On May 4, 2018, English folk punker Frank Turner released his 7th studio album Be More Kind. Turner experiments with different elements and deviates from some of the rawness of previous albums. Lyrically it is probably his most socially conscious album to date. We will now look at five of the tracks from the album. Each of these contains timely messages […]
Learn more →Lenny Kravitz just dropped a new video for “It’s Enough”, the first song off of his upcoming album Raise Vibration. His new album is slated for a September 7th, 2018 release. In a statement about the video, Kravitz stated the following “People are standing up. I’ve had enough of racism. I’ve had enough of war. I’ve had enough of the destruction of the […]
Learn more →On May 8, 2018, Scott Hutchison, the lead singer and primary songwriter of Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit was announced as missing. Sadly the body was found on the evening of May 10 and on May 11 the body was officially identified as Hutchinson and he has been declared dead. He was 36 years old. Cause of death is not […]
Learn more →Bill See is the lead singer of veteran indie rock band Divine Weeks. The band started in the late ’80s and were starting to garner some attention for their energetic live shows. They also received rotation on MTV’s 120 Minutes for their video for “In The Country (For Jim Carroll)”. Even though it appeared that the band were poised for […]
Learn more →The UK singer Jorja Smith just released a video for her 2016 topical single “Blue Lights”. The tune will also be featured on her debut album Lost & Found which is due out June 8, 2018. The video for the poignant anti-police brutality tune contains powerful visuals that humanizes the black lives that are wrongfully perceived as a threat by the police. […]
Learn more →Childish Gambino, just dropped a provocative new single and video “This Is America”. He also performed the tune during his May 5th, 2018 Saturday Night Live performance, where he also hosted the show as his real name Donald Glover. The graphic visuals address issues of gun violence, systemic racism and police brutality. The video alternates between lighthearted somewhat comical dance routines […]
Learn more →On May 4th, 2012 Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys lost his battle to cancer, at the age of 47 years old. He was more than just a founding member of one of the most influential groups in hip hop history. Yauch was also a political activist, a devout Buddhist and was heavily involved in the Tibetan independence movement, […]
Learn more →As an online project to help chronicle the artists, songs and albums that helped shape protest music we are asking you to fill out an online poll. The reader selections with the most responses will be profiled in our online Protest Music Hall of Fame. Loading…
Learn more →“Born In The Right Country” is from North Carolina’s indie folk outfit River Whyless upcoming third album Kindness, A Rebel, due out June 8, 2018. The topical tune eloquently addresses the subject of privilege. Band member Ryan O’Keefe made the following statement about his intent for penning the poignant tune: “Born in the Right Country speaks both through the eyes […]
Learn more →World leaders as spoiled little man children isn’t a new concept and it is a concept that plays out in the new video and song by Scottish alternative hip hop trio Young Fathers. The director of the music video Salomon Ligthelm made the following statement: “The tone of the track is so visceral and abrasive, which I think marries the political […]
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