No Music For Genocide: 400+ artists pledge to block music in Israel

More than 400 musicians and independent labels have pledged to remove or geoblock their music from streaming services in Israel as part of a new cultural boycott called No Music For Genocide, the organizers said this week. The campaign, launched amid renewed international scrutiny of Israel's conduct in Gaza, asks artists and rights holders to edit territorial release settings or ask distributors to block their catalogs in Israel in protest of what the coalition described as genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, apartheid conditions within Israel and repression of pro-Palestine activism.

Organizers published a roster of signees that includes Massive Attack, Faye Webster, Arca, Fontaines D.C., Rina Sawayama, MIKE, Kelela, King Krule and Soccer Mommy, as well as labels and outlets such as 10k, Leaving Records and online radio station NTS. A statement from the campaign said, "Culture cant stop bombs on its own, but it can help reject political repression, shift public opinion toward justice, and refuse the artwashing and normalization of any company or nation that commits crimes against humanity."

The campaign said it was inspired by historical artist-led...