It's always nice when the opportunity to catch a little stand-up comedy with your tunes presents itself, and, with a revamped format for Bonnaroo, as well as our very own Fun Fun Fun Fest, the idea of pairing these two very different but equally awesome forms of entertainment is becoming more common. Tonight we see this new era of show-going in action as The Fuck Yeah Tour, more politely known as the F Yeah Tour, rumbles into the Mohawk with an intriguing mix of music, spoken word, and comedy.

The music half of the bill is dominated by acts which, in some capacity or another, can be considered "punk," although that word takes on many shapes. Headlining is Matt & Kim, a Brooklyn pop outfit who last played our fine town, and to positive reviews, during SXSW. Their bouncy electro-influenced music is delightfully bratty, and the adorable duo have been picking up fans over the course of what has been a solid year for them. Also doing some damage on the musical front will be The Deathset, a punktronic group with buried vocals, liberal sampling, and propulsive percussion, and Team Robespierre, a ramshackle New York quintet. And, as if those three weren't enough, the energy will be flowing early with Brother Reade, a promising Los Angeles/Carolina hiphopper, and Plastic Little, a quartet of enthusiastic rappers from Philly.

Spoken word by Keith Morris (of Circle Jerks and Black Flag fame) should provide an interesting juxtaposition to all that music; Morris is one of the tour's curators, and this will be his first ever spoken word performance. Interposed with the music and the spoken word will be three talented (if strange) stand-up comedians: Hannibal Buress, Nick Flanagan, and Josh Fadem, all of whom have fine reputations for stirring up the laughs.

Altogether, it's a whole hell of a lot of stuff to watch and hear for a ticket whose price is practically painless. It should be interesting to see how it all fits together, but as this is the eleventh show on the tour, everything should be nice and smooth, and good.

MUSIC:
Matt & Kim [MySpace] [Official]
The Deathset [MySpace] [Official]
Team Robespierre [MySpace]
Brother Reade [MySpace] [Official]
Plastic Little [MySpace] [Official]

COMEDY:
Nick Flanagan [MySpace] [Blog]
Hannibal Buress [MySpace]
Josh Fadem [MySpace] [YouTube]