The Get Up Kids

Is My Band Accidentally Aiding a Right-Wing Extremist?

By: Jessica Hopper [Editor's Note:Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for ... More >>

Producer Jon O'Brien: "I have no desire to record a reggae band or a metal band"

Producer Jon O'Brien's portfolio is busting at the seams, having produced and engineered OC's most prominent indie acts, from Nicole Vaughn and Her Lovely Band, Moostache, Parker Macy, The Gromble, to Young the Giant. Working out of his home studio in Irvine, Jon O'Brien Recording is quickly becomin ... More >>

Where's The Band? At The Yost Theater Last Night

​Where's the Band? Tour Yost Theater, Santa Ana Feb. 7, 2012 Whatever happened to the golden days of emo when the singers on stage were just as weepy and insecure as our high school selves? Stalwarts, such as those who played the second installment of the Where's The Band? tour, apparently are dr ... More >>

Matt Pryor Ditches His Band

The Get Up Kids singer gets ready for the annual Where's the Band? tour

The Get Up Kid's Matt Pryor Talks New Album, Navigating the Streets of Saint Louis

​Well it's official. The Get Up Kids are on the road and will soon make their way to the golden state. Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably knew this anyway, especially if you're a fan. After 15 years together, the quintet from Kansas City, who begrudgingly accept the genre classif ... More >>

The Get Up Kids at the Glass House Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​The Get Up KidsJan. 28, 2011The Glass HouseThe percolating synthesizers of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" served as a fitting musical introduction as The Get Up Kids took the stage. With their new release, There Are Rules, the Get Up Kids constructed an excellent album with s ... More >>

What You Missed: Sugar Rush, The Get Up Kids, Social Distortion, Throw Rag

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​What'd you do this weekend? And what'd you miss? There was Sugar Rush (a "cupcake extravaganza"), The Get Up Kids performed at the Glass House, Social Distortion performed a sold-out show at the Palladium, and Throw Rag helped Alex's Bar celebrate its 11th anniversar ... More >>

The Get Up Kids Are Alright

The reunited band know that being emo means never being afraid to say you're sorry

Old 97's at the Galaxy Theatre Last Night

Mary Bell/OC Weekly​Old 97's January 20, 2011Galaxy Theatre, Santa AnaPlaying sweaty clubs and smoky bars for the greater part of seventeen years, Old 97's have refined their hard driving alternative country sound into a formidable live show. Touring in support of their latest album The Grand ... More >>

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklySmashing Pumpkins headlined. For more photos, check out our slideshow here.​KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas Night OneDecember 11, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterIt doesn't feel like the end of the concert year until KROQ throws their annual Almost Acoustic Christmas shows at the Gibson A ... More >>

TONIGHT & THIS WEEKEND: The Killingtons at Alex's Bar and the Glass House

The Weekly and the Killingtons, taking it back to 2000.​A few weeks ago, we checked back in with JK Thompson, Christopher Muench and Mitch Townsend of the recently (and briefly?) reunited Killingtons. The Long Beach-based band once played with bands that have gone on to become big household names, ... More >>

Natural Reborn Killingtons

The Long Beach noise-rockers try to stitch together the loose ends of their messy breakup

Life, Death and Devotion, Part Two: The Killingtons Reunite For Two Shows

Chris BowdenJK Thompson, circa 1999​The members of the band the Killingtons went from living in a van together on tour to saying hello while Christmas shopping or at someone's birthday party. At the peak they had bands like New Found Glory and Jimmy Eat World opening for them and played alongsi ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Where's the Band? Featuring Dustin Kensrue, Matt Pryor, Chris Conley, and Anthony Raneri, House of Blues

The Hype: Featuring a solo acoustic performance from Orange County's own, Thrice front man Dustin Kensrue, plus Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids), Chris Conley (Saves the Day) and Anthony Raneri (Bayside), the Where's the Band? tour, which stopped at Hous eof Blues, Anaheim, Saturday, might have more  ... More >>

What You Missed: Agenda, Sonic Youth, Where's the Band?, AVN

John Gilhooley The AVN-Adult Entertainment Expo 2010.​What'd you miss this weekend? First up: Photographer John Gilhooley had the worst assignment ever: Shooting the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2010 in Las Vegas. It was four days of porn, girls, porn, girls, sex toys and giant inflatable, bucking ... More >>

Saturday Night: Sunny Day Real Estate at the House of Blues, Anaheim

Andrew Youssef​Saturday Night: Sunny Day Real Estate at the House of Blues, Anaheim; October 10, 2009. Better Than: The Creed reunion. The Promise Ring, The Get Up Kids, and Sunny Day Real Estate all made waves in the early '90s with their heart-on-a-sleeve lyrics and alternating quiet/loud guit ... More >>

What You Missed: Cycle Zombies, Mickey Avalon, Insane Clown Posse, the Get Up Kids

Seriously, what's scarier than an Insane Clown Posse fan? An entire venue of Insane Clown Posse fans. Observe:Chris VictorioWe're scared.​On Sunday night, 9/27, Insane Clown Posse visited the Grove of Anaheim. And it was uh, insane. A Faygo massacre. The photos, they scare us. Click here for a ... More >>

Incoming: The Streets, Voodoo Glow Skulls Coming to the Glass House

Sure, The Streets (née Mike Skinner) hasn't made as much of a splash in the latter-half of the decade as he did in the first, but there's no denying that Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For Free were fantastic records ("Dry Your Eyes" is like the best British white boy hip hop lost ... More >>

Incoming: The Casualties, The Aquabats, The Get Up Kids at the Glass House; Airborne Toxic Event at the Fox

Kristy SparrowThe Airborne Toxic Event, very clearly creating a fire hazard.As always, big things poppin' in downtown P-town.

Last Night: Travis, Republic Tigers at the House of Blues, Anaheim

Photo by Andrew YoussefLast Night: Travis, Republic Tigers at the House of Blues, Anaheim; April 9, 2009.Better Than: Seeing Travis Barker or Randy Travis (I've only seen the former, but I'm making an educated guess).Least Appealing Snack Offer: "Delicious Parmesan potato chips basket for $2.00," wh ... More >>

Bamboozle Left: Fall Out Boy; 50 Cent; The Used; The Get Up Kids; Thrice; Cobra Starship

The Vandals, Asher Roth, More Added to Bamboozle Left

With less than a month to go before Bamboozle Left, a whole mess of new acts have been announced for the two day festival, set for April 4 and 5 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. Pleasantly, a couple of the acts are even from Orange County--like punk legends the Vandals (on April 5) an ... More >>

50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, to Headline Bamboozle Left

We talked about the Bamboozle Left lineup a couple of weeks ago, but something seemed to be missing--namely, headliners. It's a situation that's been remedied through an announcement via Live Nation today: We've got Fall Out Boy (pictured) on Saturday, April 4, and 50 Cent on Sunday, April 5. FOB ma ... More >>

Bamboozle Left Lineup Takes Shape

We're all still waiting on veritable pins and metaphorical needles to hear the Coachella bill, which should be any day now, but we can talk about the slate on tap for another April southern California festival, Bambooze Left (the companion to plain ol' Bamboozle in New Jersey) at the Verizon Wireles ... More >>

A Bloggy Valentine: 20 Songs About Love

By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context -- and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's "Let's Get Married" to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your ... More >>

Rock & Roll Shrapnel

Jazz and barbecue are the guts of Coalesce

Get Up Superstars

The Ska Parade World Turns

Scott Presant, Publisher of Skratch Magazine

Realist/Pessimist Whose Beliefs and Opinions are of No More Value Than the Next Persons (He told us to say that)

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