dustedmagazine.com - 10/10/2009
—
by Emerson Dameron A mean streak under a soup-thick haze of masochism. A guitarist who stripped rock to its most confrontational aspects, dispensing with its pop element entirely, until it was no party and all crash. An animal on the mic, mixed well beneath intelligibility, who happened to have a cartoonist's eye... Read More
Comments
Blog Reactions
This Week's Soundtrack
Pretty Goes with Pretty —
... Last thing first: I'm the one guy this week who listened to the Jesus Lizard but didn't listen to one of the reissues (though I am itching to get my hands on a couple of them). Instead I pulled out Shot, their major label debut which I haven't heard since around when it first came out. Portions are not as bad as I remember; the last third is actually pretty good. I just wish they'd cut about four or five tracks from the first two thirds altogether. The album as a whole is a little hard to endure. ...
Related Content
The Jesus Lizard - reissues & 2009 tour dates (2 NYC shows!)
brooklynvegan.com 6/16/2009 — The Jesus Lizard @ the primava festival - May 2009 ( Miss Rosa )
"Touch & Go Records is going to reissue the Pure EP and the albums Head , Goat , Liar , and Down on September 22, 2009. These records have been remastered and sound noticeably better ...
The Jesus Lizard in LA – October 2009
fantasticweapon.com 8/27/2009 — [tweetmeme]
Dude, The Jesus Lizard are touring again! I mean, obviously they’ve already played Pitchfork fest and a couple other shows but that’s all the way over THERE and I’m all the way over HERE. Howcome I’m always like, the LAST to find out everything? You wanna ...
Fun Fest Interviews: The Jesus Lizard
austintownhall.com 26 days ago — When one gets the opportunity to speak to a legendary band such as The Jesus Lizard , one most make the most of that opportunity with some quality questions. Oh and questions about Halloween costumes… Such was the task assigned to us when we ...
Monkey News: Jesus Lizard Reveal Reissue Details, Tour
pitchfork.com 6/11/2009 — Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins This is going to be one grimy summer. Chicago pigfuck legends the Jesus Lizard are back on the scene . And before the weather gets cold, they'll play a few shows and reissue their first four albums: Head , Goat , Liar ...
Jesus Lizard & Bad Brains @ Vice's Halloween Party - pics
brooklynvegan.com 28 days ago — photos by Tim Griffin
David Yow rides the crowd as beer flies
Titus Andronicus drama aside for a second, I was worried that the "party" crowd wouldn't be a good audience for the Jesus Lizard and Bad Brains . But as security pointed out , ...
The Jesus Lizard: Touch and Go Reissues —
Paste Magazine 10/8/2009
Pure / Head - 75/100
Goat - 94/100
Liar - 80/100
Down - 61/100 Best of Jesus Lizard catalog gets
deluxe-reissue treatment In certain shadowy circles of the rock
’n’ roll universe, The Jesus Lizard are ...
Follow IndieBlips on Twitter
Reactions
