• Posted on We Can Rise!

    By Matthue Roth At the (ahem) Shemspeed opening party, Chana Rothman, in the middle of her set, launched into a jam that featured her backing bassist and drummer playing a …

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  • Posted on Kosher Sounds in Jeru

    By BEN JACOBSON of the JERUSALEM POST With launch parties this past weekend in Los Angeles, London, New York and Jerusalem, the new Shemspeed Web portal is clearly a wide-reaching …

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  • Posted on Never Give Up!

    Simply Tsfat by Matthue Roth Now, the checkerboard case, anthemic title, and dudes-in-black-and-white-suits illustration on the front might make you suspect that you’re about to enjoy a ska album, but …

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  • Posted on LAUNCH PARTY PHOTOS ARE UP!!!!

    We got a lot more coming! for now check our launches in NYC, LONDON and CALI: oh, if you have no clue what these launches …

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  • Posted on Blue Fringe & Y-Love @ Shemspeed NY!!!

    ok ok ok, so the NY and Israel show have just gone down in history. We don;t have the professional videos yet, but the wifey took this with my digital …

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  • Posted on OUR FAVORITE BAND IN THE WORLD EVER!!!

    by Matt Wetstein A good album takes you somewhere you’ve never been before. A great album takes you somewhere that you didn’t even imagine was possible: a place that can …

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  • Posted on Jewish music’s multimedia mogul reaches out via the Web

    Taken from The Jerusalem Post Oct.21.07 By BEN JACOBSON New York’s Erez Safar, 28, is clearly one of the top visionaries of young Jewish cool’s celebrated vanguard. You might have …

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  • Posted on JEWFACE, various artists

    by Matthue Roth The Reboot Stereophonic collective—also known as the creators of the magazine Guilt and Pleasure—have way too much time on their hands. And dispensible cash, too, it seems: …

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