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Zachary Lipez

Zachary Lipez is the singer of the band Publicist UK. He is the co-author (with Stacy Wakefield and Nick Zinner) of a number of books, most recently 131 Different Thinks (Akashic 2018). He is a freelance writer in NYC and tends bar at 124 Old Rabbit Club.

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks 311’s Stereolithic

The human soul is invisible, but the sound it makes when it leaves the body, even if it leaves before the body dies, just forced out or fleeing...

April 24, 2015

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Lasher Keen’s The Middle Kingdom

Zachary Lipez thinks the new album from myth-rocket Lasher Keen is worthy, but not a (chaotic) good place for new fans to start.

April 16, 2015

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Turnstile’s Nonstop Feeling

Hardcore continues to love itself. And Zachary Lipez continues to love hardcore, especially the new release from Turnstile.

January 14, 2015

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Rancid’s …Honor Is All We Know

They could stand to be a bit more specific, but Rancid still loves all the right things, and Zachary Lipez still loves Rancid.

December 2, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Iceage’s Plowing Into the Field of Love

Zachary Lipez only teases Iceage out of love. Mad, mad love.

October 31, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks the Madden Brothers’ Greetings from California

Joel Madden, if you’re reading, none of this is personal.

October 10, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks the Appeal of the Pretty Good Band

The Freshkills’ former frontman likes his bands to be not too terrible, and not too great.

September 13, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Kix’s Rock Your Face Off

Zachary Lipez tried his best to love the bubblegum metal jams of Kix.

August 20, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Downtown Boys’ “Slumlord Sal”

Summer may be pointless, but Downtown Boys’ kiss-off to a landlord is anything but.

August 7, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Cold Beat’s Over Me

First of all, thank fucking Christ this album is tough. It's not "summery" or "soaring" or "shimmering" or any of that other shit that bands with...

July 10, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Gold-Bears’ Dalliance

If the lyrics to the new Gold-Bears album Dalliance are fiction, then Jeremy Underwood is a genius, because halfway through I wanted to...

June 19, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks the Estranged’s The Estranged

There are few kinds of music reviews I detest more than the review that offers advice to the musician. It comes from the demonstrably false premise...

May 23, 2014