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The Wailing Wall received a great review today on Pitchfork from writer Joshua Klein.  In the review Klein writes of “The Low Hanging Fruit”  the new album from The Wailing Wall as:

“No Old Country kitsch fest. Rather, Rifkin goes deeper and broader, invoking the Bible as an anchor but opening up beyond the standard Judeo-Christian axis. Influences here include Qawwali drones and Hindu chants to go with his folk-rock echoes of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.”

Holy Shit, they compare him to Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan, that’s one hell of a compliment!

But the review gets better:

“There’s an undeniable poetry to Rifkin’s words as well, which certainly helps convey the personal nature of this particular musical journey. Admittedly, when it comes to pop culture, religion is the ultimate low-hanging fruit. A sprinkle of theology can easily, lazily convey a hint of import or profoundness even where none exists. But for all its time-tested signifiers, Rifkin’s struggle to find meaning in life rings honest and compelling.

What’s more impressive than Rifkin’s introspective voyage, however, is the confident way he flits from tabla and sitar vibes on “Bones Become Rainbows” to the austere guy-with-guitar of “For C.M.R.” (where he manages to out-nasal Dylan), or from the sunny folk-rock of “Dandelion” to the harmonium bliss of “Fear No Apple, Fear No Flood”. These songs flow together with convincing inspiration. If the results themselves are ultimately less inspiring than they are admirable, that likely has less to do with Rifkin’s craft and more to do with the album’s meditative nature. After all, he’s the one on the road to revelation. We’re just the spectators, curious to learn where he finally ends up.”

The Pitchfork approved Low Hanging Fruit is available from Amazon and iTunes and JDub

We’re working on a short documentary about the Gangsta Rabbi, but for now you’ll have to settle for this cover of the Buzzcocks’ “What Do I Get?”

More Gangsta Rabbi:
Buy DiKtatoR17
Download “Obama-Rama Yeah”

An interview from the Pitchfork Music Festival, which according to Michael Showalter was the best music festival in Chicago that week.

JDub recording artist SoCalled, had a movie made about him called “The SoCalled Movie,” and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival will be screening the masterpiece as well as hosting an exclusive live performance by SoCalled  following the screening.

Shot partly in Socalled’s Montreal neighborhood, where Hasidic Jews and hipsters crowd the sidewalks, and following him on tour through New York, France and an emotionally spiritual trip back to his ancestral home of the Ukraine, The “Socalled” Movie is a dynamic, kaleidoscopic portrait of an iconoclastic artist at the peak of his powers.

Tuesday, July 27th at 9:15PM
The Castro Theatre
429 Castro Street, San Francisco
Special Live Performance Featuring Socalled and singer Katie Moore following Castro screening

Saturday, August 7th at 9:15PM
The Roda Theatre (at Berkeley Repertory Theatre)
2025 Addison St. Berkeley

For tickets and more information, click here
To view a trailer for the film, click here

Socalled’s Ghettoblaster and The Socalled Seder are available from JDub

The 2010 SFJFF runs July 24-August 9 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and San Rafael.
Tickets, passes and schedule at WWW.SFJFF.ORG.

JDub seeks a Director of Marketing and Sales to develop marketing campaigns for JDub recording artists and events, Jewcy.com and third party clients, including Tabletmag.com and Nextbook Press.

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JDub seeks a Public Relations and Community Manager to build and maintain relationships with both grassroots and mainstream media to promote JDub recording artists and events, Jewcy.com and third party clients, including Tabletmag.com and Nextbook Press.

Want to join the JDub team? Read more for the full job description.
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Can!!Can - Black Rainbow DOWNLOAD

Can!!Can - God Lives in NYC  DOWNLOAD

Earlier this week, JDub unleashed Can!!Can’s debut album Monsters & Healer’s and the Atlanta based trio is definitely becoming a force to be reckoned with. The record blends punk rock energy, hard rock intensity with some true pop sensibility.

Buy it for cheap right now from JDub, ITunes or Amazon

Follow on twitter @cancanband or become a fan on Facebook

Heeb n Vegan just reviewed the record and i think you will agree with what he had to say!!!

Gangsta Rabbi - Sunrise Sunset  DOWNLOAD

Check out the interview The NY Blueprint conducted with everyone’s favorite Comptroller by day, punk rocker by night, neither gangsta, nor rabbi, the one and only Gangsta Rabbi

Steve Lieberman is neither a gangsta nor a rabbi. But he is a tough punk rocker who says his faith in God has helped him get through some tumultuous trials and tribulations, including a short stint in a psychiatric ward, losing his house in a fire, and three failed marriages. He’s also started his own sect of Judaism. And after recording 16 albums, his 17th effort “DikTator 17,” helped him get signed to JDub Records for a digital release.

Read  the Full interview

Israel’s dynamic turntable duo, DJ Alarm & Ori Shochat are at it again, with a dope new mixtape filled to the brim with blazing Hip-Hop, Reggae and Dancehall tunes, as well as exclusives from Israeli artists and shout outs from various international superstars. Shouts to the homey Gon Alon of Broken Fingaz crew for the bangin artwork

Download the MIXAPE

Tracklist after the jump
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7/14 San Diego @ Casbah (2501 Kettner Boulevard) 
Doors 8:30 pm, 21+, $14  BUY TICKETS

7/15 Los Angeles @ Echoplex (1154 Glendale Blvd)
Doors 8:30 pm, 18+, $21 BUY TICKETS

7/16 San Francisco @ Great American Music Hall (859 O’Farrell Street)
Doors 8 pm , Show 9 pm, All Ages, $21  BUY TICKETS

7/19 Portland @ Berbati’s Pan (231 SW Ankeny St)
Doors 8pm, Show 9 pm, 21+, $16 BUY TICKETS

7/20 Seattle @ Neumos (925 E. Pike St)
Doors 8 pm, 21+, $16 BUY TICKETS