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Hip-hop producers Emile Haynie (Kanye, The Roots) and Jeff Bhasker (Jay-Z, Beyonce) have collaborated with fun. on their latest Internet release, “One Foot.” Currently available as a b-side on the “We Are Young” 7-inch, “One Foot” sounds very little like the Aim and Ignite version of fun., featuring heavier beats and a dialed-up production value, [...]

Despite last week’s studio update and knowing that the album will be released next year via Fueled By Ramen, there’s still not much info floating around about fun.‘s second release. As of today, however, the band premiered their first single, “We Are Young,” featuring vocals by Janelle Monae.
The track opens with a naked drumbeat and [...]

fun. have holed themselves up in a Los Angeles studio with producer Jeff Bhasker to record their second album, documenting the process along the way. The video follows the band through the studio as they exaplain their creative modus operandi and captures lead singer and lyricist, Nate Ruess, describing the experience as “the best time [...]

fun. and Steel Train bring their best shows yet to Portland’s Hawthorne Theater.

In their newest video, fun. explore their fun (ha!) and colorful side via the track “Walking the Dog,” from their debut album Aim & Ignite. The music video features animals, a Brady Bunch reference and extreme close-ups of the band members’ faces.
May or may not cause an epileptic reaction:

Initially debuted as a “fans-only premiere” on [...]

You (should) know this by now, but all things Aim and Ignite-related are considered good things around here. The album is fun but still smart and emotionally grounded and, well, that is just great. Also great: fun.’s live EP, fun. Presents Selected Selections From Their First Full-length Album, Heretofore Known as, ‘Aim and Ignite,’ Performed [...]

During the second stop of their tour with Jack’s Mannequin, fun. hit the stage of the Roseland Theater to play most of the songs from their debut album, Aim and Ignite.

Best of 2009-ers, fun., are gearing up to release their single, “At Least I’m Not as Sad (As I Used To Be),” this Tuesday. The song will be released as a package deal which includes a 7″ vinyl, some sweet packaging and a clear CD.
We live in the future!
If moving pictures (and Vader masks) are [...]

The official and requisite list of Audioholic Media‘s favorite albums from aught nine.

Nate Ruess and Andrew Dost of the band fun. recently stopped by the Daytrotter studio to record acoustic versions of three tracks from their album Aim and Ignite. “Benson Hedges,” “All the Pretty Girls” and “The Gambler” are the songs featured and available for free download, just in time for the holidays! So feel free [...]