Pile is a band I have long been fond of. Though they have long been on Exploding in Sound Records, the label only really took off after last year’s positive Pitchfork review of Speedy Ortiz’s Major...
View ArticleREVIEW: Pile –‘Special Snowflake / Mama’s Lipstick’ 7″
Artist: Pile Album: Special Snowflakes / Mama’s Lipstick Genre: Post-punk, rock & roll, indie rock Label: Exploding in Sound Records The burned-out psychedelic grunge of Dripping still has its...
View ArticleMembers of Darkside, The Antlers, Real Estate, More to Play Glasslands...
New York City’s DIY venues are slowly closing up. 285 Kent is deceased, Death by Audio is now done, and in a little over a month, Glasslands will be as well. The venue will be putting on several...
View ArticleCirca Survive Discuss Album Leak
Philadelphia area experimental post-hardcore outfit, Circa Survive, may not be starting out their careers on the D.I.Y. path, but since leaving Atlantic Records last year, the group has been carrying...
View ArticleTaking Back Sunday To Release Two Live Albums From TAYF Tour
New York rockers Taking Back Sunday have been killing their Tell All Your Friends Tenth Anniversary Tour. They’ve recently let on that there are more plans involving TAYF10 to come: two live albums,...
View ArticleTRAILER: Do It Together (Documentary)
We here at UTG are always trying to bring you the best in up and coming bands and independent films. With Do It Together, these two merge. The film is a full length independent documentary on the...
View ArticleTEASER TRAILER: Do It Together (Documentary)
A few weeks back, we showed you the first trailer to Do It Together, a documentary on the Do-It-Yourself scene and musicians an artists working together. It promised to even be a how to, which should...
View ArticleStreetlight Manifesto Fans Fight To Get DC Venue Changed
Last night a group of punk kids from the DC area began petitioning for Streetlight Manifesto to drop the venue they booked in Northern Virginia (which for those who don’t know is basically a suburb of...
View ArticleOur Last Night Apparently No Longer With Epitaph Records
According to a couple of tweets by Our Last Night‘s vocalist, Trevor Wentworth, the band is no longer a part of the Epitaph Records family. So far there have been no official statements from either the...
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