Jenny Lewis' latest album Acid Tongue has been out for a while, but 3 videos for tracks from the album have just surfaced. Last week we blogged Black Sand.
Here she is recording Carpetbaggers with Elvis Costello, up on Pitchfork
And celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton has the exclusive on the clip to See Fernando. Click here to watch:
Acid Tongue is out now through Rough Trade/ Remote Control.
However, if you want to see Jenny headline her own Australian show, there's only one city you can do it in and that's Sydney.
She will be playing Metro Theatre on Tue Apr 7. Tickets on sale here.
JENNY LEWIS - AUSTRALIAN TOUR Sat 28 Mar – Sydney, V Festival Sun 29 Mar – Gold Coast, V Festival Mon 30 Mar – Sydney, Hordern Pavilion supporting Snow Patrol Wed 1 Apr – Adelaide, Entertainment Centre supporting Snow Patrol Thu 2 Apr – Melbourne, Palais Theatre supporting Snow Patrol Sat 4 Apr – Melbourne, V Festival Sun 5 Apr – Perth, V Festival Tue 7 Apr - Sydney, Metro Theatre
Jenny Lewis creates a spectacle with Elvis Costello and Zooey Deschanel
An outspoken fan of Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis, Elvis Costello enlisted her to perform the song Carpetbaggers, a duet by the two that appears on Jenny's latest solo album Acid Tongue, on his show Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... And if that pairing weren't good enough, they were also joined by She & Him's Zooey Deschanel.
Lewis and Costello then go on to perform the track Go Away from Momofuku, an album fronted by Costello.
Jenny Lewis will be touring Australia for the first time this March/April with the V Festivals, as well as supporting Snow Patrol on their sideshows in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
Wolf & Cub and Jenny Lewis announced for V Festival
Having just finished off tours with TV On The Radio and Primal Scream, Wolf & Cub have been announced to play this year's V Festivals. They are currently putting on the very final touches to their sophomore album Science and Sorcery which is due out late March and was produced by Bumblebeez' Chris Colonna. Stay tuned for details of a national album tour. myspace.com/wolfandcub
Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis will also be playing at the festival, making her Australian debut. Late last year she released her second solo album Acid Tongue that featured many of her steadfast collaborators including Zooey Deschanel, M Ward and Elvis Costello, who has been quoted as saying that Jenny is “Flat out great and no mistake. Jenny is up there with the best singer-songwriters..."
Jenny Lewis played Letterman on November 3 and Mr Elvis Costello turned up to duet on the track Carpetbaggers. Elvis guests on Miss Jenny’s new album Acid Tongue, as do M Ward, Chris Robinson (of The Black Crows) and Zooey Deschanel. Oh and given how late Letterman is shown on TV here in Australia we couldn’t have been the only ones to be amused when old Dave held the front cover of the album up to the camera… a giant sheet of acid.
Jenny Lewis, Jay Reatard and Fucked Up albums out now
Just released are three new albums that range from soulful guitar rock to hardcore (with pan flute!).
Acid Tongue is the sophomore solo album from Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis. Collaborators on the album include Elvis Costello for a duet on Carpetbaggers, Johnathan Rice, Jason Boesel, M Ward, Zooey Deschanel and Chris Robinson. All of the album was recorded in analogue in just 3 weeks, without the use of Pro-Tools. With the vocals tracked entirely live, Lewis's voice has never sounded so expressive and the narratives have never been so hard-hitting and acerbic. "The album is boastful, vulnerable and witty, usually within the course of a single song." Prefix
Matador Singles '08 is a collection of all six singles that Memphis boywonder Jay Reatard has been releasing on 7" through Matador over the past months. Not only does the release cater for those who aren’t so bothered about collecting and those who missed out on the 7”s the first time round (frenzy was so intense that it brought down the Matador server twice, once with 10,000+ attempts to buy a copy in a one minute period.), but it's also an outstanding album in its own right. Every song is a perfect snarling pop-punk gem evolving interestingly (and erratically) from punk to pop. As Pitchfork said on the subject, “In this short space of time, Reatard has cranked out more memorable songs than some acts do in their whole careers.”
The new album from posthardcore wunderkinds Fucked Up is The Chemistry of Common Life. Far from being your ordinary hardcore band, Fucked Up merge elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals. The songs are iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' growling vocals front and center. Though Fucked Up remain punks at heart - if quixotically diverse ones - they have created a great, weird, heavy record that stubbornly sticks in your brain and your heart. Check out front man Pink Eyes on the cover of NME.
"Flat out great and no mistake. Jenny is up there with the best singer-songwriters..."Elvis Costello
Perhaps better known as co-lead singer in Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis is set to release her new solo album Acid Tongue, the follow-up to her internationally acclaimed 2006 album Rabbit Fur Coat.
Guests on the album include Elvis Costello for a duet on Carpetbaggers, Johnathan Rice, M Ward, Zooey Deschanel and Laurel Canyon's own Jonathan Wilson.
The all analogue, no Pro-Tools sessions were recorded in just 3 weeks. The album's tracks, disparate as they are, share a sparkling vitality; Lewis's voice has never sounded so expressive and the narratives have never been so hard-hitting and acerbic.
Jenny Lewis arrives in the country this weekend to commence her 
Having just finished off tours with TV On The Radio and Primal Scream, 
The new album from posthardcore wunderkinds 
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