We are giving away a pair of tickets to Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall on October 23. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed October 14. Join Our Newsletter & WIN Portland Tickets! ——————————————— From our sponsors: Mdou Moctar October 23, 2024 Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $29.50 | All Ages More info: etix.com Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St., Portland, OR Funeral For Justice is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout Afrique Victime, it captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political. Nothing is held back or toned down. The songs on Funeral For Justice speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people. “This album is really different for me,” explains Moctar, the band’s singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. “Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they’re going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution.” “Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I’ve been a part of it,” says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017. “France came in, fucked up the country, then said ‘you’re free.’ And they’re not.” The song ‘Oh France’ tackles this head on: “France’s actions are frequently veiled in cruelty/We are better off without its turbulent relation/It’s high time we grasp the endless lethal games it plays.” Mdou Moctar in its current iteration is first and foremost a band. Alongside Moctar, it consists of rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane, drummer Souleymane Ibrahim, and American bassist and producer Mikey Coltun. The band got their start performing at traditional weddings. These are high energy events – amps are dialed up to 11 and the whole town is invited to attend. “I grew up in the DC punk scene and this is no different,” explains Coltun. “It’s a DIY punk show: people bring generators, they crank their amps. Things are broken, but they make it work.”The post Win Tickets ($59): Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall | Nigerien Quartet, w/ Rosali first appeared on PDX Pipeline.The post Win Tickets ($59): Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall | Nigerien Quartet, w/ Rosali appeared first on PDX Pipeline.