music

Content about music, and music industry struggles.

Fragment of album cover for Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Fragment of album cover for Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

The little red song book

PDF version of the "little red songbook": songs to fan the flames of discontent, first published by the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the…

Reflections on "Straight Outta Compton"

I just saw Straight Outta Compton near my home, in a tiny theater that dates back to the silent era (1913) and which has miraculously survived…

A Movement of Long Knives: Death in June, Alternative Nationalism, and Building a New Anti-Fa

In the wake of recent protests around the neo-folk(and neo-fascist) band Death In…

Farewell, Fellow Worker: Joe Glazer

An obituary of labor folk singer Joe Glazer.

A Sideways Look – Sounds Like London

A short review of "Sounds LIke London" by Lloyd Bradley.

Black Circle Records: Reflections on the consequences of conflict in light of the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza

Black Circle Records have released a compilation of underground noise/electronic…

Haden, Charlie, 1937-2014

A short obituary of the seminal jazz bassist and anti-war activist Charlie Haden, who died last week.

Werqin’ 9 to 5: cursory notes on antiwork politics from Dolly Parton to Shangela Laquifa - Spitzenprodukte

Spitzenprodukte considers autonomist anti-work politics through the lenses of songs…

Pussy Riot convicted: Britain rails against “disproportionate” sentence - hypocritically

The UK also has no qualms over disproportionate sentencing or criminal sanctions…

Political hiphop in Brum

Pleasantly surprised by some midlands hip-hop

Should Rihanna loot small businesses, or chain stores?

Blog discussing the ethics of Rihanna's looting choices, from a communist perspective.

Mr. R's album cover.

The Politics Of French Rap

This is a small section of a far longer text about music, called "Some Musical Notes" which was originally published on the old endangered…