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I never thought I'd be writing a headline even close to that, but in less than a year, Fucked Up's gone from the light bulb factory to playing all their indie-rock cards just right. That said, it's hard to get even slightly cynical about this: During the Toronto crew's 12-hour marathon last month, Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig showed he listens to more than Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel in his off time, giving spirited performances of Blitz's "Someone's Gonna Die," also covered by Rancid, and the Descendents' "Parents." Who would've ever thought they'd see skinheads pumping their fists hardcore style to a Koenig vocal turn on a classic UK punk song? (Not me.) The latter was written by the recently deceased Frank Navetta, so this one goes out to him.
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submitted by Nick Nov 29th 2011 10:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Toronto punkers Fucked Up, quite possibly the best active band on the face of the planet, are the headliners of next February’s floating punk-rock festival the Bruise Cruise, and frontman Damian Abraham is also serving as cruise director, whatever that could possibly mean. (An informed guess: It will involve professional wrestling in s...
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submitted by Nick Sep 30th 2011 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Earlier this year, around the same time they released their massive rock opera David Comes To Life, Fucked Up also dropped a companion piece called David’s Town, a fake compilation in which the band portrayed a number of different era-specific fictional British punk bands. One of those tracks, “Do You Feed” (credite...
submitted by Nick Aug 16th 2011 06:00 pm (stereogum.com)
David Comes To Life comes to life in Fucked Up’s new video, featuring a love triangle situation (David, Veronica, Octavio, all accounted for) that will be familiar to owners of FU’s latest LP. Matt Eastman directs, NPR presents: Previously: See “Queen Of Hearts“
This show was incredibly sweaty. It was also really great, but the lead line must capture the scene, and the scene was full-coated body wetness in 285 Kent, the recently renovated and nicely redecorated space next door to Glasslands on Kent Ave. For all the tweaks to the room, which thanks to Todd P has [...]


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