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Thursday, 24 September 2009
quote [ A punk-rock band with an unprintable name and a 300-pound frontman who's known to strip down to his underwear during performances has won the C$20,000 Polaris Music Prize for the best Canadian album. ]
Amazingly TIGHT, slightly (more) melodic Canuck Hardcore. Cool thing is that these guys are taking the 20 grand and making an album to bring to light the *HUNDREDS* of First Nations women that are missing in Canada.
[music] [by yeller@3:24amGMT] [+3 Good] Fucked-Up on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/epicsinminutes NME review of most recent release: http://www.nme.com/reviews/fucked-up/9950 Fucked-Up takes Rolling Stone Mag and Camel Cigarettes to court earlier this year: http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/indie-rock-universe-fucked-and-xiu-xiu-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-camel-and-rolling-stone/ Fucked-Up via allmusic.com http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll |
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yeller
said @ 3:38am GMT on 24th Sep
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Dioxin
said @ 5:43am GMT on 24th Sep
Man that host's voice is so CBC radio, it's awesome to attach a face to that kind of voice. |
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sensibleb
said @ 1:34pm GMT on 24th Sep
Jian Gomeshi is a pompous fucking tool. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. |
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yeller
said @ 5:08am GMT on 25th Sep
Fan of Billy Bob are ya? |
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Dioxin
said @ 6:30am GMT on 24th Sep
also he kind of reminds me of face |
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Dioxin
said @ 6:30am GMT on 24th Sep
the singer I mean |
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lobotomatic
said @ 5:09am GMT on 24th Sep
Nice! The last Canadian Punk Rock band I remember was the Dayglow Abortions, but that was years ago. Not saying there is no Punk in Canada, just that I live in Arizona and don't hear much of it. These guys are pretty cool. I really like what they're doing. |
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Sezeroth
said @ 5:43am GMT on 24th Sep
Propagandhi? Who I personally think are far more talented and relevant than Fucked-Up. |
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yeller
said @ 5:07am GMT on 25th Sep
*Winning the Polaris Prize* and potting the $20k towards an album that will serve to bring to light, the plight of *missing First Nations women* in Canada shows neither talent, nor relevancy? Give your head a shake, my friend. Nothing against Propagandhi as they definitely 'champion the cause'. |
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Ronin.ca
said @ 8:44am GMT on 24th Sep
[Score:1 Good]
You've probably head of SNFU and NOMEANSNO |
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yeller
said @ 5:13am GMT on 25th Sep
Don't forget the Smalls. |
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Seneki69
said @ 5:46am GMT on 24th Sep
Meh, I don't like them, but I like the fact they outed the more mainstream tunebots for the glory. Plus I like their angle with the charity thing. |
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Dioxin
said @ 6:06am GMT on 24th Sep
One of these is not like the others. |
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Starjump
said @ 6:34am GMT on 24th Sep
awful... turn it up and shout... Yes it did beat the mainstream artists but with bands like Silver Mt Zion coming from Canada its hard to see how these guys were deemed to have been the best Canadian band... |
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yeller
said @ 5:20am GMT on 25th Sep
What, besides navel-gazing, are you supposed to do when you listen to these guys? Thanks for the comment though, cause they are actually pretty good. Not something that I'd be 'chomping at the bit' to go see in concert though. If you can't see the merit in their efforts, and why they achieved what they did then (on a theoretical level) it's your loss. |
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willrogers
said @ 7:51am GMT on 24th Sep
I like "Black Albino Bones" |
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Ronin.ca
said @ 8:45am GMT on 24th Sep
and they beat K'naan? That's silly. His new recording is just fucking brilliant. Wavin' Flag alone is worth the price of admission. |
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kitten
said @ 10:59am GMT on 24th Sep
Agreed. |
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phlegm
said @ 12:46pm GMT on 24th Sep
Ehhhh. At least we can all agree that Metric's last album was shit and they deserved nothing. Common ground and all that. |
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Taylor Swift
said @ 1:18pm GMT on 24th Sep
Cue Kanye |
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yeller
said @ 5:22am GMT on 25th Sep
Nothing against K'naan-He's good at his craft but perhaps for *THIS* award, both he and Metric crew are victims of their own success? |
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refusedevolution
said @ 9:02am GMT on 25th Sep
6 is way too many people to be in a punk band. Hmmm.. other canadian punks? I was riding next to one of the guys in Mass Grave on a greyhound going to Vancouver 2 months ago. I know Winnepeg has a lot of hardcore, and some grindcore, that come down here to minneapolis on occasion. |
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