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8 votes
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Iggy Pop (featuring Bootsy Collins) - Family Affair (1985)
5 votes -
Machine Gun Kelly - In These Walls (2020)
4 votes -
Scrounge - Badoom (2019)
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Taqwacore: The paradoxes of the punk Islam scene
Hi folks, I was recently introduced (at a relatively superficial level) to the existence of the "Taqwacore" sub-culture of Western punk music. The duality inherent or apparent in this type of...
Hi folks, I was recently introduced (at a relatively superficial level) to the existence of the "Taqwacore" sub-culture of Western punk music. The duality inherent or apparent in this type of self-expression is absolutely fascinating to me, and I would love to learn more about it.
I personally find it a little hard to understand exactly how these musicians reconcile the anti-establishment and maybe progressiveness of punk with many tenets of Islam; the concept of organized religion seems inherently establishment (and dated) to me, and yet these groups somehow embrace both ends of the spectrum. I'm very curious if any Tildesians have opinions on Taqwacore bands or thoughts on the sub-genre as a whole!
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The Clash - Rock The Casbah (1982)
8 votes -
The Siamese Twins - Listless (2019)
3 votes -
KOKOKO!: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2019)
5 votes -
Interferencje /w FOQL S02E05 - Polish Cold Wave special
4 votes -
Corridor - Le grand écart (2017)
3 votes -
Against Me! - Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists
5 votes -
Have a Nice Life - Sea of Worry (2019)
3 votes -
The survival of Iggy Pop - An inventor of punk rock on his long career, the future, and swimming in Miami
6 votes -
Pedro the Lion—Of Up and Coming Monarchs (Radio Session) (2019)
6 votes -
Kathleen Hanna on the reign of 'Rebel Girl'
3 votes -
Blink-182’s Peter Pan complex
9 votes -
Pile - Firewood (Audiotree Far Out) (2019)
3 votes -
Lil Nas X, Travis Barker - F9mily (You & Me) (2019)
5 votes -
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Pro Durachka (About A Little Fool) (1990)
4 votes -
Brass Against - Wake Up (RATM Cover) (2018)
12 votes -
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Biespontovyj Pirozhok (A Dumpling With No Swag, translation in comments)
6 votes -
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Moja Oborona (My Defence) (1989)
6 votes -
Internet Public Radio: Cheb Gero - Anti Apartheid (30 June 2019)
3 votes -
In the late 1970s, Chinatown restaurants in California started booking some unlikely dinner entertainment: the rowdy young bands of the nascent West Coast punk scene
8 votes -
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Lobotomija (Lobotomy) (1989)
3 votes -
Kevin Devine - No Time Flat (2005)
3 votes -
The Chats - Pub Feed (2020)
6 votes -
Parquet Courts - Freebird II (2018)
7 votes -
Sharp Knives - But At Least We've Changed Our Lives (2019)
4 votes -
On-U Sound: Pay It All Back vol 7 (2017)
3 votes -
Nol - Idu, Kuriu (I go, I smoke) (1992)
4 votes -
Swordwielder - Violent Revolution (2019)
3 votes -
This Woman’s Work: Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ (public radio essay)
3 votes -
The forgotten story of Pure Hell, America’s first black punk band
10 votes -
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (1984)
7 votes -
Back To The Planet @ Exeter Cavern Club 4th Nov 2018
3 votes -
Killing Joke - Eighties (1985)
5 votes -
Bear Ghost - Necromancin Dancin (2016)
4 votes -
Welcome Café - Weave (2018)
5 votes -
Desaparecidos - The Left Is Right (2015)
6 votes -
The Pop Group - Y (1979)
3 votes -
NPR First Listen: Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers, 'Bought To Rot'
6 votes -
Jeff Rosenstock - 9/10 (2018)
5 votes -
Oi Polloi - The Face (2016)
3 votes -
Jeff Rosenstock - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2018)
4 votes -
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (1986)
4 votes -
Knuckle Puck - Double Helix (2017)
5 votes -
Bomb the Music Industry! - Struggler (2010)
6 votes -
Yellowcard - Date Line (I Am Gone) (2007)
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Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams (2018)
Apple Music BandCamp Spotify Canadian hardcore punk outfit Fucked Up is back with their first new full length since 2014. The group has been known for their art rock output as of late, concept EPs...
Canadian hardcore punk outfit Fucked Up is back with their first new full length since 2014. The group has been known for their art rock output as of late, concept EPs they put out years following the Chinese Zodiac. The band is known for disliking each other, sometimes to the point of physical altercations. It is likely a side effect from both the front man and one of the guitarists being songwriters and lyricists, resulting in butting heads. But the result is hard to argue with, Fucked Up has been adored by critics since they came on the scene.
This album sees one of those two songwriters, lead vocalist Damian Abraham, take a back seat. His vocals don't even appear in ever song on this album. Instead, the whole group does leads at various points throughout the record. It's much more experimental and broad in its genre, employing a lot of pop influences. This results in an album that some how continues the art rock sound they had been cultivating and challenging the listener, while at the same time being very poppy. With a mammoth 18 tracks, the album gives the band plenty of room to explore this new space they find themselves in.
Like the past couple Fucked Up albums, it's also concept. It has a story and follows a main character in rock opera-like fashion. Their anti-capitalist message comes through in the magical reality of the story of a factory worker that is shown the drudgery of modern life by a sorceress.
It's ambitious, fun and at the end of day, still very much punk. Super enjoyable, in my opinion. A good introduction to the band if you've never heard them, though you may find their past work a little more one dimensional.
4 votes