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LACH NEWS
8/19/10- Amazing reviews coming in for Lach's performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest. He's doing his one-man show 'The Day I Went Insane' every night at 10pm and hosting the Antihoot five nights a week, both shows at the Gilded Balloon. Here's the press so far...
The Day I Went Insane:
"***** Five Stars - Rich, Skilful, Quirky and Quixotic!" - The Herald
"His set was very nostalgic, descriptive, funny and moving. Lach is hilarious and although little known here has a huge following in the US. I have already and will continue to tell people to go see his show. A very funny man!" - Radio Forth
"An acoustic ruckus...funny! New York singer/songwriter Lach is a legend!" -The Scotsman
Lach's Antihoot:
"***** Five Stars!"- The Herald
"**** Four Stars!" - The Scotsman
"***** Four Stars!" -The List
7/31/10- Lach leaves for the Edinburgh Fringe Fest today. The town is already buzzing. Lach will be performing his one-man show "The Day I Went Insane" every night Aug.4-30th at 10pm and running the Antihoot five nights a week Midnight-3am at The Gilded Balloon. Buy advance tickets now as these shows will sell-out quickly!
6/10/10- 5/31/10- Lach's Antihoot, NYC's longest running open stage, happens every Tuesday Night in The Marlin Room at Webster Hall (125 East 11th Str, NYC). Launching pad for such artists as Beck, Regina Spektor, The Moldy Peaches, Jeffrey Lewis, Rick Shapiro and hundreds more. Are you next? As much fun to perform as it is to watch. The Antihoot now includes the Anti-Idol contest. Each week a semi-finalist is chosen and they will win $100! After eight weeks, at the Antihoot on July 27, they will compete for the final prize of a recording deal with Webster Hall (studio time in Webster's recording studio with a professional engineer/producer and the manufacturing of 100 CDs!). Judge's decision is influenced by audience acclaim so bring your friends and fans to cheer you on! Doors at 7pm. Sign-up to perform at 7:30pm, show at 8pm. No cover, 2 drink minimum and 3rd drink is free! $3 beer/ $3 whiskey.
5/14/10- Lach's One-Man Show The Day I Went Insane has been announced for a return engagement on Wed. May 19 at 10 pm at Webster Hall in NYC. Also on the bill Hamell on Trial, Toby Goodshank (of The Moldy Peaches), Barry Bliss and Da Skufz
4/10/10 - The NYC debut of Lach's One-Man Show The Day I Went Insane has been announced for Wed. April 21st at 11pm at Webster Hall in NYC.
4/4/10- New Lach interview from indiesoundsny.com
3/10/09- 2/27/10 - Starting on Tuesday Night March 16th (and every Tuesday thereafter) Lach will be hosting The Antihoot in the Marlin Room at Webster Hall (125 East 11th Street, NYC), sign-up at 7pm to perform. There will be no cover charge and no drink minimum. There will be a piano, full bar and coffee drinks available. We'll get you more details as they become available but, for now, mark your calendars for Tuesday March 16th...The Return of Lach's Antihoot!
2/25/10- Reminder: Lach at The Winter Antifolk Fest at Sidewalk THIS Friday 2/26 at 10pm
2/7/10- Lach is back from the UK where he finished recording and mixing ten new songs slated for a summer release. While in Scotland Lach also secured a spot at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the renowned Gilded Balloon theater where Lach will perform his one-man show, The Day I Went Insane. Lach will perform the show every night of the Fest and talks are also in progress for him to transport the legendary Antihoot to the Festival as well!
1/3/10- Lach has one last NYC show at Sidewalk on Jan.8th before flying to UK for shows in Edinburgh and Plymouth. Lach will also be in the studio in Cornwall putting the finishing touches on his next album.
12/14/09 - A Lach interview has surfaced. Read it here
11/28/09- Video of Lach performing at McCabe's Guitar Shop in LA unearthed and posted in the video section
10/26/09- Lach arrived home to NYC after spending two weeks in Cornwall, UK recording tracks for his next release. Eight songs in total made it to the 'rough mix' stage. Lach worked with Neil Halstead (of Slowdive and Mojave 3) as engineer and co-conspirator with local musicians Ben, Adam, Jamie and Caroline adding their talents to the mix. More details as the project comes out of hiding...
9/17/09-Lach has 3 NYC shows before jetting off to the UK where he will play in London and Bristol before heading into the studio. (Click the shows button for info)
9/16/09- Lach is heading to the UK in October to record tracks slated for his next album. Lach will hunker down in Cornwall in the studio of his friend Neil Halstead where the two will be concocting all sorts of wild tunes for the coming disc.
6/11/09-A new documentary tribute to Lach's last night hosting the Antihoot is now available in the video section
6/10/09- Lach at Bar Four (444 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) on Friday June 12th at 8:30pm
6/5/09- Lach's UK Box of Lyrics tour huge success and experienced by over 30,000 fans across the UK! Glasgow show chosen as Pick Hit in The Sun! Offers extended for future festivals and recording opportunities! Lach enjoyed many 'English Breakfasts"!
5/16/09 - Lach to bring his Box of Lyrics Tour to the UK in May!
Renowned New York City singer/songwriter Lach, the legendary founder of the Antifolk movement, will be bringing his groundbreaking acoustic style back to the UK for a two-week tour May 18-31. The tour will include seven shows double-billed with UK songwriting phenom Neil Halstead whom you may well know as being a member of Slowdive, as well as the henchman of Mojave 3. Halstead has also enjoyed a successful solo career, being described by the NME as �like Syd Barrett if he�d ever set foot on a surf board�. (Full tour itinerary follows below)
It's been a year since Lach's latest album The Calm Before was released thus freeing Lach to stray from the "play the hits from the album" dictum.
Says Lach, "Yeah, I'm calling it the "Box of Lyrics" tour as I'll be doing different sets every night culled from my five releases over the years as well as new songs from the upcoming albums. I'll have over 75 songs ready to go and I quite often make up a few songs at each show as the mood hits, the box of lyrics is my own head!"
3/9/09- Lach's tune Board becomes the soundtrack for the youtube.com sensation of, yup, you guessed it, a dog riding a skateboard. Check it out in our video section.
1/12/09- New review out for The Calm Before in Music Spectrum.
1/11/09- Lach seclusion coming to end. New dates starting to come in, new album perculating
12/17/08- No news. Lach is in seclusion for the holidays. See you in 2009 (flat time stylee).
11/3/08- Lach's Calm Before Tour goes West for 6 shows in California from Nov.7-15. Click on the shows button for details.
10/21/08- Lach added to Paste Recommends Favorite Artists of the Month!
10/20/08- The Calm Before made the Grammy entries for 'Best Contemporary Folk/Americana' album. In honor of that we have turned the jukebox into a full player for the album. Hey, if you know any Grammy voters please send them over to this site for a listen!
10/14/08- Lach interview in Deli
10/9/08- North Carolina's Indyweek chooses Lach's upcoming show at The Cave in Chapel Hill as a Pick Hit.
10/8/08- Arte-TV does a documentary on "Hip Culture" featuring interviews with Lach, Pete Doherty and Marilyn Manson. Gotta love the French!
10/7/08- New Wentworth added
10/6/08- WRIR in Richmond to feature Lach spins in advance of Richmond dates
9/27/08- New Wentworth cartoon added
9/26/08- New section added peeking into Lach's notebooks and journals
9/22/08- Had to happen...youtube videos are popping up all over from the just completed UK tour. Go to the video section on the site to see Lach inciting freedom at The Borderline in London!
9/18/08- Live blog review
9/16/08- Lach review from the the blogosphere.
9/15/08- UK tour reviews are starting to come in. Here's one from the Glasgow show in the Daily Record. And here's one in The Scotsman
9/10/08- Five questions for Lach in Metro UK
9/9/08- Lach in UK zine The Skinny
9/2/08- Just as Lach prepares to head out for the UK tour this week, the East Coast Tour (part 2) has been announced! Click on the shows button for more info.
8/29/08- BBC-2 Scotland's special on Lach and Antifolk at Sidewalk: Listen now.
8/13/08- Lach's Fortified Radio Hour now up on the ASCAP Network.
8/5/08- Cool ad for The Calm Before in new issue of Magnet Magazine on page 99.
8/4/08- Birmingham show added to Lach's September UK Tour. Click shows for more info on the tour.
7/21/08- Recording of Lach's debut on the Joey Reynolds Radio Show (National listenership of over 5 million!). To listen click here.
7/6/08-Lach officially ended his 15 year stint running the home of Antifolk, The Fort at The Sidewalk Cafe. It all came to a close on July 30th with a final Antihoot that was packed with a crowd overflowing into the streets until 4am! Lach has said he is leaving the club in order to "dance with the unknown".
6/18/08- Lach's stint on the nationally syndicated radio show, The Joey Reynolds Show, was such a hit he's been asked back for July 11th, live in the studio.
6/18/08-
Lach in New Haven Advocate
6/17/08- Lach UK Tour announced. See show listings for more info.
6/15/08- Lach announced he is leaving his post as booker/promoter of Sidewalk Cafe to pursue his work as an artist/performer full-time. His last night as the host of the Antihoot will be June 30th.
4/18/08- Mid Atlantic tour coming together nicely. Click on the 'shows' category for more info.
4/10/08-The Calm Before reviewed in instrumentalanalysis.com
2/9/08- New review in for The Calm Before:
2/1/08- Lach premieres a few cuts from The Calm Before and performs live during a surprise visit to WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC. Lach joined host and radio legend Bob Fass for two hours of free form radio. Listen now at WBAI-FM Archive
2/1/08- New review of The Calm Before published in Jersey Beat
1/19/08- First review in for The Calm Before at Indie Surfer
1/18/08- The fourth cut, I Won't Miss You from The Calm Before is now up on the jukebox.
Click News Archives for Lach stories, interviews etc from before 2008.
(L-R) Eddie Izzard, Lach and Mike Myers enjoying the "Lach Presents..." after-party at Webster Hall. Eddie was seen giving Lach some pointers for his upcoming debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest this coming August.
Here's a pick of Lach with Hillary Flowers and The Scuffs, and Mr.Frank Wood after the first night of Lach's Sunday night residency at Otto's Shrunken Head Bar on the East 14th Street. Catch them all again this coming Sunday at 9pm.
Lach May Box of Lyrics UK Tour:
18th at Monto Water Rats � London
19th at The Latest Music Bar - Brighton
20th at O2 Academy 3 � Birmingham*
21st at O2 Academy 2 � Oxford*
22nd Live on BBC-2 Radio Scotland at 8pm
23rd at The Bowery Bar - Edinburgh
24th at The Duchess � York*
25th at O2 Academy 2 � Liverpool*
26th at O2 Academy 2 �Newcastle*
27th at The Captain's Rest � Glasgow*
28th at Nation of Shopkeepers � Leeds*
30th at Bivuoac@The Miller's Arms - Lincoln
* with Neil Halstead of Slowdive and Mojave 3
Lach in South Carolina Free Times
Lach in Philadelphia Weekly
Lach in Incendiary Magazine
Lach in Canada's Exclaim Magazine
3/27/08- The Calm Before reviewed in Exclaim Magazine
3/19/08- The new Lach album, The Calm Before (Fortified Records) hits the stores on March 25th! You can get it this Saturday March 22nd at either of the release parties happening that night. Yup, two parties, two cities, one night! On Sat. March 22nd at 7:00pm The Tin Angel in Philly (20 South 2nd Str.) hosts the first party with a live performance at 7:30pm. And then Lach hits the highway to make it to the second party in NYC at Sidewalk Cafe (94 Ave.A) for a live show at 11pm. The Philly show is a double-bill with Ben Arnold and the NYC party features: 8pm-Elizabeth Devlin, 9pm-Soft Black, 10pm-Eric Wolfson and The War Cabinet, 11pm-Lach, Midnight- The Calm Before listening party! You can order the album now at our store or at FYE, Barnes and Noble, Amazon etc. If you have to wait until the official release on March 25th you can walk into your local record store and just ask for it :-). The digital release won't be until May 20 so get the hard copy, the artifact, the amazing Peter Nevins artwork for your very own now!
3/12/08- New review in for The Calm Before from Blitz Mag. Scroll down to the near bottom for the Lach review once you get there.
3/7/08- Lach interviewed in MOG
3/2/08- Lach live over the phone on WMBR radio. Songs and interview!
2/27/08- The Calm Before makes it's CMJ Top 200 chart debut at #178!
2/20/08- New Reviews in for The Calm Before
The Calm Before reviewed in Smother
The Calm Before review in Toad
The Calm Before review in Herohill
"I�ve always thought it was impressive if an artist could keep my attention alone with a guitar. I know this album does have other people playing on it, but it�s clearly antifolk trailblazer Lach at the forefront. Think Bob Dylan. Only more punk-rock influenced. And more audible."- Ben Rodriguez- TLChicken.com