Grace Petrie, from the artist’s Bandcamp This is your monthly recap of notable socially conscious music, which includes acts of reclamation and protests against genocide and colonialism. Songs/Videos: Red Future (feat. Electric Fields) – Snotty Nose Rez Kids This is the title track of the Canadian Indigenous hip-hop duo’s upcoming album, slated for a June 2024 release. The tune is […]
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Sunny War, from the artist’s Bandcamp Back when I started the website in 2017 I included a list of the 50 Best Protest Songs (back when I was still presenting lists in numerical order. Since that time I opted not to make a list since I was creating a Spotify protest song playlist featuring music that appeared on the site. […]
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Ragana, from the artist’s Bandcamp Music is often a reflection of the current political climate, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that multiple artists this month recorded music in response to the Israel-Palestine situation. Of course, climate change is still a thing, and racists, fascists, and homophobes still exist. Here is your recap of notable socially conscious music released in […]
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Hurray For The Riff Raff, from the artist’s Bandcamp I started this website back on December 6th, 2017. During that first month, I hastily compiled a list of the 25 best protest albums. Back then I wasn’t cataloguing what I was listening to like I am now. I decided to revisit the list and expand it to 40. You will […]
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Kimmortal, from the artist’s Bandcamp Here is a recap of some of the socially conscious music released in July. Songs/Videos: Hot Planet – Snotty Nose Rez Kids This recently released video is for a track off the Canadian Indigenous rap duo 2022 album I’m Good, HBU?. The tune and video make reference to climate change and indigenous issues. The album […]
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February may be a shorter and typically shitty month, but it did manage to produce a decent amount of socially conscious music. Here is a sampling. Songs/Videos: SAGA (Acoustic) – Hurray for the Riff Raff This is a powerful acoustic reworking of a track that appeared on Hurray for the Riff Raff’s excellent 2022 album Life On Earth (one of […]
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December tends to be a slower month in terms of music releases, but there were still some notable socially conscious releases to close out the year. Songs/Videos: Life On Earth (with Preservation Hall Jazz Band) – Hurray For The Riff Raff Hurray For The Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) recently released a new version of the title track off their […]
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Ding dong the Queen is dead. Fuck colonialism! Also, fuck Win Bulter! This is a sampling of some of the notable socially conscious releases during the month of September. Songs/Videos: Odana – Mali Obomsawin Formerly of the folk trio Lula Wiles, this track is off her upcoming solo debut, Sweet Tooth. The album uses field recordings of relatives at Odanak […]
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This was previously exclusive to my now defunct Patreon and was private. I’ve decided to make this public. This is the video footage of my Episode 24 podcast interview with Quinton “Yung Trybez” Nyce and Darren “Young D” Metz of the Canadian indigenous hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids. They talk about their single “Where They At”, which features fellow […]
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Due to health issues, I haven’t been posting on the site as much as I like. But I still have had the opportunity to discover many notable protest albums during the past year. Here is a list of 40 socially conscious albums worth listening to. Adeem the Artist – Cast Iron Pansexual Adeem the Artist is a non-binary country singer […]
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