New song "Moving Along" now streaming, from upcoming full-length release!
We’re just putting the finishing touches on our brand new record, recorded with Shawn Cole (You Say Party We Say Die, Bend Sinister), and it’s top shelf blue collar rock and roll. You can still download our free, 5 song "Cat Got Your Tongue" EP on the music page! Donation box added to Music page for all the generous souls! Check out L.I.T.S. on Last FM Listen to L.I.T.S. on Aquarium Drunkard Podcast 21 Aquarium Drunkard Podcast 21 Listen to L.I.T.S. on Adam Curry's Daily Source Code Adam Curry's Daily Source Code Podcast-DSC-430-2006-07-28 L.I.T.S. on the CBC Radio 3 Podcast #61-Under the Influence L.I.T.S. featured on The Tripwire Push Upstairs The Tripwire Push Upstairs-Podcast. 009 L.I.T.S. featured on The Tripwire Push Upstairs The Tripwire Push Upstairs-Podcast. 005 
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Lions in The Street
Cat Got Your Tongue exclaim.ca Vancouver is known for its sticky icky, and this pack of retro rockers both look and sound as if they were raised eating the stuff for breakfast. But let’s not confuse these longhairs as total stoners, because their EP titled Cat Got Your Tongue is anything but a drug-fuelled mess — they can most certainly down a bottle of JD when they need to as well. This free five-track download (including artwork to boot) reveals a band remarkably in touch with their parents’ record collection; from the cheese cutters and tight-ass denim on the CD cover to the rotation of slow groove ballads and blistering humdingers they pump out genuinely, they exude the glory of ’70s rock’n’roll. According to their blog they even have a great history: done wrong by a major label down in L.A. and pursued by production heavyweights like Bob Ezrin and Todd Rundgren — two dudes that could turn LITS into proverbial rock stars. A smattering of Exile On Main Street rings throughout frolicking boogies like “Mine Ain’t Yours,” and their ability to pen a decent ballad (check “Lady Blue” and “Feels Like A Long Time”) should be enough to make the much inferior Jet pack it in. --exclaim.ca Lions In The Street Austin360.com "The first great band I saw at SXSW this year." --Michael Corcoran Thursday, March 15th, 2007 Guitar Player Editor Boy's Big Eight Lions in the Street It's no secret that many current bands claiming to evoke '70s rock are usually far too studied to nail the messy glee of the originators. The Lions, however, absolutely explode with a Stones/Small Faces onslaught that drips with jubilant passion, as well as very loud guitars played with giddy abandon. --Michael Molenda April 2007 Lions In The Street SXSW Interview Buzzgrinder Sunday, February 25th, 2007 Austinist Interviews SXSW: Lions In The Street Austinist Monday, February 12th, 2007 Lions In The Street Bring Back Early '70s Rock Chart Attack Thursday, February 1st, 2007 Listen to the Lions' Roar The Vancouver Province Newspaper Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Exoduster.com January Music Reviews: Lions in The Street Cat Got Your Tongue EP Self-released Grade: A-/B+ For some reason or another it took me a long time to finally get Lions in the Street’s EP into the stereo. The problem was, though, is once it got in there I couldn’t take it out, because it felt like you just came across an amazing lost 70s rock album – one that produces chills. Getting screwed by a major label may have been the exact prodding for these Canadians to write and self-recorded the brilliant five songs on Cat Got Your Tongue. In a double-extra fuck you to the music world, you can get this EP off LITS site for free. And when you hear the Stones-meets-Allmans “Mine Ain’t Yours” your pants just fly off your body, you know that you’ve heard the truth. “Already Gone” kicks off the scratchy recorded EP with fast riffs and bluesy attitude – where the partially sub quality recording matches the flavor of LITS nearly perfectly. The slow paced “Lady Blue” and “Feels Like a Long Time” bends the band’s softer side, while “You’re Gonna Lose” closes down the EP with dirty, distorted rock riffs. Cat Got Your Tongue brings you back to some magical days of yore where life consisted of sunshine, laughs, and relaxing on the beach. --Exoduster.com The Big Takeover Lions in the Street Cat Got Your Tongue (Lions in the Street) This Vancouver four's bio includes several reviews comparing them to the Rolling Stones, and yes sirree, there's plenty of Exile on Main Street, Goat's Head Soup, and It's Only Rock and Roll sons-of-Chuck-Berry riffage going on. There're even similar harmonies and aching "Moonlight Mile" or "Angie" -like balladry in "Feels Like a Long Time" and "Lady Blue". But the thing is, this basement eight-track recording is the punky edge the Stones stopped rollin' after Some Girls. And there's a solid R&B base that takein a little Dave Edmunds, Eddie & The Hotrods, Ducks Deluxe, and Berry himself, especially on the saucy opener, "Already Gone." (And there's a little Faces in the blues of "You're Gonna Lose.") If you can't be new, be great at the time-tested old. --Jack Rabid Issue No.59 I Rock Cleveland's Year End Extravaganza Bonanza Part 2: The Top 40 Singles I Rock Cleveland Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 Lions in the Street - Cat Got Your Tongue High Bias Friday, November 24th, 2006 We Need Not A Glockenspiel: A Few Words with Ladyhawk’s Sean Hawryluk Culture Bully Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 11-02, CMJ Week Day 4 Fiddle While You Burn Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 New Vid For "Mine Ain't Yours" by Lions In The Street I Rock Cleveland Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 Head of the Class: Best of Vancouver - Lions in the Street The Georgia Straight Thursday, September 21st, 2006 Seattle-Powerpop Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 Song of the Weekend (8/19) Seattle-Powerpop Monday, August 21st, 2006 Give 'Em Enough Rope Hot Johnny Hot Johnny and All of His Pants Saturday, August 5th, 2006 Lions In The Street: Camaro-Rock An Aquarium Drunkard Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 Keep It Fresh Ep. 2 Keep It Fresh Monday, July 31st, 2006 Monday Music Roundup I Am Fuel, You Are Friends Monday, July 24th, 2006 Ventura Highway gorilla vs. bear Saturday, July 22th, 2006 MUSIC: Lions in the Street Macktronic Friday, July 21st, 2006 I Rock Cleveland Exclusive: Lions In The Street Are On The Free Way To Success I Rock Cleveland Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 feels like a long time From Blown Speakers: A Blog About Music Sunday, July 16th, 2006 Lions In The Street Party Ends! Thursday, July 13th, 2006 Lions In The Street Here Comes The Flood: A Weblog About Music Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 Lions In The Street Blog Soup Monday, July 10th, 2006 Vancouver Buzz: Lions in the Street Chart Attack Friday, July 7th, 2006 Lions in the Street Interview Powpowpow.com Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 Lions In The Street FreeIndie.Com Friday, June 30th, 2006 came in brave: this year in music... so far Albums* From Blown Speakers: A Blog About Music Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 20 Questions: Lions in the Street Rodeo Fans Only Blog: Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 The Georgia Straight Recordings Recordings Archives Lions in the Street Cat Got Your Tongue (Independent) The hipper-than-thou worms at Magnet certainly nailed Lions in the Street when they described the band as “What the Stones were, what the Dandy Warhols should’ve been”. The five-song Cat Got Your Tongue sounds like lost tracks from the sessions for Some Girls, a record that—quite arguably—stands as the Glimmer Twins’ finest moment. All street-fighting guitars and sucking-in-the-’70s vocals, the only knock on the EP is that Lions in the Street sound more like vintage Jagger and Richards than they do a band playing original material. In other words, they do the Rolling Stones better in 2006 than the Rolling Stones themselves. Still, the final track on Cat Got Your Tongue—a thundering acid-blooze explosion titled “You’re Gonna Lose”—suggests that Lions in the Street are already on their way to finding a sound that’s truly their own. When they do, these guys may well be unstoppable. --Mike Usinger Thursday, June 15th, 2006 The Nerve Magazine These guys are recovering from one of those life-changing , major label near misses, apparently. Whatever happened out there, the songwriting has sure gotten leaner since the last time I heard 'em, when they were called the Years. And boy do they ever look like they sound. The time warp is so strong on Lions in the Street that it almost feels naughty to enjoy it so much, but if Faces/Stones is your bag, they're doing it waaaaay better than most. Good for both pub and convertible, like a British rock band trying to sound like mellow Americans in 1973. That's still considered fun in some people's homes, and certainly in mine. Grab it all for free from their website, you lucky people. -- Adrian Mack I Rock Cleveland Lions In The Street Monday, June 5th, 2006 powpowpow.com It's Canadian Rock 'n' Roll for Me Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 Review of L.I.T.S. EP Release Party already gone From Blown Speakers: A Blog About Music Friday, May 21st, 2006 Unsigned and Unafraid: Lions in the Street Rodeo Fans Only Blog: Friday, May 19th, 2006 Classic rock, here we come! i (heart) music: canadian music news, views and reviews Friday, May 19th, 2006 or little radio blogzine: Friday, May 19th, 2006 you won't go home alone tonight From Blown Speakers: A Blog About Music Friday, May 19th, 2006 The Province Newspaper Tuesday, May 16th, 2006 ....this Van quartet looks like it sounds; shaggy, classic and full-on rockin'. Sure, these longhairs wear their influences--Faces, Stones, etc.--on their sleeves, but they also know how to write. --Stuart Derdeyn Sunday Styles: Rolling at the Lamplighter The Vancouverite Review of L.I.T.S. April 1st Show L.I.T.S.Tortonabeat Webmazine Interview keeping with the streak of gig-related posts... VanMega Blog: Friday, March 31, 2006 Sunday Styles: Lions In The Street The Vancouverite: Sunday, March 26, 2006 Lions In The Street Tone Deaf Rambler Blog: Monday, March 13, 2006 |
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