I used to listen to the band Muse a lot in high school. I was one of those quiet but rebellious types, so their music really resonated with me. As I got older and started my corporate career, the political messaging in their music, especially in their most recent album, felt a little too strong.
I am ready for it now.
If you’re feeling rage right now, like many of us are, I highly recommend listening to the entire “Will of the People” album by Muse. Really listen to it. Put on your headphones like we used to back in the day and take it all in.
Music has become background noise for me in my 30s, but I think it’s time to bring it back into focus.
Got any songs or albums you’d recommend with similar themes?
Grandson.
Check out their newish single BRAINROT to start. That album Inertia is packed with great music.
Yeah, watch the world fall off its axis Watch the bombs go off, paid for by your taxes Watch the Met Ball, watch the brainrot Watch the Go-Pro footage of the headshot
Too relevant.
Also check out Blood // Water.
Great shit that really speaks.
What you gon’ do when there’s blood in the water? The price of your greed is your son and your daughter What you gon’ do when there’s blood in the water?
Fucking live Grandson. I tried to find more artists like him. Lmk of any
Perhaps you will recall Knights of Cydonia from back then.
Bluegrass and independent country artists are getting really good with their messaging lately.
Check out Jesse Welles. His song RED hooker me hard and now I’m a big fan.
Nobody said System? Maybe I missed it. Toxicity the album. Individual tracks: Prison Song, Deer Dance, BYOB.
Solid rec. System is the band for this. Prison System and Deer Dance have been up there with my favorite songs since the first time I heard the album.
All research and successful drug policies show that treatment should be increased, and law enforcement decreased, while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.
BYOB is off Mezmerize, though.
For sure. Just saying Toxicity is good and individually, BYOB.
I’ve been playing Mr. Jack from Steal This Album! on repeat
Fuck you, Pig!
I’m partial to Highway Song, as far as Steal This Album goes.
HEALTH
Ordinary loss https://youtu.be/-tvl8sDu9vo
Demi-gods https://youtu.be/dbSPb0bFmms
Free to die https://youtu.be/F5nCQW53l-E
Additional important listening
Trash Decade https://youtu.be/7Og1orQecxQ
Don’t Kill Yourself https://youtu.be/jjsv1JACJCY
Rage against the machine, all of them, can’t miss
Doom metal
System of a Down is GOAT
Rage against the machine, Dropkick Murphys, NOFX
Check out the [email protected] community, it’s usually pretty political, and has some diverse genres.
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero. Christofascism and the apocalypse. Still relevant almost 20 years later.
holy shit i love this album. every track perfectly woven into the tapestry.
This one is perfect, from first to last track.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor — F#A#∞
I’m cruising through Rise Against constantly, because a ton of their songs resonate with my anger
Rise Against is always my “The world is fucked I’m so mad” band. All their stuff is great, but Re-education(Through Labor), The First Drop, and Mourning in America are so incredible and so relevant.
The first Rage Against The Machine album feels more relevant today then when it was released. Like this is the first time I’ve really, really felt like RATMs intended audience and not a 3rd person.
