Monday, April 13, 2009
Win It! Win Tickets to Fucked Up!
Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
First, watch this:
Fucked Up - "Crooked Head"
Now, read this:
Fucked Up, Akimbo, Police Teeth
(Neumos) Probably from a misguided sense of political loyalty, Fucked Up call themselves a hardcore band. But with their flutes, bongos, and nine-minute songs, they're too dynamic and inventive to hide their light under a bushel of genre clichés: Fucked Up are sui generis. Damian Abraham, a hairy mountain of a man, sings in a booze-and-broken-glass growl, but the Toronto band's instrumentation is melodic and droning, sometimes recalling Hüsker Dü, Pixies, and even the rhythm-and-drone rock of My Bloody Valentine. Hidden World, their 23rd release—and first full-length record; they've since released another—was a tribute to painter Henry Darger, who might be Fucked Up's spirit animal. Like Darger, Fucked Up are madly prolific, both pretty and dark, and pack their work with esoteric symbolism that troubles some listeners. (They have paid homage to the doomed, virtuous left of the Spanish Civil War, but have also been accused of neofascist sympathies.) More than anything, Fucked Up are surprising, which is more than you can say about most hardcore bands. Or most bands in general. BRENDAN KILEY
Finally, ask yourself, "Do I want to witness that kind of badass awesomeness LIVE?"
If you answered yes (and of course you did, because why wouldn't you?) then send an e-mail to freetickets@thestranger.com and you'll be entered to win to tickets to Fucked Up's show at Neumo's on Thursday Wednesday. It's all-ages (on the balcony, the floor's 21+), so enter away, children! I'm sure your parents would be stoked.
Oh yeah, and put Fucked Up in the subject line.
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Bought my ticket a short while ago, I'm thrilled for this show.
I'll say this, though: At first, reading/listening to people who consume a steady diet of Animal Collective/Vampire Weekend/etc. etc. try to explain that Fucked Up isn't a hardcore band, really, was kind of entertaining. Pitchfork's attempt to repackage this band was a decent one.
But now it's just getting annoying. Let them be a hardcore band, jesus fucking christ. Fucked Up does not need an army of people who say "Well sure they cover Black Flag and shit but there's so much guitar, this band is like an angry Husker Du!" to boost their sales or create a new image for them that will be more palatable to the TV on the Radio crowd.
And Pixies? Fucking come on.
I'll say this, though: At first, reading/listening to people who consume a steady diet of Animal Collective/Vampire Weekend/etc. etc. try to explain that Fucked Up isn't a hardcore band, really, was kind of entertaining. Pitchfork's attempt to repackage this band was a decent one.
But now it's just getting annoying. Let them be a hardcore band, jesus fucking christ. Fucked Up does not need an army of people who say "Well sure they cover Black Flag and shit but there's so much guitar, this band is like an angry Husker Du!" to boost their sales or create a new image for them that will be more palatable to the TV on the Radio crowd.
And Pixies? Fucking come on.
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such a dumb, dumb, overrated (relatively recently) band. take away any current hip-factor, and you have something violently mediocre. of course, i also detest le savy fav, and prefer rites of spring and born against.
maybe its cause i'm pushing 40
or maybe i just really hate big sweaty loud fatasses that try and inject something crucial into their slothiness by celebrating how much food they can eat. put on some pants, man!
tad should kick your ass.
oh-and dont kid yourself about the "readers that are more familiar with vampire weekend" comment. these two bands enjoy the exact same undeserved celebrity purely as a result of a handful of praises from garbage merchants like pitchfork.
maybe its cause i'm pushing 40
or maybe i just really hate big sweaty loud fatasses that try and inject something crucial into their slothiness by celebrating how much food they can eat. put on some pants, man!
tad should kick your ass.
oh-and dont kid yourself about the "readers that are more familiar with vampire weekend" comment. these two bands enjoy the exact same undeserved celebrity purely as a result of a handful of praises from garbage merchants like pitchfork.
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@3 I just want to prove you wrong by letting you know that I love Fucked Up, Born Against, Rites of Spring, Tad, and I like Les Savy Fav. I also despise Vampire Weekend.
So there you go.
So there you go.
7
to round things out, i love fucked up, les savy fav, born against and tad, and kinda abstractly "appreciate" rites and vampire weakened. plus shithead @ #3.
9
the naked fat guy is still the best thing about Fucked Up. it's a good distraction from the bass player who won't quit fucking smiling while they play. "there's something i don't like about a band that always smiles..."
11
what the hell... I'll say it:
I'm really suprised that the best the bookers at Neumos could come up with was Akimbo and Police Teeth as openers for this show. really? REALLY? Fucked Up is pretty huge right now, it's not like they needed help drawing more people to the show. I dunno, wouldn't this be a good opportunity to book some lesser known bands that perhaps haven't played a big show like this before and possibly help them get some recognition? didn't Akimbo headline the fucking Crocodile opening party three weeks ago? wasn't that enough of their continuing 10 year onslot of mediocrity for one month?
I'm really suprised that the best the bookers at Neumos could come up with was Akimbo and Police Teeth as openers for this show. really? REALLY? Fucked Up is pretty huge right now, it's not like they needed help drawing more people to the show. I dunno, wouldn't this be a good opportunity to book some lesser known bands that perhaps haven't played a big show like this before and possibly help them get some recognition? didn't Akimbo headline the fucking Crocodile opening party three weeks ago? wasn't that enough of their continuing 10 year onslot of mediocrity for one month?
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@11
Akimbo are playing because Fucked Up specifically requested 'em. so while Seattle might not appreciate Akimbo, the world outside of Puget Sound certainly does.
Akimbo are playing because Fucked Up specifically requested 'em. so while Seattle might not appreciate Akimbo, the world outside of Puget Sound certainly does.
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