It’s about using 'Lemonade' as a framework with which to enter a conversation that’s been going on about black womanhood amongst black women for over a century. | | | | | Melodica. (Vladimir Morozov) | | | | |  | “It’s about using 'Lemonade' as a framework with which to enter a conversation that’s been going on about black womanhood amongst black women for over a century.”
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| | rantnrave:// "Where Have All the Protest Songs Gone?" may be the most-used headline in the history of pop music writing. It worked during the IRAQ WAR in 2003, and it worked equally well during the G20 SUMMIT in 2010. It's a headline that can be nostalgic for the '60s, or for the '80s and '90s. It also makes a nice 3rd graf for a story about OCCUPY WALL STREET. And with slight rewording, it's still working in 2016. Since the question never changes, why should the answer? Protest music was alive and well in 2003 and it's alive and well today. You just need to know where to look and be able to recognize the protest when you hear it. Since it's 2016, it probably won't sound like PETE SEEGER or PUBLIC ENEMY, not lyrically, not musically. It will, perhaps, sound like the SOLANGE, DEV HYNES or BEYONCÉ songs collected in COREY SMITH-WEST's argument for "The Sounds of Black Lives Matter." Or it may be expressed in "satire... grounded in the political moment" a la the SWET SHOP BOYS... Between DESERT TRIP and the NOBEL PRIZE, this has been an honest-to-god ROCKTOBER, and the rock continues with today's announcement of the 2017 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME nominees, one of whom will be PEARL JAM, who will be voted in, and one of whom will be CHIC, who will not. Dearest RRHOF voters, here's your annual reminder of people with breasts whom you have yet to honor... "All the ways Drake imposes himself on the sports world"... FRANK OCEAN, oops... An incorrect but nonetheless amusing list of things that songwriters should not write about. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Longreads Blog |
| The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay on DIY touring in the punk underground of the former Soviet Union. (Excerpted from Nicolay's "The Humorless Ladies of Border Control.") | | |
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 | NPR |
| In an excerpt of a book dedicated to the classic soul album Donny Hathaway Live, author Emily Lordi looks at the ingredients that make Hathaway's cover of "A Song for You" such an achievement. | | |
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 | VSB |
| Okay class, now let's get in formation. | | |
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 | Refinery29 |
| The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame seems to have a woman problem. As in, there aren't enough women in it. | | |
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 | Interview Magazine |
| The Brooklyn rapper's debut track landed him at the top of the charts. Now is his chance to show he has what it takes to stay. | | |
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 | Thump |
| We went to Liverpool to spend some time in the company of Detroit's prodigal son. | | |
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 | The Muse |
| Angela “Cheeky Blakk” Woods released “Twerk Something” in 1994. It was the first song with the word “twerk” in the title and the second song to ever mention twerking at all (New Orleans’ DJ Jubilee’s “Do the Jubilee All” was the first in 1992). “You think about twerking, it came from Cheeky,” said bounce choreographer Marissa “MoeJoe” Joseph. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Sturgill Simpson’s rollicking rager “Call to Arms” takes aim at our worst enemy--ourselves. | | |
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 | WTF with Marc Maron |
| David Crosby readily admits that he probably shouldn't be alive. Drug addiction, alcoholism and health issues have taken their toll but have not knocked David out. He's still making music and going out on tour, but he had a little time to talk with Marc about The Byrds, CSN, Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock, Altamont, Melissa Etheridge, and much more. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Yondr, a lockable pouch, holds fans’ cellphones during a performance, making it impossible to take photographs, shoot videos or send text messages. | | |
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 | Daily Mail Online |
| The death of Tara Browne inspired the opening lines of a Beatles classic. A brilliant new biography of the society playboy’s short but decadent life reveals how he put the swing into the Sixties. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| By thinking and acting more entrepreneurially, emerging independent record labels are paving a more sustainable and relevant future for themselves. | | |
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 | Bandcamp Daily |
| It’s a sweltering September evening in New York and, onstage at the Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg, Vulfpeck have a wound-up, sold-out crowd in the palms of their hands. After cajoling the front row into singing a pitch-perfect A, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Theo Katzman proceeds to lead the audience in what he calls the oldest form of human bonding--three-part harmony. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| With a new solo album ready to go, the artist formerly known as Sporty Spice shares her understanding of girl power then vs. now, reflects on working with Lisa Left Eye, and counts the ways in which the music industry has shifted throughout her career. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Religious fanatics in Russia want to
strong-arm metal bands into silence. | | |
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| Pitchfork |
| If there was ever any doubt that music is as integral to the Black Lives Matter movement as it was to the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s, look to these anthems and response tracks. | | |
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 | Don't Kill the Vibe |
| This week on DKTV, we have a very candid conversation with a ghost producer who is spilling the tea on the whole industry. We talk to Billboard's Chris Martins and the LA Times' August Brown about the Chainsmokers.Plus, we discuss new music from Seth Troxler and Tycho, and rundown the biggest stories. | | |
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 | Stereogum |
| Following up one of the most acclaimed albums of the decade would be tough for any band. But as in all other matters, Greg Dulli and the Afghan Whigs did it with style. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| From musician Suzanne Vega to film-maker Carol Morley, six women artists salute the genius of Dylan. | | |
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 | Passion of the Weiss |
| Paley Martin looks at the way we embrace new music and how it can dictate our lives. | | |
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