February may be a shorter and typically shitty month, but it did manage to produce a decent amount of socially conscious music. Here is a sampling. Songs/Videos: SAGA (Acoustic) – Hurray for the Riff Raff This is a powerful acoustic reworking of a track that appeared on Hurray for the Riff Raff’s excellent 2022 album Life On Earth (one of […]
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Back in 1992, Ice-T’s heavy metal project Body Count released their self-titled debut album, which included one of the most controversial protest songs of all-time, “Cop Killer”. The lyrics express the frustration that many in the Black community were feeling. The original album version reference then Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates, and Rodney King who was brutalized by the […]
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The veteran Canadian hardcore band recently released their 6th full-length album One Day. As the title suggests each band member committed to a self-imposed time frame of 24 hours to write and record their contributions. Compared to their previous ambitious standards the album is more straightforward, but it still carries considerable weight. It also features a couple of poignant social […]
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