For Tom Morello, Hind's Hall by Macklemore is “in all honesty, the most Rage Against the Machine song since Rage Against the Machine.”
The guitarist tweeted it today talking about the rapper's pro-Palestine piece inspired by the protests of American students (you can hear it at this link).
In the days of the beef between two heavyweights like Kendrick Lamar and Drake, an outsider (which he now is) like Macklemore did something very old school, trying to shift attention from the rivalry to politics. Not surprisingly, one of the verses of Hind's Hall it's “I want a ceasefire, who cares what Drake's response is.”
Honestly @macklemore's “Hind's Hall” is the most Rage Against The Machine song since Rage Against The Machine.
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) May 7, 2024
Meanwhile, Nick Cave responded in his Red Hand Files to a musician who was asked not to play at the Great Escape festival due to Barclays being a sponsor. The bank is accused by pro-Palestine activists of providing services to those who produce equipment for the Israeli army (the institution has stated that it does not invest in companies that supply weapons that are used in Gaza).
On the one hand, writes the artist who asks Cave for his opinion, «I feel judged by my peers and fans if we don't cancel the performance, on the other my heart tells me that it would be a reckless choice. I don't want to be forced to follow a trend, but I fear that silence will make me seem complicit.” And he finally asks: “What would you do?”.
Nick Cave's response is clear and laconic: «Play».