In terms of new music, 2013 could not have asked for a better way to begin. Today the brand new, UTG approved, album from Boston’s Dropkick Murphys hit shelves packed with an hour of Irish punk and folk sounds to fuel endless late night ragers and rainy afternoon reflection. Signed & Sealed In Blood is without a doubt a release we will be spinning well into the year, and we could not be more excited to join the rest of AbsoluteVoices in releasing a series of track-by-track videos. Click below to stream and learn the story behind “Jimmy Collins’ …
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UTG Track-By-Track: Dropkick Murphys – “Jimmy Collins’ Wake”
January 8th, 2013 
James Shotwell 
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Exclusive: Jamestown Story – ‘Show Me Tomorrow’ Track By Track
December 16th, 2012 Ben Schuley Jamestown Story release their new album, Show Me Tomorrow this Tuesday. The man behind the moniker Dane Schmidt took some time to write out a track-by-track for the new album, which you can read below.
You can also score the new album right here. It comes highly recommended by myself and the UTG staff.
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Anberlin Audio Track-By-Track For ‘Vital’
October 23rd, 2012 Grant Trimboli Anberlin have put out the track-by-track commentary for their latest release, Vital. The band discuses the recording process, dealing with struggles, touring and much more in the audio segment.
The album came out exactly one ago through Universal Republic. Listen to Anberlin’s track-by-track by simply heading past and let UTG know if you enjoyed their new material off of Vital.
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Upon The Dawning Track-By-Track
October 23rd, 2012 James Shotwell Fearless Records’ Upon This Dawning recently released their new album, To Keep Us Safe, and our friends at PropertyOfZack landed the exclusive track-by-track. Click here to learn the stories and inspiration behind each song from the six-piece’s latest, and feel free to poke around POZ for all their other great content.
Upon This Dawning are one of the many bands featured on Punk Goes Pop 5. If you feel like hearing a breakdown-laced version of “Call Me Maybe,” be sure sure to grab a copy of PGP5 when it hits stores November 6.
The Little Indians Stream New Album
October 2nd, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Indie pop act The Little Indians are now streaming their debut record, An Album From The Little Indians, exclusively with our good friends over at PropertyOfZack. In addition to the album stream, the band also provided a track-by-track for each song on the record.
The Little Indians will be releasing their debut album digitally on October 9 via their own Blue Room Records, expected to be followed by physical release as well. Head over to PropertyOfZack right now to check out this great album and the stories behind the songs.
FEATURE: Honour Crest Detail “Metrics” Track-By-Track
September 21st, 2012 James Shotwell Indianola Records’ Honour Crest are gearing up to release their forthcoming album Metrics next Tuesday, September 25. We raved about the album earlier this month in our official album review, and today we’re diving even deeper into the record with a track-by-track rundown of the stories and motivation behind Metrics. You can read all about the album below, but first you may want to stop by AltPress to stream the entire record ahead of its Tuesday release!
Flux – Flux is the arrowhead of ‘Metrics’ so we really wanted to show the momentum we are setting for this …
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Title Fight Release ‘Floral Green’ Stream & Track-By-Track Guide
September 13th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Kingston, Pennsylvania punks Title Fight take our listening experience to the next level by releasing an entire stream of their forthcoming effort, Floral Green, over on Spin. The moment we have been waiting for has finally arrived!
TF’s sophomore effort will see an official release of September 18 via SideOneDummy Records.
The band’s bassist Ned Russin also sat down with Spin to discuss the production and meanings throughout Floral Green in a new track-by-track guide. View the excellent album stream and guide by simply heading right here and rock out with UTG!
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EXCLUSIVE: Undesirable People Discuss “Eugenics” Track-By-Track
September 9th, 2012 James Shotwell To say this weekend has been slowed would be an understatement. After a Summer that felt filled with endless headlines, the UTG crew spent the bulk of this weekend scratching our heads over the industry’s apparent decision to take some time off. Fortunately, we had an idea something like this would happen eventually and are prepared to fight to help you fight boredom with a new exclusive from Michigan’s Undesirable People.
Last week, Undesirable People released their highly-anticipated Eugenics EP through South Division Records. We have been spinning the album almost nonstop in the office, but thought a review …
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More Behind The Scenes With Set It Off
September 7th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Here’s the fourth installment of Set It Off’s behind the scene footage of Cody giving us track by track information for their upcoming album Cinematics. In this Video Cody talks about track number five, which is titled “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”. He touches on his self-diagnosed insomnia and how he got started working on this particular track. If you are interested in watching the previous episodes click here to find them.
Don’t forget to pick up Cinematics when it comes out September 18 via Equal Vision Records. Also keep your eyes peeled for the remainder of the songs …
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BEHIND THE SCENES: Set If Off – “Plastic Promises”
September 7th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Cody Carson of Set It Off has been sitting down and talking about each one of the tracks in the band’s upcoming full length Cinematics, which is set to be released September 18 via Equal Vision Records. We are now up to the fourth track, titled “Plastic Promises”. If you are interested in hearing what he had to say about the first three tracks then you can check them out right here.
I’m personally very excited for the release of this album, and it’s great that Cody is taking the time to open up and share with us …
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EXCLUSIVE: Project 86 Detail “Wait For The Siren” Track-By-Track
August 16th, 2012 James Shotwell Hard rock greats Project 86 are gearing up to release their crushing new album Wait For The Siren on August 21. To help aide in promotion, as well as highlight the deep meaning behind the material, UTG has partnered with the group to bring you a detailed track-by-track rundown of the meanings behind the entire record. Even more so than previous similar features, this one runs pretty long, so I’ll just stop typing now and let Project 86′s Andrew Schwab take the lead.
Fall, Goliath, Fall
I had a specific vision for this song. I wanted a song that would …
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Glass Cloud Track-By-Track For ‘The Royal Thousand’
July 13th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Technical metal act Glass Cloud released their debut album The Royal Thousand this past Tuesday and have partnered with AP to give an in-depth track-by-track. The band cover every song, it’s meaning, and the different parts of their life in this detailed explanation. Read what the guys said about their lead single “If He Dies, He Dies” below and read the entire piece by heading through the link provided.
Pick up The Royal Thousand right here on iTunes.
“If He Dies, He Dies”
This is probably my favorite song as far as vocal melodies go. When I was writing the …
