The indie rock trio recently released their sophomore album Too Much to Ask, which blends catchy melodies with witty and scathing social critiques. Singer-guitarist Greg Katz comments on the motivation behind the album: “I think the last year or so has drawn a big circle around a lot of things we all already knew, but maybe didn’t know we knew. […]
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This hard-hitting tune is off Hostile Architecture, the sophomore album by the Scottish Red and Anarchist Black Metal (RABM) band. According to the Bandcamp description, the album “is a sonic exploration of the ways that subjects under late capitalism are constrained and set in motion via the various structures that uphold stratification and oppression in urban contexts.” Those themes are […]
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Ezra Furman recently released a potent new single and companion video, “Lilac and Black”, from her forthcoming album, All of Us Flames, out on August 26. The album is part of a trilogy that includes 2018’s Transangelic Exodus and 2019’s Twelve Nudes. Furman describes the album as “a queer album for the stage of life when you start to understand that you […]
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I can’t find too much info on this Australian rock trio, but based on the internet they have been described as “exotic grunge” and ‘”enviro punk”. They also formed in 2021 during the pandemic lockdown. This song is an anthemic jam.
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The genesis of the Intellectual Dark Wave began in 2019 as a Twitter joke. It started with a string of Depeche Mode-influenced tunes mocking prominent conservative figures of the so-called “Intellectual Dark Web” such as Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro. The 1980s-inspired tunes included an eclectic mix of country, punk, metal, and disco, and tackled societal ills such as police […]
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The prolific rapper, singer-songwriter, and poet recently released a video for “Powerless” a track off his latest album The Grift. He also released The Grift Home Companion, a spoken word album that further addresses the issues brought up on The Grift. The lyrics address the variety of ways that the political establishment strives to make its citizens feel powerless. The […]
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“Sally’s Pigeons” originally appeared on Lauper’s 1993 album Hat Full of Stars. The biographical tune related the story of a friend of Lauper who got pregnant as a teenager and died from a back-alley abortion. This moving song of mourning isn’t a direct protest, but it draws awareness to the fact that making abortions illegal doesn’t stop them, it just makes […]
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The veteran New York-based singer-songwriter and folk artist Steven Keene has established a reputation for composing timely social critiques. For example, his 2020 album Them and Us features the galvanizing title track and the stirring “Save Yourself”. He recently released his latest single “Soon”, his first release since Them and Us. Keene masterfully exposes a numb world sleepwalking towards the […]
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Katie Alice Greer, the former lead vocalist of Washington D.C. punk band Priests, recently released her full-length solo debut Barbarism. Greer wrote, produced, and recorded the entire album herself. She previously released music using her initials KAG, but in an NPR interview she mentioned the reasons for the change: “It’s two reasons. The first one being I started getting an […]
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Back on January 21st, 2017, singer-songwriter MILCK went viral when she organized a flash mob performance of her song “Quiet” at the Women’s March On Washington. The tune was motivated by her past experiences with sexual and physical abuse. It ended up becoming an enduring anthem of empowerment. Since then, she continues to write and record socially conscious music. The […]
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