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  Watch Ceremony Cover Violent Femmes' 'Kiss Off'

  July 24, 2012 – Ceremony have spent 2012 releasing their SPIN Essential'd Matador debut, Zoo, opening for a reunited Refused, providing insight for our recent essay on hardcore's recent assault on the indie rock middle, and allowing us to capture them in moments of deep contemplation. The list is getting longer by the day. …
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  FestWatch: FYF Announces Lineup, Plus Oya, End of the Road, and iTunes Additions

  June 19, 2012 – It's almost the end of June, but that hasn't stopped the festival lineup announcements from continuing their parade. The latest additions: Los Angeles' FYF Fest (formerly known as the Fuck Yeah Fest) just announced its lineup yesterday. …
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  Ceremony Don't Want to Be Learned or Tamed on Ramones Cover

  June 15, 2012 – Earlier this year, reformed hardcore growlers Ceremony released a thoughtful album of acrimonious post-punk, titled Zoo, which we dubbed a SPIN Essential. …
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  Rebooting Project Mersh: Hardcore Punks Threaten Indie Rock's Hold on the Cutting Edge

  June 11, 2012 – "I've heard so many interviews with Dave Grohl saying, 'Nirvana is a punk band. Period.' But then you hear that Kurt [Cobain] was a huge Aerosmith fan, you know what I mean? Aerosmith sucks." It's March 2012 in Oakland, California, and Rohnert Park punk professors Ceremony are spending their morning in the studio, recording a tribute cover of Nirvana's "Tourette's," an especially indigestive cut from 1993's In Utero. …
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  Breaking Out: Ceremony

  March 21, 2012 – WHO: Seven years ago, a Bay Area teen named Ross Farrar started a hardcore band named Hammertime. For reasons both unfortunate and understandable, the band only lasted a few shows. "I think he felt like people were taking it as a joke," says Anthony Anzaldo, Farrar's childhood friend and current bandmate. "But he was serious. He asked if we could start a [new] band. …
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  Ceremony Blow Up the 'Burbs in 'Adult' Video

  March 20, 2012 – Much has been made of Ceremony's ongoing sonic move away from their hardcore roots, as heard most recently on their Matador debut, Zoo, the SPIN Essential full-length that finds the Rohnert Park punks channeling Wire and the Stooges more than the power-violence of their not-too-distant youths. …
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  Best of SXSW 2012, Saturday: Sleigh Bells, Ceremony, Braid

  March 18, 2012 – SPIN stuck a camera in 50-plus artists' faces — don't miss our gallery of SXSW's best live shots! Sleigh Bells: SXSW usually manages to cram a few poppy voices in amongst the rackets, beats, shouts, and rhymes emanating from the city's billion clubs. A few years ago, Robyn gave a breakout performance at Perez Hiton's party, of all places. This year's breath-of-fresh-air was Alexis Krauss, a.k.a. …
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  Hear Ceremony's Full, Feral 'Zoo' LP

  February 29, 2012 – No cage can hold Ceremony, despite the name of the forward-thinking California punk thrashers' thrilling new album. Like Fucked Up, No Age, Iceage, Pissed Jeans, and other impressively vital bands in recent years, the men behind 2010 evolutionary leap Rohnert Park masterfully combine mosh-friendly fury with headphones-blasted finesse. …
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  Hear Ceremony's Sabretoothed New Cut 'Adult'

  February 21, 2012 – Ceremony make it look easy. On March 6, the Rohnert Park punk outfit will release Zoo, their Matador debut and a ferocious full-length explosion that does a wonderful job of re-imagining whatever definition of the word hardcore you might hold nearest and dearest. …
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  Experience Ceremony's Raucous Live Show in 'World Blue' Video

  February 16, 2012 – On February 4, Northern California hardcore boundary-pushers Ceremony performed at New York venue Le Poisson Rouge alongside special guests Pissed Jeans and several other rowdy acts of Ceremony's choosing. …
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