Well, the fun is officially over -- Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 concluded yesterday with sets from Fucked Up, Japandroids, Deerhoof, Ceremony, Fang Island, Turbonegro, A Place To Bury Strangers, and like…   Read Story »

Cali punks Ceremony already made a ridiculously fun album this year with Zoo, and now they're teaming up with Titus Andronicus for a massive fall tour, which would be the punk rock tour of the year…   Read Story »

Ever since I was old enough to complain, my dad took great pleasure in the act of dragging my always-resistant ass to music festivals. A summer full of glorious music for him meant a summer full of…   Read Story »

The always-eclectic Øya collected dozens of big name international acts and local bands to Oslo's Medieval Park and neighboring clubs over four days last week. Among them: Björk, A$AP Rocky, the…   Read Story »

Someone needs to write the hidden history of hardcore bands and Violent Femmes' mathematical nerd-rage anthem "Kiss Off," the closest than any acoustic band ever came to writing Suicidal Tendencies…   Read Story »

Here's a newly recorded cover of the Ramones' "I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed" by California ragers Ceremony, a roaring track that's pretty faithful to the original. Download it…   Read Story »

"Adult" is a fiery standout from Zoo, the excellent new album from Cali punks Ceremony. The track's brand new video gets straight magic-realist Mad Men with it, telling the story of a stereotypical…   Read Story »

Hey, everybody, it's that time again! South By Southwest 2012. Are you ready? How's your hashtag game? Can you feel the early-onset FOMO? As the Austin institution grows larger and larger, with more…   Read Story »

This was a tough one. A whole lot of good albums come out today, including two that I think are just fucking great: The Men's Open Your Heart and Ceremony's Zoo. Both of those albums come from bands…   Read Story »

Zoo, the new album and Matador debut from cultish Cali punks Ceremony, is one of the most ferocious and feral records we've heard in recent memory -- a crushing and immediate barrage of riffage and…   Read Story »