Top 5 Songs 2016Mitski – Your Best American GirlThe standout song from Mitski’s terrific album Puberty 2 is my favorite of the year, near perfect. The song and video is basically everything that has interested me in indie pop culture for the last 15 years rolled into one. Jamila Woods – Blk Girl SoldierThe 2016 Black …
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Singer and poet Jamila Woods released a great video for her terrific song “Blk Girl Soldier.” Feministing has more info on the song and the video and the full lyrics. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ White Privilege
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released a new song on Friday called “White Privilege II” along with a new album. It’s less pop radio friendly that his hits, and is a 9 minute reflection by Macklemore on white privilege, white supremacy, the way he benefits from it and how he is somewhat complicit in it. I …
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Jamila Woods – blk girl soldier (Direct link to soundcloud)This is so good and so timely. A day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US, a day that this year was the stage for #BlackLivesMatter protest action, Jamila Woods, a vocalist and poet from Chicago, released this track. The song connects music to protests, both …
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