By Damien WhinneryAnti-folk music isn't really anti folk-music. Well it is kind of too, but it's not really. The barely defined 'movement' started in 1983 New York when artists carrying a hue of punk were unable to gain gigs at established folk venues in Greenwich Village. A Lower East Side café opened the following year. Named the Fort, it became a pillbox for those not folk enough (or arguably too folk) for more traditional folk folk. It was out of this movement that gave rise to people like Beck, the Moldy Peaches and Jeffery Lewis. Growing up only walking distance from the Fort, Jeffery and his Junkyard encapsulate the traits of the ambiguous anti-folk style - a downbeat self-deprecating humor, an off-kilter singing style and a mixture of acoustic and punk songs that feature themes of the everyday. The loose restrictions of anti-folk, if indeed there are any, have also let Jeffery experiment with poetic rap and electronica, and making a cover album featuring the songs of 70s and 80s punk band Crass. It's his creativity that has truly been realised in the loose fitting style, allowing Jeffery to fully engage his inventiveness, and that has not come without reward. The New York times serialised his thoughts on songwriting, while his comic book artistry grows increasingly popular. He also does one-off lectures on the graphic novel, Watchmen. Somehow, even if you are not familiar with anti-folk, that tells you all you need to know. Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard appear on Wednesday October 5 in Auntie Annies with special guests Crayonsmith. Tickets available at www.wegottickets.com. Doors 8pm. (DW/CD)
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