MJ Lenderman on World Cafe (Interview & Performance)

[@doc7434]

She's leaving you might be my song of the year. So good.

[@CartPlaysGuitar]

It truly is an incredible song!

[@bennissimov]

Close second to wristwatch

[@timgreenglass]

"joker lips" is the hit, just wait...

[@shadrach422]

@@timgreenglassit’s what grabbed me first… then really started loving Leaving You. Wrist Watch also strong.

[@timgreenglass]

@@shadrach422 "rip torn" is another good one...

[@lilalpenglow]

bless that little smile and thumbs up at the end of she’s leaving you

[@isabelmarques1840]

Girl finally someone who's here for the same thing - 50/50 at least ;)

[@uncpdt99]

looks like he was supporting Xandy pinch-hitting that falsetto outro :)

[@stevensonoras]

I love that he referenced Tim Heidecker's song "When I Get Up." It gives more insight into his sense of humor, and I think about that song almost every morning

[@Constaur]

A great songwriter, I love his voice, and gee he's cute!

[@because78nine]

Great interview, amazing performances. Love to see it

[@sullivan2339]

I'm thrilled to find this KZbin channel ! Great music great interview !

[@nickgrant6480]

Honestly saddest lyrics in she's leaving you is "you know what is implied when your room is free, your feeling lucky" just the feeling that there no way you can invision anyone else in that bed but your a "free man now" That line makes me hurt more than any other in this song

[@brettcarlson9636]

It’s referring to him getting comped the room by the casino. He’s such a loser that the casino gives him a room to get him to lose his money there.

[@TheFabi1640]

Manning Fireworks fav song from this album

[@sullivan2339]

Long time listener. I think this is my favorite interview- many reasons including the raw electric sound of his band {Love that mix} what a TREAT this is on KZbin ! Thanks so much Raina Douris & team. MJL so down to earth- & his guitarist- etc Awesome

[@slonegan]

Mix has a DBT vibe...

[@worldcafe]

thank you for watching! - team

[@jacobmoreno3703]

Can’t get enough of this guy. Anyone got the chords to on my knees?

[@ntt117]

Pretty sure it's played tuned down a whole step. Verse/intro is Am and D. There is a turnaround part (played after intro, between verses, after chorus) is just a G, but the bass note walks up from G as the root to B, to C, to B again. Chorus is C to D, to G (the turnaround part again) - repeated twice. Hope that makes sense. The turnaround/transition part kind of bridges all the parts together.

[@Alottastars]

YESSSS

[@cheaphandsoap]

good interview ! GOATED tunes and band

[@sullivan2339]

2nd comment- I'd heard one song before- but LIVE- fantastic guitarists ! Powerful MIx !

[@JamesRone]

My entire youth is now fully restaged, with little rewrites and improvements. I know that MJ Lenderman is not Jay Farrar, but good lord this has Uncle Tupelo energy (and arrangement and ethos). He's as funny as Jeff Tweedy tried to be when he was young.

[@c11p]

The UT connection is a solid one.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

I love MJ L, but he is no Uncle Tupelo, especially lyrically.

[@andrewkerhoulas2912]

If Pavement made an Americana record. Holy Smokes this is good.

[@reesestrada4310]

i’m crying at work on my 30 rn

[@sullivan2339]

curious- what struck a Nerve with you? I found it powerful as well- actually listening now Chicago)

[@WowWowzer]

I thought we were going to know the mystery behind the “himbo dome” finally

[@ebifurai415]

nah

[@Bnen_ben]

Sick Krill shirt

[@hidingplaces3150]

siiiiiick

[@abramovichniv]

So cute

[@martyr4806]

Love MJ, and hearing him make fun of Brendan Schaub makes me like him even more!

[@aarondowling7248]

Wristwatch being loosely inspired by Brendan Shwab is so fucking awesome lol

[@juliusd.2541]

lol what? Bout to go dig into the lore about this

[@repATL11]

"So you say I got a funny face? I got no worries."

[@alexe9543]

anyone got any movie recommendations that this music would fit right into? Feels like it gives me an itch. Love it. Superb performance

[@StephNuggs007]

Paris, Texas. A Face in the Crowd, The Last Picture Show #maybe #idk

[@alexstewart839]

Kind of Logan Lucky. These songs wouldn't fit in with that movie's score at all, but the themes of Appalachian and suburban Mid Atlantic men trying to hold onto a sense of self in silly, difficult, and undignified situations. The movies humor is pitched lighter than Lenderman's, but I laugh a lot at both. It's a fun, zippy heist movie.

[@ColinKupson]

You gotta get into Kelly Reichardt! Her entire oeuvre barks up this tree

[@averyparkway679]

Sean Baker movies have this vibe

[@brettcarlson9636]

Coen Brothers, Todd Solondz

[@jackmalvern2394]

Wanted to be a priest. Figured it's an easy life, you go to school. they buy your house for you. I thought the ame thing. Then puberty hits. LOL

[@myradioon]

Anybody who name drops Harry Crews is alright by me.

[@jankdale]

And Larry Brown!

[@danielknight4385]

I love that he quotes 'The Gospel Singer' in 'Joker Lips'

[@jankdale]

​@@danielknight4385"Every Catholic knows he could've been Pope."

[@shadrach422]

I wonder if he’s a Drive-By Truckers fan… I hear an influence there.

[@brettcarlson9636]

He is. A big one.

[@largegerberbaby]

go xandy, go xandy!

[@laurennail]

Yep. I know what it means.

[@NManna325]

Hot dog johnnys buttzville NJ!!

[@mattcookeco]

My wife has that sweatshirt too!

[@worldcafe]

🌭🌭🌭

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

MJ Lenderman looks like he could be on the spectrum

[@jacobjohngomez]

Fuck ya! That's rad. I am too. Love to see that neurodivergent excellence.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Youre just now realizing that??? Lol Thats why hes good, normies cant write anything of value. Look at Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, etc etc, its absolute soulless garbage.

[@drainel9707]

Shes leaving you is a good song but this dude must have lead poisoning or something

[@Mikeevanko967]

I believe it’s just weed and being a chill guy

[@Big_Budi]

The band is kind of ass

[@shadrach422]

Are you a fan of the album? To me it’s accurately representative. Just asking as their sound is simple by design.

[@pofed7814]

Lmao

[@Big_Budi]

@ yeah I like the album. you can even see during the She’s Leaving You performance MJ thinking like “damn this is not a great performance”

[@supercommieguru]

Are you dumb? That On My Knees performance ruled

[@cheeseburgerandpickles]

@@Big_Budifr the guitarist trying to be too flashy

[@adamyalowich2664]

MJ is great but stuff like mocking Travolta is pretty low rent. For such a smart guy, that is lazy and sophmoric.

[@ebifurai415]

its all jokes dude. you're taking it all too seriously

[@sotampacane]

@@ebifurai415 Jokes are funny. This isn't. He is being a cruel person picking at an easy target. And I can't stand Barbarino either, but who is MJ to write crap like this? Plus his Jordan take is also stupid.

[@JohnLittle-i6o]

This kid is so talented. I just did the math to figure out when he was 14, and it would have been 2013. The year Southeastern and Push the Sky Away came out, aka "about two years ago, I guess...?" Christ, we're getting old.