Are there any mainstream protest songs being recorded

[edhopper]

Cause if this shit was going down in the 60s the air would have been full of them.

Different times.

[Warpy]

1. Corporate McRadio, run by satellite feed

that makes sure nothing besides bland earfeel to keep the inmates calm gets broadcast.

College stations are better. You can hear good stuff on a lot of them.

[Codeine]

10. Radio is almost entirely irrelevant

to younger people. Their music has new avenues of discovery that don't involve mass appeal broadcast channels.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Yes. But they don't get broadcast on the radio.

[tymorial]

3. The songs still work

As much today as they did then.

[JimGinPA]

4. Google "Neil Young"...

He does that sometimes.

[edhopper]

5. yeah Neil might

but he's been doing it since the 60s.
Any newer music stars. Or are they too interested in writing about ex boyfriends.

[JimGinPA]

7. I Have To Believe This Will Spark Plenty Of Outrage...

Stay tuned.

[Codeine]

9. These kids today,

with their hair and their clothes. . .

But seriously, we live in a world with vastly different communication possibilities than existed in the 60s. Young people really don't need protest music, and those that want it can create and exchange that music in ways that mean frowning old people won't ever hear it, and probably wouldn't recognize it for what it is even if they listened.

[PoorMonger]

6. Drive By Truckers - What It Means

From 'American Band ' (2016) this album is full of gold if you're looking for push back on Trump - even if it came out in the midst of election season.

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This is the most overt example from the album. I went to see them last Sept and they had a BLM flag flying on stage

[Adrahil]

8. Dunno... but I recently saw Green Day in concert....

... and they sang all their political songs with some hearty "Fuck Trump's" in between songs for good measure.

[PoorMonger]

11. Jason Isbell - ' White Man's World '

From the album Nashville Sound (2017). Coincidentally Jason used to be in The Truckers too. And these sons of the south aren't playing around.

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While neither could be truly termed 'Mainstream' they do get a lot of traction on good independent radio like Denver's Colorado Sound or Seattle's KEXP.

[zonemaster]

12. Donald Fagen and Todd Rundgren - 'Tinfoil Hat'

Donald being the co-founder, with the recently 'late' Walter Becker, of Steely Dan

[BannonsLiver]

13. Rock is dead

[edhopper]

14. long live rock

[BannonsLiver]

16. I was introduced to something called K Pop this weekend

I guess it's become a thing with teens today. The horror...

[brooklynite]

15. Different times, indeed...

What worked 50 years ago isn't likely to be appropriate today.

[clu]

18. john mayer - waiting on the world to change

not really a protest song but definitely has a position on things... it's not really current since it's 10 years old though.

[politicat]

19. Yep. Radio isn't the medium anymore.

Even the most no frills cars have minimum aux jacks as factory equipment, and even a low-end phone can manage streaming music on a low data plan. (Spouse runs 2-3GB a month, streaming about 9 hours a day. Yes, I watch our account.) Spotify, Pandora, YouTube and Apple Music have taken over.

Released in the last couple months:
Cruxshadows: Stargazer (4 weeks ago)
The Levellers: We Are All Gunmen (just released)
Depeche Mode: Going Backwards (just released)

Pink, Garbage, Imagine Dragons and that's what I can think of off the top of my head, from my obscure and not fit for radio section of the pop landscape. Plus a whole lot is getting repurposed, and the back catalog is getting a much deeper workout than it ever did in radio/MTV days.

Music may be more niche now, but it's still irritated.