2/12 @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg.

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If so, then e-mail us ASAP!

A winner will be randomly selected on 2/10 @ NOON.

Visit Golem on MySpace.

Their new LP, Citizen Boris, is out next week.

MP3: Golem – Tucheses & Nenes

All confirmed dates are as follows:

9/6 @ 9:30 Club, DC
9/9 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal
9/10 @ Horseshoe, Toronto
9/11 @ Crofoot, Pontiac
9/12 @ Metro, Chicago
9/15 @ The Basement, Columbus
9/18 @ Middle East, Cambridge

Visit The Walkmen on MySpace.

MP3: The Walkmen – The Rat

Yet another superb performance, as recorded by Abbey B at Punk Photo. Click play to enjoy a video of Golem serenading ATJers with their gypsy-tastic track, ‘Warsaw Is Khlem’.

MP3: Golem – Warsaw Is Khelm

Full interview here. Pieces below. After The Jump Fest is on Saturday – less than forty-eight hours away!

So there has been some debate going around about where the name Golem orginates from? Can you enlighten me?

The Golem is the Jewish Frankenstein. Actually, rumor has it that the idea for Frankenstein was inspired by the story of the golem. A golem is a human-like creature, created by man, which isn’t human (like a robot). The most famous golem was in 17th century Prague, created by a certain Rabbi Lowe out of clay. The golem, a huge monster, was supposed to protect the Jewish community from trouble, but he was a little too wild, so had to be put back to clay eventually. Too wild for his own good.. just like us!

There aren’t a lot of bands out now that sound like Golem. What inspired your sound and what inspired you guys to get together?

Our sound is inspired by very old music (Jewish, Gypsy, Slavic).. we’re a bunch of punks playing songs from the 19th century! But we play music from Eastern Europe that has so much life and energy in it, it melds perfectly with our own contemporary mindset. We play the music in the here and now.

I noticed that you’re playing the Jewish Music Festival in Warsaw. How did you get that opportunity? How do find that crowds abroad differ from audiences that you have played for here in the US?

We’ve been getting some reknown as the iconoclastic folk-punk band.. and people want to hear what’s that’s all about, especially in Europe, where people are familiar with the type of folk music we’re riffing on. So I’d say it’s a more informed response in Europe, but no less hearftfelt, and audiences there are even more surprised with what we’re doing with this music. This time will be our first time in Poland, however, and we’re really looking forward to it. Of course most Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and it will be incredibly emotional to go there and scream our hearts out on stage and show how alive both we and this music are!

MP3: Golem – Warsaw Is Khelm

A personal favourite of The Music Slut, and just about everybody else within earshot, Golem, have been added to the line-up for After the Jump’s FREE day show.

Golem play a blend of traditional Klezmer music with a distinctly punk rock edge. Their foot stomping folk music is the Eastern European alternative to LCD Soundsystem and just as likely to get you schvitzing on the dance floor.

MP3: Warsaw Is Khlem

I stood online to get in and all around me, people were speaking Hebrew. It was another theme night at Bowery, this time, bands with Middle Eastern roots.

Golem is 5 piece klezmer band from Brooklyn with their hearts firmly planted in their Jewish roots. Think of their foot stomping folk music as the Eastern European dance alternative to LCD Soundsystem. For their final song, the band even teaches the audience a two-step styled dance; so fun.

The headliners for the night were the super hyper, Balkan Beat Box. Their music is a Spanish/Turkish infused frenzy that begins in the audience with the band marching onto the stage.

The show is a non-stop pounding, dance-off that expertly blends the music of three+ cultures. BBB’s set was heading into its second hour when I decided to head out. Though the music was great, after an hour of getting stomped on and fighting the girl behind me to keep my spot against the stage, I’d had enough and bolted.

picture via tixgirl

I stood online to get in and all around me, people were speaking Hebrew. It was another theme night at Bowery, this time, bands with Middle Eastern roots.

Golem is 5 piece klezmer band from Brooklyn with their hearts firmly planted in their Jewish roots. Think of their foot stomping folk music as the Eastern European dance alternative to LCD Soundsystem. For their final song, the band even teaches the audience a two-step styled dance; so fun.

The headliners for the night were the super hyper, Balkan Beat Box. Their music is a Spanish/Turkish infused frenzy that begins in the audience with the band marching onto the stage.

The show is a non-stop pounding, dance-off that expertly blends the music of three+ cultures. BBB’s set was heading into its second hour when I decided to head out. Though the music was great, after an hour of getting stomped on and fighting the girl behind me to keep my spot against the stage, I’d had enough and bolted.

picture via tixgirl

I stood online to get in and all around me, people were speaking Hebrew. It was another theme night at Bowery, this time, bands with Middle Eastern roots.

Golem is 5 piece klezmer band from Brooklyn with their hearts firmly planted in their Jewish roots. Think of their foot stomping folk music as the Eastern European dance alternative to LCD Soundsystem. For their final song, the band even teaches the audience a two-step styled dance; so fun.

The headliners for the night were the super hyper, Balkan Beat Box. Their music is a Spanish/Turkish infused frenzy that begins in the audience with the band marching onto the stage.

The show is a non-stop pounding, dance-off that expertly blends the music of three+ cultures. BBB’s set was heading into its second hour when I decided to head out. Though the music was great, after an hour of getting stomped on and fighting the girl behind me to keep my spot against the stage, I’d had enough and bolted.

picture via tixgirl