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UTG INTERVIEW: Eytan And The Embassy

August 2nd, 2012

Brian Lion

UTG is pleased to bring you this exclusive interview with record setting pop rock outfit, Eytan and the Embassy!

The group recently made waves with their video for the song “Everything Changes” by setting the world record for most costume changes in an unedited music video with an impressive 18 changes in a single take to vocalist Eytan Oren’s wardrobe within the video’s four minute and eight second run-time.

Eytan himself took some time to talk with us about the aforementioned video, how the group came together and some future plans for himself and The Embassy. Read through and …

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Tags: Everything Changes, exclusive, Eytan and the Embassy, ok go, Record Setter, utg interview, world record

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Eytan and The Embassy Set World Record with Music Video

June 19th, 2012

Brian Lion

Brooklyn-based rock outfit Eytan And The Embassy have released a new music video for their song “Everything Changes” and it’s not just a music video, but a historic one at that! The group have set a world record for the most costume changes in an unedited music video with an impressive 18 changes in a single take to vocalist Eytan Oren’s wardrobe.

The video took a day to rehearse and 30 takes to nail it perfectly and features Oren portraying such legends as Billy Joel, John Lennon, Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie), and Elton John. This video is brilliant and we’ve …

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Tags: costume changes, Everything Changes, Eytan and the Embassy, world record

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“Deathly Hallows pt. 2″ Grosses Record $90 Million-Plus On Friday

July 16th, 2011

James Shotwell

We all knew the final Harry Potter film would be huge, but no one expected this. Shattering, which is still putting it lightly, every previous single day total, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 grossed over $90 million on Friday.

For those interested, the previous record was The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which brought in a still insanely impressive $72.7 million single day haul during its initial debut in theaters.

This marks at least the second record this film has already broken, including biggest midnight haul with $43.5 million. Expectations are that Potter will have the biggest …

Posted in Movies, News

Tags: Box Office, deathly hallows part 2, gross, harry potter, Millions, money, opening weekend, record, sequels, shattering, world record

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Eminem breaks yet another sales record

July 5th, 2011

James Shotwell

Recovery has been on shelves for over a year, but that isn’t stopping it from continuing to shatter sales records worldwide.

Today it was revealed that Recovery has become the first album to digitally sell a million copies. Yes, not just a song, but the whole album has been purchased online over one million times, which is a first.

Paul Rosenberg had this to say:

“We are thrilled to congratulate Eminem on the history-making digital sales success of Recovery. Over the years we’ve made a concerted effort to engage Em’s online fan base so this achievement is especially rewarding. Eminem

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Tags: digital, eminem, first, million, record, recovery, sales, shattering, utg, world record

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Chiddy prepares to break world record for longest rap

April 24th, 2011

James Shotwell

On Thursday April 28th, during the MTV O Music Awards, Chiddy will be attempting to break the world record for longest freestyle rap. To achieve this, he will have to rap for 9 straight hours! Click here for more details.

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Tags: Chiddy, chiddy bang, Freestyle, mtv, MTV o music awards, Music Awards, rap (genre), world record

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Lower Than Atlantis stream ‘World Record’ on Myspace

April 18th, 2011

Grant Trimboli

Lower Than Atlantis are streaming their entire forthcoming album, entitled World Record, before it hits stores right here. World Record releases in the US tomorrow and April 25th in the UK. Take a listen to the album and let UTG know what you think by sharing your thoughts after the jump.

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Tags: Lower Than Atlantis, LTA, myspace, stream, world record

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REVIEW: Lower Than Atlantis – World Record

March 29th, 2011

James Shotwell

“World Record doesn’t quite live up to its ambitious title. It has plans, but it never quite follows through. As a result, one can never really lift it beyond the basic descriptions – it’s always OK, occasionally good, but never excels.”

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