Love Child

"As a snapshot of a long gone era, Never Meant To Be: 1988 – 1993 adds color and nuance to our picture of ‘80s and ‘90s indie rock revolution by reintroducing one of the era’s best bands."

Love Child’s Overlooked Late ’80s Alt-Rock is Ready for Its Second Act A new compilation restores the glory of a band who were peers of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, and more.

Sun June 9, 2024 | 8pm | $24
Love Child at Union Pool (Brooklyn NYC)
with A Band Called E and Subskin Cables
First Love Child show in 30 years!
Tix on sale now at https://dice.fm/event/v5o2v-e-love-child-first-show-in-30-years-subskin-cables-9th-jun-union-pool-new-york-tickets

New! Great Chickfactor interview with Love Child's Rebecca Odes about her formative years, band dynamics, experiences in the East Village scene, art-making, and other fun stuff. READ: https://www.chickfactor.com/interview-rebecca-odes-from-love-child-and-odes/

"It’s an absolute riot from start to finish..."

Love Child — Never Meant To Be (1988-1993) (12XU) Love Child - Greedy Love Child brings the detuned roar of Dinosaur, the nervy agitation of the Feelies, the arch literacy of Pavement, the barbed sugar of the Throwing Muses, shifting sound and style...

"[B]rimming with imaginative DIY energy when the three gyrate the microphone and instruments..." (or so says Google Translate) https://www.gaesteliste.de/review/show.html?id=65f4c3be28406094&_nr=22551

"... it’s not too late to ride the fiery breeze of Love Child!"

Love Child- Never Meant To Be  1988-1993 (12XU) Love Child, the NYC trio of Will Baum, Rebecca Odes, and Alan Licht (later joined by Brenda O’Malley after Baum left) could’ve just been a footnote in history but thanks to the 12XU label fans old and...

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Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993 – Raven Sings The Blues Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993 by Andy I’m a sucker for a good, deep retrospective on a band that’s just missed the spotlight for years. The new compilation from 12xU, wrapping up the bulk of Love Child’s work, is just such a collection. For the ‘90s scourers and Homestead Heads,...

Consider this: add a Never Meant to Be track to a playlist on one of the services, share it in comments here, get new follows and virtual friends, maybe learn about some new music, befuddle the algorithm, feel a warm, tingly sense of camaraderie and accomplishment.

Love Child's first CBGB & OMFUG appearance took place on St. Valentine's Day 1990! Happy St. Valentine's Day!

Preorders are live!

Never Meant To Be, by Love Child 26 track album

1990 Love Child photo that will appear in Michael Galinsky's forthcoming photobook about Antietam the Band in 1990.

Love Child - Never Meant To Be: 1988-1993 2xLP (forthcoming on 12XU Records in 2024).

Alan Licht performed as a guest-member of Yo La Tengo for about half of YLT's 2023 Hanukkah Night Seven set, shortly after Alan's Velvet Underground cover band opened the show.

For the first time in many moons, this Monday Nov 13 at 7pm (early show!), Alan & Rebecca will perform together at Bowry Electic in NYC, with Infinite River (featuring Threshing Floorers Gretchen Gonzales Davidson and Warren DeFever) and Macomb County Brutes. There will be noise. And visuals. Will there be banjos? Early show (Doors 6:30) because sleep is important.

Alan Licht was spotted at an NYC book event this weekend for Marc Masters's new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape."

1990.

Happy Birthday Rebecca Odes (Sept 11)!

Alan Licht (right) w/ Steve Gunn, covering "The Velvet Underground and Nico" plus a few more Velvet Underground tracks on Sept 9, 2023.

On Sat Sept 9, Alan Licht will play Velvets covers in Pittsburgh. Road trip time?

Sound Series: Steve Gunn & Friends: The Velvet Underground & Nico Tribute | The Andy Warhol Museum Warhol for All

Brand new 7"45 from Alan Licht!

Superstizione / Lateral Tracer, by Alan Licht & John Krausbauer 2 track album

After a third of a century, now available on Bandcamp!

Love Child - Know It's Alright EP (7") from Drag City Records Love Child - Know It's Alright EP (7") from Drag City Records

Suzanne Langille and Loren Connors and Alan Licht at Café OTO, London.

Gratitude and respect to Agitpop's John DeVries, whose clarinet added chaos to the LP (and video) version of Sofa. RIP.

LOVE CHILD - SOFA (MUSIC VIDEO) LOVE CHILD"Sofa"1990Directed by Eric Fischer.Pixelvision footage: Patrick de Fontnouvelle. From a genesis as the mascots of New York's art-hipster scene, th...

August 21, 1992. CBGB. NYC.