The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane and Other Favorites

City & Eastern Songs Anti folk hero Jeffrey Lewis and his younger brother Jack team up for this album on Rough Trade. City and Eastern Songs features 12 tracks of beautifully constructed, off kilter, folk based tunes with Lewis' trademark husky almost off tune vocal style and mellow strummed acoustic...	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 ...	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...	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
The Moldy Peaches	Oracular Spectacular The term Oracular Spectacular might not mean much, if anything, at all--it's essentially nonsensical--but that doesn't stop it feeling exactlyright. Here is a band that treats dizzy cross-eyed awe and a vast bounding sense of sonic weightlessness as their yardstick, jostling to s...	The Feeding of the 5000	For Emma, Forever Ago Justin Vernon began recording as Bon Iver following the breakup of DeYarmond Edison, an indie folk group similar in tone and manner to Iron & Wine, Little Wings and, to a certain extent, Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Pronounced 'bohn eevair', it is French for "good winter" which is spe...	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...

New sensation
I think that this CD is amazing. I had never heard of Jeffrey Lewis until I heard one of his songs on a webpage. I ordered this CD without ever listening to any of it, and I instantly fell in love. Lewis' songs are insightful, he has a different type of voice and he talks about every day issues with girls and his band. His songs are ones with which most people can relate, and the listener (I did anyway) inevitable feels a connection to him. After hearing this CD I immediatly bought two more Jeff Lewis Band CDs, and I love them as well. I'd recomnmend this as a good starter CD if you've never heard the band.

Great Breakthrough Album
Anti-folk punk Jeffrey Lewis is an amazing emerging artist playing to sold out clubs in the UK but not yet appreciated in his native US. Most Americans hung on the harshness of rap music will find the gentle wit, the humor, the child-like freshness of vision alien but may get into the good old rock and roll which Jeffrey is very capable of. TLITA is his first CD. East River is a fantastic goof on she-rejected me- so- I'll- drown- myself -songs, where Lewis envisions himself in the river with phlegm and rot and rats, turning into scum, then joining up with some other female loser who threw herself in the river, became scum, so they can "become scum together." The title song describes an advanced LSD trip with power and precision. Jef creates some rules for tripping, then glimpses the dark light of the negative void which acid can get you to, Without the Being who knows the nothingness it does feel and is "insane," This is the best song on the album . Jef got it totally right. Glad he came back to tell us about it. The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex song is a "hats off" to Leonard Cohen's masterpiece, Chelsea Hotel 2, where he remembers Janis Joplin "givin' me head on the unmade bed." Jeffrey Lewis, in a story telling mood, sings of the time his shyness made him miss the opportunity to follow in Cohen's footsteps but may well soon be the songwriting master he perceives Cohen to be. There are so many indies artists vying for attention these days but Jeffrey Lewis is a real stand-out. First albums have that break -through energy that make them exciting, and this is the first one to buy. If you like it as much as I do, you'll buy the second one too.

Jeffrey Lewis: Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane
Hi, firstly let me tell you how I discovered Jeffrey Lewis. I read a review for a radio show that he was appearing on, and though I missed the show (Really wish I hadn't now) I found the review intriguing, so tried to download a song or two of his to hear what he sounded like... I downloaded Chelsea Hotel...song, and thought it was really sweet and pretty much up my street (believe me; the title is misleading!) and so ended up getting the album on here.When I first played it I was a little taken back by the home-made sound it has, but after listening to it a few more times realised it totally fits the character of the tracks, and I wouldn't have it any other way! The "live" feeling of it is interesting and his lyrics are honest and sincere... this album is a great mix of acoustic-picky hum-a-long songs to loud strummers. Unfortunately I don't think what I've said here has given it true justice, but basically, I totally love this album, before long I knew every word, and I love every track on it. Just buy it okay!! You woooon't regret it.It's also good I think if you are secretly romantic at heart.

(Really 3 & 1/2 stars)...Fun music
I recently happened upon a copy of this disc and just popped it in, not expecting to be too impressed. And I wasn't. It was just another albu by another struggling New York singer/songwriter. The next night I gave it another listen, as some of the melodies had stuck with me and I found it getting more and more rotations in my stereo. The title track ("Last Time I Did Acid") is infectious. It's simple riff gives way to great, down-to-earth lyrics that make you feel like you were there. "Seattle" is a great little tune as well. These songs aren't particularly well-written or well-performed, but they stick with you. They make you want to listen again. I recommend this for anyone who likes a little originality in their music collection, and I would highly advise watching out for future releases from J-Lew. Time either breeds selling out or excellence, and I don't think we have to worry about the former from this guy.