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Mat Ward
@matwardmusic.bsky.social
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I write. I also make EDM / punk protest songs, synth controllers + synth presets.
Get my stuff free here: https://linktr.ee/MatWard
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Mat Ward @matwardmusic.bsky.social · Nov 14
Your vote's a joke
If it changed anything they'd make it illegal
Yeah your vote's a joke
If it changed anything they'd confine it to history

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T8i...
Your Vote's A Joke (official lyric video)
YouTube video by Mat Ward
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matwardmusic.bsky.social
A face made for radio 📻

Top Radio Spins in 2025

1. Long Dead - 29 plays

2. In Our Blood - 24 plays

3. She's Fighting On - 17 plays

4. I Wanna Be Like Violet CoCo - 12 plays

5. Strike Till We Win, Build Solar, Build Wind - 5 plays

etc
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Reposted by Mat Ward
boilingfrogbss.bsky.social
this is always an excellent collection of music, interspersed with the most pressing politics of the day
greenleftonline.bsky.social Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 12d
Here are 10 new protest albums for the age of AI, including Paul McCartney, who recorded a track for "Is This What We Want?", a near-silent protest album against AI being trained on musicians' work without paying them

www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1144/cu...

#protestsongs #AI
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Mat Ward
greenleftonline.bsky.social
Here are 10 new protest albums for the age of AI, including

@the-paulmccartney-project.com
AI TSUNO aka ‪@davidrovics.bsky.social‬
CIECMATE
‪‪@suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com
84 DAYS
ROB HIRST
DYAN TAI
ECOWAR
THEIA

www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1144/cu...

#protestsongs #AI
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Here's a timely release as markets just plunged by trillions of dollars in the past few hours, following a deep dive in bitcoin. Song "Uppers" by Mat Ward...

Stream it on all platforms here:
album.link/s/3gdqBu6i0h...

#markets #nvidia #AIbubble #bitcoin #trump #marketplunge
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Thanks to @movingtrainmedia.bsky.social for making my 11th album, In Our Blood, the feature of this podcast alongside all this other great protest music ✊🔥🚇🚄🧨
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
"Charlie Kirk – This is the latest single by the Australian electronic artist and journalist Mat Ward. It discusses some of Charlie Kirk‘s divisive rhetoric, but it also highlights that he shouldn’t have died."

www.ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com/2025/09/30/a...
A Month of Protest: September
Here is your monthly round-up of notable protest music. Songs/Videos: Megaton – Sleaford Mods The latest single by the UK post-punk duo features the galvanizing rallying cry “Megaton, No War No Dea…
www.ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Here's my latest music column at the @goodmenproject.bsky.social including

CHEAP PERFUME
PRINCESS NOKIA
@benefitstheband.bsky.social
@davidrovics.bsky.social
@johnlennonofficial.bsky.social
@yokoono.bsky.social
SUN RUN
JAMES BROOK
BAKER BOY
KIALA

goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
What Happened to Protest Songs? Try These 10 New Albums
Do you think there’s no good protest music these days?
goodmenproject.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reposted by Mat Ward
greenleftonline.bsky.social
What happened to protest songs? Try these 10 new albums, including

CHEAP PERFUME
PRINCESS NOKIA
@benefitstheband.bsky.social
@davidrovics.bsky.social
@johnlennonofficial.bsky.social
@yokoono.bsky.social
SUN RUN
JAMES BROOK
BAKER BOY
KIALA & THE AFROBLASTER

www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1441/cu...
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
New single "CSG' out now. This song is inspired by a week I spent cycling round the Pilliga forest meeting its activists and traditional owners who were protesting against coal seam gas.

Stream the single on any platform here:
album.link/s/5no995oT3m...

#CSG #coalseamgas #pilliga #climate
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
New single "CSG" out this Friday. Pre-save here:

share.amuse.io/track/mat-wa...

#CSG #coalseamgas
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Here's my latest column at the @goodmenproject.bsky.social including

@joe-solo.bsky.social

@jesse-welles.bsky.social

@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
‪
@evangreer.bsky.social

@missmargoprice.bsky.social
‪
@delilahbon.bsky.social
‪
@davidrovics.bsky.social

goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
10 New Albums That Will Inspire You to Fight
At the beginning of September, neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell was arrested outside court in Naarm / Melbourne.
goodmenproject.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
My highlight this year was being told I'd got $829 from Bandcamp versus zero from Spotify

Link in bio

#spotifywrapped #spotify #spotifyartist #bandcamp #spotifyversusbandcamp
October 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
When Tom Morello likes your reel ⚡🫨🤯🤘✊

www.instagram.com/reel/DPdK0Ix...
October 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Top song on Shazam. Of course :)
Stream it on all platforms here: album.link/s/1oG7V6vtsi...
#charliekirk #charliekirksong
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Mat Ward
greenleftonline.bsky.social
Here are 10 new albums that will inspire you to fight, including

@joe-solo.bsky.social
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
@missmargoprice.bsky.social
@delilahbon.bsky.social
@evangreer.bsky.social
@davidrovics.bsky.social

www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/cu...

#protestsongs
September 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
New single "Charlie Kirk" out now....

"Charlie Kirk
He was a jerk
That much is true.

"Oh yeah, Charlie Kirk
He was a jerk
Not like me or you."

Stream it on all platforms here:
album.link/s/1oG7V6vtsi...

#charliekirk #charliekirksong
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Here's a song about the microplastics that are now in our blood worldwide. The average person now has the equivalent of five plastic bottlecaps in their brain, says the New York Times - enough to make a disposable plastic spoon. Stream it on all platforms here:
album.link/i/1835190736
Plastic - Single by Mat Ward
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Ironic that TikTok removed my Charlie Kirk song for "bullying" when all it does is quote his own words and say he supported free speech and welcomed people with opposing views to debate him.
You can still watch it on Bluesky with lyrics here:
bsky.app/profile/matw...
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
New song "Charlie Kirk Was A Jerk". Want to get this song when it comes out? Follow me on all platforms here:
linktr.ee/MatWard
#charlie #charliekirk #charliekirksong #protestsongs
September 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Here's my latest single on the radio. "There's a good message in this," says the host. "Because it's really about making sure you rescue a dog rather than buying from a breeder and I kinda love that." 🐶😍

#dogs #rescuedogs #doglovers #straydogs

soundcloud.com/mat-ward-rad...
Evolution Of A Dog Walker - on 105.7 FM Radio Metro Gold Coast Australia 09 Sep 2025
Here's a song for all dog lovers. It was a T-shirt idea before it was a song. But the song's lyrics were inspired by playing dog Top Trumps with my kid. My favourite card was The Stray. It pointed out
soundcloud.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Build Solar, Build Wind - on @4zzzradio.bsky.social Brisbane 29 Aug 2025

A song about schoolkids' worldwide strike for the climate.

Click through for lyrics.

#climate #solarenergy #solarpower #windpower #renewables

soundcloud.com/mat-ward-rad...
Build Solar, Build Wind - on 4ZZZ radio Brisbane 29 Aug 2025
A song about schoolkids' worldwide strike for the climate. lyrics: We'll strike till we win, build solar, build wind We'll strike till we win, build solar, build wind They're still pushing gas now
soundcloud.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Today, robo-debt victims got a record-breaking payout of $475 million. Here's a song I did about robo-debt being played exclusively on the radio a while back...

soundcloud.com/matwardradio...

#Robodebt
Mat Ward - You Gotta Be Kiddin - on 3CR 14th July 2023
Forthcoming track You Gotta Be Kiddin' - On 3CR Radio 14th July 2023 Lyrics: So you talk about the national debt Scaring everyone with how bad things could get But suddenly all that talk disappears
soundcloud.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Want to hear this song when it comes out? Follow me on the evil green platform
open.spotify.com/artist/37fdz...
#tesla #elonmusk #teslatakedown
September 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Here's my latest music column at the @goodmenproject.bsky.social, including

@rogerwaters9.bsky.social
@countlessthousands.bsky.social
@woodyguthrieworld.bsky.social
@haru-nemuri.bsky.social
@vyletpony.com
@mudratmp3.bsky.social

goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

#protestmusic #protestsongs
You Need to Hear These 10 Radical New Albums
Stream our new “Best protest songs of 2025” playlist. This replaces the previous “Political albums” playlist, that was getting too big at more than 700 albums.
goodmenproject.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:35 AM
matwardmusic.bsky.social
Melanie Page of 96.5 Inner FM says my teeth look like they are "digitally drawn on". 🦷🫦🦷🫦What do you think? 🦷🫦🦷🫦 Here she is playing the title track from my new album...
soundcloud.com/mat-ward-rad...

#PFAS #foreverchemicals #protestsongs
In Our Blood - on Melbourne's 96.5 Inner FM, 01 August 2025
Inner FM presenter Melanie Page plays
soundcloud.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM