Alice Bag, Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, Speedy Ortiz, Diiv, Geoff Rickly of Thursday, and Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo are among the hundreds of musicians to sign a new letter to Congress demanding more aid for musicians struggling during the Covid-19 crisis.
The organization behind the letter is the newly launched labor group, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (Umaw), which was formed by a committee of musicians in response to the struggles brought on by the pandemic. While Covid-19 will be one of the union’s top priorities at the moment,...
The organization behind the letter is the newly launched labor group, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (Umaw), which was formed by a committee of musicians in response to the struggles brought on by the pandemic. While Covid-19 will be one of the union’s top priorities at the moment,...
- 5/4/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Coriky, a band featuring members of Fugazi and the Evens, will release their self-titled debut full-length on March 27th.
The group features guitarist Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Evens), bassist Joe Lally (Fugazi) and drummer Amy Farina (Evens); each of the musicians share singing responsibilities. The trio previewed the release with its lead track, “Clean Kill,” a deceptively warm-sounding song about political corruption. “It’s a clean kill, but it’s not clean,” the band members sing in unison on the chorus.
As with many of the albums MacKaye has made over the past 40 years,...
The group features guitarist Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Evens), bassist Joe Lally (Fugazi) and drummer Amy Farina (Evens); each of the musicians share singing responsibilities. The trio previewed the release with its lead track, “Clean Kill,” a deceptively warm-sounding song about political corruption. “It’s a clean kill, but it’s not clean,” the band members sing in unison on the chorus.
As with many of the albums MacKaye has made over the past 40 years,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
More than 100 musicians — including Deerhoof, Ted Leo, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Immortal Technique — have signed an open letter pledging to boycott all Amazon festivals and events until the tech giant stops working with Immigration Customs Enforcement.
The letter was posted Thursday via No Music for Ice, and states that the boycott will continue until Amazon meets four demands: Terminates its existing contract with Ice and other agencies “that commit human rights abuses”; stops providing Cloud services to companies like Peter Thiel’s Palantir, which aid deportations; end projects that encourage racial profiling and discrimination,...
The letter was posted Thursday via No Music for Ice, and states that the boycott will continue until Amazon meets four demands: Terminates its existing contract with Ice and other agencies “that commit human rights abuses”; stops providing Cloud services to companies like Peter Thiel’s Palantir, which aid deportations; end projects that encourage racial profiling and discrimination,...
- 10/24/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Fugazi may not reactivate anytime soon, but its members are starting to play music with each other again. A new band featuring members Ian MacKaye and Joe Lally and MacKaye’s bandmate in the Evens, Amy Farina, will make its debut at a benefit concert in Washington, D.C. this Sunday. A rep for Fugazi’s label, Dischord, confirmed the appearance and said that the band did not yet have a name and that it was unclear what the group’s plans are beyond the gig.
The concert will benefit Loaves and Fishes,...
The concert will benefit Loaves and Fishes,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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