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Amirtha Kidambi is invested in the creation and performance of subversive, anti-hegemonic music, from free improvisation and avant-jazz, to Indian carnatic and devotional, experimental bands, electronic music, noise and new music. She is an educator, activist and organizer working to challenge systems of white supremacist, colonial, capitalist, patriarchy, and is co-founder and co-organizer of South Asian Artists in Diaspora and Musicians Against Police Brutality. As a bandleader and composer, she is the creative force behind the incendiary protest group Elder Ones. She is also the host of Outernational, a podcast that explores the relationship between music and revolution, featuring discussions with musicians who are using their music and platforms to grapple with the intersecting global crises of our times.
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Amirtha Kidambi

Music

Outernational: Amirtha Kidambi and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) Talk DIY, Spotify, AI, and More

Brian Zayatz is a songwriter, vocalist, and bassist with <a href="http://stonerwill.bandcamp.com/">Stoner Will and the Narks</a>, a slacker rock outfit in Western Massachusetts tackling themes like local politics and cultural rot. Brian is also an editor of <a href="http://theshoestring.org/">The Shoestring</a>, an online local news magazine serving the same area, with additional work appearing in <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gentrification-of-the-mind-sarah-schulman-queer-history">Teen Vogue</a>, Dig Boston, Shadowproof, and the Montague Reporter.

Brian Zayatz

Liz Pelly and Brian Zayatz (Stoner Will and the Narks) Want to Organize For a Better Future

Liam Benzvi&#8216;s debut album Acts of Service, which was co-produced by Wet, is out via Terrible Records February 18. Praised for his “narrative lyricism and danceable hooks” (MTV) Benzvi has been “New York’s crooner and heartthrob” (Flaunt) since his days as the co-founder and lead singer of indie pop outfit Strange Names. From opening for Azealia Banks to Janelle Monae to Yeasayer to Porches to Wet, Benzvi has been able to blend in and out of the indie spaces.

Liam Benzvi

Liberate Us From Being “Playlisted”

Kelly Oxford is a screenwriter, author and director. Kelly&#8217;s directorial debut, Pink Skies Ahead starring Jessica Barden, which she adapted from an essay in her second book, premiered at the 2020 AFI Fest and airs on MTV at 9 p.m. on May 8, 2021. Kelly also sold her original feature Son of a Bitch to HBO Max with Anonymous Content and Stampede Ventures producing. Kelly is the author of two New York Times bestselling books for adults, Everything is Perfect When You&#8217;re a Liar and When You Find Out the World is Against You. She recently sold two Young Adult novels in auction to Penguin Random House.

Kelly Oxford

Film

Three Great Things: Kelly Oxford

Josh Strawn is currently one half of the electronic duo Azar Swan and the lead singer of the moody metal supergroup Vaura. He was closely involved with the now-defunct Wierd Records label and party, at which time he fronted the post-punk band Blacklist and played in the psychedelic doom folk band Religious to Damn with Azar Swan co-conspirator Zohra Atash. He has contributed written works of political and cultural commentary to various publications including Flavorwire and Slutist.
(photo credit: Jason Rodgers)

Josh Strawn

Waking Up from the Music Industry’s Complacency Nightmare

Do Karaoke with Potty Mouth… Kind of

Kiran Gandhi is a music industry thinker and artist. She served as Interscope Records&#8217; first-ever digital analyst 2011-2013. She has toured internationally, drumming for artist M.I.A in 2013 and DJ duo Thievery Corporation in 2010, and now produces music under her own project Madame Gandhi. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MadameGandhi" target="_blank">here</a>, Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/MadameGandhi" target="_blank">here</a> and Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KiranGandhi" target="_blank">here</a>, and hear music on <a href="http://Soundcloud.com/Madamegandhi/wazey" target="_blank">her Soundcloud page.</a>

Kiran Gandhi

Kiran Gandhi (Madame Gandhi) Talks Being Both a Musician and a Businessperson

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