City & Eastern Songs

The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane and Other Favorites	It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through	12 Crass Songs 2007 album of Crass covers (yes, Crass!) from Jeffrey Lewis, one of the leaders of New York's Anti-Folk scene. Lewis has reworked 12 of the Anarcho-Punk Rocker's finest and he performs them in his own inimitable way. Includes 'I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick', 'Banned From The ...	Back When I Was 4 Second single on Rough Trade from NYC anti-folk troubadour, Jeffrey Lewis - comic book artist and protege of the Moldy Peaches. Lewis writes lo-fi, heartfelt narratives of New York life and love, coming across like a sweet, endearing though dysfunctional	Remember That I Love You The follow-up to the critically acclaimed "Hidden Vagenda" represents not only Dawson's continued personal adaptation to the tumultuous world around her, but also the growing relationship between fans and friends. Using humor and sorrow as a personal healing device, on this twelv...
My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess Obviously, Kimya Dawson's solo albums are highly recommended to fans of the Moldy Peaches, but don't expect sex and drug jokes. These albums are more serious, transcending the novelty and humor of the Peaches. Embracing nostalgia, melancholy and sincerity, Dawson proves as unique...	Begin to Hope The style known as "anti-folk," as realized by practitioners like Ani DiFranco and Billy Bragg, is derived from a punk aesthetic, and thus tends to be spare and confrontational. But while Regina Spektor's music is anti-folk in the way it subverts the traditional coffeehouse vibe,...	The Shepherd's Dog Following a one-record hiatus to collaborate with Tucson collective Calexico on 2005's In The Reins, Iron & Wine (Sam Beam, that is) recoils to the earnestness and intimacy that embodied his first two records, his cerebral words and phrases tunneled beneath an orchestra of guitar...	Heretic Pride	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Just from the opening seconds of Neutral Milk Hotel's second album, you know it's going to be special: the acoustic guitar strum is catchy beyond belief, and Jeff Magnum's intonation lends credibility even to a line like "When you were young, you were the King of Carrot Flowers."...

City and Eastern
Very Clever title for "new york' music. Definitely NOT Country and western! Indie Rock. This artist has been interviewed twice recently for NPR. He is a comic book artist as well. Interesting cover art.

The smartest thing I've heard in a long time
It's fantastic! It's a bit punk, a bit folk, a bit beat, and fun as heck! The folkier numbers are dense and introspective and at first seem a bit stream-of-conscience, but upon closer listening, they're too smart and sharp to be called that. Any Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Palace fan should own this for "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror" a six minute story-song about meeting Will Oldham ("or at least I think it was Will Oldham") on the L train in the morning. Will responds to Jeffrey's questions a la "Sucker's Evening". The busier numbers have a punkish tone, but are fun, not angry. One such number wonders where all the posters went that he put up the day before. Listening to this can transport me to different parts of Manhattan (Particularly the lower east side, where he's from). I love every minute of it. It was worth the money and the wait to get it shipped from the UK.

smart lyrics-think dylan in a therapy session
i head a song off this album called the will oldham horror on the music blog MusicForRobots, and fell in love with Jeff Lewis' lyric style. it kinda rambles on and on and is filled with the kind of refrences all mid to late twenty somethings can relate to. a few things to note about this cd: 1. the lyrics are brillant if you can get past jeff lewis' truly awful singing voice, he is alot like tom waits in this aspect. 2. the whole album has a very "indie" feel to it and by indie i mean very very lo-fi. again like his voice, if you can get past the ruff outer layer of the production you find that it is acutally that ruff production that gives the album an honesty that it might not convey other wise. 3. the folk songs are the truly brillant ones the lo-fi punks songs don't hit me the quite as hard but i think that is more my own taste than anything else. all in all this album is worth your money if you love smart songs that are about being insecure in the life you have chosen.

The smartest thing I've heard in a long time
It's fantastic! It's a bit punk, a bit folk, a bit beat, and fun as heck! The folkier numbers are dense and introspective and at first seem a bit stream-of-conscience, but upon closer listening, they're too smart and sharp to be called that. Any Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Palace fan should own this for "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror" a six minute story-song about meeting Will Oldham ("or at least I think it was Will Oldham") on the L train in the morning. Will responds to Jeffrey's questions a la "Sucker's Evening". The busier numbers have a punkish tone, but are fun, not angry. One such number wonders where all the posters went that he put up the day before. Listening to this can transport me to different parts of Manhattan (Particularly the lower east side, where he's from). I love every minute of it. It was worth the money and the wait to get it shipped from the UK.