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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/40020/full/40020/low-fi-israeli-surf-punk-making-waves/ <br /><br /> <b>Lo-fi Israeli surf punk making waves</b> <br /> Tuesday, September 29, 2009 | by emily savage <br /><br /><p><img alt="charlie_magira_2_360" height="256" src="/images/uploads/blog_art/0909/charlie_magira_2_360.jpg" title="charlie_magira_2_360" width="360" /></p> <p>Granted, I have a special place in my heart for both surf rock and 1960s-style lo-fi rock & roll. But an Israeli rocker hooking on to both styles in such a sweet way? Charlie Megira, my dear, you've got my undivided attention.</p> <p>The band, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/themoderndanceclub" target="_blank">Charlie Megira and The Modern Dance Club</a>, hail from Beit-She'an  - a Northern Israeli town that touches both the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley. Other band members include drummer Mimi Shanel (ex-member of garage rock act Wetbones), guitarist Javier Scheiner and bassist "Dead Girl" (not quite sure what to make of that name).</p> <p>I'm crossing my fingers and hoping the fuzzy rockers will make their way to the Bay Area sometime in the not-so-distant future, and because I really couldn't say it better myself, here is an eloquent ending quote courtesy the band's webpage: "Hey Vesuvian rocker, the Modern Dance Club will make you burst!"</p> <p><img alt="charlie_megira__324" height="324" src="/images/uploads/blog_art/0909/charlie_megira__324.jpg" title="charlie_megira__324" width="216" /></p> <p>View their adorable tribute to those equally-adorable teeny-bopper beach movies of the 1960s:</p> <p> <object data="http://www.youtube.com/v/eYpSrmrQReQ" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eYpSrmrQReQ" /> </object> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River"><br /></a></p>

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