Johnny Popcorn’s Totem 2.0 is the answer to Totem Pole that was released last year. The Totem 2.0 EP comes out officially on January 1st and can be streamed now. The video for “Cold World” is an eye-catching colorful visualizer. [youtube id=”exSod29M2wI”]Continue Reading
[youtube id=”QIqbueoLE5w”] Twenty-nine years ago this month Fishbone released Truth and Soul. At the time they were budding punk funk ska band resistant to stereotypes about Black bands that shaped record company’s marketing plans for Black music. Truth and Soul went against the usual expectations of a Black band becauseContinue Reading
Afropunk has announced the lineup for this year’s 12th annual festival in NYC. Ice Cube, Flying Lotus, George Clinton, Saul Williams, The Internet, Thundercat and Shabazz Palaces are some of the acts on the roster. The festival will take place August 27th & 28th at Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park inContinue Reading
[youtube id=”r8n_MgCkSoU”] Angelo Moore and Norwood Fisher talk about Fishbone’s Intrinsically Intertwined and what it’s like to be veteran punk innovators. They also talk about the recent lawsuit against the band from a concert-goer who was injured in the mosh pit.Continue Reading