Lach

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0	LONDON: PinUps
P	Thursday 12th October, 2017
N	6:00pm

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Lach is the writer/performer star of BBC Radio 4\'s The Lach Chronicles. author of \'The Thin Book of Poems\', composer of six albums and founder of the international music and art movement known as Antifolk.

\"Lach is the mastermind of Antifolk, like a Lower East Side
rendezvous of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Like black snow,
stalled subway cars and random violence, Lach is a Manhattan institution.\"-NY Times

\"Lach is incredibly bright, he\'s influential, he\'s funny, he\'s smart, and he’s got his own, sort of, counter-culture charm. A very intelligent songwriter, funny, poetic. He became part of New York folklore.\"-Suzanne Vega

\"The roots of modern songwriting: Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett, The New York Dolls, Nick Drake and Lach!\"-Timeout London

\"He\'s a street-corner ambassador. Lach is beat. He\'s a ringmaster. He\'s a poet\'s poet.\"-Michelle Shocked

\"Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He\'s a gruff‑and-tough punk turned poet with a heart of gold.\"-Timeout New York

\"Lach is a face-ache funny, beat-punk-unplugged joy!\"-The Guardian UK

\"Lach is a star! More Woody Allen than Woody Guthrie and a raised middle finger to the folk purists.\"-NME

\"The best punk rhythm guitarist since Johnny Ramone.\"-Billy Ficca of Television

\"Lach is rarely less than a face-ache funny, beat-punk-unplugged joy, and likely to send you home with several favourite new songs \" - The Guardian UK

\"5 Stars! Really quite magical! \" - Colin Somerville, The Herald