Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem

I wanna see the Bateman commentary lol

Go for it

I think Floating Coffin or Mutilator Defeated at Last are the best entry points. They're accessible and melodic. Maybe start with Floating Coffin, it is comparable to KGATLW's early stuff, and has a garage rock sound.

A Foul Form is a very heavy, anxiety-inducing hardcore album lol - but if you enjoyed the song I linked then you'd enjoy the album.

My dad gave me the vinyl he got in the 80s, it is definitely heavy in my rotation. Such a great album front to back.

Egotistical billionaire making it all about himself? Color me shocked

I think the album name "Wide Awake!" (in addition to the eponymous song on the record) is a play on the term "woke." As in they're conscious/aware of sociopolitical issues, particularly in the US. wealth disparity.

'Violence' is a critique of violence in the United States, and speaks to how increasingly numb we are becoming to it: 'Savage is my name because Savage is how I feel When the radio wakes me up with the words "suspected gunman" ' is an especially poignant lyric today, 5 years later. Every time I see a new report of a school shooting I think of this song.

'Before the Water Gets Too High' is pretty self-explanatory based on the title as well, the song describes how we prioritize profit over environmental protection in a capitalist society, but the money we make won't matter once the earth is fucked and Wall Street is underwater.

'Normalization' speaks about the normalization of the toxic culture of our political discourse. Which again, is very relevant still and seems to have only gotten worse since 2018.

The final song 'Tenderness' is forward-looking and ends the record on a lighter note, and to me is about how the new generation can enact change, and about the hope that the world can be more "tender' and kind.

Not all the tracks could be considered 'protest' songs, Freebird II and Death Will Bring Change (which is actually about how one of the band members lost his sister in a car accident, and how that affected him) are a lot more introspective rather than a commentary on society.

But overall, and also the fact that they chose to name it Wide Awake, the tone of the record is very much a protest of sorts to various issues we face in the US and across the world.

Fontaines are dope. I saw them open for Idles at a basement venue in Washington DC years ago, I assumed they were a local band because they had DC in the name, but once I heard their accents I figured that wasn't the case lol.

Cannot wait for the new QOTSA record. King Gizzard is also a great suggestion - those guys are so prolific. Saw them live for their Infest the Rats' Nest tour and they kicked ass.

I actively seek new music (and discover older music that I previously didn't listen to, just like you described) but also have bands that I've been a fan of since I was a kid that I still listen to. I exclusively listened to 60s and 70s rock when I was growing up, Zeppelin and The Beatles are still two of my favorite bands, but I have definitely expanded my palette since then. I agree that the "music these days" take is a tired one; if your only source of new music is the hits radio, of course, it will all sound the same.

I have this beef with people who say new country music sucks (or any genre for that matter) - sure there are bro-country singers that only sing about trucks and beer, but there are also insanely talented country musicians and songwriters out there right now.

Brutal Hearts by Diplo, Dove Cameron, and Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson) isn't getting as much traction as I thought when it came out, but Sturgill Simpson can do no wrong imo.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Not bad so far. I just finished The Dark Tower series (loved it) so it is definitely an adjustment.