The tragic financial circumstances surrounding Leonard Cohen's return to the stage can't mute its triumph. Any night spent in his presence is a celebration of an iconic lyricist and songwriter, but as all who've seen him recently can attest, his... CONTINUE READING LEWIS & CLARKE COVER LEONARD COHEN»
Posted on April 28, 2009 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Girl Talk | Leonard Cohen | Lewis And Clarke | Local Natives
Lewis & Clarke mastermind and La Société Expéditionnaire label proprietor Lou Rogai has assembled a new EP to follow up 2007's excellent Blasts Of Holy Birth. "Petrified Forest" opens the Light Time 12" with Lewis & Clarke's familiar, hypnotic mountain... CONTINUE READING NEW LEWIS & CLARKE - "PETRIFIED FOREST"»
Posted on April 22, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Depeche Mode | Lewis And Clarke | Malajube
Robert Smith & Co. are still ticking (and typing), but their long, storied career's more than worthy a tribute. We mentioned Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure last month when offering up Bats For Lashes' cover of Seventeen... CONTINUE READING LEWIS & CLARK COVER THE CURE»
Posted on September 29, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Lewis And Clarke | of Montreal | The Cure
Between Lou Rogai's landscaping, his hand stitched art for his label La Société Expéditionnaire, and the general meditative, trance-inducing elements of the excellent Blasts Of Holy Birth, we expected a Lewis & Clarke video to enompass something more mountainous, more... CONTINUE READING NEW LEWIS & CLARKE VIDEO - "WE THINK WE HAVE EYES" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on March 10, 2008 in , , (2 comments)
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Jack of all trades mountain man Lou Rogai and Rachels et al cellist Eve Miller lay down lovely, woodsy post-folk expansiveness at camp Daytrotter. Then Lou ponders the different types of baby seats earth fathers use on their bikes.
Posted on February 1, 2008 in (2 comments)
Hearing tales of Lou Rogai's day-job multi-tasking, I assumed he kept Stereofave Lewis & Clarke's trance-folk hypnotic because it offered a meditative pause. Turns out, though, working as a house painter, landscaper, real-estate help-desk operator, label owner, and father fit... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: LEWIS & CLARKE»
Posted on August 8, 2007 in , (2 comments)
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You learn so much by sharing a meal with Man Man. For instance, when freak show ringleader Honus Honus is off stage, he goes by the name Ryan and enjoys gourmet vegan cooking. Actually, the band's nutritional intake consists of... CONTINUE READING DINNER WITH MAN MAN»
Posted on May 25, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Lewis And Clarke | Man Man
Lewis & Clarke is the brainchild of mountain man Lou Rogia, a "rat-race expatriate" who moved his family to the Delaware Water Gap. (We dig backwoods troubadours.) Some call his music freak-folk, but it isn't all that freaky. Elements of... CONTINUE READING NEW LEWIS & CLARKE - BLASTS OF HOLY BIRTH»
Posted on April 27, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Lewis And Clarke | Man Man | Rachel's