This is a discussion about music NOT politics. Your reply can talk about the artists political views but don’t just start soapboxing yourself and break rule 6. They can/should be from any country talking about any government/political ideal. I think my favorite is either immortal technique or flobots.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    Crash Worship.

    They were an anarchist art collective out of New Orleans that put on these incredible live shows.

  • Edge004@lemmy.zip
    1·
    6 days ago

    Some recent bands I’ve been enjoying include Sister Wife Sex Strike, Cricket!, SPY, Cheap Perfume, and JER

  • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
    1·
    7 days ago

    My favourite band is Unleash The Archers. They have these great two albums about an immortal warrior cursed to serve whoever holds their true name. It’s political as fuck, they have to grapple with the desire to justify their evil actions because they have no freedom but that to interpret their condition.

    Politicians’ lives are like the tide
    You had to know that I would come
    For you
    To take all that there is
    To never give
    You’re all the same

    Fallen from on high
    Forsaken lies!
    You can’t resist the chance to beg and scream
    Out for mercy
    I’ll drag you out
    The coward’s way
    Down
    On your kneeeeeeeeeees

    Also Bloodywood

    I put a fist through the face of a rapist
    And yeah I tape this
    For the viewing pleasure of the nameless faces he disgraces

      • TotallyNotSpez@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 days ago

        Something To Hide, Despicable, Blood // Water, Dirty, Thoughts & Prayers, Darkside, Things Change, Peaches (feat. K.Flay), Is This What You Wanted, Apologize, Riptide, Zen…

        This should suffice for a great musical afternoon. :)

  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    7 days ago

    Gonna be showing my age here, but I was heavy into the likes of Dead Kennedys, Ministry, the whole D.C. Underground punk scene (Black Flag, Fugazi, etc). Anymore, though, I don’t actively seek out music with strong political messages. I prefer to hear artists sing about their personal experiences, their struggles, triumphs, losses…and a political slant is okay as long as it’s an organic part of the song’s message and not just endless proselytizing or ruining your own music by being a political douchebag. (Looking at you, Ronnie Radke!)

    Edit: Almost forgot, dude, if hip hop is your thing, check out Run the Jewels.

      • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 days ago

        My Ministry story: The one chance I got to see them was on one of the first Lollapalooza festivals, in Raleigh. They came on stage, started playing, and people in the audience started tossing plastic cups back and forth. For a while it was pretty great, but then people started getting stupid. They stared putting mud in the cups. They started throwing the cups on stage. Stage managers were running back and forth trying to collect the cups. Then one of the cups hit Al. He stopped singing, cussed out the crowd, left the stage, and refused to go back on. Their set was done and they had done maybe three songs. Someone came on stage and threatened to cancel the rest of the festival if people didn’t settle the fuck down.

      • hypna@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 days ago

        Brother Ali is also an excellent option in that genre, although his most directly political tracks are not his best IMHO.

  • Mantzy81@aussie.zoneEnglish
    18·
    7 days ago

    Midnight Oil (because I’m Aussie so very relevant)
    Rise Against
    RATM
    Billy Bragg
    Peter Gabriel
    Green Day
    Pink Floyd
    NWA

      • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
        10·
        7 days ago

        A good starting point would be the songs “Re-education (Through Labor)” and “Prayer of the Refugee.” If you like those, I would recommend pretty much any of their albums from Siren Song of the Counter-Culture to Wolves. I haven’t kept up with anything more recent than those so can’t give an honest recommendation there, but I would imagine they would also be solid.

        • 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org
          3·
          7 days ago

          Did you never listen to „The Unraveling“ or „Revolutions per Minute“? Do you just don’t like them? The Unraveling is the first Rise Against Album I stumbled upon and it opened my musical tastebuds for hardcore(ish) music.

          • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            7 days ago

            I’ve heard them, but I’m not as familiar with them as Siren Song and later albums. I also remember them being much harsher musically compared to their later stuff. I personally wouldn’t recommend them to someone just getting into Rise Against as their current sound has evolved well past those albums, but they would be good for someone looking to see how the group sounded in their more formative years.

            • 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org
              3·
              7 days ago

              I get what your saying. I really like „Help is on the way“ or „September Children“ but the almost raw anger on those early albums still helps me through bad days. But your right, with recommending the later albums I guess.

              • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
                3·
                7 days ago

                Yeah, they’ve got some bangers out there besides the ones I named, but I figured those two would give a pretty good idea of what one could expect from their music. I’m pretty partial to Savior, Satellite, and House on Fire myself.

    • Tujio@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 days ago

      As much as I hate my country’s devolution into fascism, I love that Murphys are having a resurgence.

  • SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    Refused

    Incendiary

    Propagandhi

    I appreciate you mentioned Immortal Technique. Hip hop as a genre is generally very political, and doesn’t get a ton of recognition for it.

      • SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        Sorry, I should have seen and responded to this sooner.

        For Refused - Rather Be Dead, Liberation Frequency, and Thought Is Blood are good starting points.

        For Incendiary - Front Towards Enemy, Bite The Hook, and Echo of Nothing

        For Propagandhi - essentially anything in their discography is good music and very politically charged. I find anything in their top songs to be good examples.

      • Tujio@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 days ago

        Refused is a Swedish thrash punk band. They made a couple EPs and albums, then put out their magnum opus, The Shape of Punk to Come, and then immediately broke up. They did get back together a couple years ago, though.

        Propagandhi is a Canadian post punk band. They’ve had a dozen different styles over the years, and nobody can agree on which they did best. Personality I like their heavy Thrash album best, Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes.

        • velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          3·
          7 days ago

          Propagandhi is a Canadian post punk band. They’ve had a dozen different styles over the years, and nobody can agree on which they did best. Personality I like their heavy Thrash album best, Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes.

          Ohhh I’ll need to check out more of Propagandhi’s stuff if there’s variance in style over their albums. I enjoyed their lyrics, but the music style of the stuff I checked out wasn’t quite my favorite. Thanks for the comment :)

          • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            7 days ago

            Propagandhi’s lyrics are depressingly accurate in 2026… and much of it was written more than 20 years ago

            My favourite is “and we thought that nation states were a bad idea”…(thats the long-ass song title)

              • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                7 days ago

                Yes… since as long as i’ve been listening to punk rock in the early 90s, it seems like nothing has changed… maybe even gotten worse.

                As a youth punk rock made me hopeful. Gave me the sense that other people saw the same problems and writing songs and expressing displeasure… 30+ years later, i feel like we havent made much progress in our class struggle. The DIY ethic of the 90s seems to be gone. I’m still going to shows with 55 year old dudes singing about their high school girlfriends, lol…

                • velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                  2·
                  7 days ago

                  The DIY ethic of the 90s seems to be gone.

                  I see glimpses of it coming back! Zines are making a come back, there’s newer punk bands joining the scene with fresh voices, and the youth are angry. I think we might be on the cusp of a big punk movement.

                  I feel you to my soul though. I could’ve written your comment myself. Coming of age right before the Iraq war and finding punk shaped my entire worldview.

      • kobra@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        When I see Refused I immediately think of their song ‘New Noise’

        For Incendiary, I think of ‘Front Toward Enemy’

        I think both of those are probably their most popular songs? Probably for a reason, I’d start there!

  • yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml
    10·
    7 days ago

    Someone mentioned RATM but no one ever talks about The Nightwatchman. Also Boots Riley and The Coup. Street Sweeper Social Club is a Tom Morello and Boots Riley project. Bad Religion is great also. Greg Graffin has several country albums that are pretty good.