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Love is mighty... lovely
Vika and Linda Bull's latest album, Love is Mighty Close, arguably lacks the joie de vivre of ... other words, it's good but it ain't great. Some of the Bulls' previous albums have been ... is, as ever, lovely. Even the album's publicist signs off a covering letter with ...
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The Nation Blue: Soundtrack for a poignant riot
Nation Blue, released their highly anticipated third album Protest Songs on March 3. As the bio/release ... notes put it: "The Nation Blue mount the horses of the apocalypse with their third album, Protest ... suburbs … The Nation Blue's third album, Protest Songs, is a warning and testimonial to the anger and ...
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Sexism gives hip-hop a bad rap, says radical rapper
lyrics." The empathetic emcee hits chauvinists where it hurts on his new album, History Will Absolve Us. On ... who wrote the music on Cartier's album, is equally outspoken on the issue. "Misogyny is ... that also eventuated in Cartier's arrest. "'99 to 1' on the album is a song that ...
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Who said what?
of the past fortnight's politically-relevant entertainment news. Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise and ... has revealed a certain Blink 182 album potentially breached the Geneva Convention... ... http://bit.ly/Zgb3FP Radical Scottish-Jamaican rapper Akala releases new album The Thieves Banquet, sampler below. ...
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Blue King Brown get Worldwize
www.bluekingbrown.com Blue King Brown are a Melbourne-based roots band whose second album, Worldwize Part 1-North & ... South, was released last August. An Australia-wide tour to promote the album began in Canberra on May 12 ... lead singer and guitarist Natalie Pa'apa'a. * * * What is the new album about and what ...
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Springsteen: stars and stripes to the red star
Steinbeck's novel, Grapes of Wrath, each of the album's deeply moving and politically radical songs were ... Band Sony Music Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band have released a new double live album that has ... Springsteen's Born in the USA album sold 18 million copies. The man whose fans saw him as an avatar of the ...
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Insurge: Globalise this!
early albums, only to turn to mush. Insurge aren't among them — even the title of their new album ... 'music and politics don't mix' thing", the band's singer, Chris Dubrow, told Green ... bullshit, anyway. The mainstream is political, it says that life is about just being a consumer. We wanted ...
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Digging in shallow ground
a political maturation for the band. The album cover declares boldly that Blowout Comb "displays the ... beat. But what made the album really stay in your mind was its classic pro-choice song, "Femme ... "Femme Fatale" made Reaching more than just a cool album. It gave the whole CD lasting appeal. It ...
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Random Hand manage their anger with ska tactics
Books & music Mat Ward politics Punk hardcore Reggae Ska dub Random Hand Joe Tilston Live in ... Hand blend hardcore, reggae, punk and dub with plenty of politics. Bassist-vocalist Joe Tilston, who is ... album. * * * Live in K-Town really exudes energy. How much amphetamine and beer do you think the average ...
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Powderfinger continues to rock injustice
the band's previous efforts in its political discussion. While notes on the album from Bernard ... critical ideas — about religious hypocrisy, the politics of Pauline Hanson and John Howard, the drudgery of ... Tears", on Powderfinger's new album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, is more specific than any of ...
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Peter Hicks' solo CD to be launched
Rozelle Saturday, October 18, 8pm. $6 and $4 Purchase an album at the door and get in free. For nearly 10 ... has chosen to launch his much awaited solo CD album The Bottom Line. The catchcry of the album is ... music and political activism. For Peter, whose inspiration has been the likes of Woody Guthrie, Pete ...
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Dirty
by Steve Bavaro Dirty, the eighth album from the US thrash/grunge quartet Sonic Youth, maintains the ... group's focus on important social issues. On their 1990 album, Goo, they dealt with questions including ... sings about the alienation of youth from the political process in the USA, and about xenophobia and ...
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Ben Harper: expressing the anger from the US
they are often led by the youth and students. Politics aside, the music on this album is quite ... album, Both Sides of the Gun. The album takes the two types of music that Ben Harper is most often ... songs, not because they were bad songs, but because it would have been better to disperse the politically ...
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Satisfyingly 'un-Australian' folk music
The album is a very sharp commentary on contemporary Australian politics — musically satisfying and ... David Beniuk before listening to this album, but now that I've heard it, I want to find out more. ... politically excellent! Beniuk explains the title: “'Un-Australian' is a strange term which is ...
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Rory all over
album, includes 16 tracks recorded over the last 10 years. They are very typical of his music — if you ... like Rory McLeod, you'll like this album. "Ballad of Spitalfields Market" is about the ... can't help but be political ("I've seen more dinner times than dinners"). That also means ...
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Uneven work from the vanguard rappers
Enemy's last album — a Fear of a Black Planet — which heralded a number of new directions. While still ... strong on the politics of race, Public Enemy have broadened the issues they sing about. They rap about ... disagree. All the traditional strengths of Public Enemy are expressed on this album: the diversity, the ...
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Jello Biafra urges boycott of World Bank bonds
album, Become the Media. On the album, Biafra talks about the growing fight to reduce corporate power, ... both in the music industry and in international politics. During his piece "World Bunk and ... Jello Biafra's Become the Media album, go to <http://www.alternativetentacles.com/>. ...
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Simple but likeable
Power Your Little Secret is singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge's fifth album. The music is ... rhythms and melodic lead guitar, and this album is no exception. In 1995, Etheridge sang "Piece of My ... politics is left way behind in Etheridge's music. If you like classic commercial rock and roll, ...
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Sweet Honey's 20-year journey
melding of a musical experience and a political rally. The tour and recently released album Still on the ... A Priority" with its gutsy feminist politics and dancy beat. The album features traditional African American ... 143 May 18, 1994 Still on the Journey Sweet Honey in the Rock's 20th anniversary album Review ...
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Marcel Cartier gets his rap lines from the frontline
clarity of a clarion call- and the messages on his latest album are as loud and clear as ever. As he tells ... around the world. Whereas most activists stay up with world politics via the non-corporate media, you go ... us where you've been since your last album. How do you fund such travels? Since the last album ...