The influential indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs has recently released their first tune in close to a decade, “Spitting Off the Edge of the World,” off their upcoming album, Cool It Down, out Sept. 30. The song is a collaboration with indie-pop artist Perfume Genius, whose voice well complements front women Karen O. There is also a music video starring […]
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May 25 marked the 2nd anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, and sadly nothing has really changed. Racially motivated killings and cops murdering black people continue to be an ongoing concern. In connection with this, twin sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz of the Cuban-Venezuelan duo Ibeyi address the issue with their reworking of Black Flag’s 1981 classic hardcore punk […]
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Bob Vylan is a grime punk duo who recently released their 2nd full-length album Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life. Just like their 2020 debut album, We Live Here, the album features incisive political commentary addressing issues such as systemic racism and poverty. It features radical potent slogans such as ‘Wage war against the state’, ‘England’s fucking dead, let […]
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Back in 1973, Seattle singer-songwriter Patrick Haggerty released what is widely considered to be the first gay-themed country album under the moniker Lavender Country. At the time only 1000 copies of the self-titled album were printed. In later years the album started to generate interest among music journalists, historians, and record collectors. This resulted in the album eventually being reissued […]
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Since forming in 2014, Soul Glo has established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. Being a black hardcore band already made the simple act of making music a political statement. Added to that is the radical rhetoric of their music. They recently released the stunning new album Diaspora Problems, their debut on the known punk label Epitaph. One […]
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Zeal & Ardor is the brainchild of Swiss-American musician Manuel Gagneux. It started as an online project where Gagneux was seeking feedback about blending two musical genres that don’t traditionally go together. After receiving feedback, he decided to go with the unlikely pairing of black metal with spirituals. What was originally intended as a one-off, resulted in three full-length studio […]
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Hurray For The Riff is the project of Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra. Segarra explained the motivation behind the name in a 2017 PBS News Hour interview: “The people who have gotten me through my life are the weirdoes and the poets, the rebellious women and the activists. They were considered the riffraff by people in power, and they’re the […]
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The Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alt-country band who released their first album back in 1986. They are most known for their 1988 album The Trinity Session, which notably featured their cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane.” The lo-fi classic was recorded in a church for under $250 and it ended up selling over a million copies. Not necessarily […]
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Grace Victoria is a Virginia-born and New York City-based singer-songwriter. Who recently released the album, Love & Justice. The album heavily deals with themes connected to the Black American experience. The album features Black empowerment and fight tunes such as “Black Looks Better On Me,” “No” and “Let Me Tell You.” It also includes the samba-influenced tune “Down in Virginia.” […]
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The Guardian Angel Platoon is the moniker of Canadian veteran, activist, and singer-songwriter Dennis MacKenzie. He released the self-titled debut in 2021, the day before Canada’s Remembrance Day. The album is a conceptual work that chronologically charts MacKenzie’s journey as a soldier. It deals with sobering topics such as PTSD, trauma during the war, and mistreatment afterward. It also discusses […]
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