Zachary Lipez
On 30 Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Zachary Lipez’s love letter to the Mekons, a band who takes the win where they can find it.
The Hardcore Tribalism of Turnstile
Time & Space is a hopeful uproar in a nihilistic medium—and it's not for everyone.
BarRoom Blitz: How are Free Drinks the Same as Music Business Nepotism?
Musician/bartender Zachary Lipez probably won’t give you a free beer, but he might play your band at his bar.
BarRoom Blitz: Here’s What One New York Bartender Has Been Playing During Your Tinder Dates
Musician/bartender Zachary Lipez plays Museum Mouth, Primitive Weapons, VUM and more while you’re making bad decisions.
BarRoom Blitz: One Bartender/Musician Shares His Playlist Secrets
Zachary Lipez talks TEEN, PWR BTTM and more.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Meat Wave’s Delusion Moon
Our writer loathes ’90s revivalism, but this record made him change his foolishly consistent mind.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Flesh World’s The Wild Animals in My Life
Noise? Queercore? Shoegaze? Flesh World’s new album defies such easy classification — which makes it way more fun to talk about at parties.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Fist City’s Everything Is a Mess
These down times desperately need Fist City's noise-surf anthems. Our writer apologizes for not giving them the attention they deserve.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks The Pre New’s The Male Eunuch
No longer angry young men, but still on the right side of the misanthropic line, the Pre New have created an album of streamlined, joyous contempt.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Wand’s Golem
Rock is dead? Great. Zachary Lipez can have Wand all to himself.
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...
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.










