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rock
Bob Gruen on New ‘Green Day’ Book, What His Bar Mitzvah Taught Him
From Jewish roots, band sprouts afro/new wave wings
Luke Top and Lewis Pesacov of Fool’s Gold are surprised they don’t have a larger Jewish fan base. Most of the songs on the band’s 2009 self-titled debut are in Hebrew, vocalist Top was born in Israel, and earlier this year the band played Jewlicious, a music festival for Jewish college students.
Arts in L.A. Quarterly Calendar: Cultural events through Feb. 2009
Israel to rock the Kodak but hoping for more glam
Rami Kleinstein music video \’Winds of War\’ ( Hebrew)
In planning the May 10 celebratory \”Israel at 60\” megaconcert for Hollywood\’s Kodak Theatre, the producers went down the A-list of Jewish celebrities, requesting their presence at what is hoped to be the grandest celebration in Los Angeles of Israel\’s 60th year of independence.
There’s no shame in the Shondes’ melodious yelling
It is no easy feat to yell melodiously, but the Jewish rock quartet, The Shondes, has achieved just that. The screams on their new album, \”The Red Sea,\” sound ancient and somewhat cantorial, piping in from the Old Testament to talk to us about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, misogyny, Bible tales and intimacy.
Comedy singer drawn to Jewish thought — but not shul
It is commonplace that the best comedy is essentially serious. Of course, clichÃÂ(c)s often have an underlying truth, so maybe that explains why Rob Tannenbaum, one half of the comedy-music duo, Good for the Jews, playing at the Knitting Factory on Dec. 14, is both a very funny guy, and nevertheless someone who discusses his work in surprisingly sober terms.
Spectator – Teens Band Together in Music Battle
Similar citywide musical battles have met with much success in the Jewish communities of Vancouver and Miami, among others. Such an event, though, seems tailor-made for Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world.
For Musicians, It’s Good to Be Labeled
When Chasidic reggae-rapper Matisyahu sold 350,000 units of his new album, \”Youth,\” in the first weeks after its release, he redrew the rule book for marketing Jewish music.
Cultural Mix Inspires Revenge’s Warfield
Justin Warfield, the monotone-voiced, seductive lead singer and co-songwriter of the local nouveau and dark-wave group, She Wants Revenge, has roots that stretch across the city, and truth be told, he really doesn\’t feel any tinge of revenge these days, because his band\’s moody, dance-club-beat debut self-titled album has not only conquered the radio waves nationally, but is about to take on the avid audience at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival this weekend, too.