Amy Farina

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Amy Farina
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Occupation(s)Singer, musician
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Amy Farina is an American musician who is the drummer and singer in the indie rock duo The Evens, which includes her husband, Ian MacKaye. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Farina has played in The Warmers (which included Ian's younger brother Alec MacKaye), [1] Mister Candy Eater, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists [4] and with Lois Maffeo.

The Evens

Farina and Ian MacKaye formed The Evens in 2001. [5] Farina sings and plays drums with MacKaye playing baritone guitar and sharing vocal duties. The Evens released their self-titled album in early 2005, breaking a three-year silence by MacKaye. Their second album, Get Evens , was released in November 2006. [6] Their most recent album, The Odds , was released on November 20, 2012. [7]

Coriky

In 2015, Farina and MacKaye began playing music with Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics). [8] In 2018, the group played their first show, now with the adopted moniker Coriky. [9] During early 2020, Coriky released two songs, "Clean Kill" and "Too Many Husbands", via various free streaming services. Although the self-titled album was originally set for release on March 27, 2020, the COVID-19 lockdown enacted during March 2020 delayed the release until June 12, 2020. [10]

Personal life

She and MacKaye have a child born in 2008.

She is the sister of Geoff Farina of the band Karate. [11]

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