Jeffrey Lewis. Oct 1st Whelans.

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Import Promotions Presents

JEFFREY LEWIS
+Dianne Cluck
Wednesday 1st October
Whelans, Wexford Street
Doors 8.30 pm
Adm: €10


Import Promotions is proud to present the return to Dublin of Jeffrey Lewis.

Jeffrey Lewis is a New York artist who translates his life into warming, absorbing comic book stories about his experiences in the big apple - the day he met his heroes Tuli Kupferberg (The Fugs) and Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) and the day a junkie dumped a bloody syringe in his busking cup . His talent for documenting the everyday and making it sound like the super-real extends to his songwriting. Like the longtime - coming heir to Phil Ochs throne, or a 21st century Tom Lehrer, Lewis commits narrative and philosophical beat prose to crackling analogue tape with the window open so you can even hear the birds in the street. Along with The Moldy Peaches, Lewis plays the loosely termed "Anti-Folk" circuit in NYC (he also drew some of the Peaches album sleeve artwork) - open mic nights at clubs like The Knitting Factory and Brownies.

Following his debut single 'The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song' and his full-length album 'The Last Time I did Acid I went Insane' , Jeffrey Lewis releases his 2nd longplayer entitled 'It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through' on Rough Trade Records.

conor-immediate

OOH I can't wait. Some of his songs come close to genius.

j_cash

I was just browsing the boards listening to Jeffrey Lewis' "The Last Time I did Acid I went Insane" and stumbled across this post. Deadly album - should be a good gig!