The Format

The group featuring The Format 's lead singer and songwriter Nate Ruess, fun. , will perform at the Maintenance Shop on Nov. 1. Read More

If you're a well-adjusted person who enjoys the good things in life – e.g., puppies, pancakes, bubble wrap – you should be. Read More

If you're a well-adjusted person who enjoys the good things in life – e.g., puppies, pancakes, bubble wrap – you should be. Read More

Fun. 's debut album Aim and Ignite was released a mere four weeks ago, but every person in the sold-out crowd at Schubas last night knew every word to every song, often shouting them over the band. Read More

Sam Means, one half of our favorite (now-defunct) duo, The Format (the other half being Nate Ruess of fun. ,) is set to release his soundtrack to The Sinking of Santa Isabel , an indie comedy from last year, on September 29. Read More

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Readers old enough to have been hanging around this campus for the past four years will likely remember the Guster concert in Wait Chapel in 2006. Read More

When Nate Ruess and Sam Means of The Format announced the end of their music-making relationship, I thought the world might end. Read More

The formerly local Nate Ruess of The Format has officially unveiled his first post-Format project, Fun, from his new home, a little apartment in Brooklyn, posting a demo on MySpace for a song called Benson Hedges that finds him effortlessly picking up where that last Format album left off. Read More

Here's a look at two formerly local artists who launched their careers in the Valley. Read More