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Author’s note: Tomorrow marks one year of my writing for Counter-Currents.

Folklore is Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album. It joined the hallowed halls of other so-called “isolation records” on July 24, 2020, in a surprise release Read more …

Published: August 7, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commercial art, cottagecore, feminism, folk music, folklore, implicit whiteness, implicitly white music, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, popular culture, Scott Weisswald, Taylor Swift | 22 Responses

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Pop Music is a Satanic Mind-Virus!
Part 4: What to Do?

Scott Weisswald

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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

So, there are blacks with beats, heebs with chutzpah, and Swedes with serenity. What is a white dissident to do in an environment in which the talents of his people are so easily turned into springboards for cultural developments that annoy at best and brainwash at worst? Read more …

Published: August 3, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, culture, esotericism, folk music, mass media, music, North American New Right, originals, pop culture, Scott Weisswald, secrecy | 6 Responses

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Pop Music is a Satanic Mind-Virus!
Part Three: Sweden, Yes

Scott Weisswald

Icona Pop performs at Summerburst Festival, Gothenburg.

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White people are the undisputed masters of making catchy music. American and European pop songs make their way onto the airwaves of the entire world through a robust mechanism of economic globalization and sheer memetic power. But why is the music we make so catchy to just about all ears? And who doesn’t find our music appealing? It would be easy to chalk it up to the undeniable creative strength of our people, but like all endeavors in the arts in the modern world, songwriting has taken on the forms of science and cynical commercialism. Read more …

Published: July 24, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, education, music, North American New Right, originals, psychology, science, Scott Weisswald, Sweden | 14 Responses

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Pop Music is a Satanic Mind-Virus!
Part One: Jungle Beats

Scott Weisswald

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As the country gets more diverse, the radio gets more homogeneous. I don’t mean this in the ethnic sense, of course; America’s rockstars are more colorful than ever! Instead, the songs that dominate the country’s charts are beginning to sound more and more alike. The average pop station tends to be an indistinct mass of the same noises Read more …

Published: July 10, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Blacks in America, culture creation, culture distortion, hip-hop, Jews in music, music, music theory, North American New Right, originals, popular culture, rap music, Scott Weisswald | 33 Responses

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Crystal Castles

Scott Weisswald

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Crystal Castles is a Canadian band, initially consisting of singer Alice Glass and producer Ethan Kath. The two met each other because of their mutual connections in the large and prolific Toronto music scene, and collaborated on one track, the chaotic “Alice Practice,” as a mere experiment. The two never intended to form a full-time group Read more …

Published: June 29, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, history, music reviews, North American New Right, nostalgia, originals, pop culture, Scott Weisswald, techno, youth | 3 Responses

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Brigitte Bardot’s B. B.

Scott Weisswald

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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a famed French actress, singer, pop culture icon, and accidental provocateur. Bardot’s marks on pop culture include her popularization of the bikini, the eponymous Bardot neckline, and her collection of absurdly fun and often intriguing slices of French pop music that feel both timeless in their replay value yet Read more …

Published: June 19, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged animal rights, articles, France, integrity, jazz, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, the 1960s | 6 Responses

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The Wisdom of “The Gambler”

Fullmoon Ancestry

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Heavy metal has always been a large part of my life and my red-pill journey. To this day, my morning routine consists of exercising while listening to some of my favorite metal bands like Manowar, Bathory, and Goatmoon. That said, every metalhead has a guilty pleasure, and my guilty pleasure is the music of Kenny Rogers. Read more …

Published: March 24, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Fullmoon Ancestry, music, North American New Right, originals | 5 Responses

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Morrissey’s I Am Not a Dog on a Chain

Scott Weisswald

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How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?

Morrissey, our favorite gay (postulated) racist (dismissed) vegan (confirmed), released his 13th solo album today, March 20th, 2020. It is called I Am Not a Dog on a Chain, which is a fantastic example of just how kneecapped the self-awareness of the rich and famous can be. Read more …

Published: March 20, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, boomers, dance music, Morrissey, music reviews, New Music Friday, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald | 6 Responses

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Elle King’s Love Stuff & Shake the Spirit

Beau Albrecht

2,243 words American singer-songwriter Elle King.

Tanner Elle Schneider, better known by her stage name Elle King, is an up-and-coming musician in the genre of American roots music. Her specific style has several influences, the confluence of which arrives at a triple point between rock, country, and blues. The overall effect often is a bit hypnotic. Her singing voice is even more unique, compelling, and slightly reminiscent of Janis Joplin. Read more …

Published: March 17, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Americana, articles, Beau Albrecht, folk music, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, romance | Leave a comment

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Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young’s Déjà Vu

Scott Weisswald

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Déjà Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s first recording as a quartet, was released on this day, March 11th, in 1970. It was greeted with a mixed reception by critics at the time of its release, but has since come to be included in innumerable “best of” lists and is frequently cited as the best work of the group. Taken as a whole, Déjà Vu displays impressive attention to detail and warm, friendly tone, but similarly lacks Read more …

Published: March 11, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 1960s counterculture, articles, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, psychedelic music, Scott Weisswald, the 1970s | 7 Responses

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Real Estate’s The Main Thing

Scott Weisswald

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The Main Thing, the fifth studio album from the corduroy indie band Real Estate, was released today, February 28, 2020. It contains some of their most mature work yet, coupled with a healthy attitude towards introducing more complex synthesizer work and poetic lyricism for an album that can be beautiful in its feather-lightness. Read more …

Published: February 28, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, music reviews, New Music Friday, North American New Right, originals, real estate, Scott Weisswald | 1 Response

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Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die”

Scott Weisswald

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Eilish. Billie Eilish.

Never afraid to wring every drop of money out of a pop sensation, this is who the film industry is having sing the theme to the new James Bond film, No Time to Die. The media is billing this interestingly; the New York Times covered the song with glowing praise and a mention of Eilish being the youngest person to ever record a Bond theme. Read more …

Published: February 26, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Billie Eilish, films, Hollywood, James Bond, movies, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, soundtracks | 12 Responses

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Grimes’ Miss Anthropocene

Scott Weisswald

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Miss Anthropocene is the fifth full-length release of Canadian avant-pop songstress Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, and it’s considerably darker than much of her previous work. This is fitting — Grimes has stated that the concept of Miss Anthropocene, a triple-entendre, is that of an “anthropomorphic goddess of climate change.” If this sounds like a bunch of woo nonsense to you, you’d be (mostly) correct. Read more …

Published: February 21, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ambient music, Aristophanes, articles, artificial intelligence, climate change, electronic music, global warming, music reviews, New Music Friday, North American New Right, originals | 5 Responses

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Valentine’s Day Special:
Alessandra Mussolini’s Amore

Scott Weisswald

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It’s February 14th, and love is in the air. What better way to soundtrack today’s romantic escapades than with Alessandra Mussolini — the granddaughter of Il Duce himself — and her sultry, Japanese-released city-pop record, Amore?

Released in 1982 exclusively for the Japanese market, Read more …

Published: February 14, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Italy, Japan, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, romance, Scott Weisswald, Valentine's Day | 3 Responses

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Iggy & the Stooges’ Raw Power

Scott Weisswald

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Iggy and the Stooges released the proto-punk slammer Raw Power on this day, February 7th, in 1973. It’s a raw, aggressive record that set the tone for genres as diverse in sound and era as punk, hardcore, grunge, and metal. Raw Power is also an early example of the importance of mixing and the dangers — or benefits — of studio control being handed to musicians. Read more …

Published: February 7, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, David Bowie, drugs, Heavy Metal, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, punk rock, Scott Weisswald | 10 Responses

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Billie Eilish’s WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Scott Weisswald

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Billie Eilish is the youngest person to ever be awarded Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, for her debut effort WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? [1] At just 18, she swept the ceremonies, earning over 60 awards in categories that ranged from Best New Artist to Best Song. Read more …

Published: January 29, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Billie Eilish, climate change, depression, mental health, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald | 22 Responses

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Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats

Scott Weisswald

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One of the first albums to be recorded on 16-track tape, Hot Rats spawned a jazz standard, a sprawling meditation on prostitution, and some of Captain Beefheart’s best vocal work outside of Trout Mask Replica. It’s mostly instrumental, but does not lack any substance, and the sounds it contains are both timeless and reflective of the late 1960s. Read more …

Published: January 24, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, jazz, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, the 1960s | 7 Responses

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Poppy’s I Disagree

Scott Weisswald

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Poppy, the mildly unsettling YouTube sensation-turned-bestselling pop singer, released her newest album on January 10th. It’s called I Disagree, and it’s an apt title — much of this record is a violent, abrasive eschewing of both Poppy’s previous work and the rules that govern music in general, much like the hyperpop sensibilities of breakthrough act 100 Gecs or veterans of the deconstruction genre like Grimes, Read more …

Published: January 22, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, industrial music, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, the internet | 2 Responses

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White Rock III:
Towards an Aesthetic of Musical Softness

James J. O'Meara

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Greg Prato
The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s
London: Jawbone, 2018

“They kind of moved it away from just mellow/hippie/campfire music and into something new – something that was consciously pursuing the aesthetic of softness. Read more …

Published: September 5, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book reviews, implicitly white music, James J. O'Meara, North American New Right, originals, rock music | 16 Responses

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A Dissident Remembers Jim Croce

Spencer J. Quinn

Jim Croce

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Jim Croce may be one of the most overlooked and underrated singer-songwriters of the rock era. This may be because his ideas often pre-date rock-‘n’-roll, and are in some ways anti-rock for eschewing themes pertaining to youth and rebellion. A cursory look at his best songs reveals that few songwriters are as adept at chronicling experiences which are uniquely and universally masculine. Read more …

Published: February 28, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, North American New Right, originals, race realism, Spencer J. Quinn | 12 Responses

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Kate Bush, the Faerie Queene

Fenek Solère

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In springing flowre the image of thy day;
Ah see the Virgin Rose, how sweetly shee
Doth first peepe forth with bashfull modestee
— Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)