Video: The Get Up Kids - Action and Action

THE GET UP KIDS, STEEL TRAIN, RIVER CITY EXTENSION ( Hawthorne Theatre , 1507 SE 39th) Read our article on the Get Up Kids . UNDEROATH, THURSDAY, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, A SKYLIT DRIVE ( Roseland , 8 NW 6th) Christian metalcore darlings Underoath owe a big debt to Thursday. If it wasn't for the commercial success of Thursday's big [...]

In this week's paper, Eric Grubbs puts back on his emo -- nay, post-hardcore -- cap, to talk the reunited Get Up Kids, who will be coming through town this weekend for a gig at The Loft on Sunday... Continue reading "Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See The Get Up Kids at The Loft on Sunday" >

Doghouse Records has announced plans to reissue the Get Up Kids favorite, Something To Write Home About , on vinyl next month. The CD was released ten years ago, on Vagrant Records . Doghouse is promising that only 2000 copies will be made available and that they will be pressed on Opaque Purple vinyl. The record is due out February 17, 2009 and you can pre-order it here . The disc is the second in a series of vinyl reissues that [...]

Oh wow, offenbar geht gerade das große Spätneunziger-Emo-Revival los. Nächsten Februar gehen Jimmy Eat World mit Clarity auf zehn(!)jährige Jubiläumstour und übermorgen spielen die Get Up Kids zum ersten Mal seit über drei Jahren wieder ein Konzert zusammen. Da ich stets mehr ein GUKler war freut sich der Teenager in mir vor allem über letztere Nachricht, vielleicht gibt es dann auch ein paar mehr Klassiker wie diese auf Youtube zu finden: Action & Action Holiday (live) [...]

Domenica pomeriggio. Fuori è caldo. Ci si può perdere osservando il blu intenso di questo cielo. Mi ritrovo qua a raccogliere le idee, a cercare di mettere insieme i perché e i per-come di un Sabato sera incasinatissimo, assurdo, da non ripetersi assolutamente. E nel frattempo - tanto per cambiare - ascolto musica. Tanta. Troppa. Ma sicuramente giusta. Rientrato a casa ho letto l'ultimo post di Bluto . Pesantissimo. Non tanto per la chiusura in sé del blog (che era nell'aria da tempo) quanto per il fatto che [...]

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