Fedi MTV.
2025-12-11
Fedi MTV is LIVE in:
It’s late capitalism, and artists have nowhere to go.
Where’s left? Where can people discover new, risk-taking art? We can try our luck in a clickbait-optimised shitpocalypse (YouTube). Or a nightmare panopticon hellscape, where we use coy euphemisms like “unal1ved” so we don’t get banned (TikTok, Instagram).
We need a real human place for real human video art. So, we made one.
Artists on the Fediverse, corralled by @Limebar, have gotten together to make FEDI MTV: aka The Indie Beat TV.
We CAN have nice things.
Decades ago, I guess MTV decided music videos weren’t profitable enough. Instead, we got cheapo reality TV drek — which eventually subsumed every other station on earth. But back in its earlier life, shows like 120 Minutes gave us stuff that wasn’t being played anywhere else. In Ireland, we had No Disco; where I found amazing alternative art from Cibo Matto, Plague Monkeys, Tindersticks, and countless other gems.
Before the internet, niche music options were thin on the ground. Now, Big Tech may have a stranglehold on music discovery — but all is not lost. Concepts like degrowth, mutual aid, small web, and decentralisation are helping us rebuild our DIY networks. We aim to be our own platform, and kick fascist overlords’ platforms into the frickin’ sun.
📆 Put it in your calendar!
We got 3 launches, to accommodate every time zone and body clock! Hopefully! These links will download the event for your calendar:
In your time zone: .
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Or watch right here:
When live, you will be able to enter your fruity chat messages in this box.
Direct link: The Indie Beat TV.
The Fediverse needs YOU!
We’ve been salivating about this for a while! Come and witness the birth of Fedi MTV with us. I hope you’ll find some brilliant new art while you’re at it.