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Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
MJ Lenderman wows crowd following sell-out debut Glasgow show
Life is cyclical. Music. Fashion. Politics. The longer you live the more you begin to wonder where you've seen something before. 2 MJ Lenderman was originally due to play St Luke's but packed out the Old Fruitmarket 2 The band blended melancholic rock with sharp lyrics Thankfully to be familiar isn't always unfortunate. Reinvention. Reimagination. Really f*****g good music. Enter MJ Lenderman. Bringing with him a hail of jagged chords, nasal vocals, and slide guitar that will make you wonder if the horrors of TikTok the rehabilitation of Shed Seven ever happened. Last year his album, Manning Fireworks, with its shades of alt country, topped end of year lists and sold out initial pressings on LP. That fervour was followed with a run of sold out shows. Tonight, his first performance in Glasgow, was upgraded from St Luke's to the glorious surroundings of the Old Fruitmarket. And as the daybright noodlings of opener Joker Lips gives way the angst of On Your Knees the antique hoardings are rattling. With a sound that veers from the ethereal sadness of Sparklehorse to Ragged Glory era Neil Young, you'd be forgiven for thinking MJ Lenderman was a man of advancing years but at 26 he's got an eye for a sharp line. The swagger of youth, pushed on by his understated delivery, puts him at the centre of what feels like a slacker resurgence. But this is not grunge mark II - never has a calmer man wielded a Gibson SG. A faithful cover of Sparklehorse's Maria's Little Elbows ramps up the melancholia with its refrain of 'Loneliness' before the blissed out blues are over. The facade of millpond calmness slips with the steady pulse of She's Leaving You. A gently chugging ode to the collapse of a relationship and a highlight from the album which builds, like so many things, to nothing. Collapsing into itself with a haze of backing vocals as Lenderman's wandering guitar vanishes and ushering in jagged riff of Wristwatch, a two-fingered rebuttal, which explodes from the stage. A string of facetious boasts 'I've got a houseboat up in Buffalo/and a wristwatch that's a compass and a cell phone/and a wristwatch that tells me you're all alone' are trapped by slashed chords and brooding bedroom vocals. To play two of your best known tracks mid set is a bold move. But confidence is not something lacking tonight. With youth often comes a sense of naivety and Bark At the Moon is a paean to inexperience. Chugging chords flirt with day-glo guitar solos before admitting: "I've never seen the Mona Lisa/I've never really left my room/I've been up too late with Guitar Hero/Playing "Bark At The Moon". Sharp tongued and slight of frame MJ Lenderman may well be this year's great white hope for alt rock but don't let that put you off. He may be young but in this game youth doesn't always equal inexperience - let's hope his first time in Scotland isn't his last.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mk.gee, the Beaches, Wet Leg, MJ Lenderman to Headline Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Tour
Hey hey, my my: the Beaches, Wet Leg, and MJ Lenderman will headline Rolling Stone Presents: Gather No Moss, a rock & roll tour stopping in four major cities this summer. The showcase will kick off on July 26 at the Fillmore in Denver, with leading the bill. Next stop will be Chicago on Aug. 29, with the Beaches playing the Salt Shed. Wet Leg will headline the Nashville show, taking place at Marathon Music Works on Sept. 23. Finally, Lenderman will close out the tour in New York, taking the stage at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on Oct. 16. More from Rolling Stone Rilo Kiley Sound Better Than Ever at First Concert Since 2008 Wet Leg Will Lather Up North America in 'Moisturizer' on New Tour Phish Are Playing the Hollywood Bowl: Here's Where to Get Last-Minute Spring Tour Tickets Online New Jersey musician released his critically-acclaimed debut, Two Star & the Dream Police, last year. Canadian rock band the Beaches will drop their third album, No Hard Feelings, on Aug. 29, the same day they play the showcase. Isle of Wight duo Wet Leg, who broke through in 2022, recently announced their new album, moisturizer. Lenderman, who also plays guitar in the Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, has been consistently touring in support of his excellent 2024 solo album, Manning Fireworks. Full lineups for each stop will be announced in the coming weeks, featuring acts that reflect each historic city. Presale tickets will be available on Thursday, May 15, at 10 a.m. local time, while general tickets go on sale the following day (Friday, May 16), also at 10 a.m. local time. Rolling Stone Presents: Gather No Moss Tour Stops July 26 — Denver, CO @ The Fillmore with (TICKETS)Aug. 29 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed with the Beaches (TICKETS)Sept. 23 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works with Wet Leg (TICKETS)Oct. 16 — New York, NY @ Kings Theatre with MJ Lenderman (TICKETS) Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
USA Today
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Who is MJ Lenderman, rising singer who has captured attention of Gen Z and critics alike?
Who is MJ Lenderman, rising singer who has captured attention of Gen Z and critics alike? MJ Lenderman took the indie music scene by storm last September with his album "Manning Fireworks," capturing the hearts of listeners and critics alike. It's not just Gen Z under the 26-year-old's spell – at his May 15 sold-out show at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, there didn't seem to be any demographic immune to his nonsensical yet vivid lyricism and unsuspecting charm. Lenderman's poignant storytelling is delivered via stripped-back guitar riffs and gritty folk rock anthems, hiding behind absurd imagery. On "Wristwatch," he sings, "I've got a houseboat docked at the Himbo Dome / And a wristwatch that's a pocket knife and a megaphone / And a wristwatch that tells me I'm on my own." It's hard to tell whether to laugh or cry to his music, to feel empathetic for the narrator or judge him for his stagnancy. But the Asheville, North Carolina musician, who is also a member of the beloved indie rock band Wednesday, is doing something right. Seemingly simple experiences become profound through the Lenderman's pen, such as sitting under a "half-mast McDonald's flag," and fans flocked to the 9:30 Club to witness his magic with their own eyes. The nightclub, where iconic acts like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers and R.E.M. once played, was filled Thursday night. MJ Lenderman gets lost in his live performance, but fans stay in on 'the bit' In his live performance, Lenderman seems oblivious to the doting audience latching onto his every word. He looks down for the majority of his set, his face scrunched, focused on the lyrics as if he were writing them in the moment. His nonchalant demeanor gives a sense of passion and impulsiveness necessary for both the ridiculousness and heaviness of his lyrics, driven by gut instincts rather than regard for rhyme or reason. In a July 2024 interview with "The Guardian," he revealed his desire to evade the spotlight: "Visibility and stuff, that's not really something I've been after." So when he sings the song, 'You Are Every Girl to Me,' it's hard to imagine he's serenading any particular audience member, unlike at shows from heartthrobs like Harry Styles, where fangirls (harmlessly) imagine he's there to swoon only them. But even without locking eyes, his band plays in perfect synchrony; and, all the couples in the audience pulled their loved ones a little closer, whether it be friends, lovers, or the father-daughter duo standing next to my sister and me. The few moments of eye contact during 'You Don't Know the Shape I'm In' were almost jarring. It felt like being woken up from a trance, lending an intimacy to the lyrics, 'All you had to do was be nice… Be nice to me.' On 'Bark at the Moon,' the 10-minute finale to 'Manning Fireworks,' he pleads, 'You're in on my bit / You're sick of shtick? / Well what did you expect?' The second half of the song – both on the recording and during the live performance – includes nothing but distortion, swirling minutes of feedback into a rowdy crescendo, eventually bleeding into the short track 'I Ate Too Much at the Fair" during his live set. So were we, as an audience, also sick of Lenderman's gimmick? At 9:30 Club, the opposite was true. When he asked if anyone planned to come again the next night, the better half of the crowd cheered. 'It's gonna be a late night,' he joked, referencing that the doors for the May 16 show don't open (fittingly) until 9:30 p.m. When he interacted with the audience, glimmers of his whimsical personality shone. 'Thank you all so much, it's awesome to be with you,' he told the crowd towards the end of his set. 'What's the thing when you ask the crowd what you want to hear? A request.' Fans began shouting out deep cuts, but the fiddler shut them down: 'The request lines are closed. We still love you.' 'I think you guys are really going to like these songs, I hope,' Lenderman promised. 'You've been a great crowd, and you still are," he added, chuckling at his own sentiment. The 'Turkey Brothers' steal the encore with a boisterous jam As fans begged for an encore to an empty stage, an unlikely guest took center stage. The fiddler, Landon George, freestyled a rhythmic jam, introducing himself and a few of Lenderman's bandmates as the "Turkey Brothers" from Hall Creek, taking us on a journey through DC's history and a story of a band of brothers on a remote farm, dependent on dial-up internet. At his sold-out show in New York City on April 25, Lenderman brought out state Assemblyman Zohran, a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, and a mayoral candidate. During the Turkey Brothers' performance on May 15, George sang, 'You gotta have hope if you're gonna keep it going forward. You gotta have hope if you're gonna do anything about fascism,' before descending into a fiddle jam. 'Have you ever heard a grease fire on the fiddle?' he teased. 'It sounds kind of like this.' George's solo culminated in a symphony of squeaks before MJ Lenderman returned to the stage for a two-song encore. 'Give it up for the Turkey Brothers,' he cheered. Ending the night with "Dancing in the Club," a song written by and performed with Nate Amos of This if Lorelei, the energy in the room stayed high. It seemed as if it would be trapped there until the next night's performance, bouncing off the walls until the crowd could sing lyrics like, "Once a perfect little baby / Who's now a jerk ' Standing close to the pyre manning fireworks," again. MJ Lenderman: 2025 tour setlist Lenderman and his band have been changing the setlist order for each show, but the general list of songs has remained the same.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MJ Lenderman Lends Some Twang to This Is Lorelei's ‘Dancing in the Club'
After putting out two of the best albums — indie rock or otherwise — of 2024, MJ Lenderman and This Is Lorelei are linking up, with the former sharing a new version of the latter's 'Dancing in the Club.' Lenderman's rendition of the tune is set to appear on the upcoming deluxe edition of Box for Buddy, Box for Star, the breakthrough LP for musician Nate Amos (who's also one half of the experimental duo Water From Your Eyes). Where This Is Lorelei's original is a glittering, up-tempo gem that gestures towards sprightly synth pop, Lenderman fittingly tackles the song with a bit more high and lonesome twang. More from Rolling Stone MJ Lenderman Reveals He'll No Longer Tour With Wednesday, But Will Still Record With Band See MJ Lenderman Bring 'Joker Lips' to 'Kimmel' Post Malone's Nirvana Covers, Taylor Swift 'Fortnight' Collab Lead Record Store Day 2025 Amos helped Lenderman record this new version of 'Dancing in the Club' late last year. 'I really loved working on the MJ version of 'Dancing in the Club' — Jake is chill AF and mad talented,' Amos said in a statement. 'More so than any other song I've written this one was dreamt up for others to sing, so it was pretty freaky watching it fall into place with someone like Jake handling lead vocals.' Lenderman, who's been performing 'Dancing in the Club' at some of his recent shows, added, 'Box For Buddy was by far the album I listened to most in 2024. I had a great time re-recording 'Dancing in the Club' with Nate back in December.' Along with Lenderman's take on 'Dancing in the Club' the Box for Buddy deluxe edition will feature new versions of 'Two Legs' with Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan and 'Angel's Eye' by Amos' father and sister, Bob and Sarah (a celebrated bluegrass duo in their own right). The deluxe edition is set to arrive April 25 via Double Double Whammy. This Is Lorelei has a few more shows left on the current leg of their North American tour with Starcleaner Reunion. But they'll return to the road in late April, supporting Lenderman and his band the Wind, on a trek that runs through mid-May. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
