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Singer-Activist Evan Greer Remembers the 2000s on ‘$5’

Boston-based musician and activist Evan Greer has announced her new album with a song that looks back on decades of DIY shows and protests

Later, she remembers what some of those bands were fighting for: “We were angry, we were hungry, we were bored/Making magic in the cracks between the cops and the landlords.” As the song goes on, Greer turns that low cover charge into a warm, nostalgic pop-punk hook with shades of Weezer and Green Day. The music video for “$5,” put together by fellow musician-activist Taína Asili, is full of footage from some of the house shows, DIY festivals, and political rallies that Greer has played over the last 20-plus years. Though Greer is known as an outspoken advocate for digital liberty(she’s the director of the nonprofit group Fight for the Future) and trans rights, “$5” ends up being more of a righteous personal anthem than a protest song, per se.

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