" An endearing blend of punk songwriting style and jangly acoustic guitars this is a wholly enjoyable voyage into a strange and brilliant musical mind"- Billboard Magazine

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" Lach is the mastermind of Antifolk, a loose concept involving acoustic guitars and punk-rock attitude, like a Lower East Side rendezvous of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. "- Jon Pareles, The New York Times

" The Sex Pistols meets Hank Williams.A wholly enjoyable voyage into a strange and brilliant musical mind."-Billboard Magazine

"Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff-and-tough punk turned poet with a heart o'gold singing jangly, funny, pop-punk songs with names like "Teenage Alcoholic" and "Drink-ing Beers with Mom" in a snotty voice, equal parts Tom Petty, Richard Hell and that dude from the Dead Milkmen. Check out his recent CD, Blang!, if only for the hilarious song "Kiss Loves You" and the accompany-ing photo of Lach flanked by Gene Simmons and Peter Criss."-Time Out NY

"NYC's living legend, riotously catchy!"-Timeout London

"Lach is a star more Woody Allen than Woody Guthrie and a raised middle finger to the folk purists"-NME

"A&R pick of the week! Lach's lowbrow humor and his uncanny knack for storytelling owe as much to The Sex Pistols as they do to Woody Guthrie. For fans of Beck, Woody Guthrie and The Clash!" - Ron Hart, CMJ Weekly

"The last true punk" - Martin Kihn, New York Magazine

"Alphabet City's stalwart anti-folk hero is building monuments to lonely rockabilly while simultaneously breaking the molds. He never fakes being too cool, but just know he is. " - Natasha Stovall, The Village Voice

"Like black snow, stalled subway cars and random violence, Lach is a Manhattan institution."- Neil Strauss, NY Times

" He's equal parts Dylan, Sid Vicious and Hank Williams, with dynamic vocals, audacious time-changes and sharp, stream-of-consciousness rhyming" - Mike Beggs, The Toronto Eye (NXNE)

"Lach's emotional resonance left the Chicago House audience begging for more, wrapping up a celebratory set of troubled dreams." -Gavin Lance, Austin-American Statesman (SXSW)

"This was some good make. An acoustic and offbeat show, quirky lyrics backed by truly solid musicianship. Folk/Western/Rock combined with the stop-and-go beat of Lach's voice and guitar created a unique effect "-PopSmear

"Blang! is a double-espresso of an album. Revved up and relevant. Fans of Dylan as well as the Clash, the Replacements or even the Sex Pistols will find lots to love "-Performing Songwriter Magazine

"Don't just listen to this album, study it, marvel at it then you can relax and enjoy" -Songwriter's Monthly

"Lach simply rules! "- Chris Uhl, The Aquarian

" Lach's vivid imagery and sharp delivery would make Woody Guthrie proud" - Rob Patterson, The Austin Chronicle

" It's energized, urgent pop, mixing the lyrical punch and no-bullmake attitude of Antifolk with good old-fashioned tunes." - Rachel Felder, Alterative Press

"A local legend and spokesman of a radical new generation. Lach rocks out in anarchistic purity. " - Charlie Ahern, Spin

"A cockeyed Billy Bragg - maybe a younger more offbeat Clash - maybe a more primitive Elvis Costello" - B Side Magazine

"Mixes the poetry and politics of Phil Ochs with the sweaty chord slashing energy of The Sex Pistols and The Clash" - The Island Ear

"Lach kicks out as good a tune as any Replacements with "Ungrateful"-Matt Machaffie, The Next Big Thing

"His creations are full of abrupt humor and musical creativity . . .He's prolific and equally creative, with hundreds of tunes, all of them offhand enough to be comfy, but frank enough to be exciting "-Andrew Bartlett, Seattle Weekly

"Lach's songs come off sounding like the very nexus of Woody Guthrie's folk and The Clash's anthemic diatribes" Willamette Week (Portland)

"Armed with only his acoustic guitar and savage wit, Lach's antifolk tunes are the earnest slacker's soundtrack to life"-The Noise, Boston