A Month of Protest: July

Molly Nilsson, from artist’s Bandcamp Here is your monthly recap of socially conscious music. Songs/Video: Devil’s Club (featuring Rezcoat Grizz) – Snotty Nose Rez Kids The latest tune by the Canadian indigenous rap duo features hard-hitting lyrics addressing issues of identity, culture, and resilience. The song is off their upcoming album Red Future, out September 13th. Albums: Un-American Activities – […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: From the River to the Sea – Sister Wife Sex Strike

From the artist’s Bandcamp This is the latest single off the anarchist folk punk duo upcoming 3rd Sister Wife Sex Change, out August 2nd. The tune concludes with the potent lyrics: “From our rivers to our seasWe’re drowning in our leaders’ greedAllowing each atrocityUntil we rise up againstFrom our rivers to our seasWe don’t live in democracyWhat has a ballot […]

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Top 10 Protest Songs of 1994 According to AI

As part of a 1994 deep dive, I posted videos including the top 25 albums and songs and the top 10 protest albums and songs. I decided to finish off 1994 with two more videos. For fun, I used AI to generate articles about the top 10 protest albums and top 10 protest songs. I previously posted the AI-generated album list video. This video […]

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Top 10 Protest Albums of 1994 According to AI

As part of a 1994 deep dive, I posted videos including the top 25 albums and songs and the top 10 protest albums and songs. I decided to finish off 1994 with two more videos. For fun, I used AI to generate articles about the top 10 protest albums and top 10 protest songs. This video deals with my response […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Liverpool Wins (Movement 3) – Moor Mother

From the artist’s Bandcamp This epic 20-minute tune is off the prolific spoken word artist and, experimental jazz musician’s album recently released Deluxe version of her album The Great Bailout (the original version was one of the best protest albums of 2024 so far). Similar to the album, the song explores the British slave industry.

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Daily Dose of Protest: Famine – Paint It Black

From artist’s Bandcamp This is the title and opening track from the veteran hardcore band’s 2023 album. The entire album is explicitly political, and this scathing protest tune includes the lyric: “It’s as American as taking from your neighbor. Pledged to the flag of stolen land, stolen labor.”

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Daily Dose of Protest: Indoctrination – Miss Christine & Alma Drake

Miss Christine, from artist’s Bandcamp. This tune is a collaboration between Genderqueer musicians Alma Drake and Christine Moad (who performs as Miss Christine). Released on June 1st for Pride month, the song was written to protest anti-trans and other anti-LGBTQ legislation—all proceeds from sales of the single benefit the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund. Also, I had the opportunity to […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Working Class Traitor – Purplepingers

Purplepingers is Jordie van der Berg’s musical project. He has recorded several protest tunes. They are mostly reworkings of classic protest tunes. Many reference Australia, so I’m assuming he is probably Australian. The only other info I can find is that he hates real estate agents and has three cats. This song is a poignant revamp of John Lennon’s “Working […]

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Top 10 Protest Songs of 1994

As previously mentioned, I recently did a 1994 deep dive. I listened to 233 albums and a whole lot of songs. I previously posted a video of my 25 favorite tunes and a video of my top 25 albums. Since this site is primarily dedicated to protest music I previously posted a video discussing my top 10 protest albums of 94. […]

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