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Kneecap at Coachella, Pulp Summer and Music from a Dead Man鈥檚 Brain

How free are artists to be political at music festivals?

What does the response to Kneecap鈥檚 Coachella performance tell us about the current relationship between music festivals and political expression? Annie and Nick are joined by 麻豆社 Music Correspondent, Mark Savage, to decipher the fallout from the rap trio鈥檚 set. Elsewhere, from conical bras to London鈥檚 West End 鈥� Self Esteem has found a new fan in Madonna, but would you want to know if pop royalty was in the crowd before or after going on stage? Plus, there鈥檚 a composer in Australia who鈥檚 making music beyond the grave, Annie鈥檚 spent her holiday doing family rap battles - and what it feels like to ride Bad Bunny (the horse).

Since this episode was recorded, Kneecap have given 麻豆社 News a statement. You can read that here: /news/articles/c1dr6xvk5x3o

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SONGS

Orbital 鈥� Belfast

The Dare 鈥� LCA

Lorde 鈥� What Was That

Pulp 鈥� Spike Island

ALBUMS

Greentea Peng 鈥� Tell Dem It鈥檚 Sunny

Self Esteem 鈥� A Complicated Woman

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