Tag Archives: Fucked Up

Live at the Capitol Hill Block Party, Day 1: Fucked Up

By Michael Beck | Published: July 22, 2011

Hardcore punkers Fucked Up have ridden a steady stream of hype and good fortune since their second album, the universally lauded The Chemistry of the Common Life, winner of the 2009 Polaris Prize. The band’s reputation as a hyper-frenetic destruction machine is well-documented, including two disastrous sets at MTV Live that caused over $2000 inRead more...

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Capitol Hill Block Party Day 1 Begins

By Michael Beck | Published: July 22, 2011

We are here broadcasting live from the Caffe Vita ‘Bean Room.’ Day 1 of the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party is about to begin with Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up, as a good-sized audience is beginning to materialize. After Fucked Up’s set, Seattle indie-folk band The Head and the Heart will take stage atRead more...

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KEXP’s 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party Preview!

By Nick Heinlein | Published: July 20, 2011

Though the weather doesn’t want to admit it, it’s that time of year again -- for long, beer-soaked summer nights and sweaty, over-capacity music festivals. If you’re living in Seattle, there’s no question which of these you’re most excited for this year: the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party boasts one of the fest’s best lineupsRead more...

Posted in Capitol Hill Block Party, Coming Up, Local Music | Also tagged Baths, Battles, Beat Connection, Best Coast, BOAT, Campfire OK, Champagne Champagne, Cults, Explosions in the Sky, Fences, Fresh Espresso, Ghostland Observatory, Grand Hallway, Gravebabies, Handsome Furs, Les Savy Fav, Lisa Dank, Mad Rad, My Goodness, Ra Ra Riot, Teen Daze, The Cave Singers, The Head and the Heart, The Pharmacy, Thurston Moore, TV on the Radio, Yuck | Leave a comment

Video Roundup: Happy Birthday, Canada!

By Nick Heinlein | Published: July 1, 2011

Today, July 1, is Canada Day, a celebration of all things Canadian. For those who need to brush up on their history, it was on this day in 1867 that saw the enactment of the British North America Act, which united the three British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of CanadaRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Video Roundup | Also tagged Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Broken Social Scene, Dan Mangan, Hollerado, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Metric, Neil Young, Owen Pallett, Shad, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, The Unicorns, The Wilderness of Manitoba | Leave a comment

Out This Week 1/26

By Christy Thacker | Published: January 26, 2010

Music fanatics everywhere can breathe once again as this week’s new releases promise only the most excellent albums to come in 2010. Prolific folk artist Stephin Merritt has created yet another masterwork with Magnetic Field’s new album, Realism. Releasing 19 albums in 19 years under several get-ups, Realism is as inspirational and instrumentally seductive asRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Out This Week! | Also tagged Beach House, Citay, Four Tet, Los Campesinos!, Magnetic Fields, Retribution Gospel Choir | Leave a comment

Monday News Mash-Up

By Justin Spicer | Published: January 18, 2010

On this day to remember a great man who spoke out against injustice and for the necessity of fairness and civil liberty, it’s hard to think of a more fitting opportunity to introduce a new video by another outspoken voice of the black community, Gil Scott-Heron. Now at 60, the poet and songwriter is asRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News | Also tagged Air, Gil Scott-Heron, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Radiohead, Seabear, Suede, Ted Leo | Leave a comment

Thursday News Threads

By RJ, KEXP | Published: July 9, 2009

The Polaris Music Prize Shortlist has just been announced, with KEXP favorites Fucked Up, Elliott Brood, Metric leading the way. You can check out the full list of candidates for the Canadian insider-voted contest here. Sub Pop has a new addition to their roster: the fuzzy and poppy Dum Dum Girls. The LA band isRead more...

Posted in KEXP, Music News, New York | Also tagged Beck, Drummer, Dum Dum Girls, Elliott Brood, Metric, Nine Inch Nails, Ryan Gosling, School of Seven Bells, Tom Waits, Wale | Leave a comment

Oh, Messy Life: Three days of Coachella

By Ben Funkhouser, KEXP | Published: May 10, 2009

Coachella Day One: Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Genghis Tron I had flown back home from a school language trip to Sevilla, Espana two days before I left for Coachella. I spent the night in Indio before the show was supposed to begin and planned my route for the inevitably sweaty and funRead more...

Posted in All Ages, KEXP | Also tagged Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Mould Band, Coachella, Crystal Castles, Fleet Foxes, Genghis Tron, Girl Talk, Morrissey, my bloody valentine, No Age, Paul McCartney, The Murder City Devils, Vivian Girls, X | Leave a comment

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