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Causes 2 features LCD, Gnarls, MMJ, Decemberists and more
The follow-up to Causes 1 and the second installment of Waxploitation's ongoing Darfur benefit series, Causes 2 will be released on May 5. The album features rare tracks by Devendra Banhart, My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem and Gnarls Barkley.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMeg White to auction off drums for benefit
White Stripes drummer Meg White of has donated a drum kit to auction off as part of a fundraiser for Detroit music scene legend Jim Shaw. Shaw was recently diagnosed with cancer.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsCyTunes site fights brain cancer with help from Superchunk, The Rosebuds, Polvo and more
When an uninsured North Carolina music fan named Cy Rawls was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in July... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsDavid Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Gillian Welch, The National, Feist, many more contribute to Dark Was the Night comp
Today is World AIDS Day. Appropriately enough, it's also the day that the line-up was revealed for Dark Was the Night, a compilation release which will benefit AIDS/HIV awareness group, The Red Hot Organization.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBjörk releases charity single "Nattura" with Thom Yorke
Björk is many, many things, but one thing she is not is boring. The Icelandic songbird has been occupying her time recently with helping come up with a fix for the sinking economy in her native country. Eerily paralleling our own problems here in the States, the Icelandic economy has crumbled under the weight of debt and skyrocketing prices, leading to the governmental takeover of banks.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHow awesome was Revenge of the Book Eaters? A ticket price breakdown
As far as bargains go, Oct. 7th's Revenge of the Book Eaters was like paying for a burger and being served filet mignon. Talented, witty and charming filet mignon.... read more
Found in: Paste:LocalCelebs launch YouTube campaign to fight poverty
Elle MacPherson, Kristin Davis, Bono, Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, economist Jeffrey Sachs and musician Angelique Kidjo convened outside the UN on Thursday. They participated in a call-to-action style event, promoting the In My Name program, which has pledged to cut global poverty in half by the year 2015.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsIra Glass, Paul Simon, others to host 826NYC benefit
826NYC, brainchild of McSweeny's wizard David Eggers, will be having its third annual Bookeaters benefit next month to raise money for their children's writing program. The program has attracted the likes of David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens and Feist in years past, and this year's line-up looks no less impressive.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsTenacious D, PJ Harvey to headline QotSA benefit show
Tomorrow (Aug. 16), Queens of the Stone Age will be holding a benefit concert for Eleven's Natasha Shneider, at Los Angeles' Harvey Theater. Shneider, who supported QotSA on their 2005 tour, died of cancer earlier this Summer. Proceeds from the show will go towards paying Shneider's medical expenses.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsIngrid Michaelson preps cancer-benefit album, tours
Not that we were betting against it, but it turns out that Paste Emergent artist Ingrid Michaelson has got some philanthropic game to go along with those cooing acoustic tracks she self-released last September on breakout Girls and Boys.... read more
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