As a seasoned concert-goer, I like to notice the relationship between a band and its fans. But in my experience, I’ve never seen something as natural and fun as the friendship between PUP and their ...

To paraphrase Mark Twain: reports of rock’s death have been greatly exaggerated. There’s still lots of vitality and creative life left in a genre that has weathered its fair share of brutal ...

The path to being a successful punk rock band has changed a lot over the years. Twenty years ago before soundcloud, bandcamp and TikTok, a few buddies from school would start a band. They’d practice, ...

The FADER's longstanding series GEN F profiles emerging artists to know now. In 2015, Stefan Babcock said goodbye to his pet chameleon. Her name was Norman, and she died after her tongue got infected ...

This July, punk-rock band Pup will play six hometown shows across Toronto. Each concert in the Mega-City Madness tour is at a venue significant to the band’s trajectory. Starting with a secret house ...

Canadian punk rock act PUP released two albums in 2022 — the studio outing “The Unraveling of PUPTheBand” and its concert-companion piece “PUP Unravels Live in Front of Everyone.” The former drew much ...