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Broadcast Live

CMJ Hiphop Top 40!

About Me


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Michael Franti & Spearhead, with Broadcast Live
:: September 28 @ The Rave, Milwaukee, WI

Yes, we have discounted tickets available for this show! All tickets shipped Priority Mail the business day following your purchase. Follow the link to our website to purchase tickets, http://www.broadcastlive.org/rave.html
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$ 19.95 , shipping included!


Underground - The new album from Broadcast Live
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Broadcast Live is a project born in Albany, NY's anarchist activist community. The group's objective is to promote social change through music, and to speak truth to power.
The music is a union of revolutionary ideals and many styles, ranging from hiphop and rock, to reggae and folk. The band uses a wide array of live instruments as well as beats, and is known for its bombastic live performances.
Rockin the CMJ charts, in the company of cats like Public Enemy, The Coup, and Ghostface Killah. Keep them spins comin!
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Member Since: 4/23/2005
Band Website: broadcastlive.org
Band Members: Victorio Reyes Asili (poetry, rhymes),
Gaetano Vaccaro (guitar, drums, horns, bass, keyboards, backing vocals),
Jory Leanza-Carey (guitar, drums, bass, programming, vocals),
Seantel Chamberlain (bass, drums)
Influences: Last Poets, Dead Prez, Ani DiFranco, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Lauryn Hill, Lucy Parsons, Albert Parsons, Emma Goldman, Malcolm X, the Zapatistas, Steve Biko, Assata Shakur, Leonard Peltier, Herman Bell, the Stonewall Rebellion, the IWW and radical Labor, all struggles for autonomy
Sounds Like: The Coup, Ani DiFranco, Rage Against the Machine, Mogwai, Saul Williams, Neil Young, Modest Mouse, Public Enemy, Spearhead, and LT droppin some knowledge on yo ass.
Record Label: Rebel Army Media
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Help us book our Fall Tour - South / Northwest / West Coast / Rockies!

Okay, so a few days ago we posted our East Coast/Midwest tour itinerary, and now here are the locales for the second leg of the tour.If you live within a few hours of any of these cities and you want ...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:54:00 PST

Help us book our autumn tour -- Northeast and Midwest dates!

What up, family! It's almost that time again to be hitting the road in support of our upcoming album. That means that we're in the process of setting up over 70 shows across the United States and Cana...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:11:00 PST

Check out the new material!

We've got a preview of a few brand new tracks posted. Listen to "New Album Preview" on the music player. The album drops in the Fall!
Posted by Broadcast Live on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:40:00 PST

NYPD Illegally Shuts Down Mumia Event

It has emerged that, in a thoroughly unsurprising move, the NYPD conspired to shut down a Manhattan venue hosting a benefit show for Mumia Abu-Jamal. For the full article:http://www.freemumia.com/mum...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:57:00 PST

Police racism out in the open on NYPD blog

In case there was any mistake about racism in the NYPD, the cop blog 'NYPD Rant' will make it nice and clear how these cats think. A notable quote from one of these outstanding individuals:(This is a...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:18:00 PST

Free Mumia!

Just an update on Mumia's case: On the evening of May 16, Broadcast Live performed at a benefit for Mumia headlined by Immortal Technique. Also appearing were Bojah and the Insurrection, of Bo...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Fri, 25 May 2007 06:57:00 PST

Midpoint Music Festival

So check it. Broadcast Live just got back from Cincinnati, where we played the Midpoint Music Festival. The festival is billed as the largest independent music event in the entire Midwest, and out o...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:54:00 PST

CMJ Top 40

Broadcast Live's debut album, Underground, has broken into the top 40 on national college hiphop charts. This week we locked in at number 38 on CMJ hiphop. Thanks to everyone for helpin us out with ...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Thu, 18 May 2006 04:03:00 PST

The Perceptionists, Broadcast Live, and Organized Labor

Check it:On Saturday, September 3, the second annual HipHop and Labor Festival is rockin Albany's Washington Park. Broadcast Live will be performing, as well as headlining act the Perceptionists.Last ...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Broadcast Live Album Release - September 23

This is it! The first full-length studio album from Broadcast live will is gonna drop on Friday, September 23. There will be a kick-off show at Valentines in Albany, NY. CDs are available for pre-orde...
Posted by Broadcast Live on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST