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Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain New York
New Yorks finest Anti-Folker kommt (mit neuer Band) endlich auch einmal in’s Kafe Kult!
Auch Jahre nach dem Hype um dieses seltsame Ding namens Antifolk zieht er weiter unbeirrbar durch die Lande, zeichnet Comics und erzählt seine seltsamen Geschichten. Er hat ja schliesslich auch die entsprechenden Songs dazu und das Talent, Storytelling in Songwriting zu verpacken und eine angerauhte “ehrlich” klingende Stimme.
Jarvis Cocker von Pulp bezeichnete Jeffrey Lewis als “best lyricist working in the US today”, Ben Gibbard von Death Cub for Cutie beschrieb ihn als “hands down my favorite contemporary singer-songwriter” und Jens Lekman gab zu, dass er der einzige Künstler sei, dem er jemals Fanpost geschickt hat.
Neben seinen antifolkigen, selbstreferentiellen Songs ist er auch Meister der New Yorker Punk-Schule der 70er à la The Modern Lovers und The Velvet Underground und führt live wahnsinnig witzige großformatige Comicbücher als “Lo-fi music videos” auf.
“Born and raised New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis leads a double-life, as both a comic book writer/artist and a musician (or is that a triple-life?). His band also has a multi-faceted existence, restlessly exploring a stylistic swath from contemplative folk narratives to distortion-fueled garage rock to soundscape abstractions and more. Most often a trio (though occasionally just Jeffrey solo, or as a duo, and on some tours as a four-piece), the Jeffrey Lewis group has shuffled its name a number of times over the years, from Jeffrey Lewis & The Creeping Brains to Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters, Jeffrey Lewis & The Jackals, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, and others, in 2013 becoming Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain (featuring Isabel Martin on bass and Heather Wagner on drums). These various formations have toured the world from Los Angeles to London, Berlin to Beijing, Melbourne to Moscow, blowing minds all along the way and sometimes sharing stages or full tours with the likes of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Devendra Banhart, Devo, The Mountain Goats, Thurston Moore, The Fall, The Vaselines, Roky Erickson, Pulp, Beth Orton, Frank Black, The Fiery Furnaces, Daniel Johnston, Scout Niblett, The Moldy Peaches, Cornershop, The Cribs, Dr. Dog, Kimya Dawson, Adam Green, Akron/Family, Black Dice, Au Revoir Simone, The Television Personalities, Jarvis Cocker and many other luminaries. Live shows often incorporate “low budget videos,” Jeffrey’s large illustrations displayed to accompany certain songs, such as Jeffrey’s educational multi-part “History of Communism” or flights of fancy like “The Creeping Brain.” In 2001 Jeffrey Lewis signed to the venerable Rough Trade Records label (home to The Smiths, The Strokes, and many more alternative legends) and has since released six albums worldwide on Rough Trade/Beggars, the most recent of which is 2011?s “A Turn in the Dream-Songs” which was recorded at an all-analogue studio in Manchester, UK and features musical cameos from Dr. Dog, Au Revoir Simone and The Vaselines among others. Jeffrey has been self-publishing a comic book series called “Fuff” since 2004, has lectured around the world on topics such as the Watchmen comic book and independently produced music, and in recent years his work has been featured by the History Channel, the New York Times, the Guardian, NPR, and elsewhere. As of 2013 his most recent projects have been creating the soundtrack for the film Radio Unnameable (distributed by Kino Lorber), illustrating Jaimee Garbacik’s academic book Gender and Sexuality For Beginners and writing/drawing a 9-page comic book biography of Woody Guthrie for the Paul Buhle-edited book Bohemians.
Jeffrey’s side-project band with Peter (Holy Modal Rounders) Stampfel released their second album “Hey Hey it’s… The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band” in May 2013.”
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The Yoohoos Hilpoltstein, Bayern
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Einlass: 20:30 Uhr
Beginn: 21:15 Uhr
Eintritt: 10 Euro