Topic: Sondre Lerche

Southpaw closing in February?

Southpaw in 2010 (more by BBG) According to many with connections to the Park Slope club (some who emailed me and some who are tweeting), Southpaw...
Not only are the Muppets coming back in Jason Segel's upcoming movie, but Jim Henson's fuzzy creations are getting some musical love as well. On...

Lerche brings 'thinking man's' pop

Sondre Lerche makes hard songs sound easy. His melodies roam and his chord structures wander, referencing the adventure of jazz. . But the hooks he...

New tunes: Weird Al to Sondre Lerche

1. Lady Gaga wouldn't let "Weird Al" Yankovic include his parody of Born This Way on his new album, so he leaked it online instead. Yes! Read about...
With similar pop elegance and sensibilities as labelmate Sondre Lerche, the British duo that comprises Turin Brakes, Gale Paridjanian and Olly Knights, unveil their latest ode to all things good. Their previous two records, 2001's The Optimist and 2003's Ether ...
It is amazing that Sondre Lerche doesn't get as much love in the press and music world in general as he rightly deserves. The Faces Down Quartet is simply Lerche's usual backing band, Kato Adland (guitar), Morten Skage (bassist), and ...
During the past two years all I've heard is Sondre Lerche this and Sondre Lerche that. Instead of getting sucked into the NYC/LA recording prowess (umm, Conor Oberst), Lerche recorded Two Way Monologue in his hometown of Bergen with HP ...

Lake Fever Sessions Podcast, Volume 2

You might recall that, back in February, the gents over at Lake Fever decided to start putting together podcasts with material culled from their now-legendary sessions. Well, Volume 2 is here, and this one features tracks from Elvis Perkins in Dearland, The ...
On Beacons of Ancestorship, Tortoise stick to few winning basics. Country-blues alchemist Seth Walker takes a Leap of Faith and lands in Nashville. (Playing Sunday, 14th at The Station Inn. (Playing Thursday, 11th at 3rd & Lindsley. (Playing Sunday, 14th at 3rd & Lindsley.
Sondre Lerche is proof that "easy listening" doesn't have to mean dull.. With jazzy flourishes and clear roots in the kind of American standard music perfected by the likes of Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond and even Andy Williams, Lerche is uncommonly ...