A few weeks back we posted a video of Fucked Up jamming with Moby at the 12-hour long show they put on Rogan on Manhattan's Lower East Side in October. Ezra from Vampire Weekend was also on hand that day, getting in on the punk rock fun. I'd be lying if I said that I spent my youth listening to Blitz and Descendants (in my sheltered world, "Lond...

Fucked Up's The Chemistry of Common Life should show up on a few year-end lists. Taking a break from marathons, the Torontonians stopped by Daytrotter and played stripped-down, underwater-psychededlic versions of three songs from said new one and one from Hidden World: Listen

Daytrotter recently got Fucked Up. The noisy Canadian septet mostly played songs from their newest full-length, Best New Music inductee The Chemistry of Common Life, but they also reached back all the way back to 2007 (remember that year? Me neither) album Hidden World for "David Comes to Life". And they extend the up-fucking to this track, turn...

Member of Black Moth Super Rainbow makes his full-length debut, displaying a knack for forceful beat-driven arrangements while hewing closely to his main gig's sound. Aesop Rock guests.read more

From the first listen, Fucked Up's new post-hardcore album is a pummeling listen. It's also incredibly inclusive and uplifting, an ambitious hard rock record born out of a sense of community and the hope of creating something huge. [Best New Music]read more