Top 10 brown bands/musicians (Or, mom, why didn’t you let me take guitar lessons?)
Posted by Anupa in Ethnic Aisle, Music, Pop Culture, Race on 01. Jun, 2011 | 7 Comments
We all know white people listen to bands with white people in them, so why can’t I be partial to bands with brown people in them? Oh, you ain’t know there exists a significant body of work beyond M.I.A.? THERE DOES: 1. Das Racist: Here’s a sample lyric from “Ek Shaneesh” which basically made me feel [...]
The Morning Dump: Arcade Fire’s case for Haiti, the IRL death of @diditleak, The xx’s ability to depress people live, and the New Yorker on Neil Gaiman
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 23. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
The earthquake in Haiti has surely brought out the generosity in many people, and no small amount of celebrities have pitched in their fair share. What we haven’t seen though is this, a beautifully written article in the U.K.’s Guardian by Régine Chassagne, a Haitian and member of Montreal’s Arcade Fire. She deals with her violent past [...]
Vampire Weekend leeches cultural responsibility
Posted by Anupa in Music, Pop Culture on 03. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
Your third-year poli sci TA’s band Pitchfork recently published an interview with Ezra Koenig, head boy of the ultra-collegiate, critically gushed about NYC band Vampire Weekend. In it, Koenig discusses the band’s new album, Contra, due out early next year. You might think it’s a little premature for a band to be doing PR for [...]
