“A genuinely irritating five minutes,” he
says of shoot for Zappa-influenced tune from upcoming “Etc.” Hear it now via Relix.
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Nick Lutsko as
photographed by Harris Oates
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Nick Lutsko – In The Press
“A colorful mélange of noise.” – Popmatters
Read the Chattanooga
Times Free Press cover story on Nick
Lutsko here
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Ever seen a wicked
solo performed by a guitarist being
pelted with hot dogs? Skip straight to
the shredding here!
“We bought as many hotdogs as $20 could buy, which happened
to be about 200 hot dogs,” says Chattanooga-based musician Nick Lutsko about the off-the-cuff video for “ALL SHOOK UP,” the latest single from his upcoming Etc.
album.
In the clip, Lutsko’s
father, girlfriend, and friends joined in on throwing hot dogs at him as he
attempted to perform the song. A friend of Lutsko’s
cousin also got into the act, posting
a link on Reddit
which helped the video gain 17,000 views over the weekend. “It was a genuinely
irritating five minutes,” Lutsko jokes
of the shoot.
The song itself is a commentary on “sex, drugs, and
rock n’ roll” that was inspired by Frank
Zappa.
“There’s a quote from Gustave Flaubert that I saw in Zappa’s
autobiography,” Lutsko says. “It
reads, ‘Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and
original in your work.’” He continues, explaining “I see a lot of guys who are
trying to complete their rock n’ roll checklist and end up losing themselves
entirely.”
“ALL SHOOK
UP” appears on Etc., Lutsko’s upcoming
sophomore album. While his debut was a
decidedly folk record, Etc. is decidedly not. The shift in sonic style on Etc.
actually represents Lutsko’s
newfound ability to realize a sound that he was logistically unable to record
during his initial dip in the waters of record-making.
This time around, Lutsko
has captured a sound that curiously, but accurately, designates him one of the
few musicians on Facebook listing their genre as “Folk/Funk/Blues.” Loud drums, crazy bass, and dirty guitar
solos are all in the mix on Etc., an ambitious album that never
sacrifices a hummable melody or clever turn of phrase to simply stand out as
eclectic.
Etc.,
the new album from Nick Lutsko, arrives
on March 17th, 2015. Lutsko
is available for interviews. Contact
Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Nick Lutsko
– Live
03/20 Knoxville, TN @
Preservation Pub
04/10
Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia Record Release Show
06/13
Chattanooga, TN @ Riverbend Festival Chevy Truck Corral Stage, 6PM
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Nick Lutsko
Etc.
(S/R – March 17th, 2015)
Track Listing:
01. Cherry Red Medicine
02. Okay
05. Dreaming of Medusa
06. Geranium Thief
07. By & By
08. (You Aren’t So) Beautiful
09. Thanks to Uncle Stacy
10. Remember Me
11. Morning Star
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Nick Lutsko Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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