My first gig in 2026 will involve a rare visit to Arizona, where I'll be hanging out just north of the Mexican border all weekend coming right up. If you're somewhere in the Southwest, come take a road trip to Bisbee!

If you're feeling hopeless, most likely the first thing you should do is leave all your devices in a hole somewhere and go outside. www.patreon.com/posts/realit...

Jan & Feb will involve a bunch of great gigs in California with Kamala and I, and other special guests. We have lots of dates free for more gigs, too! (House concert, anyone?) As things stand now, our first gig in California will be a very cool labor arts festival in SF.

The modern internet, controlled as it is by the world's biggest corporations and their conflict-promotion algorithms, has become a nightmare of monolithic proportions. davidrovics.substack.com/p/the-intern...

The modern internet, controlled as it is by the world's biggest corporations and their conflict-promotion algorithms, has become a nightmare of monolithic proportions. www.patreon.com/posts/intern...

My biggest hope for 2026? That by the end of it we'll be experiencing a more or less normal winter in the northern hemisphere, and not a nuclear one. davidrovics.substack.com/p/2026

My latest collaboration with Ai Tsuno, Rage Bait, is up on all the music streaming platforms as of December 26. Our upcoming album, the Red and the Blue, drops on January 9.

My biggest hope for 2026? That by the end of it we'll be experiencing a more or less normal winter in the northern hemisphere, and not a nuclear one. www.patreon.com/posts/2026-1...

What makes a piece of music good? What makes a song a good song? davidrovics.substack.com/p/when-you-l...

A perfect post for Christmas, the day Jesus was born. open.substack.com/pub/protestm...

What makes a piece of music good? What makes a song a good song? www.patreon.com/posts/when-y...

I sat down yesterday morning with the intention of writing a bit of a travelogue about my recent travels in Texas and Georgia, but then I wrote this song instead. davidrovics.substack.com/p/the-red-an...

I sat down this morning with the intention of writing a bit of a travelogue about my recent travels in Texas and Georgia, but then I wrote this song instead. I'll probably eventually write the travelogue, too. www.patreon.com/posts/red-an...

Members of Palestine Action on hunger strike are dying, Israel's "ceasefire" is a continuation of the famine, disease & slaughter Israel continues to deliver to the Palestinians, & in the west they're banning words that make fascists feel unsafe. on.soundcloud.com/P2955X1ErVPW...

The new release date for RAGE BAIT is December 26th. But you can playlist it in advance! too.fm/4zwjbap

What would it look like if there really were a global wave of antisemitism? davidrovics.substack.com/p/npr-bbc-an...

Members of Palestine Action are being held without bail or trial in England for trying to stop a British-sponsored genocide. Many have been on hunger strike for up to 6 weeks, and the doctors say they are dying. www.patreon.com/posts/global...

In the aftermath of an event like the Bondi Beach massacre, media can play the role of building bridges and finding mutual understanding, or it can play the role of being the propaganda arm for a genocidal regime. www.patreon.com/posts/npr-bb...

Here's my latest protest music column at the huge @goodmenproject.bsky.social including... @davidrovics.bsky.social @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com goodmenproject.com/featured-con... #protestsongs #protestmusic #protestsongs2025 #protestmusic2025

I had a wide-ranging and I think very interesting conversation with Margaret Flowers for her wonderful Clearing the FOG podcast. We talked a lot about corporate censorship of artists, AI music, and other things. www.patreon.com/posts/cleari...

Steve Zeltzer and I talked for over an hour about all sorts of interesting things the other day. www.patreon.com/posts/capita...

Atlanta, Georgia: I'll see you on Saturday!

Steve Zeltzer with Labor Radio interviewed me at length about YouTube Music's deletion of all my albums, the future of civilization in the age of AI, and other things. youtu.be/caXaV_G6_04?...

Torry Mercer commencing the evening's musical program in Houston!

Graciela Monteagudo is a gift to this world, one of the most effective organizers as well as one of the most brilliant artists I have had the pleasure of knowing. She has launched a crowdfunder to support her work in Argentina. Please support! gofund.me/f92f64acc

If you don’t find my music on a music streaming platform, it’s not because I boycotted it, it’s because I was blacklisted. Fellow artists: DON'T DISAPPEAR YOURSELVES. Consumer boycotts are great, but this doesn't apply to us. www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/b...

Footage from Pōneke/Wellington on 10 December 2025. Pro-Palestine march, rally, speeches and actions. #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #nzpol Set to classic song by @davidrovics.bsky.social www.instagram.com/badbirdsnz/r...

Here's my latest protest music column at @greenleftonline including... @davidrovics.bsky.social @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com Read it online at: www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1144/cu... #protestsongs #protestmusic #protestsongs2025 #protestmusic2025 9h

My third of 3 gigs in Texas is Saturday evening in Houston! Really looking forward to seeing some friends and former neighbors. facebook.com/events/s/dav...

Next stop: Dallas, Texas! facebook.com/events/s/com...

If you don't find my music on a music streaming platform, it's not because I boycotted it, it's because I was blacklisted. davidrovics.substack.com/p/being-an-a...

TEXAS, here I come! The requisite airport selfie is posted. davidrovics.com/tour

3 gigs in TEXAS! First this one in Austin, and then Dallas and Houston! davidrovics.com/tour

I was on Flashpoints this evening, one of two guests recounting our experiences with being blacklisted by YouTube. www.patreon.com/posts/talkin...

I'll be live on Flashpoints on KPFA at the top of the hour.

TEXAS! If all goes as planned, I shall be imminently doing shows in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. I fly to Austin on Wednesday. Details at davidrovics.com/tour.

Lots of Ai Tsuno's songs are available in karaoke form for anyone to download for free at davidrovics.com/ai-tsuno, including all 16 of the ones about Gaza. Here's Kamala Emanuel singing some of them recently at a Christmas Market in Australia. youtu.be/-bItOqca9U0?...

First day out with the new banner.

PDX: the weekly neighborhood vigil for Gaza continues Sunday from noon to 2 at 12th & Hawthorne SE. Come see our cool new banner!

Ten new songs, in context. A podcast special sneak peek at the album, Rage Bait, which will drop on all the streaming platforms later this month. www.patreon.com/posts/rage-b...

PDX: here's where I'll be this evening, along with several children! Come join us!

I had a conversation with Scott Harris on Counterpoint Radio earlier this week. The first half is about news of all my albums being deleted from YouTube Music, and the second half is about the double-edged sword of AI and AI music. www.patreon.com/posts/talkin...

I really enjoyed this discussion with Chris Garlock for the Labor Heritage Power Hour podcast. Mostly we talked about the pros and cons of making music with an AI band. If you're curious about that phenomenon, this is a good introduction to it. davidrovics.substack.com/p/talking-ai...

What can we do when the world's biggest platform decides an artist should be disappeared? People keep asking me. I don't know, I'm just the canary in this coal mine. I ask you, in the name of freedom of thought on planet Earth: what's next? www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/05/y...

Most of this interview consists of Chris Garlock & I diving into the weeds of AI music generation and the future of humanity. It was a great interview to begin with, but then the way the songs were edited in for the final version makes it even better. www.patreon.com/posts/talkin...

It's the time of year when Spotify tells their users about what they've been listening to, and tells the artists a bit about who's been listening to them. Look at this and then consider the impact of the other streaming platform, YouTube Music, deleting all my albums last week.

Ai Tsuno's latest album, CLASS WAR ZONE, has some serious ruling class ass-kicking potential, if anyone ever listens to it. It's on all the music streaming platforms as of today...

The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of David's journey down the corporate Memory Hole. davidrovics.substack.com/p/youtube-ak...

The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of David's journey down the corporate Memory Hole. www.patreon.com/posts/youtub...

If you want to ask YouTube Music why they removed all my albums, you can do it with one click. support.google.com/youtubemusic...