Sunday, November 02, 2008

Albums You Should Pay To Download

I know you all probably just download music for free (maybe not and I'm being judgemental) but here's a few albums you should definitely pay for as the money is going to a good cause:

The awesome new Deerhoof album "Offend Maggie" is out on Kill Rock Stars / ATP and a portion of the digital sales through iTunes go to Medicins Sans Frontiers.

And the equally awesome "Adorata" by The Gutter Twins is out as a download only and a portion of the proceeds go to the Natasha Schneider Fund. Natasha was member of the band Eleven as well as a talented producer who sadly passed away from cancer earlier this year. She contributed to records by the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age / Wires On Fire / Soundgarden / Mark Lanegan / The Gutter Twins. "Adorata" features a cover of "Flow Like A River" one of Natasha's songs and proceeds go towards paying off debts built up covering medical bills.



Noise Against Nuclear


"In February The Green Party presented Sammy Wilson with the Greenwash Award for presenting the biggest threat to our environment by advocating the building of a nuclear power station in Northern Ireland. That was before he was made Minister for the Environment and he has since gone on to state that he would not object to Britain's nuclear waste being buried here.The Green Party opposes nuclear power and wants to see the island of Ireland remain nuclear free. We have the greatest potential for wind energy in Europe yet while countries like Germany and Denmark harness their wind potential ours remains largely untapped, in fact we stand 2nd bottom of the European league in terms of our renewable energy production. The resources are there, we now need the political will to match it.Noise Against Nuclear brings together local bands to show their objection to Sammy's proposals and to raise money for the Green Party and awareness of this cause.Yes to Raw Power, No to Nuclear!"
Laverys Attic Belfast
Sat 15th Nov 10:00pm £5