Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard & Jack Lewis & Ben Lewis 28/08/09 Sheffield

[HarleyLive]

@ The Harley. £6 Advance.

 

JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD

http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/

http://www.myspace.com/jefflewisband

 

With his previous album of anarcho-punk covers '12 crass songs' still making waves (4 stars in Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Mojo, Uncut and many others), Jeffrey Lewis has somehow managed to find the time to record his best album yet. Part folkie, part indie-rocker, part comic book artist, with comic / tragic lyrics straight from the heart, and guitar style ranging from finger picked roots to outer space swoops, Jeffrey Lewis has worked on and off in between tours to spin an 11 song production that seems to reflect a love of the last 40 years of popular music, all filtered through Jeff's unmistakable idiosyncratic muse. Mostly tracked on classic analogue tape at Brooklyn's Emandee studios with engineer and co-producer Mark Ospovat, Jeff's usual band of drummer Dave Beauchamp and bassist / brother Jack Lewis are joined at various times by friends and acquaintances including french indie-heroes Herman Dune and american banjo troubadour Emily Lacy, and the album even features a lead guitar cameo from Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis. with 2009 barely out of the gate, 'Em Are I' is making an early bid for album of the year. Ignore the growing cult of Jeffrey Lewis at your peril; there is simply nobody else out there who occupies the aesthetic world he has created. this new album features another beautiful sleeve package designed and illustrated by Jeffrey himself.

 

“sounds like an artist really coming into his own…” 4/5 The Guardian

 

‘…mind-boggling in scope, laugh out-loud-funny, wonderfully moving…’ 4/5 Observer Music Monthly

 

“A brilliant modern singer-songwriter record, full of wit and musical variation”’ Mojo 4/5

 

"His comic-book sensibilities burst from the record with Technicolor verve" NME 7/10

 

 

JACK LEWIS & THE FISHERMAN THREE

http://www.myspace.com/jacklewisband

http://www.myspace.com/thefishermenthree

 

It’s never easy to live under the shadow of a well-known sibling, but for Jack Lewis, younger brother of Crass-obsessed NYC crooner Jeffrey Lewis, any direct comparisons are left to the wind the first time he opens his mouth. More Jonathan Richman to his bro's John Darnielle, Jack’s songs feature fewer inside jokes but are just as charming and clever in their own right, full of fake laments (“The Day Neil Young Died”) and quirky come-ons (the indelible “you danced your ass off” refrain from “New Year's Day.”) Amazingly, things never get too tongue-in-cheek, staying sweet throughout.

 

 

BEN LEWIS

http://www.myspace.com/benjamindavidandthegoliaths

 

"A very talented young man with an occasional collective backing of equally talented musicians familar to the Sheffield scene. They like glockenspiels, violins and good friends and have taken there sound across the UK including supporting CFB favourite Fryars in London" US

 

Special Guest DJs

Doors 8pm

Friday

August 28th

 

Limited £6 advance tickets available soon.

http://tinyurl.com/nhv5mb (See Tickets)

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/56512 (WeGotTickets: Cheapest)

 

 

Regular club night No Uniform will follow the show and will be FREE in.

[cfb99]

Buy tickets suckers...there aren't many left

 

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/56512

[HarleyLive]

I wouldn't use the same insensitive language, but I would echo the sentiment of CFB99; buy tickets now.

[cfb99]

so err yeah this is tomorrow.

[HarleyLive]

unless you're reading this today, then the gig is infact today.