Lola Johnson (Fisty) at Cobra Club (photo by Kate Hoos)
On a recent Sunday night, a group of musicians came together at Bushwick’s Cobra Club to raise money for The Center for Human Rights in Iran in response to the current feminist uprising and to help raise awareness and money for the cause. The events organizer saying on Instagram: “Western media has given little coverage to what has become the largest feminist movement in our lifetime. Join us in amplifying those voices.”
The bill was an eclectic mix of local acts ranging from the experimental piano compositions of Smiling Beth, hard driving indie rock from SAVAK, art indie post punk from Creek and Kills, and a solo set by Lola Johnson of Fisty who played a brief set of stripped down Fisty songs along with two covers- Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” and X Ray Spex “The World Turned Dayglo.” The show also happened a day after the tragic Club Q shooting and Johnson took a moment during her set to acknowledge the victims and led the room in a moment of silence to honor them.
And though this was just one rock show on a cold night in Brooklyn, and the mood was somber at times, it’s so important to keep showing up, even when times are hard and things feel impossible. As Fisty said on their Instagram when posting about the show “It’s just one step of many, but it’s a helluva lot better than none at all.”
Scroll down for pics of the show (photos by Kate Hoos)
SMILING BETH
SAVAK
CREEK & KILLS
LOLA JOHNSON
