Daily Dose of Protest – Page 9 – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

Daily Dose of Protest: The Law of Asbestos – Ashenspire

From the artist's Bandcamp 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…

CJ Baker August 4, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: Lilac and Black – Ezra Furman

From the artist's Bandcamp 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…

CJ Baker August 2, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: War With China – Sooty Owls

From the artist's website 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".…

CJ Baker August 1, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: There’s Power in a Union (Joe Chillwave) – Intellectual Dark Wave

From the artist's Bandcamp 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…

CJ Baker July 31, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: Powerless – Jesse Jett

From the artist's Bandcamp 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…

CJ Baker July 30, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: Sally’s Pigeons (Redux 2022) – Cyndi Lauper

From the artist's website “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…

CJ Baker July 29, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: Soon – Steven Keene

From the artist's website 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…

CJ Baker July 27, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: Fits/My Love Can’t Be – Katie Alice Greer

From the artist's Bandcamp 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…

CJ Baker July 13, 2022

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Daily Dose of Protest: We Won’t Go Back – MILCK, BIIANCO, Autumn Rowe (featuring Ani DiFranco)

Credit: Lorie Shaull 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…

CJ Baker June 29, 2022

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Spitting off the Edge of the World – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (featuring Perfume Genius)

From the artist's Bandcamp The influential indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs has recently released their first tune in close to a decade, “Spitting Off the Edge of the World,”…

CJ Baker June 15, 2022