Jeffrey Lewis

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Jeffrey Lewis (2006)

Jeffrey Lewis (* 1975 in New York City ) is an American singer-songwriter and comic book artist. He became known as part of the anti-folk movement.

Musical style

Jeffrey Lewis' style is determined by the folk and punk scenes in New York, especially Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side , although it also refers to other sources such as the British band Crass . He grew up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and his songs are very much influenced by this environment. He also deals with the history of this music and is considered to be an excellent expert on the history of this scene. He processes his knowledge in thoroughly (self) ironic songs like The Complete History of Punk . He sings about some of his musical influences in songs such as The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song (alluding toLeonard Cohen's song "Chelsea Hotel # 2") and The History of The Fall . As with Cohen, Lewis lyrics are very complex, often the combination of a depressive worldview with the hope of improvement, combined with piercing puns.

Life

Lewis attended Purchase College and graduated in 1997. He wrote his thesis on Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen .

After signing a contract with the British music label Rough Trade in 2001, Lewis released his first album The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane there . This was followed by It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through in 2003 . City & Eastern Songs was released in the UK in November 2005. On this album he worked closely with his brother Jack Lewis who wrote and sang some songs. Lewis also collaborated with artists such as Kimya Dawson from The Moldy Peaches and Diane Cluck . Some of his self-drawn comics appear in the cover art of his albums.

In 2006 he supported Adam Green in some of his appearances, a year later he was on stage with Daniel Johnston , whom he also names as a role model, and anti-folk colleague Herman Düne on stage. In October 2007, 12 Crass Songs were released . On this album Jeffrey Lewis interprets 12 songs by the anarcho-punk band Crass . It wasn't until four years later, in October 2011, that A Turn In The Dream-Songs came out on the market. His seventh album under his own name on Rough Trade, Manhattan , he released on October 30, 2015 with his band Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts , produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr.). Los Bolts (like The Jrams before ) consists of Heather Wagner (drums) and bassist Caitlin Gray as well as contributions by Turner Cody and David Beauchamp. At the US punk label Don Giovanni , Lewis dedicated a homage to Tuli Kupferberg, who died in 2010, on April 13, 2018 - a cover album , Works By Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010) . The underground legend Kupferberg, who also had multiple artistic talents, namely musician, cartoonist and poet, is a kind of forerunner of Jeffrey Lewis in the bohemian New York City and was personally friends with him.

Discography

Albums and EPs

• 1997: When Madman Was Good - Version One
• 1998: When Madman Was Good - Version Two
• 1998: Indie rock Fortune Cookie
• 1999: Journey to the Center of the Earth
• 2000: The Only Time I Feel Right Is When I'm Drawing Comic Books
• 2000: I Am, Of Course, Glad
• 2001: Kimya Dawson And Jeff Lewis
• 2001: Songs From Austin
• 2001: Diane Cluck and Jeffrey Lewis
• 2001: The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane (Rough Trade)
• 2002: Guitar Situations: Musical Conduct
• 2002: AntiFolk Collaborations Volume 1
• 2003: It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through (Rough Trade)
• 2004: Jeffrey Lewis "Four Seasons" box set
• 2005: City and Eastern Songs (Jeffrey & Jack Lewis) (Rough Trade)
• 2005: Gas Money EP (split with Schwervon!)
• 2006: Tapes From The Crypt
• 2007: 12 Crass Songs (Rough Trade)
• 2008: City and Eastern Tapes
• 2009: 'Em Are I (Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard) (Rough Trade)
• 2010: The Bundles (K Records)
• 2011: Come On Board (Peter Stampfel & Jeffrey Lewis)
• 2011: A Turn In The Dream-Songs (Rough Trade)
• 2013: Hey Hey it's… The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band
• 2014: Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams
• 2015: (Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts :) Manhattan (Rough Trade)
• 2018: Works By Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010) (Don Giovanni)

comics

Lewis second creative output is drawing comics. He names Dan Clowes , Rick Veitch , Alan Moore , Jack Kirby and classics such as Robert Crumb as role models . He has published his own comic series under the name Fuff (previously Guff ).

Web links

• Homepage
• Jeffrey Lewis at Allmusic (English)
• Literature by and about Jeffrey Lewis in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magnus Klaue: Anti-Folk: The Poor . In: faz.net , August 19, 2003. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
2. ↑ Claudia Franke: Radically self-made . In: blog.zeit.de , December 21, 2007. Accessed December 12, 2016.
3. ^ Josephien Albrecht: Jeffery Lewis & Los Bolts show Berlin what anti-folk is . In: bz-berlin.de , May 24, 2016. Accessed December 12, 2016.
4. ↑ Ben Sisario: Jeffrey Lewis, Singer and Illustrator . In: The New York Times . November 22, 2011, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 22, 2016]).
5. ↑ Bio . In: thejeffreylewissite.com . Retrieved December 12, 2016.
6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pdhj/
7. ↑ Manhattan album information , accessed April 22, 2018.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Album info including track links on Bandcamp , accessed on April 22, 2018.
9. ↑ Short review of the album , intro from April 10, 2018, accessed April 22, 2018
10. ^ Adventures Underground: Interview with Jeffrey Lewis, Author of Guff / Fuff. (No longer available online.) In: www.advunderground.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016 ; Retrieved July 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Jeffrey Lewis - in depth interview - Louder Than War. October 4, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2016 (UK English).