Josh Reichmann
Josh Reichmann is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and filmmaker.[1]
Musical career
[edit]Formerly associated with the band Tangiers,[2] after that band's breakup he began performing under the stage name Jewish Legend.[3] He released his debut album as Jewish Legend, Telepathy Now!, in 2006.[4]
He went on to release the EP Life is Legal in 2008 as Josh Reichmann Oracle Band, and followed this with the full-length Crazy Power in 2009, both on the Paper Bag Records label.[5]
In 2009, he covered Bat for Lashes' song "Daniel" for The Seven Year Itch, a Paper Bag Records cover compilation.[6] In the same year, he and Sebastien Grainger of Death from Above 1979 released music together with the side project Bad Tits.[7]
At the end of the 2000s, Tangiers's first album, Hot New Spirits, was named as one of the top 10 Canadian records of the decade by Maclean's.[8]
Reichmann released the record After Live on Hand Drawn Dracula in 2011.[9]
Other endeavours
[edit]In 2011, Reichmann opened the clothing boutique Ruins with his partner Mikey Apples on Queen Street West in Toronto.[10] The store featured clothes by Opening Ceremony, Patrek Ervell, Thomas and Assembly NYC and other international brands. Ruins closed in 2012,[11] and Reichmann moved into other media projects including screenwriting and motion pictures.[citation needed]
His debut feature film Tenzin, co-directed with Michael LeBlanc, premiered in 2021 at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival prior to commercial release in 2022.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Biography: Josh Reichmann". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ↑ Matheson, Emmet (4 April 2003). "Tangiers keeps its head above water". Regina Leader-Post.
- ↑ Rayner, Ben (15 February 2007). "Jewish Legend in his own time; Rich family lore, psychic abilities are powerful force behind solo effort". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Everett-Green, Robert (7 December 2006). "New Releases: Rock". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Josh Reichmann Oracle Band". Toronto Star. 12 March 2009.
- ↑ "Song of the Day: Josh Reichmann, "Daniel" (Bat for Lashes cover)". 12 August 2010.
- ↑ Hudson, Alex (27 December 2009). "Sebastien Grainger + Josh Reichmann = Bad Tits". Exclaim!.
- ↑ "Top 10 Canadian albums of the decade - Macleans.ca". 13 December 2009.
- ↑ "Snap Judgements". National Post, 2 July 2011.
- ↑ Cameron, Laura (21 October 2010). "Introducing: Ruins, a new men's store at Queen and Shaw". Toronto Life.
- ↑ McInnis, Frances (24 August 2012). "Queen West men's store Ruins is closing, but another clothing shop is moving in". Toronto Life.
- ↑ Sardi, Liza (13 October 2021). "Game Theory acquires Canadian rights to Tenzin". Playback.
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