The Despair Playlist

The Student Insurgent

Feeling too hopeful? Need music to help flip the bird to whatever oppresses you, or just wallow in apathy? Look no further than this playlist! Curated by the wider Insurgent collective for your listening (dis)pleasure.

  1. Bela Legousi’s Dead — Bauhaus
  2. PANIC ATTACK — Pussy Riot
  3. Comfortably Numb — Pink Floyd
  4. Working for the Knife— Mitski
  5. When The Going Gets Dark— Quasi
  6. The Mad Man’s Laughter— Tsegue Maryam Guebrou
  7. Frail and Bedazzled—The Smashing Pumpkins
  8. God Save the Queen — Sex Pistols
  9. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Radio Edit) — Patti Smith
  10. Судно — Молчат Дома (Molchat Doma)
  11. Killing In The Name — Rage Against The Machine
  12. Miss the Rage — Mario Judah
  13. Sea Slug — Seabiscuit
  14. Restless — Annie’s Friend, Silas Haun & Lucinda Drake
  15. Much Finer — Le Tigre
  16. Lounge Act — EarthTing, Alien Cake Music
  17. Holy Shit — Father John Misty
  18. Don’t shoot — Shea Diamond
  19. City of angels — The Distillers
  20. Strangelove — Depeche Mode
  21. Night Shift — Siouxsie and the Banshees
  22. STFU! — Rina Sawayama
  23. Army of Me — Bjork
  24. Whatever— NOOGY
  25. Working for the Government — Buffy Sainte-Marie
  26. Buried in the Woods — meth.
  27. Dress Rehearsal Rag — Leonard Cohen
  28. Незнакомая Сила — Utro
  29. Not Too Amused — Sebadoh
  30. Houses in Motion — Talking Heads
  31. Mentira — Manu Chao
  32. Human Sadness — The Voidz
  33. Ain’t No Sunshine — Bill Withers
  34. No — Nicolas Jaar
  35. El Otro Chile — Portavoz, Stailok
  36. Desaparecidos — Orishas
  37. Mladic — Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  38. Disintegration — The Cure
  39. Grounded — Pavement
  40. Else — Built to Spill
  41. Soup is Good Food — Dead Kennedys
  42. There, There — Radiohead
  43. black stacey dash — JPEGMAFIA
  44. Gnaw — Alex G
  45. Cause = Time — Broken Social Scene
  46. Letter to Hermione — David Bowie
  47. Untitled — Interpol
  48. not a lot, just forever — Adrianne Lenker
  49. Casket Pretty — Noname
  50. Polly — Moses Sumney
  51. Motion Sickness — Phoebe Bridgers
  52. Blood & Innocence — Yves Tumor
  53. No Control — WILLOW
  54. MENTHOL* — Jean Dawson, Mac DeMarco
  55. Construção — Chico Buarque
  56. Line of Sight — ODESZA
  57. Big Bird — AJJ
  58. Words — Low
  59. New Slang — The Shins
  60. Victim — Bladee
  61. Heaven — Tropical Fuck Storm
  62. Shove — L7
  63. The Law of Asbestos — Ashenspire
  64. Roman Candle — Elliott Smith
  65. Bloodhail — Have A Nice Life
  66. The Downfall of Us All — A Day to Remember
  67. I Laugh When I’m With Friends But Sad When I’m Alone — 070 Shake

Need something more hopeful? Check out the other playlist.