Jennifer Holub is a Canadian singer-songwriter who uses her music to explore important feminist themes. Her sophomore album The Reckoning is set to be released September 28, 2018. On her Bandcamp page the album is described as “a hawkish condemnation of society’s place for women, and an urgent call to rouse from it. “ “For me the reckoning means coming to terms […]
Learn more →“Return of Jafar” is off of Natural Born Leaders 2018 debut EP, About Time. The tune is an infectious hybrid of funk, jazz, rock and rap. Front-man Micheal Martinez made the following statement about the song’s motivation: “The lyrics were inspired by me being let down after the series of unfortunate events that took place with the water protectors in […]
Learn more →On July 24, 2012, James Germon Harper, an unarmed black man was shot to death by a Dallas police man. Harper was the cousin of rapper Bobby Sessions. That experience heavily influenced the songs from Sessions 2018 major label debut, RVLTN-Chapter 1:The Divided States Of AmeriKKKa. In an interview with Billboard, Sessions explained how he was able to channel the death of his […]
Learn more →“Rabbits Revenge” is the latest track off of Tom Morello’s upcoming album The Atlas Underground, due out October 12, 2018. It is an explosive expose on police brutality. “We just have to keep putting the corrupt ones on tape and letting people know that we’re not really gonna stand for this shit too much longer,” Big Boi stated in the behind […]
Learn more →On Donald Trump’s inauguration, which took place on January 20, 2017, a protester punched white supremacist Richard Spencer. Video footage went viral and a heated debate was sparked. There are those that feel that violence is never justified and it could undermine the effectiveness of peaceful protests. Others feel that neo-Nazis should be made to feel as uncomfortable as possible. […]
Learn more →Petrol Girls is a post-hardcore band from the UK. “Sister” is a new song off of their upcoming EP, The Future Is Dark, which comes out September 14, 2018. In a press release front-woman Ren Aldridge made the following statement concerning the song’s mission statement: “I’ve been wanting for us to write a song about sisterhood for a long time, because […]
Learn more →“America” is a funky tune from Janelle Monáe’s critically acclaimed 2018 concept album Dirty Computer. It is one of those “Born In The USA” type protest songs that if you’re not listening closely to the lyrics you can mistake it for a patriotic song. In reality the song is a scathing exposé of several systemic issues that plague America such as racism, […]
Learn more →On August 9, 2014, Micheal Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown’s murder and the fact that the officer who killed him never faced charges resulted in several protests. One of those protests which took place in Los Angeles, California was attended by singer-songwriter Moses Sumney. In response to the protests he […]
Learn more →Territories is a Canadian punk band who features members of defunct veteran punk group Knucklehead. They recently released their self titled album. One of the more political songs off of the album is “The Bigger They Come”. The blistering 2 minute tune references the old cliché “the bigger they come, the harder they fall” but bemoans the fact that “somehow […]
Learn more →Femi Kuti is not only the oldest son of the legendary Fela Kuti, but he also established himself as an important socially conscious afrobeat artist in his own right. As a teenager Kuti started his music career in his father’s band Egypt 80 (which is now fronted by his younger brother Seun). In 1986 he broke off from his dad […]
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