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Hymns to Uncool or Reconsidering Lisa Germano’s ‘Geek the Girl’

A bold investigation of a woman’s journey through self-A bold investigation of a woman’s journey through self-acceptance, Lisa Germano’s unsettling opus Geek the Girl fell through the cracks of the alternative mainstream in 1994.acceptance, Lisa Germano’s unsettling opus Geek the Girl fell through the cracks of the alternative mainstream in 1994.
July 21, 2021
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Lisa Germano’s “A Psychopath” is an Arrangement of Real-Life Horror

Lisa Germano, in general, doesn’t make music I’d call “scary.” It’s often dark, and she has a particular knack for capturing an eerie atmosphere, but her 1994 album Geek the Girl, from which “A Psychopath” comes, is a diverse array of indie rock in the vein of other 4AD alumni.
October 15, 2019
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Lisa Germano (Photo: James Dean)

Lisa Germano: Interview

Lisa Torem chats to cult artist Lisa Germano about her album, 'No Elephants,' and working with Calexico, Johnny Marr, Michael Gira and the Smashing Pumpkins
March 24, 2013
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Lisa Germano (Photo: Dina Douglass)

Lisa Germano: No Elephants

There has always been a kind of ornate misery to Lisa Germano’s music. She is best known for her ’90s albums for dream-pop label 4AD, which had a rare combination of intricate beauty and unflinching challenge, a music box of nightmares.
March 7, 2013
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Remembering How to Feel

An accomplished singer-multi-instrumentalist first spotlighted as a member of John Mellencamp's touring band in the late '80s and early '90s, Lisa Germano has recorded and toured with a diverse legion of rock and pop stars including Eels, David Bowie, Crowded House, Philip Selway (Radiohead) and Giant Sand.
February 28, 2013
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No Elephants (Badman)

Lisa Germano: No Elephants

No Elephants is Lisa Germano's ninth record, and her fourth since declaring that she was quitting the music business forever in 1998. The somewhat restricted palette explored here might scan as "pretty", but the lyrics are classic Germano: jarring, rough-hewn, and anguished.
February 13, 2013
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Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano (Photo: Jigsaw Magazine)

Lisa Germano at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market

Within the first few minutes of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lisa Germano leading me through the Hollywood Farmers' Market, it's crystal clear that she truly loves spending time here.
December 5, 2012
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Lisa Germano (photo: Dina Douglass)

Lisa Germano’s Dark ‘Magic’

Lyrically sophisticated and texturally daring, Magic Neighbor, the L.A.-based singer-songwriter-violinist's 11th proper album, is a darkly magical and sweetly moving thing. And while hyping her considerable gifts is low on her list of priorities, she's got a lot to proclaim.
August 1, 2009
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Lisa Germano (photo: Dina Douglass)

Lisa Germano – Interview

One of America's most unorthodox singer-songwriters and the veteran of eight albums, Lisa Germano talks to Sarah Johnson about her haunting new album 'In the Maybe World'
June 27, 2006
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Germano Emerges From Slump

Throughout her current CD, Lullaby for Liquid Pig, Lisa Germano traces her downfall—and eventual recovery from alcohol abuse—with brutal honesty.
May 31, 2003
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