Bully & FIDLAR covered Magnetic Fields' "Absolutely Cuckoo" (watch the video), touring Europe together

by Bill Pearis

photo: Bully @ Northside Fest 2015 (more by PSquared)

Bully and FIDLAR are currently on tour together in Europe and to promote it the two bands recorded a joint cover of Magnetic Fields‘ 69 Love Songs classic “Absolutely Cuckoo.” If you’re expecting them to smash Stephin Merritt’s ukulele with a blast of bratty, poppy punk, well that’s totally not what they do here. This is the most chill either band has ever been. You can check it out via its cute video — which they put together on the flight over — below.

Bully will be on tour with METZ (who toured with FIDLAR earlier this year) in 2016, including two NYC shows. All Bully tour dates are listed below too.

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Bully – 2015 Tour Dates
Nov 10 Bristol O2 Academy (w/ FIDLAR) Bristol, United Kingdom
Nov 11 Ritz (w/ FIDLAR) Manchester, United Kingdom
Nov 12 Garage (w/ FIDLAR) Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 14 The Forum (w/ FIDLAR) London, United Kingdom
Nov 15 The Institute (w/ FIDLAR) Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nov 17 Postbahnhof (w/ FIDLAR) Berlin, Germany
Nov 19 Trianon (w/ FIDLAR) Paris, France
Nov 20 Le Guess Who? Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 21 Motorbooty Live!-Party Hamburg, Germany
Nov 22 AB Club (w/ FIDLAR) Brussels, Belgium
Nov 23 Tivoli Vredenburg (w/ FIDLAR) Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 24 Eldorado Zürich, Switzerland
Nov 27 Mexefest Lisbon, Portugal
Dec 09 Oxford Art Factory (w/ Rolling Blackouts) Sydney, Australia
Dec 10 Howler (w/ Rolling Blackouts) Melbourne, Australia
Dec 11 Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre Meredith, Australia
Dec 12 Woolly Mammoth (w/ Rolling Blackouts) Brisbane, Australia
Dec 13 Disconnect Festival Perth, Australia
Jan 08 Club Helsinki Hudson, NY
Jan 09 The Sinclair (w/ METZ) Cambridge, MA
Jan 11 Rock and Roll Hotel (w/ METZ) Washington, DC
Jan 12 First Unitarian Church (w/ METZ) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 13 Bowery Ballroom (w/ METZ) New York, NY
Jan 14 Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ METZ) Brooklyn, NY
Jan 16 Metro (w/ METZ) Chicago, IL
Jan 18 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
Jan 19 Cactus Club Milwaukee, WI
Jan 20 The Bishop Bloomington, IN
Jan 21 Zanzabar Louisville, KY
Jan 22 The Basement East Nashville, TN