Music like you’ve never heard it before

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[dykecostanza-deactivated2024112]

even if billie joe was straight (he’s not) teenagers getting offended he used the word faggot in american idiot 16 years after the fact would still be some of the goofiest discourse i have yet to see on this website. if you were young and gay in 2004 that shit rocked your world bc we were living through one of the most powerful resurgences of blind american patriotism and anti-gay evangelical bullshit of the last three decades. i dont think most of yall understand how radical that song, that album, and green day’s overall anti-bush pro-gay stance was for the time. even though we were at the cusp of bush becoming unpopular by the time it was released, american idiot saw a fairly mainstream rock band condemning not just him, but the bigoted, ignorant american culture which created him. to remove all of this context from the song and act like green day was just throwing around homophobic slurs for the hell of it is exactly why people joke nobody has reading comprehension on this website lmao. he’s not weaponizing the term; he’s using it to identify with an alternative american society.

[rozcoe-deactivated20220420]

my criteria for liking music is like well there has to be noises

[myspacebabe2007-deactivated2021]

music is just so wow and like a sharing song with a friend is the meaning of life <3

[memorygirls-deactivated20250816]

Just a heads up that the “Disco Sucks” movement in the late 70s/early 80s wasn’t pro rock and roll. Just anti blackness and anti gayness! After being brought up on soul, disco and funk music it sickens me to think such an iconic movement in musical history was phased out because of intolerance!! Disco totally fucks, and if you don’t believe me - what kinda world would this be without Boney M - Rasputin? P.S Disco most likely influenced every modern musical artist you love in some way! 🤷‍♀️

[valtsv]

bitches whose music taste is "whatever sounds good" will be like "i'm really into this band" because they liked more than 1 of their songs

[joshpeck]

[cloudslou]

i think its so weird when ppl hate fun songs…like not every song has to be sad or a lyrical masterpiece or musically revolutionary…sometimes i just like to have fun..

[ibelieveinsasquatch]

Japan.

[misscokebottleglasses-deactivat]

Do you ever fall in love with your favorite band all over again? Sometimes I forget how much the music means to me, and then at random times it will hit me and I’ll get the same feeling in my chest I felt years ago when I first heard them. It’s one of my favorite feelings in the entire world.

[nevergenders]

i know the alternative scene is extremely white; does anyone have recommendations for some black artists to check out?

[murielsweddings-deactivated2023]

these alt/punk bands have black women in them and they are all amazing!!

aye nako, blacker face, the bellrays, noods, tamar-kali, honeychild coleman, big joanie, new bloods, the tuts, x-ray spex, skinny girl diet, jigsaw youth, t-rextasy, nova twins, suffratjett, the skins, the butchies, tribe 8, vagabon, sate

pls reblog and add more!!

[hagc0r3]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hs1mvj5eT0YgTELfeGUS6?si=axLHokIYRfuLrA2QGaJecw

I used this list and some others I found through google to create this playlist on Spotify - it is collaborative, so PLEASE add to it! 

[elierlick]

Jordana LeSesne (1.8.7) is a Black trans woman. She is widely regarded as the top drum and bass producer in the world. Without her, we wouldn’t have electronic music as we know it today. 

She came out in 1998 and went on to get a contract with the Syfy Channel, be profiled in Rolling Stone, and have several albums chart in the Top 25.

She also mixed the original music for the FREE Cece documentary!

[97skid]

[bluupoppy]

✞

[lachryphage]

who are the Gorillaz?

June is Black Music Month!

so I wanted to highlight who has made the Gorillaz what they really are…

these are not the Gorillaz:

I would argue that even Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn are not the Gorillaz.

from their very inception, the Gorillaz have been made possible by those who Albarn and Hewlett collaborate with. their unique and interesting sound is the result of a multitude of musicians working together.

approximately two thirds of their collaborators have been black musicians

THESE are the Gorillaz that we love so dearly:

so Gorillaz fans, let’s spend some time this month listening to what else these artists have created!

below the cut I list all of these artists and the songs they’re featured in, find your favorite songs and give these collaborators a listen!

Keep reading

[queercomicsconnection]

Support Black artists on Bandcamp Day! (5/5/20)

Today, June 5th 2020, from midnight to midnight (PT), Bandcamp is waiving the fees they take out of all sales. Here’s part 1 and part 2 of their list of artists and labels with special releases today, including those donating to organizations in support of racial justice. 

Here’s some specific folks to check out - please add your favorite Black LGBTQ artists too!

1000+ Black Producers / Artists / Labels for Bandcamp Day

TEN QUEER BLACK ARTISTS YOU SHOULD SUPPORT

Xhosa @lvl9luv https://xhosamusic.bandcamp.com/

Guayaba @guayabapodrida https://itsguayaba.bandcamp.com/

Shea Diamond @iamsheadiamond https://sheadiamond.bandcamp.com/

Dua Saleh https://duasaleh.bandcamp.com/

TheeSatisfaction (now ended, members SassyBlackCat & @stastheeboss still making music) https://theesatisfaction.bandcamp.com/

Lazarus Nance Letcher https://lazarusletcher.bandcamp.com/

Star AhMerAhSu @staramerasu https://makestarfamous.bandcamp.com/ 

Chrysalisamidst @inthechrysalisamidst chrysalisamidst.bandcamp.com

Babely Shades (collective) https://babelyshades.bandcamp.com/

The Tuts @thetuts https://thetuts.bandcamp.com/

Honey Soundsystem @hnysndsystm https://honeysoundsystem.bandcamp.com/

Art by Bad Mariah for Honey Soundsystem.

[jinxz-deactivated20210223]

here’s a great playlist of black alternative/punk artists (by shesariotgrrrl on instagram)

[doesfromtheforest-deactivated20]

everyone put that one album where you don’t skip any songs in the tags

[pause-u-n-me]

Dramatic