Denzel Curry, My Bloody Valentine, Shygirl Join ‘No Music For Genocide’ Israel Streaming Boycott

Denzel Curry, My Bloody Valentine, Shygirl, Paris Paloma, Vacations, Innvervisions and YHWN Nailgun have joined the more than 1,000 other artists and labels taking part in the No Music For Genocide movement comprised of acts committed to removing their catalogs from streaming services in Israel amid the shaky truce between the Jewish state and Hamas-led militant groups.

The cultural boycott is asking artists and music rights-holders to support the Palestinian people by geo-blocking their music and pulling it from streaming platforms in Israel. They join a growing roster of acts on the list, including: Clairo, Lucy Dacus, Wolf Alice, Of Monsters and Men, Lorde, Hayley Williams, Paramore, Björk, MUNA and Paloma Faith.

The effort was originally launched in September with more than 400 signatories, with organizers saying in a statement that the urgency of the project has been ratcheted up by reports of nearly 500 alleged ceasefire violations by Israel since October’s U.S.-led ceasefire deal ending two years of devastating bombing of Gaza by Israel.

“Drawing from the successful music boycotts of apartheid South Africa, No Music For Genocide stands firm in refusing to reward the music industry’s on-the-ground presence in apartheid Israel with access to the art it requires, rejecting the use of cultural work and influence to normalize Israel’s criminal occupation, genocide, forced displacement, torture, and imprisonment without charge,” read a statement from the group. “Music is both a universal language and inherently politicized; the only question is whether we define its politicization to advance true justice.”

At press time the fragile ceasefire appeared to be holding, though Israel has continued to strike inside Gaza in response to what the country alleged was a violation of the terms by a Hamas gunman who reportedly opened fire on Israeli troops in Southern Gaza.

Israeli forces waged a relentless bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip following the Oct. 7, 2023 surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel that killed nearly 2,000 and resulted in the kidnapping of 251 hostages. Following two years of fighting in which Palestinian authorities said more than 69,000 Palestinians were killed and 170,000 injured by Israeli attacks that leveled a massive amount of structures in the territory and caused what experts said was a severe hunger crisis, a shaky ceasefire was signed on Oct. 10 as the first step towards a hoped-for peace deal.

No Music For Genocide held it’s first fundraiser last month in New York, raising $7,000, with all proceeds going directly to mutual aid programs and family lifeline funds in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.