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Groove to a new style
studio release from Australia's most public political band lacks the aggressive punch between the ... picked up over the years and have recorded an album with a powerful live sound. Forced long by Rob ... hopeful, a new style altogether. "Truganini", the first single from the album has been well ...
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Madala Kunene: Durban's natural mystic
that only visits their city via foreign DJs or on hugely expensive albums marked "import". ... up to Madala's deep soul and his albums are selling well in Jo'burg, Paris, London and ... a particular character. An especially brilliant performance has been captured on his live solo album King of ...
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Rage Against the Machine: Exploding like a sonic Molotov cocktail
Molotov cocktail. Rage's first album ignited the streets in June 1992 and a few weeks later teenagers ... new rock band in the nation" and the album was certified platinum across Europe, Australasia and ... like Emile Zapata, Frantz Fanon and Che Guevara. Suddenly there was a huge-selling album hailing ...
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Return of the Last Poets
the same burning intensity and hardcore political comment as in their classic albums made over ... the world" In their new album the Last Poets 鈥 Umar Bin Hassan and Adiodun Oyewole 鈥 return with ... political needs of the black community and the movement at that time. Yet they were never confined to this ...
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Bloc Party's statement against inequality
made a huge mark on modern music. Their debut album Silent Alarm displayed an energy and emotional ... But despite this comparison, Bloc Party noticeably shied away from political issues. They denied that ... experiences shape its new album, A Weekend in the City. In doing so, the band has released a shockingly deep ...
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Raging better than ever
to give this album a miss. Unlike many popular politically like-minded bands of the past, Rage ... otherwise receives garbage morning, noon and night. Like this album's predecessor, the lyrics all point ...
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Rage Against the Machine: 'Take today what tomorrow never brings'
blasted back onto the political music scene with its third album, The Battle of Los Angeles. With Zack de ... Mexico to political prisoners in the United States 鈥 with a left-wing perspective and a revolutionary ... combination of heavy rock and hip hop with punk and jazz influences. The barrage of political protest begins ...
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The heart and soul of French America
own these two fiery albums. And study them well. Ralph Zachary Richard has built a dramatically dual ... comrade of "Zack" Richard, well knew the political connotations when he named his now-famous ... accordion on these albums. Zack now lives mostly in Quebec, and has quipped that it is too cold there to ...
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Welcome return of War
provided some very political and socially aware music. Like today's hip hop, and like most earlier ... Early '60s soul reflected the political and social optimism of a mobilised black community that had ... '60s rolled on, much soul music became explicitly political and militant. The early naivete fell away, ...
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Bruce Springsteen: A hymn to humanity not patriotism
album, The Rising, has been marketed as vigorously as his 1984 Born in the USA album and, as with that ... album, has achieved massive commercial success. Born in the USA 's bitter attack on Reaganite ... snobbery for an album that takes the ordinary struggles of ordinary people seriously, most of the ...
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U2's songs of emptiness-- a cautionary tale
that it ends with the tagline 鈥渇ree on iTunes now鈥. Given that the album was delivered 鈥 without ... instructions on how to permanently delete the album. Meanwhile, lead singer Bono has been lashing out at ... what about U2? They are relegated to empty blue-violet avatars, singing and performing the album ...
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Sydney choir take musical stand for ecology
like political music, and appreciate the power of many voices singing and harmonising together, then ... bushland. It has a hymn-like quality, as do other tracks on the album, including 鈥漀ewell Highway鈥 鈥 written ... is an unnecessary cruelty, and the song is so beautiful it makes our altos cry鈥. The album includes ...
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Powerful and inspiring songs
website.) This album continues to profile Rovics' support for Palestinian liberation with songs such as ... polite-sounding name given to the US military's terrorist training camp for Latin American dictators and ... torturers). Political music by itself can never change the world, but can be a very powerful motivator. Aside ...
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Why the right hates Steve Earle
Blues聰, the lead song on his soon-to-be-released album, Jerusalem, Earle examines the origins and motives ... condemned Earle's new album before it even hits the stores. The media dust-up about Jerusalem and 聯John ... recovery is the central fact of his life. His album I Feel Alright is as cautionary a first person vision ...
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The mellowing of Linton Kwesi Johnson
album, Tings and Times, and so it seems appropriate that the new album is called More Time. The rhythms ... a dragon fly. You can almost see the sun shimmering on its wings. The political suss is still there though. ... starts the album by asking for "More time to meditate and create" and goes onto introspect ...
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Manic Street Preachers support Cuba
I think it is their best. Although politically clearer than their last two albums, much of the politics is ... album, Know Your Enemy, the Manics realised they had a number of references to Cuba, including the song ... conversation, plays a song from each album. Singer/guitarist James Bradfield plays "If You Tolerate ...
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#GreenLeft30: Celebrating 30 years of 91自拍论坛
political developments in Latin America and around the world, we in Malaysia look to 91自拍论坛. We have ... and international politics, but I want to single out one thing: Your coverage of the indigenous ... general public and hone your political skills. Happy birthday 91自拍论坛 and wishing our 30 more years of ...
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Cruising the Chocolate Supa Highway
Highway may not live up to the funkiness of Spearhead's last album Home, and it may lack the ... confrontational political appeal of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, but it is definitely Michael ... Franti's most musically diverse album. It draws on the influences of reggae music, with a rendition of ...
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'And if I could have chosen': Trans singer confronts bigotry
politics (or, for that matter, art) would certainly be insulting. Coming out in any form is a personal ... choice way before it even gets close to the political realm. On that same tip, it鈥檚 hard to ignore the ...
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Sounds sampled
Available on CD Reviewed by Peter Hicks This is an album of ambient guitar pieces which Peter Crowe ... Texas. Like that album, it has a mystical, dreamy air about it. Crowe claims to have been inspired by the ... Painters and Dockers' concern with social and political issues. The title is a reflection on the ...
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Peter Hicks: Songs of protest, humour, justice and love
sorts of songs that Peter Hicks has included on his latest album. Hicks' The Times We've Been ... Through is a wonderful collection of contemporary political music 鈥 songs of passion, protest, humour, ... boosts the Tasmanian flavour of the album. It's a moving song with a catchy tune and a social ...
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Lucky Dube: 'Bringing inspiration to life'
Mandela and other political figures". Lucky Dube dedicates his album to those who have struggled for ... seat. Lucky Dube comes to Australia hot on the heels of the release of his latest album Victims. ... Speaking from South Africa, Dube says he is "totally happy with the album". Victims has been ...
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DJ rejects 'corporate overload'
BY HUW ELLIS UK-based DJ Adam Freeland's debut album Now & Them, with its killer single ... has spread his wings well beyond the dance floor. The album's elements include Freeland's ... of making 12 breakbeat tunes and calling it an album was about as appealing to me as a hard kick in ...
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Fugazi goes post-punk
BLACK Fugazi are pioneers of the US punk scene. Their origins lie in the political and ... the most melodic and accessible album they have produced since their eponymous 1988 debut. The ... harmony from this band. Lyrically, they are political but not didactic. Despite taking on subjects like ...
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South African musos emerge from apartheid's pall
through each track giving the album a special beauty. Politics is never ignored in a Mabuse album ... of the United States and Western Europe. Four albums just released in Australia provide a glimpse of ... Earthworks' Indestructible Beat of Soweto series, presents the cream of modern mbaqanga. The album showcases ...