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‘Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All’ raised $230,000 in 24 hours

Last Friday saw Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All, released exclusively for one day only (Oct 7) on Bandcamp to raise funds for abortion access in the U.S.

The fundraising compilation Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All featuring exclusive tracks by Wet Leg, Soccer Mommy, David Byrne, and Devo among many other big-name acts, was available for $19.73 in honor of Roe v. Wade. 

An incredible $230,000 was raised in 24 hours, from the sale of the compilation and the t-shirts featuring the Kim Gordon-designed “Liberate Abortion” comp cover art. 

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Credit: Sonic Youth Far Out Mag

The compilation features previously unreleased recordings including never-before-heard new songs, covers, remixes, live versions, and unreleased demos from major acts, Amanda Shires x Jason Isbell, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Cat Power, Daniel Rossen, David Byrne x Devo, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Gia Margaret, Grouplove, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Mac DeMarco, Maya Hawke, Overcoats, Pearl Jam, PUP, The Regrettes, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, Soccer Mommy, Tegan and Sara, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down x Tune-Yards, Ty Segall, Wet Leg and more

In case you missed out on the opportunity to pick up a copy of the compilation, you can still grab a tee, available for purchase via NOISE FOR NOW

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Credit: Kim Gordon

– NOISE FOR NOW, The Brigid Alliance and Good Music are national initiatives that give artists a platform to have their voices heard while raising money for progressive causes, helping to connect and financially support grassroots organizations that work in the field of Reproductive Justice, including abortion access.

Checkout the tracklist for the Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All:

01 – Wet Leg – “Loving You (Demo)”

02 – Sleater-Kinney – “Free Time”

03 – The Regrettes – “Seashore (Live at Lollapalooza)”

04 – Mac DeMarco – “Chamber of Reflection 2”

05 – Hand Habits – “Ignorance (Weather Report Cover)”

06 – Cat Power – “Song to Bobby (Live 2021)”

07 – My Morning Jacket – “Rainbow Power (Timmy Thomas Cover)”

08 – David Byrne and Devo – “Empire”

09 – Soccer Mommy – “Shotgun (Demo)”

10 – Jayla Kai – “Parking Lot (Rough Mix)”

11 – R.E.M. – “Walk Unafraid (Live)”

12 – Caroline Spence, Erin Rae, Michaela Anne, Tristen – “This Woman’s Work (Kate Bush Cover)”

13 – Pluralone – “One Voice”

14 – Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – “Meticulous Bird (Tune-Yards Remix)”

15 – Tenacious D – “Woman Time (Remix)”

16 – STS9 – “Balancing (feat. Armanni Reign)”

17 – The Album Leaf – “Falling From the Sun (Live)”

18 – Mary Lattimore – “Lake Like a Mirror”

19 – Daniel Rossen – “Message Outside”

20 – Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell – “The Problem (Live from Red Rocks)”

21 – Maya Hawke – “Rose and Thorn”

22 – Emma Bradley – “Mother, Father, You (Demo)”

23 – Sunflower Bean – “Otherside (Demo)”

24 – Fleet Foxes – “The Kiss (Live on Boston Harbor)”

25 – Dirty Projectors – “Parking Structure”

26 – Animal Collective – “Peacebone (Demo)”

27 – Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros – “Black-Throated Wind (Live At Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, April 3, 2022)”

28 – Pearl Jam – “Porch (Live)”

29 – She & Him – “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (Mary Ford and Les Paul Cover)”

30 – Andrew Bird – “Pulaski at Night (Live from Chicago)”

31 – Death Cab for Cutie – “Here to Forever (Demo)”

32 – Tegan and Sara – “Under My Control”

33 – Disq – “Mtn Dew”

34 – Annie DiRusso – “Judgements From The World’s Greatest Band (Reimagined)”

35 – Gia Margaret – “Solid Heart (Demo)”

36 – Bully – “Labor of Love”

37 – Ty Segall – “Glowing”

38 – Grouplove – “Shout”

39 – Overcoats – “Clingy”

40 – Water From Your Eyes – “Jane Says (Jane’s Addiction Cover)”

41 – Silversun Pickups – “Songbirds (Live from The Orange Peel)”

42 – Foals – “Looking High (Demo)” 

43 – PUP – “Scorpion Hill (Live in Toronto/ 2022)”

44 – Squirrel Flower – “Flames and Flat Tires (Demo)”

45 – Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes – “Little One (Acoustic)”

46 – Charlie Hickey – “Gold Line (Demo)”

47 – Kills Birds – “Married”

48 – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – “Ice V (Demo)”

49 – The Neverly Boys – “Other Side Of Anywhere”