#rock-2-freedom

#rock-2-freedom

Loyda Alvarado sang to the immigrants inside the detention center, expressing love and support through her serenade, emphasizing that even when locked up, they are not forgotten.

Fucking Neil Young is angrier than ever - jeez, Louise. But, yeah, of course, it's hard not to feel political living in America, where we're deeply divided. And there's injustice, and there's so much hate and fear, and it's such a drag.

First, they take up It Was Just an Accident, the Cannes Palme d'Or-winning film by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. Inspired in part by Panahi's own experience being imprisoned for critiquing the Iranian government, his new film-made in secret from the regime- holds back little in its sharp political critique, rage, and... a surprising amount of comedy. Not surprising in its amount of comedy- but maybe in its frequently anti-authoritarian politics-is Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. It ain't funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don't get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go f- yourselves... Radiohead

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show has drawn criticism from the country's top Republican: Donald Trump said it was "one of the worst, EVER!" in a post on Truth Social. Strong words from the president - but this isn't the first time a musician has drawn ire from right-wing politicians and conservatives. Stars like Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Bruce Springsteen have riled up conservatives, often over progressive themes or sexual lyrics in their music.

He sings the names of the dead haltingly, as though he is reading them off a screen-which, judging from the recording-studio footage in the song's lyric video, he probably is. The song is about the news, but it is also, perhaps unintentionally, about the moment of lag when we absorb the names and images, when we try to assimilate atrocity into narrative.

ICE killed another American citizen on Saturday, so here's a list of five anti-ICE songs you can listen to right now. As music journalists we often struggle with how to respond to tragedies like this one. I don't have unreleased facts to share, or some vast network of activists to call upon. What I do have is my anger, alongside decades of practice working through difficult emotions with music.

Video of the fatal incident Saturday showed Pretti facing off with federal agents holding an iPhone then being thrown to the ground and beaten by around six or seven men. A first shot is then fired before at least nine more and Pretti falls still. It is not clear from the footage which agent fired the first shot, or the ones that ultimately killed Pretti.

Recorded with producer Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs) at Hollywood, California's famed EastWest Studios' Studio Three, the album sees frontman Jim James delivering stripped down renditions of MMJ favorites and solo tracks, including "I'm Amazed," "State of the Art," and "Here in Spirit." Alongside these are covers of Bob Dylan ("Blowin' in the Wind"), Brian Wilson ("Love and Mercy"), The Velvet Underground ("I Found a Reason"),

Rows of field laborers hacking at sugar cane with machetes. Workers in harnesses dangling from power poles as lights strobe, then black out. The man who's arguably the biggest global pop star today weaving among them, rapping, singing, dancing, and interacting with tableaux of daily life and social issues from his Puerto Rican homeland and its diaspora. Not to mention the whole hemisphere's troubled relationship with the U.S. of A.

War on Women have officially announced their fifth album, Time Under Tension, out May 8th via Smartpunk Records, while also unleashing the single "Messages Unsent." The album news comes after the Baltimore band announced a March US tour with Oceanator. The jaunt kicks off on March 18th in Pittsburgh, and you can get tickets here. Get War on Women Tickets Here

Each had one of the letters of the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) painted on their chest a committee led by the wives of American politicians that advocated censoring song lyrics because they believed rock music supported and glorified violence, drug use, and suicide. The musicians remained impassive and as naked as the day they were born for 15 minutes.

Don't say you were not warned: stories, both in print and broadcast, are already being prepared about the 50th anniversary of punk rock. Indeed, 1976 saw the release of debut albums by the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, the Damned, and the first version of Blank Generation, Richard Hell's anthem. Of course, there are also nitpicky arguments for rejecting 1976 as the annus mirabilis.

In early January, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, a concert benefit for Palestine and Sudan conjured all the fury of an acoustic night at the local coffee shop. Musicians played stripped-down songs on a stage decorated with rugs, floor lamps, and couches. Members of the audience, mostly 20-somethings and teens, leaned in and filmed intimate performances by their favorite cult artists.