Joni Mitchell was born on November 7, 1943. Her 80th birthday is an appropriate time to reflect on the considerable legacy of the Canadian singer-songwriter. She had a gift for writing introspective songs that tap into the human experience. Her music also reflected a social consciousness, especially during the later part of her career. Right now we will look at […]
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Danceland is a Toronto-based jam band, which includes husband and wife co-vocalists and songwriters Joe and Jale Ferland. They recently released their debut album, Pink Lem. Even though the album may be the band’s debut, Joe Ferland is a veteran musician who came up through the 1990s New York City music scene, playing in an array of rock and pop-punk […]
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Since I started this site at the end of 2017, I seem to introduce these lists with variations of it has been a shitty year, but at least we have the music. At this point, I really don’t know what else to say. So here is a list of some of the notable socially conscious albums released so far this […]
Learn more →The iconic two-tone ska band recently released their latest album Encore. It is their first album of original material in two decades. The band was never one to shy away from the political and the 2019 incarnation of the group is as relevant as ever. The album cover issues faced in both the UK and the USA, such as Brexit, […]
Learn more →Australian singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly recently released “Old Man”, the first single off her upcoming debut full-length album, Beware of the Dogs, available on March 8, 2019. In many ways, the song covers similar themes as “Boys Will Be Boys“, which was on her debut EP, Thrush Metal. Both tunes deal with issues popularized by the #MeToo movement and the need to […]
Learn more →Lynzy Lab is a dancer and choreographer who recently wrote and recorded the perfect response to the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation and #HimToo. Since posting the video of her performing “A Scary Time,” it started to go viral and has garnered significant social media buzz. The satirical tune addresses the men who try to paint themselves as the victim of #MeToo. […]
Learn more →“You Hate The Title” is off of Speedy Ortiz’s 2018 album Twerp Verse. The album’s Bandcamp page describes the tune as “a slinky traipse through the banality of this current moment in patriarchy – in which survivors are given the mic, but nitpicked over the timbre of their testimonies.” This is highlighted with the lyric “You hate the title, but […]
Learn more →Jennifer Holub is a Canadian singer-songwriter who uses her music to explore important feminist themes. Her sophomore album The Reckoning is set to be released September 28, 2018. On her Bandcamp page the album is described as “a hawkish condemnation of society’s place for women, and an urgent call to rouse from it. “ “For me the reckoning means coming to terms […]
Learn more →“Boys Will Be Boys” is a cliché which has long been used to excuse negative male behavior. Sadly it goes beyond just justifying a minor passing phase that will eventually be grown out of. At times it becomes a justification for sexual harassment and rape. “Boys Will Be Boys” is a tune off of Australian indie singer Stella Donnelly 2017 debut […]
Learn more →“Mr. Weinstein Will See You Now” is a poignant collaboration between Amanda Palmer and UK indie artist Jasmine Power. On Palmer’s YouTube page for the video it made the following statement about the tune: “this song is dedicated to every woman everywhere around the world who has been trapped in a room with a man who used his power to rip […]
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