Feb 26, 2020ACTION: Reject Amazon’s sponsorship of the Heavy Music AwardsCalling on musicians, nominees, and panelists to join us in boycotting Heavy Music Awards until they drop Amazon Earlier this year, the Heavy Music Awards announced that its headline sponsor for 2020 will be Amazon Music. The Heavy Music Awards should not be lending Amazon credibility while Amazon plays a direct role in the US government’s brutal separation of families and cruel attacks on immigrant communities.Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Jan 15, 2020No Music for ICE: artists will organize picket lines outside Amazon-sponsored events at SXSW 2020Calling on all musicians to join us in boycotting Amazon over their support for ICE’s human rights violations — The organizers behind No Music for ICE are announcing today that we will organize picket lines at Amazon-sponsored events at SXSW festival this year. We call on all artists, music fans, and supporters of basic human rights to join us in boycotting these events. Musicians should not provide credibility or…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Dec 6, 2019Statement on Amazon Web Service’s Intersect FestivalThis weekend, dozens of musicians will perform at Amazon Web Service’s Intersect Festival, a manifestation of Amazon’s desire to build toward a monopoly over the music industry. Sparked in part by outcry from artists who did not know Intersect was presented by Amazon, over 1000 musicians rallied under our No…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Nov 25, 2019ACTION: Musicians, Pull your Music from Amazon this Holiday SeasonWe, the artists behind No Music For Ice, are calling for our fellow musicians to cut ties with Amazon, until they end their contracts with ICE. In an escalation of our NoMusicForICE campaign, we just issued takedown notices to pull our music from Amazon’s digital platform, and you can too…Music5 min readMusic5 min read
