The Rebel Beat is Firebrand Records podcast of radical political music across different genres, and across different continents, hosted and produced by Aaron Maiden on unceded Mohawk territory in Montreal. It is the mixtape to a riot against police brutality. It is your nightly newscast set to bass and beats. It is a rallying cry against apathy. It is protest anthems from Hong Kong to Istanbul to Ferguson to Montreal. The Rebel Beat drops once a month, and will feature interviews, collaborators, and accomplices. Get it through Firebrand Records’ Soundcloud page, and check out older episodes from Rebel Beat Radio here: http://www.rebelbeatradio.com.
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The Rebel Beat Podcast 051 – Viva Vi Subversa!
Frances Sokolov, aka. Vi Subversa of the UK anarcha-feminist punk band Poison Girls. Rest in Power!
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Welcome back to another weekly podcast of The Rebel Beat! This week on the show, we start off with some ideal tracks that we’d love to have blaring over a loudspeaker during a riot, and then we went into a musical obituary for Vi Subversa. Vi Subversa was the lead singer of the UK anarcho-punk band Poison Girls, and she sadly passed away last week at the age of 80. Rest in power!
In honour of Vi, we also played a ton of punk from some bad-ass ladies, and then topped it off with a bit of soul.
Enjoy!
Playlist – February 24, 2016
Jam Jarr – Rock a riot
Santigold & Beastie Boys – Don’t play no game that I can’t win
Ryaam – Le poing en l’air
Rafeef Ziadah – Choices
Blackbird Raum – Adder
Poison Girls – State control
Poison Girls – Crisis
Poison Girls – Reality attack
Crass – Berketex bribe
Chin Chin – Never surrender
The Avengers – I believe in me
The Slits – Typical girls
X-Ray Spex – Oh bondage, up yours!
Downtown Boys – Wave of history
Heathers – Downtown cop
Lungbutter – Vile
The Shondes – Are you ready?
New Bloods – Doubles
Bad Cop/Bad Cop – Sugar cane
Gil Scott Heron – The prisoner
Larry Saunders – Free Angela
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Angela
The Lumpen – Free Bobby now
Nina Simone – A little sugar in my bowl