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The Wailing Wall

Monday, June 08, 2009
The Wailing Wall

The Wailing Wall mixes indie-folk and world music into a lo-fi project that’s all about community, not commerce. And so they’re giving away their debut album, and playing live for us.


Comments

  • [1] brian from nyc June 08, 2009 - 02:27PM

    You can't forget Commander Cody's , Hot Rod Lincoln ..... a classic that tells a good story, one of my all time favorites


  • [2] Erica P. from NJ (in exsilium) June 08, 2009 - 02:45PM

    Wow. They sound like Poi Dog Pondering (the 1980s) but even more amateurish and, unfortunately, less charmingly so.


  • [3] maria from bklyn June 08, 2009 - 02:45PM

    Question to the band in regards to giving their debut album away for free-are you insane? In this economy?

    Wow! Why?


  • [4] Stephen Polly from Holmdel, NJ June 08, 2009 - 02:46PM

    Bruce Springsteen has many well know car/driving songs (Pink Cadillac, Thunder Road Born to Run), but among his best car/driving songs is "Open All Night" a B-side rockabilly rocker that clearly is paying homage to Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" and "You Can't Catch Me".

    From this song, a good playlist would jump to the Dave Edmunds/Rockpile track (Bruce written) "From Small Thing Big Things Come' followed by Rockpile's own "Crawling from the Wreckage".


  • [5] maria from bklyn June 08, 2009 - 02:46PM

    I hear your reasons, but it's still insane. An artist has to eat.


  • [6] csc from manhattan June 08, 2009 - 02:56PM

    You know what I like? I like it when I go to a club to see a band, and the singer actually sounds as good as the musicians he's playing with.


  • [7] Chris North from Boston June 10, 2009 - 03:08PM

    SO SO GOOD


  • [8] Chris North from Boston June 10, 2009 - 03:09PM

    See him at a club and even solo you will not be disappointed


  • [9] Alan from New Jersey June 12, 2009 - 01:06AM

    What a great talent in Jesse Rifkin and the band sounds so awesome & tight for only having played together for one session before the show. Wailing Walls music is so powerful and spiritual. I think it's great that they are giving it away for free, so that during this economy so many people can hear it and be uplifted by Wailing Wall's music.


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