#barkaa

[blakpearlsss]

Classic Barkaa 🖤

[warmestshrine]

HEY. Go stream Preach by Barkaa RN!!!!

[duotheism]

Barkaa was so right. I am groovy

[jurassicpark1990]

18, 36, 54, 72, 90

18 . king brown by barkaa

Ah, and I ain’t saying I don’t believe in love

I’m just saying I don’t believe you dogs

36. mystery by turnstile

There's a clock in my head

Is it wrong, is it right?

I know you're scared of running out of time

But I'm afraid, too

54. daffodil by florence + the machine

I couldn't help it, yes, I let it get in

The helpless optimism of spring

72. a conspiracy unmasked by howard shore

we were so close to getting through with no howard shore but alas no lyrics here </3 i also have no comments on this lol

90. restraint by florence + the machine

And have I learned restraint?

Am I quiet enough for you yet?

[akajustmerry]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians featured in this post: DENNI, Craig Everett, Thelma Plum, Miss Kaninna, Barkaa, Miiesha, JK-47, DOBBY, Sycco, Emily Wurramara, Baker Boy, and Kaiit.

Happy NAIDOC week! Go listen to Blak artists ❤️💛🖤💙🤍💚

[grahamkennedy]

Anyway instead of giving that zio cunt's eugenist ideas more airtime here's some music by Aboriginal Australians that I really like that we can all listen to instead ⬇️

[bakuraryxu]

waiting for Barkaa to release a music video for Boujee & Brown

[rockbottomwithashovel]

In Honour of Invasion Day <3 (/sarc)

I would like to be proud of my country. I want to celebrate the culture of mateship, siding with the underdog, telling the pollies to piss off and multicultural diversity... but how can I??

How can I be proud of my country when the day we celebrate the country is the very day that this nation got stolen from the 'traditional owners'. There's already a problem with that term, see, a lot of Aboriginal people (First Nation Aussies and Islanders) see it as they belong to the land, not vice versa. I would like to appreciate Kevin Rudd's apology speech back in 2008, but not much changed, so where's the apology in that??

The people who's land I am currently writing this on deserve better than being seen as "lesser". What people don't realize is that the racism in this country is far from gone. Did you know that the stolen generation legislation didn't stop being a thing until 1969? Sounds a long time ago, right? That was only 55 years ago. My mother is older than that. Let that sink in. There are 55 year old men and women out there who were stolen from their families and given to white people for some wankery of an excuse "so they can have a better life" more like so they can be "civilized" and assimilated to our culture which we deem correct and anyone who stands in the face gets murdered, thrown in jail or worse.

I would love to celebrate, crack open a tinny, play some cricket and sing waltzing fucking matilda but that's not right. I have no rights to celebrate when fellow Australians have little rights in general and are being put in jail left and right, beaten to a pulp and left to die in prisons. And of course their deaths get covered up. The police brutality in Australia is horrific because it's insidious (I'm about to write another post about this with statistics, so stay tuned). A lot of cops around here will let you off with a warning, chilled out... but that's my experience. As a white girl who can cry tears at her "mistakes". I remember once I talked myself out of a $200 on the spot fine for sneaking onto a train, said I lost my ticket and fake cried over it (shitty move, right? But to be fair, I couldn't afford the train ticket, let alone a fine). The officers were nice, gave me a warning. But how nice would they have been if I weren't white? I'd probably have been taken in to the station even if I genuinely had been crying, bought a ticket, and lost it.

There is so much fucking racism in this country. I remember being 10, disgusted as the class threw the new, Aboriginal kid under the bus for a missing toy in the class room. He didn't steal it. We found it months later. But the hell he got as the students and teachers blamed him for it? He moved schools (Darren, if you're reading this, I'm so fucking sorry for not doing more). This system is against them. And my country, my people, have the nerve to celebrate this culture on the day that marked genocide of people who were perfectly happy just living??

Sometimes I hate being white. It's an unfair advantage and I don't want anything to do with those colonizing aka land stealing genocidal bastards, but what the fuck is the point in having this privilege if I don't use it? If Indigenous people aren't getting heard then I'll stand with them, maybe this racist system will listen to a white girl.

(Final note, you're not punk if you don't fight the system, you're a poser, if you don't stand up for people who are dying you're an asshole, if you're part of a minority and let other minorities get squashes what the fuck is wrong with you, and last but not least, if you don't have an opinion on things like this, you might want to check your privilege.)

[thugamerica]

🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

[blakpearlsss]

This is for blak matriarchs This for my sisters who lived in the dark This for my sisters who carry our past on their shoulders This is for blak matriarchs This is for all of our women This for all of our children, Couldn't care less 'bout the monarch Ima set fire to the kingdom I'm coming for them All hail to blak matriarchs

[luciochaves]

Barkaa - Division (Official Video)

[taylors-a-goblin]

Here are some lyrics about Jan 26 and all it represents, to remind you why we hate it:

"How you wanna raise a flag with a rifle to make us want to celebrate anything but survival?" (From Jan 26 by A.B. Original)

"Why you crying for if it's just only a date? It's a date where all my women got beaten and raped." (From 22 Clan by Mackridge x Barkaa)

"Well, they say that they came in peace, but our blood still stains the beach." (From Bagi-la-m bargan by Birdz)

"Fuck celebrating days made on misery. White Aus still got the black history." (From Jan 26 by A.B. Original)

"Can't colonise my blak mind, I'm from the Dreamtime, I go back. The committed genocide through my tracks, they raped our mothers lessened my black. They brought the violence when they attacked." (From Blak Matriarchy by Barkaa)

"One dark day on Framingham, came and didn't give a damn. My mother cried go get their dad. He came running, fighting mad. Mothers tears were falling down, Dad shaped up and stood his ground. He said "you touch my kids, and you fight me." And they took us from our family. Took us away. They took us away. Snatched from our mothers Brest, said this was for the best, took us away." (From Took the Children Away by Archie Roach)

"Patiently waiting for someone I ain't ever seen before. They say he's the captain of men but don't believe in our law. From the land of the white skin, he's self riteous, a murder without license." (From Bagi-la-m Bargan by Birdz)

If you can listen to all of these songs with an honest and open mind, and you still don't get it, then I'm sorry, but I don't think you've got a functioning heart.

[mabelaugusta]

Thank you 🌸 @herfleur 🌸 !

🎵 first 10 songs on shuffled playlist:

Soldier of Love - Sade (love her)

Tranquilize - Telenova

Not My Job - FLO

Sunset - Caroline Polachek

Manta - Lexie Liu

Ngana Nyunyi - Tilly Tjala Thomas

Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

Barkaa - Groovy

Sable - Lous and the Yakuza and L’Or du Commun

Tiptoeing - Hope Tala

If any of you gorgeous people would like to, I tag; @cerisely @florida-kahlo @presidentofthehotgirlclub @graciekissesskies @rochastocade @taygertot @enfranchisement @highkeyvibe @fairyaries @reminiscebliss

If you don’t want to that’s all good ✨ Also if anyone else wants to join in feel free!

have a lovely holidays everyone 💕

[duotheism]

When thelma plum said I’m so sick a these woke blokes and barkaa said ian cryin over budoo unless that budoo makes me money

[akajustmerry]

my absolute favourite new songs of the year (wrapped be damned) were:

Blak Britney by Miss Kaninna / Butchered Tongue by Hozier / Division by Barkaa / Dog Rose by Arlo Parks / Extinguish The Sun by Slave To Sirens / Hater's Anthem by Infinity Song / i wanna be your right hand by nemahsis / Let Them by Boudicca / Newsreader by Alex Lahey / RELAX AFTER WORK WITH A DRINK by lilyisthatyou / Therapy by Budjerah / Watching The Credits by The Beths / We Don't Talk About It by Thelma Plum / (more in playlist) (happy new year ❤️)

[grahamkennedy]

hi! what are some of your favourite pieces of aussie media? tv, movies, books, music, whatever. i assume the newsreader is up there (i haven't seen it but you're making me want to)

I really need to watch more Aussie media, I haven't watched nearly enough.

My favourite movie is The Castle, but that's a classic so I imagine you've seen it. The Sapphires is really good even if it has my mortal enemy Chris O'Dowd.

I LOVE Picnic At Hanging Rock. Like the original novel and every adaptation is sooooo good. Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung and Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta are two life-changing Aussie books, and the latter one makes me cry actual real tears (the movie does too).

There's heaps of good Aussie music, but my main recommendations for modern stuff is Baker Boy and Barkaa. For old school stuff, you can't go wrong with Regurgitator. I also love Ben Lee even if a lot of people find him cringe. His early stuff is really good, Breathing Tornadoes is THEE album. Oh and The Currency is SO good, it's like the Australian answer to The Pogues.

Sorry I got excited gksjjdjdkkd.