Today we are celebrating all the incredible Black game changers leading us into the future!
Happy Black Heritage Month! Each week in February we’re going to celebrate and amplify Black excellence. Let’s start with some incredible companies owned and operated by brilliant Black women.
Happy Women’s History Month! Geek Girl Riot is celebrating by shouting out our favorite femmes…and calling out what needs to change.
We’re kicking off Black & Punk, idobi’s celebration of Black History Month, with the one and only HR of Bad Brains. HR, which stands for Human Rights, is the lead singer of one of the most legendary and influential rock bands in music history. While the band now steers away from labeling their music as punk or hardcore, as they display a variety of genre defying elements, their music defined and led the entire movement of music we call “Punk Rock”. Bad Brains’ elevated mastery of musicianship, lyrics that aspired to close the racial divide, and their cultivation of ‘that… Read more »
Celebrate Black comic culture and history with Sheena C. Howard’s Encyclopedia of Black Comics.
Two years after beginning his improbable quest as a little-known, first-term Illinois senator moves into the Oval Office as the nation’s fourth youngest president. A King once stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with dreams of equality and respect. Today, a president will stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, living out that dream in front of an entire nation and creating a new chapter in American history. It’s a chapter many didn’t think they’d live to see. But the day is upon us, and millions of spectators will watch this historic event unfold between those two… Read more »
Dubbed one of our 100 Rising Artists To Listen To In 2024, Baby Got Back Talk is committed to pushing boundaries and challenging stereotypes within the rock music scene by amplifying diverse voices that have often been overlooked or silenced. Their latest endeavor, a mixtape featuring BIPOC and female-identifying musicians, serves as a rallying cry for inclusivity. In an exclusive interview, Baby Got Back Talk shares insights into their mission for diversity and inclusion in rock music with the release of their latest single and accompanying video for “Guilty Of Being Bright.” The new release serves as a musical counterpart… Read more »
After shining the spotlight on her vibrant other-half, Donny Lloyd, the guitar-slinging master of Honey Revenge, while celebrating Black History Month, Devin Papadol, the hot-pink-headed pop-punk songstress and mic commander of the group, steps into the limelight. As we honor International Women’s Day today, amidst celebrating International Women’s Month, Papadol pauses her blossoming career to reflect on the remarkable women she’s encountered in the music industry. From the undeniable influence of the All We Know Is Falling frontwoman Hayley Williams to chance encounters with industry trailblazers while in line for a concert as a teen, Papadol shares the profound impact… Read more »
talker is back with her newest single, “Easygoing.” This is the first taste of what to expect from her anticipated debut album that drops later this year. The music video for it is a slow descent into obsessive, delulu energy that contrasts the catchy, poppy tune. With this latest single, she enters her singer-songwriter, girlie-pop era with hypnotic guitars and soft vocals. Celeste Tauchar, the creative mind behind talker, says that while it’s her favorite piece of music she’s worked on so far, it’s “one of the scariest to release.” It isn’t due to the relaxed tone that counteracts the… Read more »
As we continue to celebrate Black History Month by empowering and amplifying the voices in our music community, it’s crucial to remember that embracing diversity—whether that includes people of color, women, nonbinary individuals, or LGBTQIA+ voices—is essential every day and not just throughout the 28-30 day monthly calendar period designated for celebrating these individuals. We caught up with the empowering, progressive, pop-punk three-piece Meet Me @ The Altar on February 1 while they were performing in Cleveland, Ohio, to chat with them about diversity and the celebration of marginalized voices. Throughout the day we spent with MMATA and their electrifying… Read more »
