2020 has been a shitty year and we are only halfway through. In comparison, since starting this site in December 2017, I’ve never had a tougher time narrowing down a best-of list. It has been a peak year for socially conscious music. Many of the albums that have been released are the perfect snapshot of the current political climate. There […]
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Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19th, 1865, which marks the official end of slavery in former Confederacy. In support of this occasion, Bandcamp has decided that every June 19 they will donate their revenue share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Bandcamp has no shortage of black artists to support. According to a crowd-sourced spreadsheet, there are over 2000 […]
Learn more →The Attica Prison uprising took place during September 9-13, 1971. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller refused to meet with Attica prison inmates to discuss their demands to improve inhumane prison conditions. Instead of seeking a peaceful resolution he sent in the National Guard to violently squash the uprising. As a result 33 prisoners and 10 correction officers tragically lost their […]
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