Los Angeles Rising, a brand new profit album for victims of the LA wildfires, has been launched with contributions from Nick Cave and the Dangerous Seeds, PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, DEVO, Primal Scream, and extra.
Masterminded by Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) and producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES), all proceeds from the compilation will go to Candy Aid, which gives monetary help to profession musicians and music business staff. Buy it solely on Bandcamp.
That includes 16 beforehand unreleased songs, among the compilation’s highlights embrace a stripped-back cowl of “California Dreamin’” by Jarvis Cocker and “Flip Into Redux,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ alternate tackle the Present Your Bones lower.
“Because the wildfires have been raging and destroying 1000’s of houses round Los Angeles, each my neighborhood and Nick’s have been instructed to evacuate. However we have been the fortunate ones,” Haskins stated in a press assertion. “The hearth threatening our houses and recording studios was fortunately extinguished by firefighters simply minutes away, however numerous musicians and pals misplaced all the pieces.”
Launay added, “This harrowing expertise and witnessing the monumental destruction of total communities impressed Nick and I to workforce as much as create a compilation album to boost cash for the much less lucky. We reached out to our musician pals for unreleased recorded gems and the response was unimaginable! PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, and Devo are simply among the artists that rushed in to assist.”
Earlier this week, Bandcamp introduced that 100% of proceeds on February seventh can be directed to MusiCares. Moreover, 90 artists — together with R.E.M., Dying Cab for Cutie + The Postal Service, Tenacious D, Faye Webster, TV on the Radio, and Courtney Barnett — have contributed to a separated LA wildfire reduction album known as Good Music to Life Los Angeles.
Right here at Consequence, we’re doing our half to assist music business professionals recuperate with our “All for LA: Shield Stay Music” profit T-shirt. 100% of proceeds go to profit MusiCares, whereas a number of different merch gadgets — together with lengthy sleeve shirts, tees, and beanies — could have proceeds donated to World Central Kitchen to assist them feed these impacted by and combating to include the LA wildfires.
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