Terra Incognita - Juliette Lewis

It's the Summer of 2006, I'm in Hyde Park for the Foo Fighters gig - the support acts were Motorhead, a very forgettable Angels and Airwaves, and a band I had never heard of: Juliette & The Licks. From the moment they walk out on stage it is obvious that Juliette is in fact Juliette Lewis, the star of movies such as Natural Born Killers and From Dusk Till Dawn. The Licks, and JL in particular, completely rocked the stage and for me a lifelong love affair was born. Loud, Quirky, Rock(y) - this band contained everything I look for in a group and boy could Lewis own the stage when performing, she may not be classically beautiful but when I saw her ...  Read the complete review

I first heard of Juliette Lewis' music career in 2004 when she stormed the music scene with her band The Licks. They released an EP (Like A Bolt of Lightning) and 2 albums (You're Speaking My Language and Four On The Floor). At the start of 2009, my heart was broken as the band decided to go their separate ways. Out of the ashes, rose Juliette Lewis and her new album; Terra Incognita. The album is a long way away from her previous work with Juliette and The Licks, it's more grown up and you can certainly hear the influence of Omar Rodriguez Lopez (from The Mars Volta) who produced the album. Terra Incognita means 'unknown territory' in Latin and I think ...  Read the complete review