Fun's new Steve Albini-engineered album "Zu-pa!" has been confirmed for an April 23 release via If Society on both CD and vinyl. Listen to two tracks: "Slonko" / "Hold it close"

MP3: Fun - Sportscoat

When it came time to select bands for my first "Reader's companion" compilation, Fun was one of the few at the top of my list. They sound like Rapeman, so it's quite fitting that they're currently in Chicago at this very moment recording a new album with Steve Albini. Some of you might also note the brief "Kerosene" quote on the song I've posted today. Listen, there's a lot of bands that try to play this pigfuck style, but Fun is one of best. See them on tour:

03/10 - Ronny's, Chicago, IL w/Quatre Tete, Unique Chique, Gloria Story
03/11 - Lemp Arts, St. Louis, MO w/Muscle Brain, Dashchund
03/12 - Replay Lounge, Kansas City, MO w/This Is My Condition
03/13 - Sound Pony Lounge, Tulsa, OK
03/14 - 1919 Hemphill, Ft. Worth, TX w/The Cheat, Koji Kondo
03/15 - No Idea Records & Political Party presents SXSFest, Austin, TX
03/16 - 3299 Ivanhoe St., Baton Rouge, LA w/Brainworms
03/17 - Cave 9, Birmingham, AL w/Brainworms
03/18 - ISP (Stickfigure sunday matinee), Atlanta, GA w/Brickmason, Battlecat, Eether
03/19 - Lunchbox Records, Charlotte, NC
03/20 - Two Art Chicks, Greensboro, NC
03/21 - Solid Dudes House, Richmond, VA w/The Catalyst, Mouthbreather
03/22 - tba
03/23 - Sin-é, NYC, NY w/Marissa Nadler, Shy Child, Tim Fite, Pela
03/24 - Veggieplex Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
03/25 - tba
03/26 - tba
03/27 - Gooskis, Pittsburgh, PA
03/28 - Tower 2012, Cleveland, OH

Download more tracks here: http://www.noisecorewalze.com/?disco

Fun - Sportscoat

Finnish noiserockers Fun (as heard on "Reader's companion volume one") have finalized most of their US tour schedule:

03/05 - 720 Space, Minneapolis, MN w/Charles de Gaulle, The Yoleus, Lazer Forever
03/06 - The Vault, Milwaukee. WI
03/07 - Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL (recording)
03/08 - Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL (recording)
03/09 - Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL (recording)
03/10 - Ronny's, Chicago, IL w/Quatre Tete, Unique Chique, Gloria Story
03/11 - Lemp Arts, St. Louis, MO w/Muscle Brain, Dashchund
03/12 - tba, Kansas City, MO
03/13 - Sound Pony Lounge, Tulsa, OK
03/14 - 1919 Hemphill, Ft. Worth, TX w/The Cheat, Koji Kondo
03/15 - No Idea Records & Political Party presents SXSFest, Austin, TX
03/16 - 3299 Ivanhoe St., Baton Rouge, LA w/Brainworms
03/17 - Cave 9, Birmingham, AL w/Brainworms
03/18 - ISP (Stickfigure sunday matinee), Atlanta, GA w/Brickmason, Battlecat, Eether
03/19 - tba, Charlotte, NC
03/20 - tba, Greensboro, NC
03/21 - Solid Dudes House, Richmond, VA w/The Catalyst, Mouthbreather
03/22 - HELP!
03/23 - HELP!
03/24 - Veggieplex Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
03/25 - HELP!
03/26 - HELP!
03/27 - Gooskis, Pittsburgh, PA
03/28 - Tower 2012, Cleveland, OH

If you can help on any of the dates marked 'HELP!', get in touch with the band via their website: http://www.noisecorewalze.com/

If Society has posted Fun's preliminary US tour schedule: http://www.ifsociety.com/news.php
As mentioned before, the Finnish act (as heard on "Reader's companion volume one") is coming to the US to record their new album with legendary engineer Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studio in Chicago and will be doing a large batch of dates while they are here.

Check out Teemu from Fun's solo project Electric Retard: http://www.noisecorewalze.com/er/

Not only will Finnish noiserockers Fun (as heard on "Reader's companion volume one") be touring the US this coming March, they'll also be stopping by Electrical Audio in Chicago to record a new album with Steve Albini! A perfect pairing, I might add. Those dudes must be super stoked. Actual tourdates coming soon.

Updated shows for Finland's Echo Is Your Love:

11/22 - HDJ, Leverkusen (GER) w/Endearment
11/23 - Subversiv, Berlin (GER) w/Moho
11/24 - Rote Flora, Hamburg (GER)
11/25 - Ut Connewitz (Iskra-Festival), Leipzig (GER) w/Turbostaat, etc.
01/19 - Bar 15, Seinäjoki (FIN) w/Fun

Video mix: Peter Bjorn and John, The Lionheart Brothers, Kristofer Åström, Desert Planet, José González, Khoma, more...

The tracklist for the "Hahmotushäiriö" compilation LP being put out by Finnish label : http://www.kauhajoki.fi/~raliimak/kissankusi.html
Highlights for me include tracks from Fun and The Insult That Made A Man Out Of Mac.

Upcoming releases on the way from Finnish label Kissankusi:

Various Artists - Hahmotushäiriö LP (featuring new, mostly unreleased material from acts such as Sur-Rur, Radiopuhelimet, Can Can Heads, Valse Triste, The Insult That Made A Man Out Of Mac, Fun, Asthmatix, Jyrki Nissinen and more)

Kaivosurma - CDR (all previously unreleased material)

Can Can Heads - Headcracking lifestyle (CDR reissue of the OOP CD originally released in '99 via Hostile Reggression)

Finnish noiserockers Fun (as heard on the "IAT reader's companion" CD) have posted a short tourdiary from their recent trip to Russia: http://www.noisecorewalze.com/text_template.php?text=russia_2005
In other news, the band will contribute the previously unreleased song "P-bone" to a compilation called "Hahmotushäiriö", due out soon from Kissankusi Records. Other bands on the record will include Sur-rur, Radiopuhelimet, Can Can Heads, Valse Triste and The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac.

Finnish noiserockers Fun on tour in Russia:

11/11 - Deep Sound Club, St. Petersburg w/Cut'n'Run, Dotty Danger
11/12 - Secret Show, Moscow
11/13 - The Ice Planet, Moscow w/Silence Kit, Foojitsu, Diffuzzia

Finnish noiserockers Fun are now on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/noisecorewalze

Finnish noiserockers Fun on tour in Russia:

11/11 - tbc, St. Petersburg
11/12 - tbc, Moscow
11/13 - tba (near Moscow), Russia

The band will be supporting the release of a new tape which includes the group's first EP, the "Szklarka poreba" LP and a few various comp tracks.

Finnish noise-rockers Fun have posted their entire debut EP for free download: http://www.noisecorewalze.com/
If you are even remotely into the classic Touch & Go/AmRep style, you better check these guys out cuz they rule.