LIVE :: Fucked Up Tonight in Greenpoint
February 19, 2010
Tonight at Europa, the fine Canadian men (and woman) of Fucked Up are putting on a rock show. This is supremely exciting. In November, they performed their Polaris Prize-winning The Chemistry Of Common Life from front to back, with vocal assists from Vivian Girls, and Andrew W.K. splashing some keys from time to time. It was the first time I saw them live, but I was invited by my boss so I watched demurely from the balcony with him and his girlfriend. Tonight will be different. I will get facewashed by Pinkeyes’ bare belly. I will thrash and flail and have a fantastic time with fantastic music and fantastic people. I will buy whatever new 7″ they’ve recently released.
Speaking of which, Fucked Up are doing a pretty rad thing for Record Store Day 2010. They’re a huge proponent of vinyl (having released about thirty five 7″ records in their time together,) so this year they’re issuing a 7″ of their two Daytrotter songs + “Crooked Head” to eleven record stores with eleven unique album covers. The NYC participant is Generation Records, where they performed in-store ’bout a year and a half ago. All details and partners are discussed on their blog. They’ve also just announced their participation in All Tomorrow’s Parties 2010. Maybe this is the year I’ll visit that circle jerk. Probably not though.
Video for “Black Albino Bones”, tunes start at 0:45.
-Andy C.
