The Get Up Kids were looking for a job and then they found some jobs. After the beloved Kansas punk band went on hiatus in 2011, main songwriter Matt Pryor became a farmhand -- "I picked radishes and tomatoes and shit and it was awesome." Guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic went back to school and landed with…

Last year, '90s golden era emo heroes the Get Up Kids returned with the Kicker EP, their first new music in seven years. And today, they've announced a new album called Problems, their first full-length since 2011's There Are Rules. They recorded the LP with the Grammy Award-winning Kurt Vile/the National producer Peter Katis, and…

The emo forebears are back with a new EP, ‘Kicker’; we caught up with them to talk through the legacy of emo’s first breakthrough band and the future of the resurgent genreThe Get Up Kids 2018 | Photo: Dalton PaleyLong before ‘guyliner’ and skin-tight black jeans, emo was a far different type of dirty word. Centred on evolution of indi...

The Get Up Kids have released a new music video for their new single 'Better This Way'.

Midwestern pop-punk/second wave emo mainstays the Get Up Kids are gearing up to release an EP called The Kicker, their first new music in seven years and their first release for Polyvinyl Records. Last month we heard its powering lead single and EP opener "Maybe," and today they've shared the second track, "Better This Way,"