Jeffrey Lewis

Add Date: October 18 

Artist: Jeffrey Lewis 

Album: A Turn in the Dream - Songs 

Label: Rough Trade 

Genre: Rock, folk, indie pop 

Comments: New York native Jeffrey Lewis is a musician's musician: Jarvis Cocker has called him "the best lyricist working in the US today", while Ben Gibbard says Lewis is "hands down my favorite contemporary songwriter". A so-called "anti-folk" artist who also draws comic books and designs album artwork, Lewis' tunes will bring to mind The Moldy Peaches, The Magnetic Fields and early Mountain Goats.

Lewis' latest record, A Turn in the Dream - Songs, is another collection of richly lyrical and literate folk-pop tunes. He's assisted by The Sussex Wit--the backing band for similar-minded British troubadour Johnny Flynn--as well as members of Wave Pictures, Dr. Dog, Au Revoir Simone, The Vaselines and more. Check out "I Got Lost", "Cult Boyfriend", "Try It Again" and "Time Trades".