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July 7, 2021: Embrace by Keep Dancing Inc

*Bandcamp here

NME interviewed Keep Dancing Inc and this was my favorite part:

If your tour bus was hanging over the edge of a cliff and you needed to throw out one band member as ballast, which member would it be and why?

Louis because he’s by far the heaviest and as a former boy scout he’ll definitely survive and find his way home.

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If you’d like to get involved with stopping the atrocities against Palestine, here’s where you can start (text in bold for readability):

DONATE: here and here

PETITIONS AND ACTIONS: petition (UK only), petition (UK only), petition, actions to take/reading list

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION: overview of the conflict (video 1 and video 2), Decolonize Palestine’s FAQ, the conflation of Jewish identity with the modern Israeli state, the Nakba, the history of the Israeli settlements in Palestine, miscellaneous podcast episodes about some specific issues with the narrative around Palestine, and a list of various resources for information

PRESENT DAY: the crisis as it currently exists, U.S. foreign aid to Israel,  Palestine-United States relations, Israel-United States relations, perspectives from on the ground in Gaza, a bunch of videos about the crisis (recommendations: “Life Inside Gaza After Nearly 2 Weeks of Bombings”, “Israel Is Vaccinating ‘Everyone’ – Besides 5 Million Palestinians”, and “Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel”), the gentrification of East Jerusalem

Black lives matter and here are some ways you can get involved in the  fight against racism, specifically anti-black racism (text in bold for readability):  

This Linktree and this Carrd are full of ways to confront and fight against anti-black racism: places to donate, advice for protesting, educational resources.

Donate to: Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence, the Racial Justice Network, Communities United Against Police Brutality, the Bail Project, the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Okra Project, the Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, For The Gworls, G.L.I.T.S., the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, the Black Trans Travel Fund, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and the Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective.

Here is a post with a list of GoFundMe campaigns that have yet to reach their goals.

Additional GoFundMe campaigns: Justice for Breonna Taylor, In Memory of Jamarion Robinson, Rent Fund For Black LGBT Family, Esperanza Spalding’s BIPOC Artist Sanctuary, Survival and Gender Affirming Needs for Black Enby, Jaya and Dylan’s Move out Fund, Janet and David’s apartment burned down, Help Revay get to medical school, Help Dai Parker Get Back into College Fund, Help Send Howard to Berklee College of Music, A Home for Harriett’s Bookshop

Listen | Keep Dancing Inc release new single ‘Start Up Nation’

Keep Dancing Inc have returned with their new single ‘Start Up Nation’. The sophisticated Parisian trio are sure to convince you that their debut album ‘Embrace’, is full of promise.

‘Start Up Nation’ is a dynamic cold-wave and 80s pop laden sound with plenty of excitement

Taken from their debut album ‘Embrace’, out in Autumn, the trio make tracks that sit somewhere between post=punk and…