This supposedly radical indie rock band just posted a 17 page screed against “authoritarian” communism with classic digs at China, the USSR, Stalin, and Mao plus Free Tibet nonsense. The reason for this post? Dubious claims that Stalin shot avant garde and experimental musicians with them citing Shostakovich and Ligeti, two composers who were never killed by the USSR, as examples lol

Their sole source, aside from telling people to google lol, is The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross

Disappointing to see several good musicians like this post though

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[–] 25 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Deerhoof? On my slop comm on hexbear?

Deerhoof have a soft spot in my heart for their principled and consistent stance on Palestine and Gaza. And on cops and AI. They honestly are really great.

This is very disappointing. I guess this is what happens when anticommunist propaganda hops over the brain hurdle and into the pit and you actually believe western sources. Too bad.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Nobody gets a gold star for being a baseline human about Palestine and Gaza. And cops and AI(?) is easily counterbalanced by this lib shit. Sounds like they're just bandwagoners.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    They pulled their music from Spotify and left Amazon in protest, and they put out an unhinged anti cop-city screed. I feel like they're doing slightly more than most bands. But also, what is your expectation? They're a band.

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