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Carolina Rebellion, A Rain Or Shine Event, Cancelled Due To Rain

Maybe this is going to seem like an attack piece of music journalism, but sometimes you just have to look at the facts and point out the idiocy. Carolina Rebellion, a North Carolina rock festival whose first listed piece of general information is “This Festival is a Rain or Shine Event“, cancelled the final day of the festival yesterday due to rain.

The festival made a post on Facebook saying “Due to inclement weather continuing throughout the night, we have to cancel the remainder of Carolina Rebellion 2013. This decision was made to ensure your safety as

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FLASHBACK: 7 Unforgettable AOL Undercover Sessions

Earlier today news broke over Twitter that Spinner and all of AOL Music would be shutting down. First impressions were that this would be a gradual change, but tweets sent from the Spinner account (which were later deleted) said that the plug was being pulled today. Spinner Editor Dan Reilly even tweeted, “Well, we all just got laid off. AOL Music is finished.”

We at UTG were as shocked as everyone else to learn of AOL Music’s downfall, and we quickly began reminiscing on their contributions to our scene over the years. Though they covered a wide variety of …

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Vans Warped Tour UK Announces Early Line-Up

Vans Warped Tour UK 2013 is gearing up to top last year’s incredible turnout and UTG has the initial bands announced. Look out for Rise Against, Yellowcard, Billy Talent, Real Friends, Capture The Crown, and Crossfaith to grace the stages.

Warped Tour UK will take place Saturday November 16 and 17 at London’s Alexandra Palace for the second year in a row. How exciting! Grab your tickets when they hit the internet today at 6pm.

Please let Under The Gun Review know if you plan on attending this great event when it takes place.

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MUSIC VIDEO: Alkaline Trio – “I Want To Be A Warhol”

Punk-rock veterans, Alkaline Trio premiered their new video for “I Want To Be A Warhol” on MTVu this morning.

As an added bonus, the video features the beautiful Milla Jovovich. Watch the Trio performing “I Want To Be A Warhol” in Jovovich’s living room while she lounges around in lingerie and some creep spys on her from inside her walls on MTVu.

The group also recently released a music video for “I, Pessimist” featuring Tim McIlrath of Rise Against, which can be seen right here on Under The Gun.

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MUSIC VIDEO: Alkaline Trio – “I, Pessimist” Feat. Tim McIlrath

Alkaline Trio have unveiled the music video for the single “I, Pessimist” featuring Tim McIlrath of Rise Against. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming album, My Shame Is True, which is currently set to be released April 2. You can watch the video by taking a look below the jump.

The band will be hitting the road this April and will be touring until June. Be sure to head over to the band’s Facebook page for a full list of dates to see if they will be playing in your city and to purchase some tickets.…

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Metallica Book Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bassnectar And More For Orion Festival

Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, and Robert Trujillo are returning in 2013 with the Orion Festival and is going to blow the roof of of last year’s festivities. This festival will take place at its new venue, Michigan’s Belle Isle, on June 8 and 9.

Announced this morning for the event are acts Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bassnectar, Japandroids, FLAG (a conglomeration of original members from the groundbreaking Black Flag), Rise Against, Dropkick Murphys, The Dillinger Escape Plan and so many more. If this line-up does not excite you then you probably are not in the right place.

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UTG INTERVIEW: Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré

People naturally gravitate towards music that is different, and that’s exactly what many consider Touché Amoré to be: different. Touché Amoré is a hardcore band from the Los Angeles, CA area that have been making waves since the release of the group’s latest full-length, Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me.

UTG had the opportunity to interview frontman Jeremy Bolm back in late September at The Beacham in downtown Orlando, FL. Throughout the interview we talked about all sorts of things like playing shows with other bands from completely different music scenes, basement shows, and the band’s very ambiguous …

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STREAM:DOWNLOAD: Tom Morello, Tim McIlrath and Serj Tankian Release Song For Occupy Wall Street

Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Tim McIlrath of Rise Against and Serj Tankian of System of a Down have released a song for the Occupy Wall Street movement’s first birthday.

The song, entitled “We Are The 99%”, is streaming on RollingStone.com and available for free download here. Read a statement from Morello below, who wrote and produced the song.

“We Are The 99%” is a song inspired by the global Occupy movement. I wanted to capture the excitement and energy of people fighting for change and make sure the song was free to anyone …

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Tim McIlrath & Joey Cape Perform No Use For A Name’s “For Fiona”

Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath and Lagwagon’s Joey Cape were filmed performing an acoustic rendition of No Use For A Name’s song “For Fiona” in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This song was a dedication to the late NUFAN frontman Tony Sly.

Please head through the jump to watch this great showing of talent from McIlrath and Cape and let us know if you enjoyed their performance.

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Rise Against Announce Tour With The Gaslight Anthem and Hot Water Music

Holy tour Batman! Rise Against announced the first dates of a tour with The Gaslight Anthem and Hot Water Music. This is a fantastic lineup, so if you’re around ANY of these dates make sure you go. Frankly, a lot of the UTG staff will be quite jealous of you. The tour isn’t until September, so you have some time to figure your life out, but we can almost promise you these tickets will sell out, so snag them up before they’re all gone!

You can check out the tour poster as the featured image, and then the dates after …

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Riot Fest Announces Lineup, Chiodos’ First Show Back

Chicago’s music festival Riot Fest announced their lineup today, and it just got real. Among the awesome lineup announcements of Rise Against, Iggy and the Stooge, and The Descendents, Chiodos announced that they will be playing their first show back at the festival as well. Talk about a great lineup addition there.

The festival is September 14, 15, 16, and will be held at Humboldt Park and Congress Theater in Chicago, and tickets start at 18 dollars per day.

You can check out the full announcement after the break, and let UTG know if you plan on going! We’ll most …

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Warped Tour Releases Compilation Tracklist

Summer punk extravaganza Warped Tour has announced the tracklist for its famous compilation album that it puts out every year, and it’s got a very great mix of awesome bands on the tour this year. Warped Tour has transformed a lot over the past years, from being a primarily punk festival, to a pop-punk hangout, then to a metalcore get together.

This year’s incarnation of what many consider the gateway to many youngsters alternative music tastes has primarily a pop-punk/punk vibe to it, and it is directly related in this years compilation, especially on the first disc. UTG is really …