20. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005) Sufjan’s Prairie State I wish he did all fifty (Yes, I fell for it) 19. Jeffrey Lewis – It’s the Ones Who’ve Cracked That The Light Shines Through (2003) Anti-folk hero Serves comic stripped down delight Raw, honest and fun 18. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories [...]
Standing behind a clear perspex podium, sporting some fresh facial hair and holding one of the most battered-looking gee-tars in the business, lo-fi ‘anti-folk‘ hero Jeffrey Lewis apologised to a packed crowd in the Latitude Festival’s Poetry Arena for the last-minute cancellation of his eagerly-awaited lecture on the seminal comic-book, Watchmen. It was scheduled to [...]
Here’s the wonderful Jeffrey Lewis performing at the Latitude Festival’s Poetry Arena in the wee small hours of 19th July 2009. Review to follow. Low-Budget Detective Film: Whistle Past The Graveyard: Birthday Party Song: There’s more where this came from.
During Thom Yorke’s rare solo performance on Sunday afternoon at the Latitude Festival’s Obelisk Arena, some misanthropic wag in the crowd said loudly: “I wish they’d put the big screens on so we can see how bad his hair looks.” I’m happy to say it wasn’t me. I had mixed feelings about seeing Thom Yorke [...]
Don’t you just hate those end of year countdown shows? Cheap, schedule-padding fodder consisting of cobbled together clips and witless pundits pontificating witlessly. I even wrote about me intense dislike for this pernicious genre here. Oh, how I hate them. Here’s a countdown of my favourite gigs of 2007: 10. Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters, [...]