What They're Saying...

    BROTHERS LAZAROFF made several "Best of 2010" lists from KDHX 88.1 FM; St. Louis, MO -Top Album Spins -Top Local Artist Spins -Pat Wolfe's Top Ten Albums of 2010 -Roy Kasten's Favorite 80 Albums from 2010

"To be clear, Jeff and David Lazaroff — the look-alike, but not twin siblings of BROTHERS LAZAROFF— have moved beyond all things folk, even as their songwriting retains its connection to their heroes: Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Backed up by the supremely tight rhythm section of Teddy Brookins and Grover Stewart and pushed into the funkosphere by jazz and electronic maestro Mo Egeston on keyboards, Brothers Lazaroff can jam your ass and stir your heart."

    Riverfront Times quote for 2010 St. Louis Music Awards (BROTHERS LAZAROFF are the 2010 Music Awards winner for Best American/Folk Band in St. Louis)

"BROTHERS LAZAROFF craft intelligent lyrics with textured music that sounds terrific! Lots of brothers try Jeff and David deliver!"

    Bryan Beck, KGRS 107.1 FM; Austin, TX

"On Give ‘em What They Need, St. Louis band BROTHERS LAZAROFF takes a hard left turn into the psychedelic wonderland of the studio. As always, the blood brothers Jeff and David Lazaroff are backed by musical brothers Mo Egeston (keyboards), Teddy Brookins (bass) and Grover Stewart (drums); together they drive all their funk, rock, Americana and jam tendencies through a dense and chaotic landscape of noisy discoveries. The 12 songs bleed together, one into the next; the themes pick up where the band’s last album, American Artifact, left off. Dissolution, chaos, fear and confusion dominate; it’s a dark album but there’s much beauty and power in the darkness, new ways of thinking and making music out of the wreckage of emotions and sounds."

    Roy Kasten, KDHX 88.1 FM; St. Louis, MO

“Give 'em What They Need is the third record by BROTHERS LAZAROFF, and with each release Jeff and David Lazaroff add more soul and more brave experimentation to their rootsy music."

    Christian Schaeffer, the Riverfront Times;St. Louis, MO

"Give 'em What They Need is one of my top ten albums of the year! I have listened to it over and over, and I like it more every time I hear it! When I hear a record like this, it re-affirms my faith that music can be taken in a direction that I have never heard before, in a way that both rocks like a mother, yet soothes my soul at the same time. Absolutely brilliant! I don't know how the hell to describe them. A little Americana, rock, soul, and jam band sound mixed together. The best band in St. Louis. Seriously, this album is a life changer. Buy it NOW!"

    Pat Wolfe, KDHX 88.1FM; St. Louis, MO

"Bros Laz defy genres and definition on its new album, Give 'em What They Need. Jazz, blues, soul, twang, folk and rock -- all have a place on the album."

    Annie Zaleski, the Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO

"The brothers and company took a break from their instruments to open the Carter Family's "No Depression" a cappella, and motioned for the audience to join them in song. For the first time all night, the sold-out crowd quieted, then joined the band in what morphed into a spiritual ceremony of voices, anchored with the organ and stomps of a country church...BROTHERS LAZAROFF escorted the crowd to that place where music brings people together and leaves them slack-jawed and emotionally spent."

    Robin Wheeler, the Riverfront Times; St. Louis, MO

"St. Louis is lucky to have these guys. One of the best bands operating in town these days."

    Steve Pick, KDHX 88.1FM; St. Louis, MO

"I played American Artifact several times over last week while driving through the beautiful Vermont countryside — and let me tell you, this is one of the best traveling records in a long time."

    Duggan Flanakin, FLANFIRE; Austin, TX

"American Artifact, features psychedelic and indie rock elements, while deepening the brothers' original songwriting. But one listen-- with its stinging and expressive pedal steel, plaintive melodies, waltz and shuffle rhythms and close harmonies -- makes clear its affection for and mastery of American roots idioms. The result pays homage to Daniel Lanois' soundscapes (think Oh Mercy and Yellow Moon) and a Cohen-esque mix of existential poetry and social anxiety.”

    Roy Kasten, Riverfront Times and KDHX 88.1 FM; St. Louis, MO.

“With American Artifact, the Lazaroffs and their ace band continue a thoughtful, assured exploration of roots music on 13 tracks often tinged with a bleakness suited to the present.”

    Bryan Hollerbach, managing editor of St. Louis Magazine.