On this very special bonus episode of Lipps Service, Scott sits down with three of the six acts who performed on June 4 at the historic New York City venue The Bitter End for our first-ever live event – LIPPS SERVICE LIVE!
The live concert was a reflection of Lipps Service podcast, as the night will brought together past and present NYC-bred music, including three legendary acts – Ed Kowalczyk of LIVE, Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen, and Eugene Hütz of Gogol Bordello and Casa Gogol, featuring Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth – and three of the best up-and-coming bands of the city’s contemporary music scene – Jackson Hamm of Telescreens, Thesaurus Rex, and Torture and The Desert Spiders.
To reflect on the amazing night and live show, Scott sat down with Hamilton Leithauser, frontman Jackson Hamm of Telescreens, and frontman Calvin Rezen and guitarist Varun Jhunjhunwalla of Thesaurus Rex in this episode. (Go back and check out part one with Ed, Eugene, and Torture!)
Starting with Hamilton, he talks about his newest album, This Side of the Island, his take on the ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ era, the early days of The Walkmen, and he shares his favorite song on the new album. Next up, Jackson gets into the band’s early days playing at The Bitter End, his favorite local bands, what it was like opening for Franz Ferdinand on tour, and his take on the new Turnstile album. To close, Calvin and Varun discuss how the band formed, their musical influences, how they write thought-provoking lyrics, and they list their top 5 NYC bands.
Tune into this exciting episode of Lipps Service, learn about the artists, hear their thoughts on the live show, and check out footage from LIPPS SERVICE LIVE! on all Lipps Service socials, in case you missed it!
CREDITS (Instagram handles)
Host @scottlipps
Edited by @toastycakes
Music by @robby_hoff
Produced by @whitakermarisa
Recorded at Melrose Podcasts NYC
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Hamilton Leithauser
00:00 - Start
00:30 - Lipps Service Live! at The Bitter End
01:00 - Intimate vs. big venues
02:00 - The Carlyle Hotel
03:32 - The joys of the 2000s
05:39 - The 2000s
06:30 - Meet Me in the Bathroom documentary and era
08:00 - The early Walkmen days to the current marketing of records
09:44 - The economics of being in a band
10:45 - Being next in line to The Strokes
13:00 - The Walkmen reunion
14:00 - Going solo and This Side of the Island
14:45 - Playing music for his wife
17:20 - Redoing his record
17:40 - Honesty in lyricism on new album
18:00 - Funny tour story
20:15 - Favorite song on new album
20:45 - One song that embodies NYC
23:26 - New music
Jackson Hamm of Telescreens
00:33 - Paying homage to Telescreens
01:15 - The Bitter End
04:00 - Contemporary NYC scene
05:50 - Favorite NYC band right now
07:50 - New Turnstile album
10:33 - Rock being shocking
11:37 - AI
13:02 - Pressure to hold the rock ‘n’ roll flag in NYC
14:00 - Franz Ferdinand
15:42 - Early road stories
18:12 - Top 5 films
Calvin Rezen and Varun Jhunjhunwall
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