Future of the Left on Hating the Olympics, Drugs, and SPIN Commenters
June 14, 2012 "My girlfriend says I'm only truly alive when I'm arguing," exclaims Andy "Falco" Falkous, using his famous cool, dry wit. …
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June 14, 2012 "My girlfriend says I'm only truly alive when I'm arguing," exclaims Andy "Falco" Falkous, using his famous cool, dry wit. …
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June 11, 2012 Irascible ex-Mclusky noise-punks take Biafra-brand graters to the thumbs of suckers. …
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May 30, 2012 While watching Future of the Left's clip for single "Sheena Is a T-Shirt Salesman" not too long ago, we stumbled across the kind of user comment that erases any doubts we may have previously had about the Internet: "I listened to this song, and lo and behold, my testicles were bigger." Though we can't say we've experienced similar effects from the same video or song, it bears mentioning that we immediately understood what user "JC17568 …
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February 28, 2012 Joining the ranks of people-holding-placards videos alongside Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and the All-American Rejects' "Dirty Little Secret," the Future of the Left's manic clip for their punk buzzsaw single "Sheena Is a T-Shirt Salesman" shows the Welsh band playing in the corner of the room while mysterious men in full-body blue jumpsuits parade through with a series of signs. …
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November 9, 2011 Next week, Xtra Mile will release Polymers Are Forever, a new EP from wily Welsh indie rock outfit Future of the Left, the current songwriting vehicle for former Mclusky frontman Andy Falkous. It's six songs in 20 minutes, every single one of which is as acerbic and ill-tempered as you could ever hope. (Surprisingly, even his mother found something to love.) To those of you meeting Mr. …
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July 19, 2009 Coney Island, a sprawl of antiquated amusement park rides and fried food on the South coast of Brooklyn, is home to the Village Voice's annual free Siren Festival, which took place on Saturday. Performers on the fest's two stages had to compete with the 50 cent freak show, hot dog eating contests, and the Cyclone, an ancient wooden rollercoaster that appears to be one loose rivet away from deadly disaster. …
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June 23, 2009 Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:
The Mars Volta, OctahedronDuo reinjects soulful noise into interstellar freakouts. …
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Big Eyes, Almost Famous
Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
Human Eye, 4: Into Unknown
The So So Glos, Blowout
The Heliocentrics, 13 Degrees of Reality
Big Black Delta, Big Black Delta
Lucero, Texas & Tennessee
Purson, The Circle and the Blue Door
Moon King, Obsession II
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