Bandcamp's share of sales going to the NAACP today

June 19, 2020 1:29 PM

Bandcamp's June 19th NAACP Legal Defense Fund Donations "Today, from midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we will be donating 100% of our share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (and we’re doing this every June 19th from here on out). Below you’ll find a list of artists and labels preparing special releases for today, including those donating their share to organizations in support of racial justice and change."

Might I humbly suggest:

clipping. - Chapter 319 (released today)

or Meet Me @ The Alter (older, but so, so great)

or Bad Cop Bad Cop (also older, but so great)

Note: clipping. is also donating proceeds to various orgs. I'm not sure about MMATA or BCBC, I just included them because I like them.

posted by Gorgik (7 comments total)

In an email to subscribers, Luakabop said "We’ll be donating our label share as well. So if you’re thinking about buying something from us on our Bandcamp, consider doing so today."

Luaka Bop has also donated to two organizations: Campaign Zero and the Okra Project. Campaign Zero is working to end the police brutality that terrorizes Black communities and takes the lives of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery and Tony McDade and Breonna Taylor and countless others. The Okra Project is addressing the crisis faced by Black Trans people, one home cooked meal at a time.

For a very long list of Black artists and companies, here's a volunteer-managed spreadsheet 2000+ Black Producers / Artists / Labels, which doubled in size since it started about 15 days ago (previously). The spreadsheet also includes genres and other notes, to help you find somewhere to start, or you can browse for artists and labels you already know and love.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:47 PM on June 19, 2020 [2 favorites]

I'm buying NNAMDÏ's 2020 album BRAT today. It's my favorite album of 2020 so far.

I'll check out the suggestions in the OP too.
posted by meemzi at 2:34 PM on June 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

My Bandcamp wishlist's getting pretty thin after a couple of #bandcampfridays, but today I grabbed a couple things by black artists:

BLAKMOTH: The Space Between
BLAKMOTH: NINE
Nihiloxica: Kaloli
posted by Foosnark at 3:38 PM on June 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

Ooh, a Metafilter post! Here's what I ended up getting (or would recommend) from the Black Bandcamp list, if you just want a place to start:

Ivy Sole - Overgrown (rap)
A l e x a n d r i a - Journey (r&b)
Gemma - Feeling's Not a Tempo (r&b/indie pop)
Chanti Darling - RNB Vol. 1 (disco/electro/soul/r&B)
Dexter Story - Bahir (jazz/soul)
Ego Ella May - Honey for Wounds (r&b/soul)
NNAMDÏ - BRAT (everything but the kitchen sink)
Paul Chin - Full Spectrum (instrumental hip-hop/electronic)
Aye Nako - Silver Haze (punk/indie rock)
X14 - Yesterday You Said, Tomorrow'd Be Today (techno)
posted by chrominance at 5:11 PM on June 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

Also, that Meet Me @ The Altar EP is the perfect soundtrack for attacking and dethroning god, it's so good!
posted by chrominance at 5:52 PM on June 19, 2020 [2 favorites]

Chapter 319 - On all days thereafter, sales of these two tracks will be periodically collected and donated to organizations dedicated to racial justice.
posted by Lanark at 1:31 AM on June 20, 2020 [2 favorites]

Thanks to filthy light thief's link to that sprawling database, I picked up some good stuff.

Boulevards (good times)

Zulu (not fucking around)

Kamasi Washington (been meaning to buy this for a while!)

Dispossessed (anti-colonial fury)

Moor Mother (whole lot going on here)
posted by heteronym at 7:00 AM on June 20, 2020 [1 favorite]