If the original movement in the 70s was in response to political stagnation in the UK and the Vietnam war in the US. And the revival in the 00s in response to the US wars in the Middle East. Between Black Lives Matters, No Kings protests, and far right political parties recent win across the globe, where is the Punk movement? Where is the disenfranchised youth grinding out their anger on an electric guitar in an abandoned industrial building?

Edit: Thank you to everyone who suggested various artists. I’m going to check them all out!

  • Iseja@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 hour ago

    Big scene in Sweden still with our own subgenre called Trallpunk (basically singalong punk). Lastkaj 14, Småjävlafötter, KSMB, Björnarna, Troublemakers, Just to name a few who are still active. Most bands are connected to a music label which was started in the early 00s to give more swedish punks an opportunity to reach out with their music SecondClassKids

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Like so many other industries, the music industry has been thoroughly consolidated by massive record labels, publishers, and corporate interests. Much of the music we’re exposed to on a daily basis is no longer simply music it’s a commercial product engineered to generate as much revenue as possible.

    If you’re looking for something genuinely specific, unconventional, or outside the mainstream, you usually have to go looking for it yourself. Unfortunately, basic searches on YouTube or Spotify aren’t necessarily going to lead you there. Their algorithms tend to reinforce what is already popular rather than uncovering the deeper corners of the musical landscape.

    But that music is out there. There is an enormous amount of incredible, creative, and genuinely original music being made right now. You just have to dig past the commercial surface to find it.

  • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 hours ago

    Apart from all the great bands mentioned by others, here in my city there’s a pretty alive underground scene with cheap shows which are explicitly anti fascist

    It can be more alive than you’d think

  • velma@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    21 hours ago

    Bob Vylan

    Amyl and the Sniffers

    Lambrini Girls

    Viagra Boys

    Mannequin Pussy

    Alice Longyu Gao

    Die Spitz

    Cowboy Hunters

    Mudrat

    Soft Play

    Sleater-Kinney

    Teen Mortgage

    Kneecap

    Screaming Females

    Bikini Kill

    Destroy Boys

    IDLES

    The Streets

    VIAL

    Propaghandi

    Deap Vally

    Bad Cop Bad Cop

  • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
    14·
    21 hours ago

    I mean, Amyl and the Sniffers, PinkShift, Skating Polly (more grungy than punk maybe) BitchKiss, Stray from the path, Blood Lemon, Sorry Mom, etc.

    a lot of new punk music is more pointed to RiotGrrl punk these days, but there is a shitload of new, really fucking good punk bands out there. We just lack a main stream outlet/major tour that showcases it anymore.

    • Maxxus@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Maybe parts of the problem is that I don’t use an algorithm. The reach of my discovery is limited by what real humans suggest to me.

  • Pudutr0n@lemmy.world
    13·
    22 hours ago

    Where is the disenfranchised youth grinding out their anger on an electric guitar in an abandoned industrial building?

    They’re looking at their smartphones.

    Also, viagra boys.

  • dgdft@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    20 hours ago

    Where is the disenfranchised youth grinding out their anger on an electric guitar in an abandoned industrial building?

    Might be a bit of a hot take: the spirit is alive but the common form drifted away from this old-school ideal.

    Punk as a genre has stopped being a self-contained monolith, and started blending into other styles. There’s still a pool of traditionalists, but they’re a relative minority.

    In the 90s, it bleed into hard rock (Nirvana). In the aughts, the main fork was emo-punk (a la Conor Oberst). The 2010s had a big post-punk wave (Parquet Courts, Viagra Boys). Meanwhile, on a longer timeline, industrial EDM/noise music has been the modern incarnation of the spirit of the hardcore subgenre (Death Grips), and folk-punk has been a consistent niche of its own.

    And even on top of these more specific splinters, the standard indie rock genre has grown to encompass more “soft-punk” elements in recent decades (Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade).

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 hours ago

    They’re not terribly political - except for The Price of Smokes has Gone Up Again - but The Chats are the best punk band I’ve heard lately.