ALBUM REVIEW – JEFFREY LEWIS: THE EVEN MORE FREEWHEELIN’ JEFFREY LEWIS

A songwriter with the ability to mine his autobiographical persona, fears and self-loathing to emotional yet comedic effect, Jeffrey Lewis has a catalogue of songs with a unique quality. Dating back to 2001’s ‘The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song’ and 2006’s ‘Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror’, he could weave his heroes and influences into songs riddled […]
Down below is the brilliant video for ‘Except For The Fact That It Isn’t’ by the world’s favourite underground indie-rock songwriter, Jeffrey Lewis. The track is taken from his new album ‘Bad Wiring’ out now on Moshi Moshi Records. Jeffrey says: “It’s a fairly listenable four-chord ditty with verses and choruses, but then there’s also […]

JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE SHARE ‘EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT ISN’T’ VIDEO

MANCHESTER FOUR-PIECE HOT SHORTS REMINISCE ON ‘SUMMER OF 2012’

Manchester four-piece Hot Shorts want you to cast your minds back to a distant time, a more hopeful time: the London Olympics were in full swing; Frank Ocean had just released Channel Orange; you donated to take down Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. That’s right, it’s the ‘Summer of 2012’, and Hot Shorts are taking you […]
The world’s favourite underground indie-rock songwriter, Jeffrey Lewis, will release his new album ‘Bad Wiring’ via Moshi Moshi Records on November 15th.  They today share a video of a Soho Radio session performance of new album track ‘Depression! Despair!’ Jeffrey has received jaw-dropping praise from practically every major news and music outlet over the years, […]

JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE SHARE ‘DEPRESSION! DESPAIR!’

LIVE: JEFFREY LEWIS AND LOS BOLTS – 09/12/2015

 – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Cult hero Jeffrey Lewis returns to Manchester on a bitterly cold and wet night. The disposition he brings with him from across the pond is a warm and welcoming one, just what is needed for what is a restless, majorly male orientated crowd in attendance at The Deaf this […]
The way Jeffrey Lewis churns out near identical album one after the other leaves little room for innovative description. Musically, A Turn In The Dream Songs is pretty much the same as ‘Ere Are I. But then, in a Dylan-esque way, the music is incidental to Lewis’ appeal. It is merely a vehicle for Lewis’ […]

Album Review: Jeffrey Lewis – A Turn In The Dream Songs