We undoubtedly live in pretty crappy version of cyberpunk. For already quite some time. Authoritarianism and techno-feudalism are on the rise. Cristo-fascism is blooming. Rights and freedoms are being taken from us every single day. Tech is transformed purely into means of data extraction, surveillance and control. However there does not seem to be any counter-culture forming, no music or art genres with strong messages rising up against all of this. Where is the punk of today?

  • quick_snail@feddit.nl
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Volunteer with your local chapter of Food Not Bombs, or other mutual aid collective. If you can’t find one, start one.

    Organize it with a bicycle, some fliers, and a backet of wheat paste.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        5·
        4 hours ago

        I first saw that movie in the theater when I was about 7. I thought Captain Von Trapp was badass as fuck when he pulled up to his house, and tore down that Nazi flag.

  • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    7 hours ago

    I listen to lots of punk music, especially in the electronic space. But I think people want to see another hardcore movement.

    Really I see most people who actually try to make their own art as punk. The techno-fascists just want you to be complacent and consume content.

    • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      Any recommendations for punk electronic music? I’ve been wanting to get into making electronic music because disability means that’s a more accessible genre for me than playing traditional instruments, but it’s daunting to get into a new genre

      Edit: this accessibility thing is also why electronic music, as a genre, has so much potential to be punk, which I find very cool

  • kubok@fedia.io
    151·
    14 hours ago

    I consider Bob Vylan to be modern punk. Also Hang Youth.

  • Honytawk@feddit.nl
    69·
    6 hours ago

    Punk isn’t anti-right. But it is anti-authoritarian.

    That a lot of right are also authoritarian is just coincidence.

  • figjam@midwest.socialEnglish
    21·
    8 hours ago

    Here are 5 current day punk bands that I like. All are available on bandcamp.

    • The Upfucks
    • False Flag
    • Generacion Suicida
    • Total Massacre
    • Hans Gruber and the Die Hards.
  • Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
    351·
    21 hours ago

    Plenty of punk and punk adjacent music still around, lots of local shows still occur if you know where to look. I’m in the U.S. but can say for sure this stuff is still happening here and other countries too.

    Bob Vylan and Kneecap were banned from the U.S. earlier this year and Zionists are still going around trying to get their shows cancelled just for speaking out on Palestine.

    In general Zionists seem to be easily triggered, last year while on their tour playing a show in New Jersey Apes of the State had a big FREE PALESTINE banner at their shows and some guy at the venue flipped out and tried to take it down.

    On tour last month in the U.S. Bad Cop/Bad Cop was selling FUCK ICE shirts while the other band on tour with them (The Iron Roses) were speaking out on LGBTQ issues and the general fucked state the U.S. is in right now.

    Later this weekend Leftover Crack is playing a show in Brooklyn, I’m sure they’ll have plenty to say on the current state of things.

    • Artaca@lemdro.idEnglish
      6·
      20 hours ago

      I know I could search for this online, but word of mouth is so often superior and it also feels like kinda the point of lemmy…but got any recs for some punk or punk adjacent bands/albums? Particularly recent stuff or old if it holds up to the current climate. I got into RATM around this time last year and nothing else has come close to scratching the itch of “maaaan fuck this shit.”

      (In addition to the stuff mentioned in your original comment, of course!)

      Edit: seems like this thread is building a bit of a list on its own, actually!!

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
    50·
    23 hours ago

    You know, I thought it was gone, spent my youth watching bands in garages and stuff, didn’t hear much about that anymore, community radio station still around.

    But then my high schooler asked me to take her to a show in a church. A what? But we went and oh my goodness underground music is absolutely still around. There was a mosh pit, I wished I’d brought earplugs, way too loud for the space but there was a punk band, a speed metal band, and the band she went to see was the headliner - all local bands. It is still there, you just aren’t part of that world anymore.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      A lot of early punk started in church basements. The best punk movements start in the spaces they can get, might be a church basement, someones garage, a retail space between leases, etc.

    • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      20 hours ago

      Hell yeah. There’s an unassuming restaurant in my town that hosts local all-ages punk and metal shows after the kitchen closes. The underground scene is alive and well. I’m looking forward to having your experience myself as my kids grow up.

    • Klordok@lemmy.world
      5·
      21 hours ago

      That sounds like The Trunk Space! Though, I think they lost their church spot last year. I think TV Girl and AJJ were my favorite shows there. They also held a Desert Trash festival years ago.

  • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    41·
    1 day ago

    subversive punk is still around. It’s still politically leftist. Jeff Rosenstock and his fans are pretty anarchist in ethos. Go to one of his shows, you’ll find a whole lot of messaging about solidarity, mutual aid, building better world, fuck the police, etc. His lyrics aren’t always about politics but they have an anti authoritarian edge.

    There’s Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals who are mixing punk and hip hop in a very in your face political way and theyre GREAT.

    Viagra boys are a pop punk who satirize the alt-right, especially in their album Cave World.

    Mount Eerie is a noisy folk band that dabbles in some punk aesthetic – their most recent albums contains themes of decolonization and anti-war.

    Honningbarna just came out with an amazing record called Soft Spot that has some leftist political themes, but not as overt as the others. Amazing sound though. Maybe more Hardcore than punk.

    There is no centralized counter culture because the media landscape is so different now. There’s no radio to all listen to together. Communities are pretty isolated online. There are advantages and disadvantages. At the very least, decentralization of the counter culture prevents it from ever being squashed completely. On the other hand, decentralization makes it harder for people to see, and cause them to lose hope and feel alone. But as another said, you’re here, aren’t you?