New York, NY (Top40 Charts) "If the New York Dolls had done a session with Jerry Lee Lewis, it'd sound a lot like the Philadelphia rockers' new one - a political anthem drunkenly teetering on platform heels." - Rolling Stone
"It's no easy feat covering someone like Prince, but you can tell Low Cut Connie are enjoying honoring the fallen icon with ['Controversy'], and that makes it all the more fun to listen to." - Consequence of Sound
"The band's versatile, in the way all great bar bands must be, as it dives into the swaggering soul of 'Love Life' and knocks out a credibly twitchy version of Prince's 'Controversy.' Weiner drops back to his cabaret roots in 'Forever,' a requiem for something or someone lost. It's a fitting encore for closing time at the bar." - Greg Kot,
Chicago Tribune
"There may be none more quintessentially rock and roll than Low Cut Connie." - Philadelphia Inquirer
"Their
Jerry Lee Lewis meets
Chuck Berry with a healthy dash of Springsteen and bar band sleaze is the kind of stuff few bands even attempt now, perhaps because it isn't 'hip' or because putting on a fiery rock and roll show takes bravado and energy. This was the kind of music that makes you forget about how fucked up the world is and simply enjoy the moment." - Glide Magazine
"A good chunk of the album is still devoted to the greasy, sleazy rock & roll that's been Low Cut Connie's specialty since the outset...but there's a darkness running through Dirty Pictures, Pt. 1, one that's evident from the moment 'Revolution Rock N Roll' starts the album on a minor key." - All Music
Today, Low Cut Connie release their fourth studio album Dirty
Pictures (Part 1) available worldwide via Contender Records. The album was recorded on analog tape at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN and is available for purchase and streaming via iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon.
This morning, Rolling Stone raved "The weight of the world is really with them on album four, and it's helped add depth and power to their music...Their mix of Seventies Stones (but dirtier), the New York Dolls (but tighter) and
Jerry Lee Lewis (but Westerberg-ier) comes with an extra sense of bare-knuckled grit and sonic thwump to fight against the darkness." Rolling Stone's
David Fricke also named the band one of his favorites of 2017 and called them "...a roaring quintet that sounds as loud and full as the early E Street Band, are absolutely contemporary in their drive to old-school joy."
Album single "Revolution Rock n Roll" is currently in the top 75 on the FMQB non-commercial radio chart.
Low Cut Connie is Adam Weiner (piano, lead vocals) who also produced the album,
James Everhart (lead guitar), Will Donnelly (rhythm guitar), Larry Scotton (drums), and
Lucas Rinz (bass). With raunchy instrumental work from all the Connie boys pushing the envelope, the material on Dirty
Pictures (Part 1) delights and wallows in the seedy life of
America in 2017. "Revolution Rock n Roll" calls to arms our perverse and noble youthful instincts while "Death & Destruction" simply sums up our dirty American life under the Trump administration by proclaiming "Everybody's acting like an asshole." The album also features a bracing cover of Prince's "Controversy." Speaking of the recent passing of his hero
Prince Rogers Nelson, Weiner said "It will take time for us to understand what we have lost."
A rolling DIY caravan who have for the past 5 years schlepped a 400 pound piano named Shondra around the country, LCC have been bubbling under the surface of the music industry while building an obsessive fanbase from all walks of life. Their most famous fan, former President Barack Obama, chose their anthem of low-brow American life "Boozophilia" for his Spotify Playlist and met with Weiner at the White House in 2016. They're known for their explosive live shows which New York Times described as "a phenomenon."
Track List:
1) Revolution Rock n Roll
2) Dirty Water
3) Death And Destruction
4) Montreal
5) Angela
6) Love Life
7) Am I Wrong
8) Controversy
9) Forever
10) What Size Shoe
Tour Dates:
05/19: Davenport IA - The Raccoon Motel
05/20: Minneapolis MN - 7th St. Entry
05/23: Iowa City IA - Big Grove Brewery
05/24: Kansas City MO - The Riot Room
05/27: Denver CO - Denver Day of Rock
05/30: Boise ID - Neurolux
06/02: Portland OR - Bunk Bar
06/03: Seattle WA - Sunset Tavern
06/06: Petaluma CA - Lagunitas Amphitheater
06/08: San Francisco CA - Brick & Mortar
06/11: Los Angeles CA - The Resident
06/15: Ft Worth TX -
Magnolia Motor Lounge
06/24: Philadelphia PA - Molestice 2017
06/30: Bethlehem PA - Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks
07/23:
Detroit MI - Waking Windows 2017
07/26: Louisville KY - Waterfront Wednesday's
07/27: Grand Rapids MI - Tip Top
Deluxe Bar & Grill
07/28: Milwaukee WI - Summer Sounds
08/03: Shelburne VT - The Green at Shelburne Museum
08/04: Cambridge MA - The Middle East
09/08: Philadelphia PA - Union Transfer
09/17: Burlington VT - Grand Point North Festival 2017
10/06: New York NY - Irving Plaza
