Hi Neb! I Was Wondering If You Could Recommend Any Tamilian (or Other South Asian) Musicians/bands/solo

hi neb! i was wondering if you could recommend any tamilian (or other south asian) musicians/bands/solo artists? especially if they include a lot of cultural aspects in their music and have vocals that aren't in english. thank you + love you!

hi!! really good question because most south asian music comes from films so it's a little harder to find stuff that's independent or from bands. here are a few:

masala coffee- primarily folk, blues, pop, and rock, all in either tamil or malayalam. they have a cool indie rock sound to them i really like!

arivu- hip hop and rap, a lot of social commentary because he's dark skinned, dalit (lowest part of the caste system) and anti-caste. personally love the track called anti indian because yeah man me too <3

the casteless collective- chennai based tamil-indie band! arivu is a part of the lineup for this band right now actually. really good dalit music, nearly all of it is against caste inequality and hindu supremacy. honestly wouldn’t dream of giving tamil recs and not recommending this band, i love their motive and there are plenty of cultural aspects in their music. one of the styles they draw influence from is gaana, a folk genre which originated in the poorer neighborhoods of tamilnadu and is now being used as a political tool in music.

shilpa natarajan- some of her songs are in english, but some are in tamil as well. really strong indie pop vibes, it literally sounds like english indie pop but in tamil (therefore making it sexier).

gowry lekshmi- malayalam, alternative rock with folk influences! out of everyone here, i feel like she has the best example of combining carnatic vocals with non-classical music. i love the atmosphere of her stuff.

thanks for the question! this stuff isn’t the easiest to find but i hope more independent south asian music is accessible in the future!

american leftists seem extremely focused on anti imperialism (good) but rarely- if at all- discuss decolonization in their own fucking country, despite acknowledging that it is a settler colonial state.

Equal Times

Japan's Indigenous Ainu community don't want a theme park – they want their rights

The brightly lit signs on the Hokkaido motorway in northern Japan do not inform the driver about the traffic. They are, rather, advertising

An anime manga theme park aimed at getting white weeaboos to come spend money in Japan that displaces and desecrates indigenous Ainu territory...

Y’all blog about Japanese people and culture all day please boost this.

I heard that Undertale was having an anniversary! Please enjoy StuffinFluff Cooking’s take on the butterscotch cinnamon pie, featuring the official Toriel plush from Fangamer!

When this recipe says to keep mixing, please keep mixing! Melting the sugar into the butter can be challenging, and so can adding the mixture to the egg yolks. Take it as slow as you need, but turn the heat down on the butter a little to keep it from burning if you’re going to take a while!

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So apparently last year the National Park Service in the US dropped an over 1200 page study of LGBTQ American History as part of their Who We Are program which includes studies on African-American history, Latino history, and Indigenous history. 

Like. This is awesome. But also it feels very surreal that maybe one of the most comprehensive examinations of LGBTQ history in America (it covers sports! art! race! historical sites! health! cities!) was just casually done by the parks service.