protest
An Albatross are back, playing first NYC show in years
They also play an inauguration protest/Planned Parenthood benefit with The Dead Milkmen in Philly this week.
The National, Sleater-Kinney, Ted Leo, Tig Notaro & more playing official Women's March afterparty benefit in DC
Plus: we round up other Inauguration Week protest shows happening in DC this week.
listen to Fiona Apple's anti-Trump chant "Tiny Hands" she wrote for the Women's March on Washington
Fiona Apple, who previously brought us anti-Trump Christmas song “Trump’s Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire,” has a new piece of music inspired by the president-elect. “Tiny Hands” was written with composer Michael Whalen…
Asthmatic Kitty, Secretly Group, Joyful Noise & other Indiana labels protest Religious Freedom Restoration Act
First Wilco cancelled an Indiana show in protest of the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (which could legalize discrimination against the LGBT community), and now a handful of record labels with offices in Indiana are protesting …
Wilco cancel Indiana show in protest of Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Wilco join the growing list of people (including Hillary Clinton, Miley Cyrus and the state of Connecticut) protesting Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)…
YACHT released an NSA protest "party anthem" with Marc Maron on guitar (stream it)
The above is from YACHT‘s website for their Big Brother protest anthem, “Party at the NSA,” which the band is offering up as a 99 cent download, proceeds from which are going to the Electronic Frontier Foundation…
Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) protests force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees by experiencing the procedure himself (video)
As the month-long fast of Ramadan starts this evening (7/8), Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) is protesting — and raising awareness of — the force feeding of more than 100 hunger-striking detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay by undergoing the prodedure himself and has released a video of it happening…
Morrissey cancels Kimmel appearance due to Duck Dynasty
This just in:Morrissey is thankful for being invited to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow, February 26. However, he cannot morally be on a television program where the cast members of Duck Dynasty will also be guests…
The Illuminator lit up the Barclays Center (which opens its doors to the public tonight)
The Illuminator, whose mission is “to smash the myths of the information industry and shine a light on the urgent issues of our time”, and whose projections have been seen everywhere from the Russian Consulate in Manhattan (“Free Pussy Riot”) to Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn “99% Occupy”, lit up the rusty facade of the new Barclays Center the other night, as you can see in the pictures above and at the website of Develop Don’t Destroy…
'Battle for Brooklyn' screening at Facets tonight
A still from
Though we may not hear much about this in Chicago, the opening of new arena and concert venue Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY has been a highly controversial affair involving lawsuits, eminent domain abuse and lots of protests over the past nine years…
