One advantage of having a music blog is that people message you suggesting certain songs and artists. Several of these recommendations I was considering featuring as part of the poorly misnamed Daily Dose of Protest, but due to my sporadic posting never had the opportunity. In order to rectify that, I will now feature a few socially conscious tunes that […]
Learn more →I previously posted a list of the 30 best protest albums of 2018. The following list of songs won’t be as detailed. Also it won’t be a strict list of the tunes I feel were the best. It is more of an index of some the best 2018 protest songs that I featured as a Daily Dose of Protest. Below […]
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 →“Can’t Deny Me” is Pearl Jam’s first original tune since their 2013 album Lighting Bolt. They released the protest song as a fan club single. The scathing lyrics takes clear aim at the Trump administration with lines such as: “Where’s your vocabulary? Your ignorance is sinful You plant your lying seeds Watch as the roots take hold The country you […]
Learn more →“Nowhere Fast” originally appeared on his late 2017 album Revival. On March 16th, 2018 he released an extended version which opens with an additional verse concerning school shootings and gun violence. It takes aim at the NRA and how the government representatives are mere puppets to the gun lobby. Another line in the song, which was also in the original […]
Learn more →On February 14th, 2018, 17 people were killed during a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. When a mass shooting occurs it always seems to follow a similar pattern: thoughts and prayers, it is too soon too talk about gun control, followed by nothing ever changing. This time around there finally is a glimmer of hope that meaningful […]
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