Debby Friday – ‘Bitchpunk’ (EP Stream)

Got an email from Debby Friday to check out this banging EP, and was so excited about it that I couldn’t wait to share it with you all. Support your local alterna-Black girl and check this out! (Bandcamp)

Brittany Howard – “That’s All” Sister Rosetta Tharpe Cover

Brittany Howard performing “That’s All” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Also features The Roots’s Questlove and Felicia Collins.

Militia Vox – “The Villainess” (New Music)

https://blackwomeninrock.tumblr.com/post/179570469660/listenpurchase-the-villainess-by-militia-vox

Memphis Minnie – “I’d Rather See Him Dead”

https://blackwomeninrock.tumblr.com/post/179321045425/memphis-minnie-id-rather-see-him-dead

‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche’ Movie Update

Principal photography for the documentary Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche — which aims to review the life and legacy of Marianne Elliot (aka Poly Styrene of seminal punk band X-Ray Spex —  has been completed. A rough cut of the film and a search for financing to cover the rest of the production costs is underway. A video of the trailer for the film has been released to Indiegogo backers.

I can’t share the video here, but can say that I am personally thrilled with what I saw in the trailer and am excited to see the finished project. I can share an interview with Poly Styrene from 1977, at the height of X-Ray Spex’s and the punk revolution’s popularity. Video below!

Jessie Mae Hemphill – “Black Cat Bone”

https://blackwomeninrock.tumblr.com/post/179042228870/jessie-mae-hemphill-black-cat-bone

Jessie Mae Hemphill

https://blackwomeninrock.tumblr.com/post/179042178515/jessie-mae-hemphill

Fuck U Pay Us – Live

This is dope! Check out their GoFundMe, raising money to get to Afropunk ATL

 

Juliana Aparecida

 

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Enquanto termino de preencher os diários de classe (eles se reproduzem, é sério rs), aproveitei para ouvir um bom e velho metal. Comecei com Aryadeva, uma banda de folk e black metal com letras que tratam das mitologias eslava e védica (a banda é formada por ucranianos e indianos). Depois encontrei sem querer a banda Narjahanam, do Bahrein que aborda a história do Oriente Médio, suas guerras e religiões. Depois pesquisei as bandas africanas e nomes já conhecidos como Overthrust, Wrust, Sasamaso, Demogoroth Satanum e Still Rolling With the Times apareceram, além das bandas Scratch e Café Negro que ainda não conhecia e deixaram a minha manhã mais trevosa e feliz. A pesquisa não se restringiu aos vídeos, mas também aos textos e sites sobre as bandas africanas. Encontrei um site maravilhoso, mas a minha decepção foi a de não encontrar muitas bandas com integrantes negros. Até na divulgação de bandas africanas o colonizador se beneficia… Na foto, a banda angolana Café Negro. ❤ Indique uma banda não ocidental e/ou com integrantes negros. #rocknegro #rockafricano #negrosnorock #orocképreto #criaçãopreta #metaleirasnegras #bandasnegras #bandasnãoocidentais #bandasafricanas

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Wanted to share another Portugese-language project from professor Juliana Aparecida that deals with black women in rock and other Afrocentric topics. A sample of her Instagram page is above. Check out her blog here!