Juliette Lewis is like that woman in the bar who’s gotten into fights (and won) and ain’t no fool to a man’s game. She infuses this feral power into her high octane rock ‘n’ roll, however cheekily hyperbolic it may be. On The Late Late Show, Juliette Lewis talks about her new album Terra Incognita, released this week on The End, and produced by Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The interview’s loud vs. louder tone makes for some comedy, but give credit to Ferguson for being one of the few TV interviewers out there who actually lets their guests speak without being patronized or victim to a barrage of verbal assaults. When Lewis describes herself as “a Little Prince in a Mad Max world”, it is incredibly apropos.
Adopting a tundra of Bat for Lashes-like garb with a hard rock edge, Lewis thrusts into a maelstrom of screechy vixen vocals, menacing guitar riffs, a torrent of drums, and eerie romanticism on Terra Incognita. Distinct from her past work with the Licks, lyrics of brazen debauchery are superseded by Lewis’ outcries of despair and longing. In “Noche Sin Fin”, Lewis’ terror in the night ends with declamations of immortality, “I, I, I, I will never die”, and is one of Terra Incognita‘s stronger tracks. Lewis will go on tour for Terra Incognita in the fall, beginning on September 11th in Toronto. Backed by new band, the New Romantiques, Lewis’ performance of Terra Incognita‘s “Fantasy Bar” maxes out her pixie-bizarre card, prancing around like a rock ‘n’ roll Alkonost in midnight blue:
TOUR DATES
Fri-Sep-11 Toronto, Ont @Opera House
Tue-Sep-15 Montreal, Quebec @ Il Motore
Thu-Sep-17 Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
Fri-Sep-18 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse
Sat-Sep-19 New York, NY @ The Fillmore East / Irving Plaza
Mon-Sep-21 Westchester, PA @ The Note
Tue-Sep-22 Washington, DC @ The Rock n Roll Hotel
Thu-Sep-24 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
Fri-Sep-25 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
Sat-Sep-26 Orlando, FL @ The Social
Sun-Sep-27 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ The Culture Room
Fri-Oct-02 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
Sat-Oct-03 Minneapolis, MN @ Station 4
Sun-Oct-04 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
Tue-Oct-06 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
Wed-Oct-07 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Fri-Oct-09 Seattle, WA @ Corazon
Sat-Oct-10 Portland, OR @ Dante’s
Sun-Oct-11 Vancouver, WA @ Commodore Ballroom
Tue-Oct-13 San Francisco, [email protected] Slims
Wed-Oct-14 Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock/Wasted Space
Sat-Oct-17 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
