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I can see those JDub CDs sitting in your virtual shopping cart, waiting to be purchased. Hey, I get it! It’s been a busy spring at JDub, you have 5 new albums to check out, and they are all awesome. Tough decisions…

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Things are getting steamy up here in NYC- which means it’s time to pump up those summer jams. Cue CASATA, DeLeon’s new album out June 14th! You can now pre-order your very own copy for $8.99.

CASATA is DeLeon’s re-imagining of ancient melodies into contemporary indie-rock pieces. The band’s groundbreaking global pop sound successfully marries ancient Sephardic melodies with the celebratory symphony of modern life. DeLeon is front-man Daniel Saks, along with bandmates Kevin Snider, Justin Riddle, Amy Crawford and Andrew Oom.

Elements of African guitar funk and doo-wop come together in one song, while Ladino-English lyrics preside over another– one song even manages to find the unlikely common ground between El Guincho’s tropical grooves and Tom Waits’ clangs. Stories of wedding celebrations, forsaken lovers, and the births of biblical prophets are all told through upbeat, roaring, rocking melodies that even at their quietest banjo-picking moments, still make you move.

To be released June 14th, 2011 on JDub Records, CASATA features stomping, whooping, soaring trumpet and sensual slow jams. Pre-order today!

DOWNLOAD SABBAPATH FOR FREE THROUGH JDUB DIGITAL’S WEBSTORE

Walking around a small and dusty record store in Brooklyn one weekend, something odd caught Rob Markoff’s eye as he dug through old vinyl: “Sing Out it’s Shabbos” was described as “A folk rock Sabbath celebration by the young people of Temple Shaari Emeth, Englishtown, New Jersey.” Rob had never seen a record like this before, and he was instantly attracted to the colorized photos splayed across the sleeve in yellow, red and blue, depicting Chuck Taylor-clad teenagers strumming guitars against a curtained backdrop– a sign above them reading “Give God the Nod.” Markoff felt immediately nostalgic for the ‘70s synagogue of his youth, in which the congregants feathered their hair and the rabbis played guitar and sang in harmony, so he opened his wallet, forked over two bucks, and rushed home to listen. Read More »

International Trash Rock Madness From the Founders of Balkan Beat Box

“It’s as badass as it sounds” — Burdel Dali

JDub Digital has just released a beast of musical nature into the wild. SHOTNEZ is the debut album of Shotnez, a new project from the founders of Balkan Beat Box. The group bursts forth with a sound so unique the LA Times could only define it as “pure madness… a whole new way to play music.”

“I gotta tell ya folks, this alchemy of sound is sort of strange and like a Dr. Jekyll potion,

it might unleash your wild side!” says Generation Bass Read More »