after releasing a split not too long ago with you blew it! (top shelf records), fake problems’ chris farren sits on a porch to perform one of the split’s fake problems tracks for MTV. listen to the original here.
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next in line for ryan russell’s ongoing nervous energies series is fake problems, who stopped by to perform a new song in “16.” for added loads of fun, hit the jump to so “how far our bodies go” with some help from their friends in against me!
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in the video above, you can catch chris farren of fake problems perfroming a new song, “i don’t miss anyone,” for an acoustic web series. also on the video (and for bonus features) is a performance from dikembe in “luke bongley,” (whose album, broad shoulders, is pretty swt) as well as you blew it’s “the fifties.”
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This will be the second time I’ve seen Laura Jane Grace front Against Me! this year and let me tell you, former teenage anarchists: She’s looking great. Dressed in a black tank, bra (a bra!), leggings, boots, and black eyeliner, Grace exuded a very cool Joan Jett vibe the second she walked on stage to massive applause. But the very instant the band counted off the opening march of “Transgender Dysphoria Blues,” it was old-fashioned Against Me! albeit with a bigger bite with the new band dynamic.
Hit the jump for the full recap.
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FP’s chris farren performs an exclusive rendition of “songs for teenagers” for the folk(s) at property of zack.
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photo by maysa askar
To the casual music observer, Say Anything might have just been a flash in the 2004 emo pan. A breakthrough album …is a Real Boy with singles to boot and a dedicated following of young, angsty anti-hipsters, frontman Max Bemis was the poster boy for the myspace generation, seething cynical sarcastic barbs for the disillusioned youth. A little more homework and you’d uncover a band that for a decade, recorded six albums, including the all-star, 27-track hyper-musical In Defense of the Genre, and managed to keep a healthy albeit very specific fan base of diehards who take Bemis’ word as emo gospel.
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i’ve never really listened to fake problems until this video, and i can say that i’ve probably made a huge mistake. these boys share a label with the gaslight anthem, and i shall be seeking their discog shortly.
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fake problems’ chris farren sat down with stripped down session for punks in vegas and performed a couple of acoustic numbers: real ghosts caught on tape‘s “songs for teenagers”and a new, unreleased song “never shoulda,” the latter of which, you can view here.
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the guys of fake problems must have been in brooklyn, new york, becuase they did the “pink couch sessions” thing, performing the heartland punk-rock track “rsvp,” from their earnest real ghosts caught on tape lp.
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photo credit: loren wohl
To sum up the music of The Gaslight Anthem in one word: earnest. From their grassroots beginnings in New Brunswick, NJ with a heavy influence of Bruce Springsteen (the one and only time i’ll mention it, i swear) to a national touring act that can headline Warehouse Live’s 1500 capacity ballroom, the boys of The Gaslight Anthem have kept their “awww shucks” demeanor no matter the amount of success obtained. These guys are as blue-collar as they come, but sure bring out the big guns in support of their latest release American Slang.
Hit the jump for the rest of the recap.
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the gaslight anthem don’t just cover the boss, you know. in fact with the release of fake problems’ real ghosts caught on tape this week, the gaslight boys have taken it upon themselves to cover their tourmates’ track “songs for teenagers” in a good old fashioned acoustic way.
american slang and real ghosts caught on tape are out now.
download:
the gaslight anthem – songs for teenagers
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