{{Short description|American punk rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Coriky | image = | caption = | image_size = 200px | alt = | background = group_or_band | origin = Washington, D.C., United States | genre = Indie rock, post rock, post punk | years_active = 2015&ndash;present | label = Dischord | spinoff_of = Fugazi, The Evens | website = https://dischord.com/band/coriky | past_members = Amy Farina<br />Ian MacKaye<br />Joe Lally }}

'''Coriky''' is an American alternative rock band from Washington D.C., formed in 2015. The band is made up of Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens), Amy Farina (The Warmers, The Evens), and Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics). The band's straightforward approach is reflected in the band's bio, which in its entirety read: "Coriky is a band from Washington, D.C. Amy Farina plays drums. Joe Lally plays bass. Ian MacKaye plays guitar. All sing."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strauss |first1=Matthew |title=Coriky (Ian Mackaye, Joe Lally, and Amy Farina) Announce Debut Album, Share New Song: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/coriky-ian-mackaye-joe-lally-and-amy-farina-announce-debut-album-share-new-song-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |date=11 February 2020 |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref>

==History== In 2015, Farina and MacKaye, who played together as The Evens, began playing music with Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally & Amy Farina's band played their first show (pics)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ian-mackaye-joe-lally-amy-farinas-band-played-their-first-show-pics/|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date=November 12, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> In 2018, the group played their first show, now with the adopted moniker Coriky.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|title=Coriky — Featuring Fugazi, Evens Members — Tease Album With 'Clean Kill' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coriky-fugazi-evens-clean-kill-950511/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> The band was named after Kuriki, a dice game described as popular amongst touring bands.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://dcist.com/story/20/02/11/ian-mackayes-band-coriky-is-putting-out-an-album/ |title=Ian MacKaye's Band 'Coriky' Is Putting Out An Album |first=Elliot C. |last=Williams |date=February 11, 2020 |work=DCist |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> During early 2020, Coriky released two songs, "Clean Kill" and "Too Many Husbands", via various free streaming services. Although the self-titled debut album was originally set for release on March 27, 2020, the COVID-19 lockdown enacted in the United States during March 2020 delayed its release until June 12, 2020, in part to accommodate independent record stores closed due to the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coriky release update|url=https://dischord.com/news/689/2020/4/coriky-release-update|work=Dischord Records|date=April 13, 2020|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|title=Ian MacKaye's new band Coriky announce debut album, share "Clean Kill"|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ian-mackayes-new-band-coriky-announce-debut-album-share-clean-kill/|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> The band previewed their album at a free show in D.C.'s St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church on February 22, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ian MacKaye's band Coriky played DC's St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church (pics)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ian-mackayes-band-coriky-played-dcs-st-stephen-and-the-incarnation-episcopal-church-pics/|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date=February 24, 2020|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>

Upon release the record was favorably reviewed, and compared and contrasted to MacKaye and Farina's other band The Evens, and to MacKaye and Lally's other band Fugazi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coriky is the sound of D.C.'s punk past landing squarely in the present |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/coriky-is-the-sound-of-dcs-punk-past-landing-squarely-in-the-present/2020/06/12/5f430c5c-abfd-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Coriky - Coriky |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/coriky-pay-for-pain-nuvolascura-ulthar-wiley-orlando-weeks-reviews/ |work=Brooklyn Vegan|date=12 June 2020 |accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Album Of The Week: Coriky Coriky |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2087207/coriky-debut-album-review-ian-mackaye/franchises/reviews/album-of-the-week/ |work=Stereogum |date=9 June 2020 |accessdate=15 June 2020}}</ref>

==Discography== *''Coriky'' (2020, Dischord)

===Singles=== * "Clean Kill" (2020) * "Too Many Husbands" (2020)

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==External links== * [https://dischord.com/band/coriky Coriky] at Dischord Records * [https://coriky.bandcamp.com/album/coriky Coriky's Bandcamp page]

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Category:Dischord Records artists Category:Indie rock musical groups from Washington, D.C. Category:Musical trios from Washington, D.C.

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