LEWSBERG from Rotterdam are a four-piece rock group, named after writer and fellow Rotterdammer Robert Loesberg, famous for his dangerous novel Enige Defecten from 1974. This is one of the band’s main sources of inspiration: the counterculture and big-city cynicism of the 1960s and 1970s. Yet there is also a softer side to Lewsberg’s music and lyrics. On their upcoming, fourth album, Out and About (to be released on Sept. 15th on 12XU), this side is more present than ever. Rudimentary pop and rock songs are deliberately kept bare, only occasionally embellished with a violin or organ part. In the lyrics, the tendency towards existentialism and black humour is nuanced with an almost naive openness and engagement. Lewsberg are: Shalita Dietrich (vocals, bass guitar), Michiel Klein (guitar), Marrit Meinema (vocals, drums) and Arie van Vliet (vocals, guitar, violin).
Lewsberg will be touring North America for the first time this Autumn, with a 25 show run kicking off September 20 at Brooklyn’s Union Pool. The band’s first-ever trip to these shores includes a September 30 Memphis appearance at the 20th edition of Gonerfest. Full dates below.
The band’s forthcoming 4th album, ‘Out & About’, will be released in September on 12XU.
Link to new single on Bandcamp
In addition, Lewsberg’s self-titled debut album from 2018 is being reissued in the U.S. by 12XU this July
LEWSBERG SEPT/OCT 2023 US TOUR DATES
9/20 - Brooklyn NY, Union Pool w/ Ava Mendoza, Donna Allen
9/21 - Kingston NY, Tubby’s w/ Rider/Horse
9/22 - Philadelphia, Jerry’s on Front w/ Cartoon
9/23 - Wash., DC, Quarry House w/ BRNDA, Pearie Sol
9/24 - Chapel Hill, The Cave w/ Three Body Problem
9/26 - Atlanta, The Earl w/ Dippers, Arbor Labor Union, Ultra Lights
9/27 - Chattanooga, JJ’s w/ Dippers
9/28 - Louisville, The Portal w/ Charm School, Palomina
9/30 - Memphis, Gonerfest 20
10/1 - Jackson MS, End of All Music anniversary party
10/3 - New Orleans, TBA
10/4 - Houston, Echoes
10/5 - Austin, Hotel Vegas w/ Water Damage
10/7 - Lawrence KS, The White Schoolhouse
10/9 - Chicago, Sleeping Village w/ CB Radio Gorgeous
10/11 - Indianapolis, State Street Pub w/ Craig Bell & the Dead Man’s Handle, Living Dream
10/12 - Columbus, Cafe Bourbon St. w/ Unholy Two, Big Fat Head
10/13 - Detroit, Outer Limits Lounge w/ Tyvek
10/14 - Cleveland, Beachland w/ Obnox, Wrong Places
10/16 - Rochester NY, Lux Lounge w/ Nod
10/17 - Toronto, Tranzac
10/19 - Montreal, Casa del Popolo w/ Chris Forsyth, Helene Barbier
10/20 - Cambridge MA, Middle East Cafe w/ Chris Brokaw, Minibeast
10/21 - TBA!
10/22 - Asbury Park NJ, Bond Street Basement w/ Emily Robb
