A Tribe Called Red with Frank Waln and the Sampson Brothers Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 9:00pm Mayne Stage | 1328 W. Morse Ave. Chicago $10 Adv. | $12 Day of Show | $20 Reserved Seating | 18+

As Vice accurately (or inaccurately) covered a couple months ago, the Idle No More protests underway in Canada could be ripped straight from the pages of a Louise Erdrichnovel. At the heart of the matter is the continued and very historic native resistance to colonial subjugation, the arbitrary abuse of indigenous rights and the misuse of aboriginal lands. Now however you feel about those shaky terms, aboriginal and indigenous, both sounding like strange anthropologists’ probing names for native folk, Indian has always been quite contentious one too. Out of respect and reluctant acceptance of my own collegiate guilt lets go with First Nation (in the Canadian context) or native people.

Now, as you know I’ve been a huge fan of A Tribe Called Red for quite some time. Gozamos was lucky enough to have premiered their first full length album last year. And even if Noisey beat us to the punch this go around, we’re still elated to promote this trio of incredibly intelligent cultural creators’ newest work, Nation II Nation. Linking up with a record label and actual drum making group Tribal Spirit, where they were able to remix music from the young musician’s library of native beats, Nation II Nation sounds a little different than their first release. This album sounding stronger and more intensely native even if the electronic parts of the consortium of sounds goes deeper and harder off the edge than ever before. It’s no wonder these gentleman are able to combine so many unique sources, as I learned from our interview below, they’re completely inspired from everything from superstar singer Anthony Kiedis, independent filmaker Jim Jarmusch, acclaimed actor Gary Farmer (from the same Cayuga nation as Bear Witness) and the wrestling antics of Hulk Hogan.