O2 Arena Made Me Take Off a Palestine Football Shirt to Watch Lorde
Chloe Laws
Security told me that my FC Palestina shirt could 'cause offence'.
Tag: music
A Group of Musicians Took on an Arms Company – And Won
Simon Childs
Boycotts work.
This ‘Israeli-Palestinian’ Boyband Is Whitewashing Apartheid
Ed Gillett
Hunky hasbara.
Massive Attack Founder on Palestine, Riots and the Greenest Music Festival Ever
Moya Lothian-McLean talks to Robert Del Naja ahead of the Act 1.5 Climate Action Accelerator, a day festival which promises to be the greenest live music event of it’s size ever staged.
The Nasty Noughties
Owen Hatherley, Ash Sarkar and Juliet Jacques remember the decade that decency forgot.
Microdose: Plugged-in Protest
Jeremy Gilbert narrates a playlist of modern protest, from hip-hop campaign boosters to new wave anti-imperialism.
Trip 36: Festivals
Jem, Nadia and Keir argue over the political meaning of festivals, from Stonehenge to Castlemorton.
Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks
Rivkah Brown
‘This is the new enclosures.’
Microdose: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Jeremy explores the connections between festive cheer and spectral fear, with help from Lee Perry and Jacques Derrida.
Trip 28: Horror
What can horror teach us about the nature of the universe? A Halloween Trip with ACFM.
Trip 27: Magic
The revolution will be manifested. Keir, Nadia and Jeremy investigate magic, with music from Siouxsie, Queen and The KLF.
Of Course Lowkey Is a Target – Music Is Essential to the Palestinian Struggle
Somdeep Sen
Attacks on pro-Palestinian musicians are nothing new.
Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously
Kojo Koram
Guitar music doesn't have a monopoly on artistry.
The North Has Always Been at the Cutting Edge of Culture
Kojo Koram
The reality is miles away from the myth.
England Is in the Midst of an African Renaissance – but It’s Still Racist As Hell
Kojo Koram
J-Hus, Dave and Michaela Coel are just some of the English-Africans dominating British culture.
Dance Music Took to the Streets This Weekend, But for What?
Ed Gillett
Ravers have reason to be angry, but 'no politics, just music' won't get them anywhere.
#ACFM Microdose: Jeremy Gilbert on Folk Music
Jeremy Gilbert tunes into the politics of folk music, from communist troubadours to pastoral psychedelia.
Money Can’t Free Britney – But a Strike Could
Eleanor Penny
The pop star inhabits a gilded version of the same cage that traps all wage labourers. She also has the same tools to escape.