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Fake Problems — It's Great To Be Alive

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) February 19, 2009 2:09 pm
Fake Problems sound like all my idols collaborated to create one awesome punk/rock/ska/reggae/country/pop/rockabilly super orgy group. It's Great To Be Alive is the Florida quartet's third studio album and their first from SideOneDummy. It's ridiculously solid in lyrics and composition and offers a variety of musical styles while still...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 11, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 11, 2010 2:00 pm
Montreal indie rockers Young Galaxy will release Shapeshifting, their third full-length album, on Feb. 8. The follow-up to 2009's Invisible Republic was produced by Dan Lissvik of Swedish electronica duo Studio. —Paper BagWhite Cowbell Oklahoma will tour Canada with The Schomberg Fair later this month and in early December. Bring a raincoat. Their...
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Thursday Make Up For Last Time

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) December 8, 2009 5:42 pm
Considering Thursday's previous disastrous stint in Toronto, I was surprised they were coming back so soon, especially on a bill so jam-packed with talented movers in the punk rock and hardcore scenes. Los Angeles' Endless Hallway, an ambitious, risk-taking glam-infused post-punk band, were the first to take the stage. The band use their...
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Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato (Photo by Graham Kennedy)

Thursday, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fake Problems Touring Together

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 30, 2009 12:19 pm
Thursday, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Fake Problems will spend December touring North America together. Thursday are out in support of this year's Common Existence, while Fake Problems are touring behind It's Good To Be Alive, which came out in February. The Dillinger Escape Plan are currently recording their fourth studio album, which is...
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Fake Problems — "Diamond Rings"

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By CHARTattack Staff August 24, 2009 1:45 pm
Fake Problems are decked out in glow-in-the-dark paint and tape in the clip for It's Great To Be Alive's "Diamond Rings," which is also full of swashbuckling skeletons besieged by someone shooting a laser gun while someone else's mouth spurts ghost-shaped figures. I think I've found my favourite video of the year.
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) December 17, 2008 4:34 pm
Can we declare a fatwah on indie-rock-as-workman-rock. I don't know what these dudes look like, but I imagine them to have popped collars. And nobody with popped collars should try to sound like this.
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Pumping: Fake Problems — It's Great To Be Alive

Submitted by The Stereo on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 5:57pm
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) December 16, 2008 5:57 pm
This is kind of a cross between Against Me! and ska-punk like Less Than Jake. It's also probably the best thing we've played all day.
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