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Fuck Yeah Tour (July 6)

Sunday, July 6
Fuck Yeah Tour
w/the Death Set, Monotonix, Team Robespierre, Crystal Antlers, and Totally Michael, with comedy by Nick Flanagan and Hannibal Buress

As tour names go, “Fuck Yeah” hits the nail on the head. What other phrase could describe a traveling underground variety show featuring the notorious stage acrobatics of Monotonix and Crystal Antlers as well as um…comedians, and…um, art installations and stuff like that. Oh yeah, did I mention that all five bands, comedians, visual artists, and organizers are traveling in the same vegetable-oil-fueled bus? Nothing smells more like summer 2008 than a vegetable-oiled bus filled with 26 guys. Actually, I don’t know if they’re all guys but whatever. The “Fuck Yeah Tour” is the traveling edition of LA’s “Fuck Yeah Fest,” a punky clusterfuck of disparate interests organized by Keith Morris (of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks) and a guy named Sean Carlson, who quite accurately predicts that the touring incarnation of his baby “is bound to be the most retarded/amazing/biggest nightmare adventure that any of us have ever gone on”—which is exactly why you need witness it. Of all the groups on the bill, Crystal Antlers (pictured) seems to be getting the most buzz: “As much as it diverges from the brain-frying aim of typical psych-rock outings,” Pitchfork wrote about their current CD (and converging with the seasonal theme of this article), “EP is an unorthodox summer record—not so much for driving to the beach as actually being in its sweltering grasp.” But it would be a big mistake to ignore the lesser known acts on the bill, who are sure to amp up the “funmosphere”: Spasmatic punky electro duo the Death Set; Brooklyn synth-punk dance rockers Team Robespierre; and Totally Michael, who has been known to divide his audience for a dance floor battle to his song “Cheerleaders Vs Drillteam.” Fuck yeah!

greg gannon

8pm. Soundlab, 110 Pearl St. (www.bigorbitgallery.org/soundlab). $8