20 BEST RADICAL MUSICAL RELEASES OF 2017

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Music That Matters and tagged 2017, albums, Algiers, Anarchy.ForSale, anti-venom, Autonomad, Beans on Toast, Benjamin Zephaniah, cypress hill, DSM GlobalCollective, enter shikari, featured, Flogging Molly, Ibeyi, In Evil Hour, jesus and his judgemental father, Joey Bada$$, Mala rodriguez, Martha, MTM, music, music that matters, Nas, Niholas Payton, ONSIND, Paloma Faith, Priests, prophets of rage, public enemy, pussy riot, rage against the machine, Red Wedge, release, review, riot grrrl, sleaford mods, SonicBoom Six, the undercover hippy, year.

by Chris Jarvis

It’s a common cliché that the quality and abundance of political and protest music is directly proportionate to the awfulness of the broader political landscape. The Vietnam War gave us the great American folk singers. The stagnation, unemployment and neoliberalism’s cusp of the 1970s bred punk. Thatcher’s Britain brought us the motley crew of rebels surrounding Red Wedge. The rapid and destructive spread of militant capitalism and imperialism at the end of the Cold War bore Rage Against the Machine. Apartheid in South Africa swelled a wonderful mix of pioneering sounds and firebrand resistance.

Unsurprisingly, 2017 was one of those years – a terrifying political context coalescing into a bumper crop of fantastic radical releases. So with a withering nod to the year that was and with a glint of hope in the sounds of revolution, here are the very best radical musical releases 2017 had to offer.
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NEW YEAR, NEW POLITICS – AN INTERVIEW WITH LANDE OF MUNCIE GIRLS

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Music That Matters and tagged album, arts, Balloon, counterculture, Daniel P Carter, Emma Goldman, From Caplan to Belsize, frustration, Gas Mark4, indie, interview, Kerrang, Lande, Muncie Girls, music, music that matters, ONSIND, politics, Propagandhi, punk, punk rock, radio 1, Roughneck Riot, RVIVR, Tellison, Tony Benn, tour.

By Chris Jarvis

In November, Muncie Girls announced the release of their debut album From Caplan to Belsize, set for a release in March 2016. They followed up this announcement with two singles – Gas Mark 4 and Balloon, and kicked off the New Year with vocalist and bassist Lande being featured on the cover of Kerrang! Magazine as one of the ‘Stars of 2016’ as well as being interviewed and played on Daniel P Carter’s Rock Show on Radio 1. It looks as though 2016 will be the breakthrough year for Exeter based indie-punks Muncie Girls. Having been part of what is so often a political scene, The Norwich Radical spoke to Lande about the new album, the politics behind it and how she sees the role of political music our series Music That Matters.

KILLING CULTURE: THE CLOSURE OF THE OWL SANCTUARY

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged activism, business, Capdown, closure, Community, faintest idea, gentrification, grassroots, JB Conspiracy, Muncie Girls, music, nightlife, norfolk, norwich, Norwich Soup Movement, NPA, ONSIND, politics, Random Hand, response, Slaves, Sonic Boom Six, The Owl Sanctuary, The Tuts, venue, working class, working class culture.

by Chris Jarvis

Last night, my Facebook timeline erupted. It’s customary for this to happen every once in a while, typically following an international atrocity or a major political event. Instead, this time it was in relation to the news that beloved Norwich music venue The Owl Sanctuary is set to close its doors at the end of January. Waves of solidarity swept across the internet, with the venue’s lengthy, emotional and angry announcement on their Facebook page being shared more than 2,000 times within three hours. Friends, musicians and fellow Norwich public spaces all joined in to stand with their venue and condemn its closure. I couldn’t express my rage.Continue Reading

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20 BEST RADICAL MUSICAL RELEASES OF 2017

NEW YEAR, NEW POLITICS – AN INTERVIEW WITH LANDE OF MUNCIE GIRLS

KILLING CULTURE: THE CLOSURE OF THE OWL SANCTUARY

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