Meshugga Beach Party plays ‘Tzena Tzena’
Jewish Journal
May 25, 2007
Meshugga Beach Party performs Tzena Tzena at Bay To Breakers 2007
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rock
The operatic model of a punk rock major satire
Robert David Jaffee
October 26, 2006
Mixing punk rock and opera may be about as heretical as it gets, yet that is precisely what Julien Nitzberg, librettist and lyricist of \”The Beastly Bombing,\” has done.
P. F. Sloan: does he still believe we’re on the ‘Eve of Destruction’?
Steven Rosen
September 21, 2006
\”Eve of Destruction\” by P. F. Sloan.
Spectator – Teens Band Together in Music Battle
Ali Austerlitz
July 13, 2006
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.
Pink Floyd’s Waters Caught Red-Handed
Ali Austerlitz
June 29, 2006
Waters\’ performance received much acclaim in Israel, but it is his spray-painting stint at the security fence in the West Bank the day before the showcase that is making lasting waves there and abroad.
For Musicians, It’s Good to Be Labeled
George Robinson
May 4, 2006
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
Karla S. Blume
April 27, 2006
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.
Spoof Rockers Pen ‘UnOrthodox’ Tunes
Naomi Pfefferman
April 13, 2006
What I Like About Jew is more irreverent than unorthodox, which is typical of artists immersed in what critics call the bourgeoning \”hipster Heeb\” movement. Like Jewcy T-shirts and the \”Jewsploitation\” flick, \”The Hebrew Hammer,\” their work sets out to replace images of the neurotic nebbish with an new persona: the cocky, hard-ass Jew.
Rocker Grrrl Memoir Charts Swift Decline
Marc Ballon
April 6, 2006
Zeroing in on 30, rocker Jen Trynin gave herself an ultimatum: either make it now or get out of the game. Her youthful looks belied the years she spent slogging through the Boston music scene without much to show for it besides too many hangovers.
Israeli Superstars Rock the Diaspora
Amy Klein
March 2, 2006
Each of the artists\’ songs have flooded the radio waves for nearly five decades, a soundtrack, of sorts, to Israel\’s many wars, casualties, celebrations, assassinations, and shifting moods — from hopeful to cynical and hopeful again.
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