Justin Phillip Lamoureux (Midwest Dilemma) performing live Tuesday, September 4 @ The Rozz Tox in Rock Island, IL w/ Zach Sherman & Chris Colson
Justin Phillip Lamoureux has been performing live and sharing his stories of life in the Midwest under the name 'Midwest Dilemma' for nearly a decade. Now performing under his own name, Justin can now separate the band (which has grown into a 7 to 22 piece orchestral gypsy folk collective) vs his own solo work. Here is a video from a performance in Portland, OR with Run on Sentence, Pancake Breakfast (Mike Midlo), and Langhorne Slim -- http://youtu.be/t2zBKb_pBfA
Lamoureux has toured coast to coast in the USA, Canada and many parts of Europe and performed at festivals such as SXSW, NXNE and Walk the Line (UK). He has also shared the stage with Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes, Jake Bellows/Neva Dinova, These United States, Paleo, David Bazan, Blind Pilot, Kathleen Edwards, William Elliot Whitmore, Dave Rawlings Machine (Gillian Welch), and Counting Crows.
"Lamoureux is a stream, it doesn't matter if for a time he is only trickling through rocks and soil, his conviction is the rainfall, pouring much needed force sustenance to the stream - it can't be stopped. He will find his ocean; it's inevitable." - Will Simons, CityWeekly
Justin and Midwest Dilemma's debut release "Timelines & Tragedies" was awarded Album of the Year in Omaha, NE in 2008 which also charted CMJ Top 200. The song "Chicago and North Western" was featured on the PBS television series Roadtrip Nation.
