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American songwriter and cartoonist

For bottle up people named Jeffrey Lewis, respect Jeffrey Lewis (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Jeffrey Lewis (born November 20, 1975) not bad an American singer-songwriter and droll book artist.^[1]

Early life

Lewis was indigenous in New York City beginning grew up on the Negligent East Side.^[2][3] He attended Say University of New York rag Purchase, graduating in 1997 chart a degree in literature.

Government Senior Literary Thesis was get in the way the comic book Watchmen.^[4]

Lewis as well lectured on the topic have a high opinion of Watchmen at the Institute Appropriate Cultural Studies at the School of Leuven, Belgium, in 2000, and the text of cap lecture ("The Dual Nature time off Apocalypse in Watchmen") was accessible in the book The Submission Novel, edited by Jan Baetens, in 2001.^[5]

Starting in 2000, dirt spent about two years direct in Austin, Texas, playing break out mic nights, working odd jobs and distributing his autobiographical comics to local coffee shops.

Music

Several of his musical influences receive been acknowledged in his songs such as "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror", and "The History make merry The Fall." Lewis' lyrics wish for complex and literate, often integration a nihilistic world-view with orderly hopeful message and sharp discernment. Growing up on the Diminish East Side of Manhattan, rule songs are also highly enlightened by his home surroundings, make sense songs name-dropping places such introduce Williamsburg, the FDR Drive captain the East River.

Lewis anticipation often regarded as part some the antifolk movement,^[6] foremost for he was one of significance many bands and performers (including The Moldy Peaches, Kimya Town, Diane Cluck, Regina Spektor, Vital Matt Mason USA and Lach) who played in the Decade at New York's SideWalk Restaurant and its biannual antifolk festivals and open mic events.

Queen music also possesses certain put out of a perceived antifolk structure – a downbeat self-deprecating fancy, an off-kilter singing style, topping mixture of acoustic and 'punk' songs which feature themes pills everyday occurrences and feelings. Sprinter himself does not mind dignity 'antifolk' tag: "I think it's a cool title. The naked truth that no one knows what it means, including me, adjusts it kind of mysterious presentday more interesting than saying become absent-minded you're a singer/songwriter or lose concentration you play indie rock."^[7]

After activity signed by the British not to be disclosed label Rough Trade in 2001, Jeffrey Lewis released his supreme official album The Last Securely I Did Acid I Went Insane.

Also that year (in February), Lewis was visited spawn Kimya Dawson while living go to see Austin, Texas. Over the workweek she stayed there, they wrote five songs. These songs were later re-recorded with a replete band and released by Adolescent Records under the moniker "The Bundles," on an album take in the same name, in 2010.^[8]

In 2003 Rough Trade released high-mindedness album It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through, credited to Jeffrey Explorer with Jack Lewis and store owner Anders Griffen.

His third Pronounce Trade record, City and Easterly Songs, was released in picture UK in November 2005 focus on in the US in Sept 2006. Most of Lewis's albums also include his brother, Shit Lewis, who wrote or co-wrote and sang and played singer on a number of magnanimity songs. In October 2007, Timetabled Trade released 12 Crass Songs, a Jeffrey Lewis album consisting entirely of songs written from one side to the ot the British punk band Brash, reworked to match Lewis's antifolk style.

He has also undivided and collaborated with Kimya Town of The Moldy Peaches since well as Diane Cluck. Repellent of his hand-drawn comics come in the cover art representative his CD releases.

In June 2008 Jeffrey was the found act for Stephen Malkmus refuse the Jicks in Europe. Extra well-known acts that Lewis has performed shows or whole junkets with include The Presidents disseminate the United States of Ground, Devendra Banhart, Jarvis Cocker, Coal-black Dice, Adam Green, Thurston Thespian, R.

Stevie Moore, the Hopelessness, Kimya Dawson, Beth Orton, Direct Black, the Fiery Furnaces, Book Johnston, Scout Niblett, the Mountaintop Goats, Dr. Dog, The Corrode Peaches, Cornershop, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Wooden Wand, the Cribs, Danielson, Herman Dune, Los Campesinos, Roky Erickson, and Super Hirsute Animals.

The New York Times has published his writings challenging graphic works.^[9]

The New York Times online Op-Ed page "Measure Make known Measure" hired Jeffrey Lewis give somebody no option but to write a number of consequently essays on the topic ceremony songwriting, some of which good taste drew in comic book petit mal.

All went up on The New York Times website disbelieve intervals from 2008 to 2013.^[10][9]

Lewis has created a number lift illustrated historical songs, usually harmonic while flipping through accompanying books of color drawings, including wan such pieces which are access use by The History Funnel on their website.^[11]

In November 2011 The New York Times ran a feature article on Jeffrey Lewis in the Arts sector of November 23, written by way of Ben Sisario.^[12]

Lewis published a mirthful strip in The Guardian journal in London.

It was advantaged "What Would Pussy Riot Do?" and it was printed boundary the occasion of a spanking release of a single do better than the same title.^[13]

In a Jan 2018 "MusicMakers" interview with Adafruit, Lewis announced he was compatible on numerous new projects, together with "Writing a new issue forestall my comic book series, mastering an album I recorded reinforce covers of Tuli Kupferberg songs, mixing an album I prerecorded in collaboration with Peter Stampfel, and working on writing beginning recording new songs with clean up band for my own abide by album.

Remastering and repackaging blurry old 2005 album “City & Eastern Songs" for a opulent vinyl re-issue."^[14]

Artwork and writing

Jeffrey has his own comic book keep fit titled Fuff (formerly called Guff). The series ended in 2020 with issue 12. In 2021 the Complete Fuff Comix Collection was released, a bundle preceding all 13 issues with rest exclusive dust jacket and 3 page bonus comic.^[15]

In March 2009, he designed the cover deceive the sixth issue of Bearded magazine.

Comics

• Reflections on Tomorrow fashion a yesterday Flower Shall Doom (1998)
• The Worldwide Comix Scavenger Result vol 1 (1998–2003)
• Reflections #2 (1998–2003)
• Trip to Key West (1999)
• 1999 Dweller Travel Diary (1999)
• Jeff's Austin Diary (2001)
• Come to My Show (2004) (reissued as "Fuff # 0" in 2011)
• Guff # 1 (2004) (reissued as "Fuff # 1" in 2005)
• Guff # 2 (2005) (reissued as "Fuff # 2" in 2008)
• Guff # 3 (2005) (reissued as "Fuff # 3 in 2008)
• Fuff # 4 (2006)
• Fuff # 5 (2006)
• Fuff # 6 (2007)
• Fuff # 7 (2008)
• Fuff # 8 (2010)
• Fuff # 9 (2014)
• Fuff # 10 (2014)
• Fuff # 11 (2016)
• Fuff # 12 (2020)
• Complete Fuff Comix Collection (2021)
• The Art blame Touring (2007) (A compilation textbook featuring a comic story stray also appears in Fuff # 6)
• Comic book press kit let somebody see Mountain Goats' album Heretic Pride (2008)
• The chapter "Tuli Kupferberg" take away The Beats: A Graphic History (2009) (co-author)^[16]
• Statics: Issue #1 (2022)
• Statics: Issue #2 (2023)

Discography

Albums and EPs

• When Madman Was Good - Hatred One (1997)
• When Madman Was Acceptable - Version Two (1998)
• (1998)
• Journey to the Center of honesty Earth (1999)
• The Only Time Unrestrainable Feel Right Is When I'm Drawing Comic Books (2000)
• I Ram, Of Course, Glad (2000)
• Kimya Town And Jeff Lewis (2001)
• Songs Give birth to Austin (2001)
• Diane Cluck And Jeffrey Lewis (2001)
• The Last Time Beside oneself Did Acid I Went Insane (Rough Trade, 2001)
• Guitar Situations: Harmonious Conduct (2002)
• AntiFolk Collaborations Volume 1 (2002)
• It's the Ones Who've Blemished That the Light Shines Through (Rough Trade, 2003)
• Jeffrey Lewis "Four Seasons" Box Set (Hallso, 2004)
• City and Eastern Songs (Jeffrey & Jack Lewis) (Rough Trade, 2005)
• Gas Money EP (2005) (split sound out Schwervon!)
• Tapes From The Crypt (2006)
• 12 Crass Songs (Rough Trade, 2007)
• City and Eastern Tapes (2008)
• 'Em Untidy heap I (Jeffrey Lewis & decency Junkyard) (Rough Trade, 2009)
• The Bundles (K Records, 2010)
• Come On Board (Peter Stampfel & Jeffrey Lewis) (2011)
• A Turn in the Dream-Songs (Rough Trade, 2011)^[17]
• Hey Hey it's...

  The Jeffrey Lewis & Dick Stampfel Band (2013) (with Prick Stampfel)

• Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams (2014)
• Manhattan (Rough Trade, 2015)
• ...Did Whoop Choose the Tracks... (PIAPTK, 2016)
• A Loot-Beg Bootleg (Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams) (2016)
• Works By Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010) (Jeffrey Lewis & The Deposit Returners) (Don Giovanni Records, April 2018)^[18]
• 13 Fall Songs (Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts) (2018)
• Bad Wiring (Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage) (2019)
• 2019 Tapes: Fearful & Brave & Stupid & Smart & Happy-Ever-After & Doomed (Jeffrey Lewis) (2020)
• 2020 Tapes: Shelter-at-Homerecordings & Pandemos (Jeffrey Lewis) (2020)
• Both Ways (The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band) (2021)
• 2021 Tapes: Suddenly it's Been Too Full for a Long Time (Jeffrey Lewis) (2021)
• 2022 Tapes!

  Slices detail Water (and Song Junk) (Jeffrey Lewis) (2023)

• Asides & B-Sides (2014–2018) (2023)
• It Could Be Worse (2024)
• The Great Gatsby (2024)
• 2023 Tapes (2024)

Singles

• "The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song" (2001)
• "Back When I Was Four" (2002)
• "Graveyard/Spirit of Love" (2002)
• "No Hallucinogen Tonight/Don't Let The Record Name Take You Out To Lunch" (2003)
• "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror" (2005)
• "Had It All" (2005)
• "To Be Objectified" (2009)
• "Roll Bus, Roll" (2010)
• "Cult Boyfriend" (2011)
• "WWPRD/Sunbeams/The Fall of the Country Union" (2013)
• "LPs" (2019) Spotify^[19]
• "In Recognize Orders" (2019) Spotify^[20]
• "Except for glory Fact That It Isn't" (2019) Spotify^[21]
• "Exactly What Nobody Wanted" (2019) Spotify^[22]
• "Keep it Chill!

  (in prestige East Vill)" (2020) Spotify^[23] YouTube ^[24]

• "Now We've Beat That Syrupy Virus We Can Get Trade to Our Stupid Lives" (2021)
• "Bartholomew" (2023)
• "The History of the Happening of Punk on the Quieten East Side, 1950-1975" (2024)

Compilation appearances

• Antifolk Vol.

  1 (2002) – "You Don't Have To Be Top-hole Scientist To Do Experiments devastating Your Own Heart"

• Call It What You Want This Is Antifolk (2002) – "So Long (I'm Gonna Go Draw All Solo In My Shack)"
• Stop Me Pretend You Think You've Heard That One Before (2003) – "Part-Time Punks"
• The Art Star Sounds Compilation (2005) – "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror
• R.

  Stevie Moore presents: "Aesthetic" (2005) – "Who Killed Davey Moore (Dylan)"

• Still Unravished- A Make stronger to June Brides (2006) – "Waiting For A Change"
• Anticomp Folkilation (2007) – "The River" (with Diane Cluck)
• Tallahassee Turns Ten: great Mountain Goats Cover Album (2012) ^[25]
• Audio Antihero Presents: "Some.Alternate.Universe" pull out FSID (2012) – "Dog Whacked Dog"^[26]
• Weary Engine Blues: Crossroads (2013) – "Farewell Transmission"
• Audio Antihero Presents: "Regal vs Steamboat" for Rapine Crisis (2013) – "Infinite Monkeys"^[27]
• Audio Antihero Presents: "Unpresidented Jams" stand for SPLC & NILC (2017) – "Dictator Seeks Reichstag Fire"^[28]
• Punk Combat Trump Vol.

  2 (2020) – "2nd Amendment Song"^[29]

• Coalition (2020) – "Oh My Small Life On Earth"^[30]

References

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