Indie

Norwegian talkfest ‘Sex’ is an utterly unsexy film - review

Norwegian film "Sex" revives mumblecore with a dialogue-heavy story, but its slow, unremarkable conversations fall flat.

OCTOBER 13, 2024|ByHANNAH BROWN

THORBJORN HARR and Jan Gunnar Roise in Dag Johan Haugerud’s film, ‘Sex.’

Home of the indie crowd: The Levontin 7 music club marks its 18th anniversary

For the past 18 years, Levontin 7 has done more than any other venue in the country to keep the indie crowd well-fed with quality fare and with some rock, pop and jazz.

JULY 10, 2024|ByBARRY DAVIS

Jewish indie rocker Blondshell takes inspiration from Larry David and Sarah Silverman

On-the-rise Sabrina Teitelbaum isn't afraid to put her Jewishness out there.

APRIL 6, 2023|ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

MERCURY REV’S Jonathan Donahue (back) and Grasshopper.

Mercury Rev's midnight feel: Psychedelic folksters to return to Israel

Longtime purveyors of rural psychedelia will return to Israel to perform at The Piano Festival concerts – an early and late show on November 2 at the Tel Aviv Museum.

OCTOBER 22, 2022|ByDAVID BRINN

Indie favorite Mercury Rev to strip down in Tel Aviv

“We would like to invite you to our intimate acoustic performance accompanied by piano and mellotron and featuring stories and songs behind music we’ve recorded," the band wrote.

AUGUST 23, 2022

ByDAVID BRINN

MERCURY REV’S Grasshopper (left) and Jonathan Donahue.

Hansen House is back: live, kicking and unplugged

Shabtai has pulled out all the stops, putting together a high-class, wide-ranging lineup of acts that span numerous genres and styles, from jazz to indie, and from electronica to ethnic sounds.

JUNE 21, 2020

ByBARRY DAVIS

SHAI TZABARI is one of the artists slated to perform at the reopened Hansen House.

Vampire Weekend wins 2020 Grammy for best alternative album

The Jewish highlight came when Vampire Weekend, led by Jewish rocker Ezra Koenig, won best alternative album of the year.

JANUARY 28, 2020

ByEMILY BURACK/ JTA

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend performs during the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California April 14, 2013

An indie New Year’s Eve

This coming New Years Eve has something for virtually any music fan willing to brave the cold weather on a work night.

DECEMBER 30, 2019

ByIDAN ZONSHINE

THOSE LOOKING to be out on New Year’s Eve have a lot to choose from

Paz Band’s view of ‘Supply and Demand’

Veteran rockers among diversified lineup for Jerusalem’s 8th annual IndieCity Festival

OCTOBER 10, 2018

ByBARRY DAVIS

Cigarettes After Sex to light up Tel Aviv

Formed in 2008 by Greg Gonzalez, its one permanent member, the band gained millions of word-of-mouth views on YouTube before releasing their self-titled debut album in June 2017.

JANUARY 2, 2018

ByDAVID BRINN