So how did notorious punk/hardcore/indie band Fucked Up end up playing at NYU? As some of you know I work there. One of our student workers, David Miller, is on the committee for booking shows at NYU. Though a good six or seven years younger than me, we seem to be cut from the same cloth. David grew up in Florida going to shows, playing music, and buying obnoxious amounts of records & CDs. So when the opportunity came to book NYU's Valentine's Day show, David campaigned to get Fucked Up on the bill. Nice.
A couple of weeks before, he told me about Baltimore drum/bass/vocals supporting act Double Dagger and played me their latest record, More. I was instantly a fan and decided I had to check them out and see how their music translated in a live setting. Double Daggers did not disappoint. Introducing themselves with "Now that the kids have cleared the stage, we'll start the angry old bald man with beards portion of the show," Double Daggers tore through a dynamic set of DIY punk minimalism powered by fuzz drenched bass, pile driving drums and clever wordplay.
How can you not love lines like "Remember that night when my mouth forgot how to work / and you said we're most beautiful when we struggle / well, sometimes my life has more beauty than I can handle." This band is fucking awesome. Buy their records (Masks EP, More, Ragged Rubble, Double Dagger) and go see their show as soon as you can.
"The Lie / The Truth." from Double Dagger's MORE
"Vivre Sans Temps Mort." from Double Dagger's MORE
Fucked Up has long been praised for their genre bending concept albums and raucous live performances. If you haven't already seen this band, do so the next time they come to your town. And if you don't already own their albums, just go buy the whole catalog ok.
David was kind enough to put me and Matt Pullman from Generation Records on the guestlist and despite being the oldest people in the room, well in the audience at least, we were lucky to catch a great show. It was however a very strange feeling to be watching a hardcore show in a room I've sat in for department meetings. But watching NYU kids precariously learn how to stage dive and form a circle pit was even more hilariously weird.
No One and The Somebodies and DD/MM/YY also performed.
You can check out everything from NYU's Not So Valentine's Day Show by clicking the pics above or right here.
You can also just check out the individual bands on Flickr - Fucked Up, Double Dagger, and DD/MM/YY.
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