The insanely ambitious Canadian hardcore warriors in Fucked Up are on a very serious roll these days. First, they cranked out The Chemistry of Common Life, one of last year's most viscerally satisfying slabs of posi-rage. Then they played a ridiculous 12-hour show in downtown Manhattan. Indirectly, they inspired this Rob Harvilla article, one ...

The Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences have unveiled the nominees for the 2009 Juno awards.The ceremony, which will be broadcast on Canada's CTV, will take place on Sunday march 29 live from General Motors Place in Vancouver, will see live sets from Nickelback, Simple Plan and Alexisonfire man Dallas Green under his City And Colour ...

Lil Wayne and Kanye West have been volleying the title of World's Most Fascinating Pop Star back and forth since Weezy rose to West's level last year. Wayne does condoms; Kanye does a collared shoe. Wayne shoots a web video of himself stunting while eating steak frites; Kanye shoots a web video of himself stunting while clutching Louis Vuitton l...

Fucked Up are quickly becoming the most popular "fuck" band, at least of the current crop of "fuck" bands: Fuck Buttons, the Fucking Wrath, Holy Fuck!, Total Fucking Destruction, Starfucker, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Fuck The Facts, the Fucking Champs (do they count as "current"?), etc. Why? The Chemistry of Common Life is a really good album -- on...

What better way to kick off Pitchfork.tv's rough and raw new shot-on-VHS video show "A>D>D" than with the adventurous hardcore of Toronto's Fucked Up? Pink Eyes' ferocious bellow bounces off the walls of the dilapidated Market Hotel and the band has it all on 11, unafraid to plow the VU meters of the analog 4-track into the red. Th...