A star-studded compilation that will benefit communities ravaged by the Los Angeles wildfires will be made available for one day only on Bandcamp later this week.
The compilation, “Good Music to Lift Up Los Angeles,” features songs by 90 artists. Some of the acts featured include R.E.M., The Hold Steady, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, My Morning Jacket, Interpol and King Gizard and the Lizard Wizard. In addition to those names, there’s a lot of local talent on the comp too including Modest Mouse, Mudhoney, SYML, Perfume Genius, The Dip and The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie who are contributing their cover of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence.”
The album is being released by the organization Good Music. It will cost $20.25 and all of Good Music’s proceeds from the album will go back to communities impacted by the Los Angeles fires via California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund and the LA Regional Food Bank. Bandcamp is donating 100% of their share of the proceeds to MusiCares.
This isn’t Good Music’s first foray into benefit compilations. They previously released the “Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy” compilation series in 2020 which raised more than $600,000 between its two installments and the 2022 release “Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All” raised more than $230,000 to support abortion access. All of those titles were also only available for one day.
You can purchase your copy of “Good Music to Lift Up Los Angeles” at Bandcamp on Friday. The complete list of artists on the compilation is below.
Alycia Lang – Animal Collective – Annie DiRusso – The Armed – BEL – Blondshell – brotherkenzie – Cassandra Jenkins – Centro-matic feat. Jason Isbell and Sadler Vaden – Chelsea Wolfe – Chris Cohen – Cold War Kids – Courtney Barnett – cumgirl8 – Cunningham Bird – Dawes – Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service – The Dip – Dirty Projectors & s t a r g a z e – Dr. Dog – Eggy – Faye Webster – FIDLAR – Flock of Dimes – Friko – George Alice – Gustaf – HEALTH – The Heavy Heavy – Hippo Campus – The Hold Steady – Hotline TNT – Hurray for the Riff Raff – I’m With Her – Interpol – iRo – James Henry Jr. – Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Jeff Tweedy – Josh Ritter – K.Flay – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – LA LOM – Lala Lala – Little Dragon – Local Natives – Lucius – Mac DeMarco’s “Piece of the Fuck” – Madi Diaz – Manchester Orchestra – The Midnight – Miki Ratsula – Militarie Gun – Miya Folick – MJ Lenderman – Modest Mouse – Momma – Mudhoney – My Morning Jacket – Neal Francis – Neko Case – The New Pornographers – Nick Thune – Pachyman – Perfume Genius – Pool Kids – Porches – PUP – Real Estate – R.E.M. – Richy Mitch & the Coal Miners – Ricky Montgomery – RY X – Shannon Lay – Silversun Pickups – Soccer Mommy – Soul Asylum – Spiritual Cramp – Sycco – SYML – Tenacious D – Theo Katzman – This Is Lorelei – Toro Y Moi – Tunde Adebimpe – TV on the Radio – Ty Segall – The War on Drugs – Water From Your Eyes – Watkins Family Hour (feat. Gaby Moreno)
