I don’t have to make a weak attempt at referencing the comic strip Garfield or the movie Office Space for you to understand that Mondays can be the worst. Most of us spend today returning to either school or work, which is something the majority of us would rather not be doing with our time, and it’s only the first time we’ll have to repeat this task in the coming days. Recognizing the potential horror that awaits any given Monday is something we all do, but UTG is here to help the week start a bit better for one lucky …
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CONTEST: Win A Signed Vinyl Copy Of Iron & Wine’s ‘Ghost On Ghost’
April 15th, 2013 
James Shotwell 
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Tags: contest, Ghost On Ghost, giveaway, iron and wine, signed, vinyl 
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UTG GIVEAWAY: The Gay Blades – ‘Ghosts’ Vinyl
March 22nd, 2013 James Shotwell For those who are unaware, The Gay Blades are a band that hold deep meaning to the staff. Our name, Under The Gun, actually derives from the lyrics of “Robots Can Fuck Your Shit Up.”
Thus, we’re proud to partner with intheclouds Records to give away two copies of the band’s 2008 release Ghosts on vinyl.
This is a really special release. The record is pressed on beer colored vinyl with a bonus 7″, all within a pop-up gatefold jacket.
To enter, visit the submission form here. Best of luck!…
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UTG CONTEST: Drowning Pool and Flyleaf – Irving Plaza 2/28
February 26th, 2013 Jacob Tender Looking for something to do with a date this Thursday? Wishing you could go to the Drowning Pool/Flyleaf show in NYC this week, but short a few bucks? We can help.
We’re giving away two pairs of tickets to this week’s show at Irving Plaza on Thursday and we want you to win them! All you have to do is one of the following tasks.
The first two fans who complete one of these tasks will earn a pair of tickets to the show.
Directions:
- Like us on Facebook and write the following on our timeline: “GIVE ME THE TIX,
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TICKET GIVEAWAY: Further Seems Forever At Gramercy Theatre (NYC)
February 3rd, 2013 Grant Trimboli Under The Gun could not be more excited to announce we will be giving away a pair of tickets to the February 8 date of Further Seems Forever‘s show at Gramercy Theatre in New York City!
The first step is to simply follow @UTGReview on Twitter and then post a tweet mentioning the website. The update must read exactly like the title of this contest “FSF CONTEST: FREE TICKETS”. If the message does not ready exactly like this we will not consider your entry. The band will be on a short five-date tour run in early February and will …
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HEARTTHROB CONTEST: Tegan & Sara
January 25th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Under The Gun Review is excited to give you all a chance to win a prize package from pop artists Tegan & Sara in celebration of their forthcoming album, Heartthrob. The album hits everywhere on January 29 (Tuesday) through Warner Bros Records.
The prize pack consists of:
1 Tegan & Sara t-shirt
1 Autographed Copy of ‘Heartthrob’
Follow the jump for details on how to enter the giveaway!…
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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 the following list items away to three lucky individuals:
- A brand new copy of The Space We Create
- A show-broken snare head autographed by the entire band
- Two tickets to one Terra Terra Terra show in 2013 (Continental US only)
Follow the jump for …
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TICKET GIVEAWAY: Scream It Like You Mean It Tour
August 6th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Under The Gun could not be more excited to announce we will be giving away a pair of tickets to this summer’s Scream It Like You Meant It Tour. This talent-packed tour features Attack Attack!, We Came As Romans, Woe, Is Me, Abandon All Ships, Texas In July, In Fear And Faith, Secrets, Glass Cloud, and At The Skylines.
The one lucky winner will receive a pair of tickets to the Grand Rapids, Michigan date on Tuesday August 7 at the Intersection. Details for the contest are available below so be sure to hit jump and enter for your chance …
CONTEST: If These Trees Could Talk CD Giveaway
May 31st, 2012 Brian Lion Ohio-based instrumental post rock outfit If These Trees Could Talk have given Under The Gun the opportunity to provide fans with the chance to win a copy of their newest release, Red Forest!
Red Forest is a 48-minute long instrumental epic which was self produced by the band throughout 2011 at NEMeadow Studios in Bath, Ohio. Will Putney mastered the album and Charlie Wagers (mewithoutYou, Caspian) of Three Bears Design was at the helm for art direction & design.
To enter, we ask that you write a short essay based on the following prompt:
Explain a conversation you’d like …
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GIVEAWAY: Twin Atlantic ‘Free’ Prize Pack
April 23rd, 2012 Grant Trimboli Under The Gun Review has partnered up with Glasgow rockers Twin Atlantic to give away an awesome prick pack and we want you to be apart of this experience.
Twin Atlantic have been endlessly touring the globe supporting their debut album, Free, which was recorded in Santa Monica and produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo And The Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World). This album reached ‘Best New Rock Artist of the Year’ on the iTunes UK charts, it was UK’s best selling independent British rock album of 2011 and Free hit #1 on iTunes Rock albums charts. Not …
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TICKET CONTEST: Portugal. The Man
April 18th, 2012 Grant Trimboli UTG is in the giving mood, yet again, and we would like to offer up a pair of tickets to see Portugal. The Man perform at the Starland Ballroom in Sayerville, NJ on Record Store Day (Saturday 4/21). The Jägermeister Music Tour features special guest The Lonely Forest and is undoubtedly one of the most fun times you will have in 2012.
On top of the free pair on tickets, PTM will be doing an in-store performance/signing at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ at 2:30pm that same day. Pick up their exclusive Record Store Day 7” and have the guys …
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CONTEST: Smugglers Way FlexiZine (Domino Records/Ribbon Music)
April 17th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Under The Gun Review is proud to announce one of our most unique giveaways through Domino Records, and its subsidiary Ribbon Music, introduced as the Smugglers Way FlexiZine.
This awesome publication will drop exclusively on Record Store Day (April 21) and contains 24 pages of original art and prose from each label’s artists, including illustrations from The Kills’ Alison Mosshart and Twin Sister’s Andrea Estella, a poem by Laura Marling, written pieces by Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker and Wild Beasts’ Tom Fleming, and an original arranged score of music by Owen Pallett. It also contains 5 multi-colored flexi-discs …
FAN PHOTOS: Submit Your Pictures!
April 11th, 2012 Jacob Tender We’re sure you’ve heard about the big Instagram/Facebook buyout and all of that jazz. Old news, right?
Well, considering the fact that our Android toting fans now have access to the popular photo-sharing platform, we’ve decided to give all Instagrammers a chance to show off their stuff!
Starting now, anyone (yes anyone) can send in their best concert photos to be featured on Under The Gun’s Instagram account! Your photos will forever remain in our feed along with our photographer’s favorite shots. Interested? Here’s how to do it:
- Go to a show and take some pictures with your phone,
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