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  1. Beastie Boys Adam Yauch — maker of music that broke the rules

    their first full-length album in 1986 that made them superstars. Paul's Boutique, released in 1989, ... Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Centre hated these albums, which to anyone who actually ... Bjork? Yauch's political enlightenment, so to speak, went much further than the Tibetan cause. ...

  2. Bloc Party's statement against inequality

    has definitely made a huge mark on modern music. Their debut album Silent Alarm displayed an energy ... disappoint. But despite this comparison, Bloc Party noticeably shied away from political issues. They denied ... has let those experiences shape its new album, A Weekend in the City. In doing so, the band has ...

  3. U2's songs of emptiness-- a cautionary tale

    immediate is that it ends with the tagline “free on iTunes now”. Given that the album was delivered ... with instructions on how to permanently delete the album. Meanwhile, lead singer Bono has been lashing ... album's lead single while images of Patti, Joey and Johnny, Joe and Mick are projected onto them. It is ...

  4. 'And if I could have chosen': Trans singer confronts bigotry

    moments were. Chalking up Gabel’s decision to mere 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. ...

  5. 'Bring on your wrecking ball' — Springsteen back and angry as hell

    Ball not only comfortably familiar, but an album uniquely relevant in a way that few other artists of ... content of countless songs and albums to stories of the dispossessed, should support the first open-ended ... the bench in 2004 and 2008." That's not to say this is some kind of political retreat for ...

  6. M.I.A.: A modern media assassin

    predictably polarised critics. M.I.A.’s third studio album, some find Maya difficult and near unlistenable. ... Others are confounded by the album’s sheer weightiness, but nonetheless herald it as a glimpse at music’s ... Arulpgragasam (better known as M.I.A.) is actually getting at. Even looking at the album’s artwork, it’s clear ...

  7. 'And Still I See No Changes': Tupac's legacy 15 years on

    veering contradictions that would turn up on his albums could be jarring. Even on his first album ... Head Up” next to “I Get Around” (also on the same album), “Dear Mama” next to “California Love,” or ... hearing 2Pac’s words was to hear their own humanity confirmed. This continues in the eight-plus albums ...

  8. NSA leaks prove MIA right

    best idea to kick off your politically charged album with a song that demolishes the possibility of ... "Album opener 'The Message' is a horribly paranoid rant of information politics and media ... art whether it is political or not is to be looked at as art first. The politics of a song aren't ...

  9. Boots Riley's rhyme and reason

    different from 2007’s Pick a Bigger Weapon, and even more different from 2001’s Party Music-- the album that ... America’s conservative right. Both previous albums utilized what might be called the more “traditional” ... more of a holistic connection between hip-hop’s roots and the album’s more apparently left-field ...

  10. Egyptian hip hop artist on the rhymes of revolution

    Knightz, quickly became anthems of the revolution. Arabian Knightz released their new album Uknighted ... Egypt. Was there a conscious decision for you guys to write political lyrics or did that come more ... organically? Whenever I was writing, there would always be some political element to it. And whenever I'm ...

  11. The paradox of the Chili Peppers

    most political of this scene in their early days, but neither were they a total exception. It wasn’t ... Blood Sugar Sex Magik, released in 1991 and rightly regarded as the album that cemented their status ... Slovak died over 20 years ago, and we have no way of knowing how his political ideas may have been ...

  12. An open letter to Elton John

    racism. These artists aren’t playing politics, but rightfully refuse to let their music be the soundtrack ... Elton, was moved to delete you from my iPod a few days ago. I also took every album I own by you to the ...