Happy Bandcamp Friday! We wanted to bring you a list of South Asian musicians you can support today and in this article we highlight a few artists on our radar - more to follow next month!
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Part of what we like to do at WEIRDO is get to know the people following our work here. We interviewed Minna Nizam (they/them) about the New York goth scene, their interest in the occult, tarot reading and balancing their Muslim upbringing with their Wiccan practices.
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British South Asian artist Shay Khan recently released new single ‘In Love^2’, a song about falling in love and not wanting to die during a pandemic.
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Alt-folk duo Naz & Ella today released their new single ‘No (Doesn’t Mean Convince Me) ‘ from their forthcoming EP (DE)HUMANISE. The track is a dark and haunting song about the normalised sexual harassment experienced by women and taking your power back.
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LA-based DIY artist flora released their debut single Something today on Valentine’s Day in honour of “the emo kid in all of us”. The emo-tinged bedroom pop track pulls you into overwhelming nostalgia with its mellow guitar riff and flora’s grunge-style vocals in the verses contrasted by a satisfyingly crunchy guitar in the chorus.
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Berlin-based grunge band Passionless Pointless released their debut album Passionless Pointless today on Vinyldyke Records. Fusing elements of punk rock with noise rock, Passionless Pointless bring listeners a dark and sludgy sound with the ferocity of punk, combined with melodic vocals and catchy guitar riffs.
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The Music Issue focuses on alternative South Asian representation across the music industry. We'll be speaking with musicians, gig organisers, journalists, playlist makers and more about their experiences in the industry. We already have some incredible interviews lined up and now we’re looking for music fans to be part of this issue.
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White Riot is an expertly pieced together re-telling of history by Rubika Shah (Director, Writer) and Ed Gibbs (Producer, Writer) who blend fresh interviews with jarring archive footage to recreate the hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches in the late 1970s - and the Rock Against Racism movement that inspired a generation to stand up to racism and fascism in Britain.
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Earlier this month, Grazia India entered the world of four Indian goth influencers to talk about beauty, music and more. Part of what we want to achieve with WEIRDO is to contribute more diverse South Asian representation across the media and arts, so we loved seeing this feature in a style mag like Grazia India.
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Inside Out Terrain PREMIERE: a visual poem created through a global collaboration between artists in quarantine using the technology at their disposal. When Shay Khan contracted coronavirus, she knew this poem could not die with her if things took a turn for the worse. Watch Inside Out Terrain and read the accompanying words from Samia Zaidi.
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Naomi Bajina urges us to “stop buying expensive, bad quality clothes from the goth behemoths and letting those damn vintage shops rob us all in broad daylight”. Here, she gives us her advice on how to look good on a budget.
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A step-by-step guide by Navpreet Singh on how to embroider your own patch using one of her designs. This goes out especially to you punks looking for something to do during the lockdown.
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“I wanted to challenge what it meant to be a ‘proper Asian woman’ and how we should behave”. Bolly Ditz Dolly talks about accepting her body and how rejecting conformity has shaped her identity.
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“I remember looking at him and thinking ‘That’s what I want. I want to be covered’.” Karishma talks about the moment she realised she wanted to cover her body in tattoos and takes us through her tattoo journey so far.
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“I don’t think it's fair that in my pursuit for individuality, I’ve somehow grown averse to that which I am.” Dil Kaur discusses identity, privilege, and South Asian beauty standards.
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