I had a chance to interview Eatliz before their showcase at SXSW.
They are currently on tour in the US with stops planned in Atlanta, Savannah, North and South Carolina, Buffalo, Albany, Toronto and New York. Unfortunately, Philly isn’t on the list.
To find out more about the band, check out their site, and make sure to watch the video for “Hey.”
Glad I stayed at Stubbs after Fitz and the Tantrums.
This was technically called a “dj set,” but these guys were able to make music with two control panels and a drum set.
A small dedicated group of revelers danced all the way until closing time.
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Live at Stubbs for the closing party of SXSW Interactive.
March 15, 2011.
I waited on line with a lot of other people who didn’t bother checking out Foo Fighters, but weren’t going to miss Fitz.
It was well worth the wait.
Their energy was great, and their retro musical style is reminiscent of Motown and the Wall of Sound.
You can find out more about them here.
Morcheeba played a Valentines Day concert at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.
Skye Edwards was wearing a dress she made herself.
Multi-generational and multi-ethnic funk.
Last time I saw Kurt Vile, I asked him if I could post a video on the web.
He was like, “Well, if you’re asking me, then I say no. Really. I mean, if you post it without my knowing…”
So this time I’m posting without asking.
Enjoy!
Uri Wertheim knows music. He’s a DJ and producer in Tel Aviv. His projects include: Radio Trip, The Apples, The Ramirez Brothers, TREE and left. His home is a museum of vintage records and recording equipment including reel to reel tape players, analog mixers, and, of course, record players.
He granted me an interview and I got a musical education. He’s particularly interested in Koliphone records, started in the 60s by the Azulai brothers in Jaffa. They recorded Jewish Music from Muslim lands, back when the musical style of countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tripoli, Yemen, Egypt and Iraq used to be different. In the 70s these styles merged and took on western pop influences and became the Mizrahi music of today.
Mixmonster shows Scientist Wins the World Cup followed by Tony Schwartz.
Among the albums he showed me:
Shalom Hanoch is still rocking. He’s been on the Israeli music scene since the early 1970s and still produces new material and plays concerts. In early 2011 he did a four station retrospective of his career. I caught the first station which focused on his first few albums and his collaboration with Arik Einstein. It seemed like he hadn’t played some of the songs in a long time, but that didn’t stop him from trying.
In this clip, the audience tries to help him remember one of his songs. Shalom gets it, and his kick-ass guitarist, Ronny Peterson can only watch with an amused smile.
Gilad Kahana is a crazy person. He’s got a lot to say. In a single concert, he announced his candidacy to become the head of the Labor Party (“This country needs a drunkard Prime Minister!”), reaffirmed the right of the audience to express itself during the performance, and offered to expose himself.
Here’s a video of the latter:
