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Female Fury against Putin

By Sergey Chernov on April 11, 2012

By Sergey Chernov on 11 April 2012 in STORIES

Since their performance in a Moscow cathedral in February, three women of the Russian queer Punk band «Pussy riots» are in custody. In this article from before the arrest, the Riots talk about their artistic-political aims. Free Pussy!

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Actionism, Asian Women on the Telephone, Bikini Kill, Center E, Chistiye Prudy, Daft Punk, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, Lobnoye Mesto, Moscow, Protest Music, Punk, Pussy Riots, Red Square, riot, Riot Grrrl, Russia, Sergei Udaltsov, Sex Pistols, Slipknot, Vladmir Putin | 2 Responses

Garlic instead of riot

By Theresa Beyer on March 14, 2012

By Theresa Beyer on 14 March 2012 in BLOG

Speech Debelle just released her second album “Freedom of Speech”, where she comment the global oil crisis or the London riots of 2011. In the interview with norient the English-Jamaican rapper has less appetite for counsciousness.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Blaze up a fire, Conscious Rap, Corynne Elliott, Dionne Bromfield, England, Freedom of Speech, Hip Hop, Jamaica, London, Mercury Prize, Rap, riot, Speech Debelle, Tinchy Stryder | 1 Response

Once upon a grime in London

By Philipp Rhensius on March 5, 2012

By Philipp Rhensius on 5 March 2012 in STORIES

Die Grime-Szene in der britischen Hauptstadt steht unter scharfer Beobachtung der Polizei. Nach den Riots im Sommer 2011 müssen Clubbetreiber und MCs besonders kreativ sein, um ungestört feiern zu können.

Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged 696, Adam Webb, Catch Dusk, Derek Walmsley, Dizee Rascal, DJ Blackdown, East Village, Eskibeat, Graeme, grime, London, Martin Clark, Musical Mob, Nasty, pirate radio, Rap, riot, Rival, Trim, Wiley, working-class | 2 Responses