Solid week for new music including releases from The LIckerish Quartet, Chris Reed and the Anime Raiders (me!), Avi Kaplan, Belle and Sebastian, Vero, Suggs with Paul Weller, Warpaint, and much more. Enjoy!
Here are this week's artists by twitter handle unless otherwise marked:
@alyandaj
@pomplamoose with @BennySingsmusic
@animeraider (hey, that's me!)
@scarypockets featuring @CaseyBassy and reesetea (Instagram)
wanderingwithmusic (Instagram) with @musicbyscarIett
@Avi_Kaplan
@Kiffie8
@joeyDosik
Dream Club (no active socials I could find) with @thepureca
@p_menis with frequent collaborator Ramon Sanz and Jack Bucarey
@_GuidedByVoices
thesuggsmcpherson (Facebook) and @paulwellerHQ (and yes, it does sound like Madness meets The Jam because IT IS!!!)
Mike Santos (socials unknown)
@MUNYA_MUNYAAA
@arcadefire featuring @itspetergabriel
@vero_band
@bellesglasgow
wearerivalsband (Facebook)
@DrBrianMay
@sharonvanetten
@_Warpaint
@rollingbcf
@thisissigrid
@haterrmusic
@IbeyiOfficial
@sukiwaterhouse
@emelisande
@Sunflower_Bean
@awolnation featuring @beck
@AndrewLeahey
I've had a week now (as have you) to absorb the impending doom of Roe v. Wade and have come to a singular conclusion that this country is now divided into two camps: Republicans and Americans.
Justice Alito's opinion ignores centuries of American precedence, including the fact that Benjamin Franklin included abortion instructions in his adaptation of "The Instructor" in 1748. Abortion is an American right - this opinion is catering to a religious SECT. To Cosplay Christians.
W're already seeing women who have miscarriages charged with crimes. It's going to get much worse, I promise you, unless we somehow manage to take a step in the correct direction. I am not hopeful. This wasn't a surprise - it's been coming for almost 50 years.
Some months back I was offered the chance to move to Texas. It would be for good money and a solid living. I turned it down. When asked why I just said, "Because I have daughters." There are at least 22 other states that I would say the same thing about. I feel glad and occasionally lucky to live in Coastal California.
A woman I follow on twitter coined the phrase "Fractally Stupid" and I think it applies here. To quote: "Fractally Stupidity is when each bit of stupid, is made of more stupid. A veritable Mandelbrot set of stupid- supported on the backs of four giant stupids, and before you ask what's under them- it's stupid all the way down."
This decision opens the way to repealing marriage equality - not just for gays but for interracial couples. This decision could be used to criminalize gay sex. This decision could be used to desegregate schools.
Fractally Stupid.
Oh, and did you notice that the state of Wisconsin's Republican-led legislature just passed a bill that allows 14 year-olds to work as late as 11pm? You know, motherfucking child labor? It only takes a little digging to find weird shit like this happening in Republican legislatures all over the country.
The American Experiment appears to be over. It failed. It might be time to pack.
But because I love you, have some Lickerish Quartet:
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