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Political Prisoners iNsuRge Through Warners Music Reviewed by Jen Crothers Those who are at all ... interested in hardcore music will be interested in the latest offering from iNsuRge. Political Prisoners is ... property" aren't criminals but political prisoners. A pretty hard-hitting message, delivered like ...
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Poetry of a detained asylum seeker
has dedicated this album to the children in detention". All proceeds from the sale of this album ... were the fan to the political fire, who now find ourselves in the flames. We who believed in the dream ... the light in the darkness of Australian politics. You are the ones who are left. We hear the voice of ...
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Wild Pumpkins At Midnight
that's taken in the political refugees. They take in more immigrants than most other countries." ... Over the years Wild Pumpkins At Midnight have written many political songs, including "Another ... though, believing there is more to their music than can be categorised. Their new album Strangeways is ...
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Set down at the bottom of the system
lyrical content. For a 35-minute album with a mere 10 tracks, it is amazing how powerful and thorough this ... album really is. The intensity is retained throughout each song, boasting no token ballads. Since ... a means to reach political ends. For the evil to take place, however, there needs to be compliance with ...
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Ozomatli grooves
BY MARGARET ALLUM Despite winning the 2002 Grammy Award for best Latin/rock alternative album for ... band's commitment to political activism is strong. The Ozomatli web site features activist news and links ... to such campaigns as the fight for freedom by US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and the boycott ...
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Bob Dylan: The degeneration of a '60s figurehead
War". War hysteria had provoked Dylan, at least on that night, back to his musical and political roots. ... anti-militarist songs and songs which became anthems for the flourishing movement for political change ... A-Gonna Fall"). The successful combination of political commitment and art in these protest songs ...
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The Eye has vision
The Eye has vision Review by James Vassilopoulos Politics Can Be Fun Eye Send $10 to PO Box 1327, ... advertising a new CD called Politics Can Be Fun by Eye. The poster had a graphic of PM John Howard with billy ... deemed it too political" for airplay. Triple J explained that Eye's music was not ...
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Kicking cousins teach history through hip hop
again and went on to record a whole album in the same vein. This included another radical video clip ... favourite song on the album," he says. "It was really important for me to do this song because the ... released a storming album by one who does just that. Message From A Black Man by Big Luke sets biting, ...
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Bruce Springsteen: The 'Boss' bounces back
into their lives. Springsteen's 25 years as a recording artist have resulted in 11 studio albums ... salon, battling to get gigs, Springsteen finally released his first album, the acoustic Greetings From ... was able to bring out his second album, The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle, within a year ...
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Ozi Batla to headline social justice gigs
refused to play a coal industry gig. Ozi Batla's debut solo album Wild Colonial, released last year, ... will be sorely missed. 3. The Herd, untitled new album 鈥 Because no one else is doing it in Australia ... Batla's album Wild Colonial. June 18, 2011 884 Ozi Batla. Culture ...
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'Oppressor man, your kingdom is falling!'
world reggae's successor to the great Peter Tosh. With this album, Dube strengthens his claim to ... that title. Dube, as on his previous album, Prisoner, again sweetly blends the bright ... a soaring falsetto. The political message on Exile is more determined and defiant in demanding a rapid end ...
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Nigerian musician faces the gallows
By Norm Dixon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa's most popular, courageous and politically ... outspoken musicians, may finally be silenced, much to the relief of Nigeria's corrupt political and ... Yoruba rhythms with intensely political lyrics delivered by call-and-response vocals. A visit to the US ...
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Proudly unAustralian
formula for commercial success. Not David Beniuk. This mini-album is an absolute gem. It is refreshing to ... political statements with a succession of powerful evocative images. It showcases Beniuk as an excellent ... songwriter. Negatives? Just one. For my ears, this album seems a little overproduced. Beniuk's haunting ...
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Beautiful mixture of sounds and rhythms
New Moon By Abderrahmane Abdelli Real World Records Reviewed by Jenny Long This album from Abdelli ... against social and sexual conservatism) to raise political subjects in their popular Algerian rai music. ... musical traditions to produce the album. As a result, the instruments used include the Magrebian darbukka, ...
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Students raise money for Palestine
project that requires him to often visit Palestine. Australian political rap band The Brothahood gave ... a great performance from their new album, which features tracks about Palestine. A range of Middle Eastern ...
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Renewable hero
politics and social commentary that is central to Franti's music. The album consists of songs about ...
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Spearhead keeps hip hop human
Franti talked to MARK BROWN and JO HARVIE about the politics behind Stay Human, the band's ... critically acclaimed new album. Stay Human is a powerful attack on the death penalty. Throughout the album ...
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Music that stands up and shakes its fists
most major record labels being reluctant to allow political content on the recordings they release, ... putting together an overtly anti-war album is almost unheard of these days. However, that's just what ... the album, said co-producers Mudge and Kelly. Every track on the compilation stands up and shakes its ...
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A talented warrior of the word
Reviewed by Norm Dixon Poetry spoken to a beat is a very powerful medium for social and political comment. ... biting criticism of apartheid. John Trudell's first album, AKA Grafitti Man, is firmly in the ... toured the US with Midnight Oil in 1988. Trudell's political activity continues as he campaigns for ...
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: 'Get involved; be anti-racist'
punk, have been taking up progressive issues. Punk was a reaction to the negative side of politics that ... Bosstones have been part of the anti-racism movement and the title song of your latest album is very much an ... bands can go out and make a more definitive political statement, like the Dead Kennedys, and sing about ...
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The Casualties: 鈥楢n anti-racist, anti-facist punk rock band鈥
1980s. Having racked up eight full length albums, three EPs, three live albums and countless miles in the ... A war based on oil and money. Do you think bands have a role in motivating people to be politically ...
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Rory McLeod to tour
Rory McLeod is a one-man-band with soul, poetry and politics running through his veins. His ... Tarika. McLeod is touring Australia until late April to promote his new album Mouth To Mouth (distributed ...
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M.I.A.: A modern media assassin
third studio album, some find Maya difficult and near unlistenable. Others are confounded by the album ... M.I.A.) is actually getting at. Even looking at the album鈥檚 artwork, it鈥檚 clear that Arulpgragasam 鈥 like ... dystopianism of Maya quite well. 鈥淪teppin鈥 Up鈥, the album鈥檚 first full song, insists 鈥測ou know who I am鈥. But ...
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Yung Warriors stand and deliver
http://www.yungwarriors.com.au "We wanted to do everything on this album," Tjimba Possum-Burns tells 91自拍论坛 Weekly. ... He is talking about Standing Strong, the aptly-titled second album by Yung Warriors. On the record, ... on a journey from hard-hitting politics to straight-up party tracks. "We wanted everything and ...
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Radical LA band to play free
Radical LA band to play free By Norm Dixon SYDNEY 鈥 Ozomatli, a politically and musically ... its radical politics. The band was born out of a struggle for workers' rights and gained its ... causes that matter. The exuberant songs and raps on Ozomatli's self-titled album (on Almo Sounds ...