Open Mike Eagle Gets Political Without Preaching, Plays the Crocodile Tonight

by Leilani PolkGo download this album on Bandcamp now. Then go see Open Mike Eagle tonight.
A week ago, while chatting with Why? frontman Yoni Wolf in advance of his band’s stop in Seattle (November 12, Neumos) on the 10-year anniversary tour of Alopecia, we got into a conversation about the current political climate and politics in music.
“I’ll say this: I like very little political music, but there are certain ways that someone can make an album that has political tones, that