Episode 20: “Hay Que Luchar” by Adelit@s

There's awesome and then there's that special form of awesome that nobody else knows about. It's the foundation of hipster culture (Dave accuses me of being a hipster quite often...). Adelit@s is that kind of awesome without being hipster at all.

They're a Portland OR-based anarchopunk band driven by alternating female-male vocals in Spanish inspired by Latin American revolutionary music. The band formed in 2006 with a few acoustic guitars and covers of old punk songs from Argentina and Spain and soon settled into its lineup. The name comes from a popular Mexican folk song and refers to the women who organized and took up arms during the Mexican Revolution. In this spirit the lyrics have focused on struggles around the border, immigration, and popular social movements that threaten the status quo.

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