More on Taqwacore (Islamic hardcore) from Tales from Bradistan

Reposted below is the latest installment of an ongoing series on Taqwacore on Tales from Bradistan. THURSDAY, 8 JULY 2010 Al Thawra – Miskeen I’m still putting together my blog entry on the taqwacore punk bands Al Thawra and The Kominas and hope to publish it shortly. Until then, following on from last week’s taster [...]

July 8, 2010
Categories: Cultural History, Genre, Identity, Metal, Music & Islam, Music & Religion, Popular Music, Punk . Tags: , , , , , . Author: Jeffrey Callen . Comments: Leave a Comment

Skindred (“best live band in Britain”) – punk/metal/reggae pop

Thanks to Abdelhalim El Hachimi (of Tales from Bradistan) for turning me on to Skindred, a British band that brings together metal, punk and reggae to create damn good pop music. Below is the first part of his excellent post on Skindred — a lot of info on the band, scads of links, nice photos, [...]

June 8, 2010
Categories: Genre, Metal, Music, Popular Music, Punk, Reggae, Rock . Tags: , , , , , , , . Author: Jeffrey Callen . Comments: 2 Comments

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