07.Jun.2011 The Rockometer: David Comes to Life by Fucked UP
Fucked Up David Comes to Life Matador Is the rock opera, David Comes to Life, by the everything-and-a-hardcore band, Fucked Up, too ambitious of a project, or is it not ambitious enough? With its story of young love gone horribly wrong in ’8os England, and its arc, that of a Greek Tragedy (complete with a [...]
04.May.2011 “Ship of Fools” and “Queen of Hearts” and by Fucked Up
With the release of the third and fourth preview singles (“Ship of Fools” and “Queen of Hearts,” respectively) from their forthcoming rock opera, David Comes To Life, the question no longer seems to be if the Canadian hardcore band, Fucked Up, can pull it off, but, rather, how well. The big-time, glam guitars on “Ship [...]
17.Apr.2011 From the Rocker’s Notebook: Record Store Day in Cleveland 2011
* Talk to people at the record stores on Record Store Day and you quickly find out no one likes the exclusivity of the event. The record buyers don’t like having to get to the record store early only to get shut out of limited edition releases. The sellers don’t like the unpredictability of the [...]
15.Apr.2011 “A Little Death” by Fucked Up
With the second single from the forthcoming David Comes to Life, it’s starting to become apparent that Fucked Up weren’t joking about this being their rock opera. No, lead singer Damian Abraham hasn’t switched out his howl for a more elegant delivery. Rather, the grandness of “A Little Death” comes from its structure and instrumentation. [...]
25.Mar.2011 “The Other Shoe” by Fucked Up
If there’s one thing Fucked Up love, besides hardcore and prog, and psyhedelic rock and punk, and British pop and, well, pretty much all things rock, that is fucking with our expectations. David Comes to Life, their upcoming record, is being billed as a rock opera and a concept album. About what? The poster above [...]
03.Oct.2010 The Rockometer: Year of the Ox by Fucked Up
Fucked Up Year of the Ox Merge Records Much like the Clash some 30 years before them, punk rock is just a starting point used to explore other forms of popular music for the post-hardcore band, Fucked Up. Tune into one of the Chinese Zodiac singles (Year of the Dog, Year of the Pig, and [...]
23.Jul.2010 Oh, This is a Big One: F*cked Up Premiere Year of the Ox at Pitchfork
“Year of the Ox,” the latest in a series of singles based on the Chinese Zodiac by Toronto’s daringly diverse, hardcore band, Fucked Up, is streaming now at Pitchfork. It’s 13 minutes of growls, gnarly riffs, and strings. Yes, there’s a string quartet, in addition to backing vocals by indie it-girl, Zola Jesus. This one [...]
14.Feb.2010 From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: UNKLE Teams with The Black Angels for New Single, ATP NY Announces More Acts, C Notes Launches Lottery League Blog, and More
* While that new Black Angels album hasn’t exactly been quick to reveal itself, the band have been keeping themselves busy. Just last week, a collaboration between the Austin psych rockers and UNKLE hit the internets. You can check out and download “Natural Selection,” at UNKLE’s website, here. * In related news, The Black Angels [...]
