ALL PHOTOS BY JASON GONULSEN The eighth annual 80/35 music festival was held in downtown Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend. Please enjoy these photos of Wilco, Weezer, Jenny Lewis, Run the Jewels, and more. All photos by Jason Gonulsen. WILCO WEEZER JENNY LEWIS RUN THE JEWELS BOH DORAN ST. LUCIA CLOUD NOTHINGS BRAZILIAN 2WINS … Read more
Jenny Lewis at Austin City Limits Music Festival | Photo by Jason Gonulsen We obviously love us some Jenny Lewis and Ryan Adams here at Speakers in Code, so we thought these two videos would brighten your Friday. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Jenny Lewis at Forecastle | All photos by Jason Gonulsen The final day of the 2014 Forecastle Festival was packed with some heavy hitters, including Beck, The Replacements, and Jenny Lewis. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day jammed with Paul Westerberg and The Replacements, while Reignwolf rocked like no other all weekend. Please enjoy these … Read more
Rilo Kiley front woman Jenny Lewis has shared the title track from her upcoming third solo album, The Voyager. Lewis’ folksy croon and twelve string guitar are accompanied by dramatic strings on this song, which will surely be a contender for “Best Ballad of 2014.”
All photos by Jason Gonulsen 2014 was my first Forecastle Festival, which was also happened to be my first music festival of the year. There are a few more on the agenda, but they’re all gonna have a hard time measuring up to my time spent in Louisville with Jack White, Jenny Lewis, Jason Isbell, … Read more
GROUPLOVE at Lollapalooza | All photos by Jason Gonulsen Day Two of Lollapalooza featured sets from GROUPLOVE, OutKast, Jenny Lewis, Nas, Fitz & the Tantrums The Head and the Heart, and more. Enjoy these photos by Jason Gonulsen. OUTKAST GROUPLOVE JENNY LEWIS THE HEAD AND THE HEART TYPHOON SMALLPOOLS NAS MEG MYERS WRESTLERS FITZ & … Read more
Photo by Steven Alcala It’s been a great year for music festivals, but we’re not done just yet. Nope. Perhaps our favorite one of them all, the Austin City Limits Music Festival, will kick off its 2nd Weekend tomorrow, and we’ll be there to cover the madness. One artist we’re excited to see is Austin’s … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen Austin City Limits Music Festival: once again, you were amazing. We’ll be back in 2015. But until then, we’ll be thinking of our 10 favorite moments of 2014. Just. Wow. Thank you. Let’s countdown, shall we? 10. Benjamin Booker during “Always Waiting.” There is considerable talent here, even if it’s … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen ACL 2014 closed with Pearl Jam and their singalong, “Yellow Ledbetter, which led into guitarist Mike McCready owning the “Star Spangled Banner.” Day three photos by Jason Gonulsen are below. LORDE HAERTS CULTS MELANIE MARTINEZ JOHNNYSWIM JENNY LEWIS THE REPLACEMENTS
Last summer, I saw Deer Tick open for Jenny Lewis, and the then unknown-to-me band covered John Mellencamp’s “I Fought Authority” with the intensity of The Sex Pistols. I still don’t know if that was a sincere gesture or more of a kitschy move, but as a small town girl who grew up near many pink houses, … Read more
Tomorrow (July 10) Speakers in Code is traveling to Des Moines, Iowa to cover the eighth annual 80/35 Music Festival with Wilco, Weezer, Jenny Lewis, and Run the Jewels, just to name a few. More than 30,000 fans are expected to take over downtown, where music will be played across three stages, two of which … Read more
Photo by Jason Gonulsen Jenny Lewis videos are the best videos, and here’s a new one for “She’s Not Me,” which she directed. It features a host of people you might know: Fred Armisen, Zosia Mamet, Leo Fitzpatrick, Feist, and Vanessa Bayer. But really, the star is Jenny freaking Lewis. There’s still time to catch … Read more
Words and Photos by Jason Gonulsen “I closed my eyes and I was free at last,” Jenny Lewis sang as she finished “Head Underwater,” which opened last night’s show at The Ready Room in St. Louis. The song also begins Lewis’ latest album, The Voyager, and I can’t tell you how many times it’s gotten … Read more
I’ve been somewhat infatuated with Jenny Lewis since she went solo with 2006’s Rabbit Fur Coat. I know she was making music with Rilo Kiley long before her foray into her soul-stirring, The Watson Twins-backed alt-country dazzle, but nothing RK put out made me wanna keel over and die like “Rise Up With Fists!!” and “Born Secular” … Read more
Photo by Katie Guymon “I’m terribly sorry for your loss.” These are the six words that concluded Deer Tick frontman John McCauley’s somber recognition of the late Dave Hagerty, vocalist/guitarist of the local Saint Louis band, Fattback. (Please read the touching obituary written by our friend, Christian Schaeffer, for A to Z, the music blog … Read more
Jenny and Johnny, the new project that features Jenny Lewis and her boyfriend Johnathan Rice has now taken a tangible form, and what we’re hearing at this point sounds like it will not disappoint – thank the Lord. Additionally, it appears they’ve charted their first ever U.S. tour, which kicks off in California on September … Read more
Katie and I, with the help of Glide Magazine, created Strangers Almanac, a column devoted to singer-songwriters, two years ago, and we’ve had a lot of fun writing about some of our favorite singer-songwriters like Tift Merritt, Ryan Adams, Neil Young, Jenny Lewis, Regina Spektor, and Jeff Tweedy. It’s pretty crazy that we’re already on … Read more
Two years ago today, Jason wrote his first column for Strangers Almanac (Glide Magazine) on the one, the only Steve Earle. Since then, he and I have truly had a blast writing every month about our favorite singer-songwriters (along with our personal connections to the music) and sharing news, lyrics, and in general, a whole … Read more