Jelly NYC, the folks behind the beloved McCarren Pool parties of yesteryear have shifted their venue this summer to Brooklyn’s East River State Park (90 Kent Ave.) Summer 2009’s kickoff show happens Sunday, July 12 and features Mission Of Burma, Fucked Up, Baltimore’s Ponytail, former Be Your Own Pet vocalist Jemina Pearl and DJ Jonathan Toubin. It all starts at around 2pm and we can promise this will be the hottest free concert to hit the NYC area since Diana Ross played Central Park in 1983. This is an appropriate analogy because a) much like Ms. Ross, Peter Prescott’s performance features many costume changes and b) the two performers previously were a part of historic combos that changed the face of music (Diana with the Supremes, Peter with the Molls).
[photos of Fucked Up and Sonic Youth grabbed off Toni François' and Ryan Muir's flickr sites, respectively]
New Jersey’s freeform radio giant, WFMU, has plugged into the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona bringing streams of sets from Matador acts Fucked Up and Sonic Youth to the airwaves in the tri-state (90.1 FM) and online at www.wfmu.org.
Along with Fucked Up and Sonic Youth, WFMU will air sets from Wooden Shjips, Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, Sunn o))), Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, Ariel Pink, Magik Markers,Oneida, th’ Faith Healers and others to be announced.
Tune in at around 3:00 PM EST on Saturday (5/30) to hear Fucked Up and at 9:00 PM to hear Sonic Youth. As is the case with these kinds of things, all times are subject to change so keep up with WFMU’s Twitter for updates.
If you are lucky enough to be attending Primavera as you read this, be sure to catch the following:
Fucked Up – Ray Ban-Vice Stage – Friday 29th May 00:30
Sonic Youth – Estrella Damm Stage – Saturday 30th May 01:00
Shearwater – Pitchfork Stage – Saturday 30th May 18:15
Tomorrow will see the start of this year’s Primavera Sound festival, in Barcelona Spain. Set on the sea front on the edge of Barcelona, the festival has stages curated by Pitchfork, ATP and Vice amongst others.
This year Matador has a total of 6 bands in attendance at the festival. Surely a record? If you’re attending, be sure to Sharpie these times on your hand now:
(in alphabetical order)
Dead Meadow – ATP Stage – Thursday 28th May 00:15
Fucked Up – Ray Ban-Vice Stage – Friday 29th May 00:30
Jay Reatard – Ray Ban-Vice Stage – Thursday 28th May 00:30
Shearwater – Pitchfork Stage – Saturday 30th May 18:15
Sonic Youth – Estrella Damm Stage – Saturday 30th May 01:00
Yo La Tengo – Estrella Damm Stage – Thursday 28th May 21:45
A prize will be awarded to anyone that manages to get a photo of all of the above in the same place at the same time.
By Jeremy P. Goldstein on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
That’s right, our favorite Canuck punk soundscapers, Fucked Up, will play a live session for the wondrous KEXP at 1:30PM PDT. Local listeners can tune in on the FM dial at 90.3, whilst the rest of us landlocked shlubs can listen in on the interweb at kexp.org. Do it to it.
Out this week: Year Of The Rat 12″ on What’s Your Rupture?. Featuring the 11:40 title track, backed with “First Born”. Also available via iTunes. This is the third single in Fucked Up’s Zodiac series, each 12″ named after the Chinese year in which it was recorded.
What’s Your Rupture? describes it as follows:
RELEASED APRIL 7, 2009, YEAR OF THE RAT IS THE THIRD IN FUCKED UP’S SERIES OF RECORDS BASED ON THE CHINESE ASTROLOGICAL CYCLE. YEAR OF THE RAT IS AN 11 MINUTE A-SIDE THAT RATIONALIZES THE TUMULTUOUS YEAR IN THE WORLD, THE BAND AND THEIR OWN HOMES, EXPRESSED AS THE LOUDEST FUCKED UP RECORDING TO DATE.
For many, the distant lands of Japan and China hold unknown promise, a land shrouded in heritage and mystique, streets paved with stalls holding mysterious foods and even more mysterious looking karaoke bars. Sadly such a far away land will never be visited by most – our recessionary times and fear of long haul flights confining us to our locality.
However, for one such group of 20-somethings, The East became a reality. This week, Fucked Up returned from playing a string of dates across China and one in Japan. Having survived turbulent seas, questionable cuisine and yet another dodgy bus trip, they made it home to Toronto.
For fully written up school reports of the trip, check out the varying writing styles and alternative interpretations at Looking For Gold, Voice Of Dissent and the recently born, No Guv No Luv.
The trip was also documented by one naive fan for Spin magazine. Survival story here: Fucked Up In China.
This Saturday, live and for cheap, Fucked Up will be playing an additional show with some of the UK’s finest live bands of the moment, accompanied by a lengthy list of top notch DJ’s. You’re recommended to get down there early to secure your place in the PIT.
If this week’s shows on the Shred Yr Face 2 tour are anything to go by, it’s set to be an interactive experience.
On March 10, Matador will be releasing the 7″ of “No Epiphany,” featuring No Age remixing the track on the B-side. It’s a rather astounding collaboration, and we recommend you buy it.
The now legendary ShredYrFace tour is back in the UK at the end of this month with its second installment. This time featuring Rolo Tomassi, The Bronx and Matador’s own Fucked Up.
FEBRUARY
26 – LEEDS Cockpit
27 – GLASGOW Garage
28 – MANCHESTER Club Academy
MARCH
01 – LIVERPOOL Korova (Fucked up headline show, not part of SYF.)
02 – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
03 – NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
04 – LONDON Electric Ballroom
05 – BRIGHTON Concorde
06 – BIRMINGHAM Academy
I asked Jonah ‘Mr Jo’ Falco to give me a few thoughts on what he was expecting on the tour.
5 Things Likely to happen to Fucked Up in Old Blighty on the Shred Yr Face Tour:
aka
The Sad Truth:
1 – “Connection” (Rolling Stones) aka The internet struggles to keep up with 6 members of Fucked Up all slobbering over gmail at once on one pithy, homemade, pirated network in some parking lot north of Lancashire. Meanwhile, Lord Fontleroy or whoever the poor guy whose signal was pirated weeps as his house is foreclosed upon due to high bandwidth bills.
2 - “Soundcheck” aka That’s the Point: 1/10 will happen without pouting. 10/10 result in the following: Guitar stack 1: check. Guitar stack 2: check. Guitar stack 3: check. Silence, then judgement: “Turn down the guitars, they are pretty loud in the mix.”
3 – “The Golden Wrapper” aka 10,000 Marbles (aka 10kM aka 1,000,000 Meatballs) eats a chocolate bar. Everyone has their executive stress ball in their office and since M is a non drinker, mostly watches balls on television and doesn’t have a desk, this is his out. Despite his old rep in the band as “Organic Bok Choi,” he has completely renounced his past self and now claims that eating exclusively candy and sweets is simply “the most delicious lifestyle possible.”
4 – “Fooled by Fried Bread” aka Pinkeyes eats an inappropriately humungous meal right before a set and leaves the stage during a song to 1) poo or 2) throw up. This happens about once a tour. You can usually tell ‘tonight is the night’ if he asks for an extra long mic cable, because the King can still sing from the throne. Beware, be impressed, be regular.
5 – “The Encore.” Usually our finest hour. Like a group of toddlers on a museum tour, tethered by some brightly coloured plastic leash: One wants to see the exhibit one more time while the rest have to pee and just want to go home and watch cartoons (see #1 to complete this metaphor). Coax as little as you want, it only takes one of you to birth “The Encore.” PS we haven’t learned any new covers. by
BEAT LIFE
As always, Fucked Up are knocking out as many teeth-rattling, ass-kicking shows as possible on their inevitable path to World Domination.
(big thanks to Reed Bruemmer for this totally rad flier)
Fucked Up Live Instore
3 p.m. Feb. 11 @ Wax Trax Records
620 E. 13th Ave. in Denver
And if you can’t convince your boss that you have to go take care of your girlfriend’s cat — who has anxiety disorders — in order to skip out of work, you can always check out the band’s show later that night at the Larimer Lounge.
(Hey Gerard…So I’ve got this girlfriend…and she’s got this cat………..)
Two items of Fucked Up business to attend to this evening :
1) congrats to Fucked Up and everyone who loves award shows on ‘The Chemistry Of Common Life’ being nominated for a Juno Award in the category of ‘Best Alternative Album’. It’s customary in the U.S. record industry to call the Junos “The Canadian Grammies”, but if Fucked Up win, we’re gonna start calling the Grammies “The American Kerrang Awards”.
2) The ‘Shred Yr Face 2′ tour EP featuring Fucked Up, The Bronx and Rolo Tomasi can be ordered here. Damian and Jonah chime in with a rather faithful reading of Chain Gang’s “Son Of Sam” (more faithful than the Blues Explosion’s, anyway).
Filmed and and recorded in glorious analog truth, Pitchfork TV debuts it’s latest series “A>D>D” with Fucked Up, who brought the heat just hours after playing for some 12 hours in NYC.
If you’re around the Charlotte, NC area this Saturday, 1/24, be sure to stop in the Lunchbox and check out Fucked Up live in-store at 4pm. The band is stopping through during there current U.S. tour to help celebrate Lunchbox’s three year anniversary.
The character in the center is not a Matador recording artist, but the gent on the far right most certainly is. That’s Pink Eyes from multi-time Juno Award winning beat combo Fucked Up, and he’ll be adding his commentary skills to MTV’s “Detox” tonight (Jan 21) at 11pm eastern. A few hours later, the Toronto vocalist can be seen as a guest on Fox News’ “Red Eye”.
If you’d rather not watch TV, however, you can always drive to Philadelphia. Here’s the rest of Fucked Up’s current North American tour :
Wed-Jan-21 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Thu-Jan-22 Baltimore, MD Talking Head (with Vincent Black Shadow)
Fri-Jan-23 Charlottesville, VA Outback Lodge
Sat-Jan-24 Charlotte, NC Milestone
Sun-Jan-25 Atlanta, GA The Earl (with the Carbonas, Bukkake Boys)
Tue-Jan-27 Gainesvile, FL Sluggo’s (with Iron Livers)
Wed-Jan-28 Pensacola, FL Engine Room (with Iron Livers)
Thu-Jan-29 New Orleans, LA Ducbo (with Iron Age)
Fri-Jan-30 Houston, TX Walter’s on Washington (with Iron Age)
Sat-Jan-31 Austin, TX Emo’s (with Iron Age and Annihilation Time)
Mon-Feb-02 Albuquerque, NM The Launchpad
Tue-Feb-03 Phoenix, AZ Phix Gallery
Wed-Feb-04 San Diego, CA Casbah (with Mika Miko)
Fri-Feb-06 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (with Mika Miko)
Sun-Feb-08 San Francisco, CA The Independent (with Mika Miko)
Wed-Feb-11 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Thu-Feb-12 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
Fri-Feb-13 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College – Gardner Lounge
Sat-Feb-14 Chicago, IL High Concepts Laboratory (early ALL AGES)
Sat-Feb-14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (late 21+)
Sun-Feb-15 Detroit, MI Crofoot – Pike Room
Head’s up, Fucked Up’s January 20 show has been moved to Market Hotel. Along with the Vivian Girls, support for the night will be provided by Pissed Jeans, 80’s Hardcore and dj services courtesy Gibby Haynes.
Photo by PAOLO PROSERPIO at the Milan show last week.
In what feels like their 400th show of the year, Fucked Up will once again be hitting London tonight with the final show of 2008 for the band, and for Matador UK.
Here’s the details :
WED DEC 17
UNDERWORLD LONDON
8PM ALL AGES (14+)
FUCKED UP
THE KING BLUES
LETS WRESTLE
Tonight will be a Christmas Party of sorts, with tinsel and party hats. There’ll also be a charity give away tonight of some of the remaining Royal Swan 7″s from the 12hr show. Money donated for a copy will be going to selected London-based charities.
And we didn’t tell you, but if you happen to be in the Shoreditch area of town at around 12.30am tonight, there’s a distinct chance you might catch an additional FU show at the Old Blue Last. But you didn’t hear it from me.
Further support details available locally. Or here, if we bother to look it up later on.
Fri-Jan-16 Ottawa, ON Maverick’s
Sat-Jan-17 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa (with Aids Wolf)
Sun-Jan-18 Portland, ME Space Gallery
Mon-Jan-19 Boston, MA Middle East Upstairs
Tue-Jan-20 Brooklyn, NY Market Hotel (with Vivian Girls, Pissed Jeans, 80’s Hardcore and Gibby Haynes spinning records)
Wed-Jan-21 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Thu-Jan-22 Baltimore, MD Talking Head (with Vincent Black Shadow)
Fri-Jan-23 Charlottesville, VA Outback Lodge
Sat-Jan-24 Charlotte, NC Milestone
Sun-Jan-25 Atlanta, GA The Earl (with the Carbonas, Bukkake Boys)
Tue-Jan-27 Gainesvile, FL Sluggo’s (with Iron Livers)
Wed-Jan-28 Tallahasse, FL Engine Room (with Iron Livers)
Thu-Jan-29 New Orleans, LA Ducbo (with Iron Age)
Fri-Jan-30 Houston, TX Walter’s on Washington (with Iron Age)
Sat-Jan-31 Austin, TX Emo’s (with Iron Age and Annihilation Time)
Mon-Feb-02 Albuquerque, NM The Launchpad
Tue-Feb-03 Phoenix, AZ Phix Gallery
Wed-Feb-04 San Diego, CA Casbah (with Mika Miko)
Fri-Feb-06 Los Angeles, CA The Echo (with Mika Miko)
Sun-Feb-08 San Francisco, CA The Independent (with Mika Miko)
Wed-Feb-11 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Thu-Feb-12 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
Fri-Feb-13 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College – Gardner Lounge
Sat-Feb-14 Chicago, IL High Concepts Laboratory (early ALL AGES)
Sat-Feb-14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (late 21+)
Sun-Feb-15 Detroit, MI Crofoot – Pike Room
(photo taken from Dave Stocks’ Flickr stream)
“Fucked Up are not at all about the blood, the guts, the controversy, the crying mothers, the glass in the forehead, the vomiting, the destruction, the dick-dangling and the encouraged mayhem – despite what everyone wants to tell you. They might be a terminal band with only a few weeks left to live, but they may also be a band that is going to make sure that it is nothing short of being epically monumental, a group that lives on as a valuable and coveted icon of underground madness.” So reads Sean Moller’s introduction to Fucked Up’s 4 song Daytrotter session (dick-dangling!), currently available for download.
More from the 12 hour marathon, Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend joins Fucked Up for Blitz and Descendents covers, while fans help the band thrash through “Nervous Breakdown” by Black Flag.
