Given the current state of our country, I wanted to feature, on this week’s show, bands and labels that are directly supporting – via direct donations or portions of sales – anti-racism, police reform and bail fund orgs.
Support the bands and, by extension, the referenced organizations noted in the playlist. (NOTE: I have not personally vetted the organizations listed below. Links to web sites are provided so you can learn more about each.)
PLAYLIST:
Strawberry Generation – Afloat
https://strawberrygeneration.bandcamp.com/album/afloat
- 100% of the band’s Bandcamp sales the week of June 1st will be donated to Reclaim the Block.
My Favorite – The Black Cassette https://myfavorite.bandcamp.com/album/the-happiest-days-of-our-lives-expanded-edition
- Proceeds from the everything on the band’s Bandcamp page sold June 5th to be donated to Black Lives Matter.
The Berries – Sci-Fi Racer
https://theberrieswa.bandcamp.com/track/sci-fi-racer
- This single is “pay what you want”; 100% of proceeds will go to the Black Lives Matter Seattle Freedom Fund, in an effort to bail out jailed protestors.
Cabana Wear – West Palm
https://cabanawear.bandcamp.com/album/cape-weather
- 100% of their music and merch sales on Bandcamp on June 5th will be donated to the Philadelphia chapter of Black Lives Matter.
The Ex-optimists – Remembering Six
https://ballofwax.bandcamp.com/album/ball-of-wax-volume-60-60-x-60-60
- All profits from sales of this compilation will go to the bail fund set up by Black Lives Matter Seattle King County.
Anna Burch – Ask Me To
https://annaburch.bandcamp.com/album/if-youre-dreaming
- Anna Burch’s label, the Polyvinyl Record Co, announced that they have made donations – and encourage others to do the same – to Black Lives Matter, the National Bailout Fund and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Etxera – Posos
https://etxera.bandcamp.com/album/pozos
- Money from all sales on their Bandcamp on June 5th will be donated to Don’t Shoot PDX: “citizen advocates united in protest against racism, police brutality and state violence.”
Great Grandpa – Human Condition
https://greatgrandpa.bandcamp.com/album/four-of-arrows
- For the month of June they are making all of their albums “pay what you want” on Bandcamp, and all proceeds will benefit the Minneapolis-based Black Visions Collective and the Northwest Community Bail Fund here in Seattle. Plus, the band will be matching donations up to $1000.
Secret Shame – Dissolve
https://secretshame.bandcamp.com/album/dissolve-b-w-pure
- The band will donating 100% of Bandcamp sales on June 5th to “localized bail and mutual aid funds,” prioritizing allocating donations to black and POC orgs.
DRY SPELLS – Quarantine Dream
https://dryspellsla.bandcamp.com/releases
- All this week thru June 7th, 100% of proceeds from The Love Language’s online store, including this Dry Spells record, will be donated to Showing Up for Racial Justice, “a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice.”
Lithics – Tower of Age
https://lithics.bandcamp.com/album/tower-of-age
- The band tweeted on Monday: “We stand in solidarity with black lives and the protesters in the streets,” noting that 100% of tote band sales on their Bandcamp page will be donated to Don’t Shoot PDX.
Keith Ival – Tool Box
https://discontinuousinnovationinc.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-e-p
- Artist’s label, Discontinuous Innovation will donate 100% of the label’s physical media sales this week to the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee Bail Fund.
The Snogs – Red Wheelbarrow
https://discontinuousinnovationinc.bandcamp.com/album/charmless
- Artist’s label, Discontinuous Innovation will donate 100% of the label’s physical media sales this week to the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee Bail Fund.
window seat – mean
https://windowseatks.bandcamp.com/track/mean
- The artist recently tweeted that 100% of the money spent on their Bandcamp page will go to Black Lives Matter.
Youth Team – Setting Eno on Fire
https://youthteam.bandcamp.com
- They will have 26 new tracks out on Friday, with proceeds from those split between The Trussell Trust (supporting food banks across the UK) and Act Blue’s bail funds, providing bail for protestors here in the USA.
Nothing – The Dead are Dumb (live on Part Time Punks)
https://nothing.bandcamp.com/album/george-a-live-part-time-punks-session-los-angeles-12072019
- This EP is “pay what you want”; 100% of proceeds will be donated to “ACT BLUES COMMUNITY BAIL OUT. A SPLIT DONATION BETWEEN 38 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BAIL FUNDS.”
Mint Field – Natural
https://mintfield.bandcamp.com/track/natural
- The band’s LA-based felte label are donating all Bandcamp media sales from Friday to the Ella Baker Center, BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity) and The Center for Policing Equity.
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ORGANIZATIONS:
Reclaim the Block
https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/
Black Lives Matter
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
The BLM Seattle Freedom Fund
https://blacklivesseattle.org/bail-fund/
BLM Philly
http://www.blmphilly.com/
National Bail Out
http://nationalbailout.org/
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
https://www.naacpldf.org/
Don’t Shoot PDX
https://www.dontshootpdx.org/
Black Visions Collective
https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
Northwest Community Bail Fund
https://www.nwcombailfund.org/
Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee Bail Fund
https://rally.org/ARCbailfund
The Trussell Trust
https://www.trusselltrust.org/
Act Blue Bail Funds
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfunds
Showing Up for Racial Justice
https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity)
https://boldorganizing.org/
Ella Baker Center
https://ellabakercenter.org/
The Center for Policing Equity
https://www.policingequity.org/