This provocative and entirely untrue headline was my way of:1) capitalizing on the goodwill fostered by our previous swine flu posts,2) letting you know that the recently reunited Boss Hog has joined the ATP NY weekender lineup, which also includes The Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Boredoms, and Black Dice.Echoing my earlier sentiments about this overpriced music [...]
THE JESUS LIZARD to play LONDON FORUM, 11th MAY, HARVEY MILK and GRAILS to form supporting bill! All Tomorrow's Parties are extremely excited to present an exclusive show from THE JESUS LIZARD at London's Kentish Town Forum on Monday 11th May. We are excited today to announce an amazing supporting bill from cult doom rock band HARVEY MILK and experimental post-rockers GRAILS, both playing their...
MUSIC NEWS - 1980's indie rockers the Feelies, the Jesus Lizard and the Melvins have been booked to play the 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, (September 11 thru 13) at Kutcher's Country Club in Monticello, NY (northwest of NYC). Other artists added to the bill are The Drones, Dead Meadow, El-P, Sleepy Sun and Akron Family. They join the previously announced Panda Bear, Atlas So...
UPDATE: Greg Kot broke the news late yesterday/early this morning that The Jesus Lizard will be reuniting to play the festival. The Jesus Lizard will be part of an opening-night festival lineup that also includes Built to Spill, Tortoise and Yo La Tengo. Each of the bands will play a set handpicked by fans. Anyone who buys a ticket starting March 13 will receive an email providing a link to a ...
The Jesus Lizard have revealled a special release of 7" singles in aid of Record Store Day this April... ALSO they've announced a one-off London show on 11th May!
If you combined rape, murder, and suicide into one thing and transformed it from a crime into music, it would sound like The Jesus Lizard. Which is why I like it so much. Good shit.
OK, I'll admit that I did a cartoonish double take over my Thanksgiving leftovers when I read that THE JESUS LIZARD ARE REUNITING "for a very limited series of live dates in 2009," according to the band's former label Touch & Go, which will also be reissuing four classic albums from the group. This [...]
This provocative and entirely untrue headline was my way of:1) capitalizing on the goodwill fostered by our previous swine flu posts,2) letting you know that the recently reunited Boss Hog has joined the ATP NY weekender lineup, which also includes The Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Boredoms, and Black Dice.Echoing my earlier sentiments about this overpriced music [...]
On stage David Yow was a drunken, shirtless, cowboy-boot-stomping, slurred-speech wreck. It sounds like the kind of guy I hate to be near - especially at a show. But at Jesus Lizard shows, when they were still around and I was in my early twenties, I would press myself against the stage to be close to him and I would gaze up at him and smile--exhilarated.He had everything I always wanted in a r...