Brooklyn Vegan — Fucked Up passing the mic @ Market Hotel in 2008 (more by Zach Stern) tonight in NYC * Yellow Crystal Star @ The Stone * Fucked Up, Kurt Vile @ Maxwell's * Winter Antifolk Fest @ Sidewalk Cafe * Thrones,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Here We Go Magic As SXSW approaches we'll be making more and more announcements related to the Austin festival that runs in total from March 12-21, but more importantly March 17-21 for 'SXSW Music'. As announced earlier today on the... more info

Stereogum — Based on past experience, New York's All Tomorrow's Parties has become the festival you buy tickets for lineup-unseen. But for those who need to know, ATP just expanded the lineup of bands for this year's Weekend At Kutsher's: Saturday will includ... more info

Dlisted — Crazy Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner was going to pay Lindsay Lohan $150,000 to escort him to the Vienna Ball tonight. All Blohan had to do was get her ass on a plane to Vienna and keep the crackhead behavior to a minimum during the ball. Easy m... more info

Stereogum — When dishing up our two cents on Vampire Weekend's Billboard-topping Contra we noted: It would have been interesting if Ezra had worked some of his knowledge/love of punk and hardcore (a la his Fucked Up moment) into the mix. The song notes provided ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Andrew W.K. w/ Fucked Up in Brooklyn on November 5th (more by Jake Forney) One of the best kept secrets in the entertainment industry, Jonté is known to the stars as a virtuoso choreographer, able to bring... more info

It would have been an understatement to say that Fucked Up were the underdogs going into last years Polaris Music Prize. And yet, there they were at the close of the awards ceremony, holding up a comically oversized check with FUCKED UP writ large on... more info

Stereogum — FU recanted the dis track (cranking = "crying and wanking at the same time") saying "Cranking to Sonic Youth / 'Goo' in your hand, your favorite band / You love Thurston, you love Kim / You love art and you are thin" is "more of an homage to [SY's] f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up - Neat Parts (MP3) We are coming back Austin, and we welcome all challengers; your Pheonix's, your xx's and jj's, bring us all the TuNeYaRdS and Passion Pits you have, we are ready. We... more info

The Music Fix — Review: We swear you'll love this. more info