[lbo-talk] Muslim punk in NYC

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 8/16/07, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> A great source of Middle Eastern and especially (hey,
> Yoshie, you listening?) Persian punk is the 1382:
> Persian New Wave anthology on Tien An Men 89 Records.
> Wouldn't call 70% of it punk at all, but, hey, it's
> Iran, they're trying, right? See:
> http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000143.html
>
> Of course, I have played stuff from this on Radio
> Schizo.

Thanks!

Persians don't appear to do punk all that well, and they are better at
pop, rap, folk, and "alternative" (for lack of a better term) mixing
rock with traditional musical elements, probably because they actually
want to sing.

I've mentioned Yas (Iran) and Abjeez (Sweden) here.  O-Hum's "Ghame
Del" (Iran), Mohsen Namjoo's "Begoo Begoo" (Iran), Kiosk's "Eshghe
Sorat"* (Canada), and so on are my recent favorites.

Radio Zir Zamin (Underground) at <http://www.zirzamin.se/> is also a
good source for Persian music, from Iran and its diaspora.

*  Good music, notwithstanding the lyrics.
-- 
Yoshie