Let’s get that chin off the floor. Yes, it’s Monday; these things happen. Here’s the ‘How Can It Be’, the first single from Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard’s lovely new album A Turn in the Dream-Songs. If this slice of gorgeous pop majesty doesn’t make you feel great, then you might have to accept that [...]
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‘I might not be in magazines as a heart-throb face’ sings Jeffrey Lewis on ‘Cult Boyfriend’, ‘but in a few devoted places I’ve found a strong fanbase’. Glasgow, it appears, has joined the ever-growing list of cities to be captivated by the idiosyncratic charm of the man Jarvis Cocker described as ‘the best lyricist working [...]
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‘Eclectic’ is a cliché in modern music. Journalists pen it about acts for simply speeding up the drum beat, and herald the addition of a string section to an average rock record as if Wheel 2.0 has arrived. Bands strive for it, everyone falling over themselves in the rush to show hitherto-undreamed levels of depth [...]
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People demand much from their musical heroes. This certainly seems to be the case with Jeffrey Lewis. For it seems that the critically acclaimed albums, the superb live shows and the awesomely witty and touching lyrics have obviously created the belief among promoters of tonight’s sell-out show at King Tut’s in Glasgow that he can [...]
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After doing a passable impression of Bunk and McNulty the night before, a tender ELM team have spent the day interviewing bands and now just want to hear some live music. We’ve heard good things about Y’all is Fantasy Island who open up at the Arches. Again, a strong post-rock theme emerges, with dandruff-displacing riffs [...]
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Hinterland rocked like a mutha, it must be said. We’ll be bringing you interviews with Jeffrey Lewis, the Voluntary Butler Scheme and Phantom, as well as unrivalled gig reviews from our team in the field and exclusive photographs from the Wookie, including one of Mark E.Smith that is giving us all nightmares. We also found [...]
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There are precious few things to get excited about right now, let’s be honest. The papers are depressing, the TV is even worse and there are plenty of punters willing to indulge in ‘the world is ending’ apocalyptic doomsaying. We need some good news, frankly. And poking out like a single beautiful daisy in a [...]
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Nu-folk, they are calling it after the posthumous, Juno-assisted success of the Moldy Peaches ‘Anyone Else But You’. Slightly deranged warblings from funny, clever Americans over lo-fi simple melodies. It’s childlike and it can endear and annoy in equal measure. Jeffrey Lewis has been on the scene for a while. You will know him even [...]
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By Vespertine Meg Baird has emerged from the shadows of Philadelphia based folk-rockers Espers, her folk ‘day job’, to produce an excellent, albeit low key album that should bring her to a wider audience. But it won’t as there is no justice. Just us. Folk is a term that sends many music fans running for [...]
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