“Justice” is a collaboration between jazz musician Trombone Shorty and funk band Dumpstaphunk. The New Orleans natives released this funky jazz fusion tune on Donald Trump’s inauguration day. The music video also features poignant imagery which blends well with the song’s lyrical message. Dumpstaphunk’s Ivan Neville made the following statement about the tune’s intent: “Inauguration day seemed to be an […]
Learn more →“Mere Anarchy” is the latest release from Moby’s upcoming 15th studio album, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, which is due out on March 2, 2018. Both the music and the lyrics are a haunting and somber examination of world conditions. The music video also adds powerful visuals to the song’s message. According to Moby, the video is “post apocalypse, […]
Learn more →If Trayvon Martin was still alive he would be 23 years old today. On February 26th, 2012, the unarmed 17-year-old was shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. A jury acquitted Zimmerman of all charges on July 13, 2013. Martin’s murder and Zimmerman’s subsequent acquittal was one of the catalyst of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Martin’s death also inspired […]
Learn more →The Equals were an UK rock band who formed in 1965 and were considered one of the first racially integrated rock bands. The most notable member of the group was Eddy Grant whose notable solo tunes included the politically charge 1982 hit “Electric Avenune” and the 1988 anti-apartheid protest “Gimme Hope Jo’anna”. “Police On My Back” is from the Equals […]
Learn more →JB the First Lady is a Canadian indigenous rapper and activist. Her 2017 album Meant To Be was one of the 25 best protest albums of 2017 (and “O.O.T.G.” off of that album was one of the top 50 protest songs of 2017). “Still Here” off of Meant To Be could be considered a companion piece to “O.O.T.G.” “O.O.T.G.” which […]
Learn more →During the 60th Grammy Awards held on Sunday, January 28th, 2018, Trump’s United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley tweeted the following: “I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.” The idea of keeping politics […]
Learn more →According to the YouTube page for the video for “You Don’t Own Me”, The Resistance Revival Chorus “is a collective of more than 50 women who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices”. The collective got some mainstream attention on January 28th, 2018 when they backed Kesha at the Grammy […]
Learn more →Sharon Jones sadly lost her fight with cancer on November 18th, 2016. After her death Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings posthumously released the album, Soul of a Woman (“Matter of Time” off of that album was one of the 50 Best Protest Songs of 2017). One of the songs recorded for that album session was “Tear It Down”, which didn’t […]
Learn more →Rock n’ roll folklore is filled with songs that eventually became prophecy. One of these tunes is “2 Minutes to Midnight” by Iron Maiden. The heavy metal classic is from their 1984 album, Powerslave. According to the Doomsday Clock, it is now officially two minutes to midnight. The Doomsday Clock was founded in 1947 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists […]
Learn more →“What a Time To Be Alive” is the title track to Superchunk’s 11th studio album which is due out on February 16th. Both the song and upcoming album deals with the realities of living in Trump’s America. According to lead singer Mac McCaughan, it is a record “about a pretty dire and depressing situation but hopefully not a record that […]
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