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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:
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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.
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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.

Here is “Son the Father” and go to Pitchfork.tv for “Black Albino Bones” and “Twice Born”

Tour dates below the vid.

Good records? Check.

Friendly neighborhood indie retail staff? Check.

Sweaty, shirtless hardcore? Check.

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 Lunchbox 1419-A Central Ave. Charlotte

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

(The Chemistry Of Common Life – LP/CD/digital album, available from The Matador Store)

Camera work and interrogation courtesy Blurt’s Jenna Young.

Here’s the brand new Fucked Up video, the first in the band’s history. Edited by Bajir Cannon/Shot by Brendan FitzGerald of VBS.tv

Order The Chemistry of Common Life HERE

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.

(performing live on WMUC’s Third Rail Radio, October 19 ‘08, pic taken from Dots, Lines & Polygons’ Flickr stream)

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.

“Someone’s Gonna Die” and “Parents”

“Nervous Breakdown”

Another film gone, more ridiculous photos taken.
This time : Fucked Up – on the road in the UK doing what they do best:
Wearing Burberry
Pouting
Blogging
Merch-ing
Gallivanting with ladies of the night

From the north to the south – the past couple of days in the UK with Fucked Up and Jay Reatard in photographic form, courtesy of some multi-talented photographer friends.

Fucked Up at Manchester’s Roadhouse
Photos by Danny North

And from our own Fiona Diffley

Jay Reatard at the Deaf Institute
All photos by Fiona

Fucked Up at Guildford GYC
Photos by Annette Lee, many thanks to Tom Ellis for the show.

OK, we’ll spare you a feature-length dramatic interpretation of the day’s events (but can we please start a thread about who would portray each member of Fucked Up if we did make one? I think Thora Birch could be a dynamite Mustard Gas).

Rhapsody made a little documentary about the event:

Here’s to posterity.

Rhapsody filmed and recorded Fucked Up’s already-legendary 12 Hour Show last month at Rogan in New York City (and pulled a “Where’s Waldo” with their logo – see if you can spot it!). Soon, they’ll make much of the show available to the world via streaming video and audio, as well as cuddly MP3 downloads. More on that shortly.

In the meantime, relive the magic of the longest day of our lives with powerful takes on The Chemistry of Common Life standouts “Black Albino Bones”, “Twice Born” and “Crooked Head”:

“Black Albino Bones” and “Twice Born”

“Crooked Head”

Residents of the north, why go to one Matador-related show on Wednesday 19th November when you can go to two?

For one night only, you can see both Fucked Up and Jay Reatard playing in completely separate venues in the beautiful city of Manchester. But never fear dear Northerners, you don’t have to choose one show over the other (which would be as cruel as making you choose between Man City and Man United, I’m sure).

Fucked Up play the Roadhouse at 8pm (there’s a 9pm curfew; it’s an all-ages show) whilst Jay Reatard and company head up the Deaf Institute (oh, the irony) at midnight. There’s even enough time to fit in a Reggae Reggae Chicken Subway between shows. Anyone would have thought we’d planned it.

So in a nutshell, your Wednesday night should look something like this:
8pm-9pm – watch Fucked Up @ The Roadhouse
9.05pm – High-five/back-slap/shake hands with Fucked Up
10pm (approximately) – eat Reggae Reggae Chicken Subway
10.30pm – watch Lovvers @ Deaf Institute
12 midnight – watch Jay Reatard @ Deaf Institute

Fucked Up dropped by Matador UK today, to catch up on some paperwork.

We also managed to get some new press shots done, exclusively for the Matablog.

“THE BEATING HEART OF THE UNDERGROUND.”

Fucked Up’s Halloween weekender continues tonight and the UK tour kicks off next week :

07 Nov : 93 Feet East, London
08 Nov : Freebutt, Brighton
09 Nov : Barfly, Birmingham
10 Nov : The Zodiac, Oxford
11 Nov : Cavern, Exeter
12 Nov : Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
13 Nov : Sugarmill, Stoke
14 Nov : Bodega, Nottingham
15 Nov : Kasbah, Coventry
16 Nov : King Tuts, Glasgow
17 Nov : Corporation, Sheffield
18 Nov : Cockpit, Leeds
19 Nov : Roadhouse, Manchester
20 Nov : The GYC, Guildford

Our spring Intended Play label download sampler was a huge hit, so we’re doing it again. Just like before, you get a track from one of each of our current and upcoming releases. Seven of the tracks have not been released on MP3 yet, and four of those are from albums that haven’t been released yet. The sampler this time is a bit more varied musically, from A.C. Newman’s jewel-like pop songscapes to the majestic neo-punk of Fucked Up to the gorgeous female vocals of Jennifer O’Connor to a track from Lou Reed’s painstaking, thoughtful, first-ever performance of his controversial classic album ‘Berlin.’ We also introduce an unreleased song from Pavement’s ‘Brighten The Corner’ sessions, due out on the deluxe edition of that album in November.

Click on the link to get a zipped file of all 13 tracks plus front and back artwork, and burn it yourself (or just listen to it digitally). And support the bands and the label… if you like the track, click on the album title link below to buy (or preorder) the album (or more individual tracks) directly from us.

Intended Play Fall 2008 (zip file)

Track listing:

1. A.C. Newman There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve (from Get Guilty, due out January 20)
2. Belle and Sebastian The State I Am In (BBC Version) (from The BBC Sessions, due out November 18)
3. Jennifer O’Connor Here With Me (from Here With Me, released August 19)
4. Shearwater The Snow Leopard (Remastered) from Rook, released June 3)
5. Lou Reed Caroline Says, Pt. II (Live) (from Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse, due out November 4)
6. Mogwai The Sun Smells Too Loud (from The Hawk Is Howling, released September 23)
7. Fucked Up No Epiphany (from The Chemistry Of Common Life, released October 7)
8. Jay Reatard An Ugly Death (from Matador Singles ‘08, released October 7)
9. Jaguar Love Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers (from Take Me To The Sea, released August 19)
10. Pavement Cataracts (from Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed., due out December 9)
11. Brightblack Morning Light Oppressions Each (from Motion To Rejoin, released September 23)
12. Times New Viking Call & Respond (from the Stay Awake EP, released October 14)
13. Condo Fucks What’cha Gonna Do About It? (from Fuckbook, due out March 2009)

While we don’t count Pink Eyes amongst the 15% of Canadians who would give up their right to vote in order to vote in the US election, he did flaunt this little t-shirt for Fucked Up’s ADD Pitchfork.tv session.

So the only question one might ask at a Palin rally:   “Why does Obama pal around with Canadians who can’t even spell ‘canucks’.”

More pics from the session after the jump.

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