Put A Record On: American Music For The Weary And The Mad

First and foremost, I hope you're not having to work and that you're staying cool this holiday weekend. During these days when the patriotism seems even more delusional than usual, thankfully we've got great artists reminding us that the struggle against it and the oppression it symbolizes goes back all those 250 years and more. Margo Price just released a collection of protest song covers (vinyl copies will benefit an immigrant rights nonprofit), and two weeks ago we had the release of the star-studded Outlaw's Almanac compilation — what new protest music are you all tuning into this weekend?

Below, I've linked some of our anti-patriotic/collectivist stalwarts, as well as our most recent summer playlist (all of them are under the "Playlists" tab, also) — because hot dogs and swimming pools are really the reason for the season as it were! I hope you enjoy, rest, relax, sleep, veg, and fuel up for future anti-fascist action :)

Put A Record On: Something Besides ‘Americana’

We need a better word…

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Put A Record On: An Anti-Patriotic Playlist

And a brief homage to a great music writer gone too soon.

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Put A Record On: Music For Fighting Back

Songs we love by artists who aren’t afraid to tell it like it is (and whose music you should buy).

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Put A Record On: Songs For Keeping Going

Things are dire, but the music is still good.

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Put A Record On: The 2026 Summer Playlist (Spoiler, It’s Disco)

The summer playlist is a pretty beloved (by me, at least) tradition here at DRTI — paying subscribers have access to all the previous ones here — and as we’ve discussed quite thoroughly, the country trend of this summer seems to sync up with our pre-existing interest in disco country

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