Today, June 5th, Bandcamp is providing artists another 24 hours of waived fees. In support of racial justice, I’ve put together a list of 60+ recommendations of artists who are people of color, labels owned by POC, and ally artists/labels that are donating their proceeds to social justice initiatives. Check it out below and remember to head back to Bandcamp on the 19th, as the site will be donating all of its proceeds that day to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund!
| Abdu Ali | |
| American Dreams Records |
All label cuts of today’s sales will be donated to Assata’s Daughters in Chicago.
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| Angeline Morrison |
100% of proceeds to race justice organisations.
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| Antibalas | |
| Apt. E | |
| Aural Canyon |
New benefit compilation for Six Square, Austin’s Black Cultural District (the first black cultural district in Texas).
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| Beauty Pill | |
| Big $ilky | |
| Bill MacKay |
30% to Chicago Bail Bonds.
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| Brigid Mae Power |
Benefit Album for Black Lives Matter.
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| Centripetal Records |
Benefit release for Reclaim The Block, all proceeds from ‘My Body Tis of Thee’ are still going to NARAL and reproductive freedom, and all of the label’s cut of sales will go towards Gideon’s Army.
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| Chris Forsyth |
Releasing 4 rare recordings, the proceeds of which will be donated to Black Lives Matter Philadelphia, the People’s Paper Co-Op and the Philadelphia Bail Fund.
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| Colemine Records |
The label and it’s shop, Plaid Room Records, are donating all merch sales to various organizations fighting inequality and injustices all week.
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| Community Records |
100% of proceeds go to TAKE ’EM DOWN NOLA and Innocence Project New Orleans.
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| Curtis Harding | |
| DDM | |
| Death | |
| Dereck Higgins | |
| Devine Carama | |
| Dire Wolves |
Some rarities will go up for sale, 100% of their proceeds will be donated to Oakland’s Anti-Police Terror Project.
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| Don Giovanni Records |
Donating the label’s cut of today’s sales to ActBlue’s community bail funds.
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| Eli Winter |
All proceeds of new single go towards Brave Space Alliance (bravespacealliance.org), the first Black- and trans-led LGBTQ Center on the South Side of Chicago
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| Feeding Tube Records |
100% donating to Freedom Funds and other anti-racist causes (throughout the weekend, too!)
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| Garcia Peoples |
Anything they make today on Bandcamp is going to bail funds and organizations that are educating on the movement and supporting protesters.
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| Holographic Flower |
Donating all proceeds of new album to Black Visions Collective.
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| Howlin’ Rain |
All digital sales will be donated to Peoples Breakfast Oakland to aid in efforts to provide bail & legal support to black folks in Oakland.
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| Jansport J | |
| Jef Brown | |
| Joseph Allred | |
| Kendra Amalie |
Releasing new music, all proceeds from which will go to Leaders Igniting Transformation, a Milwaukee based youth of color led independent nonprofit.
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| Kotic Couture | |
| LA Salami | |
| Light in The Attic |
100% to NAACP Legal Defence Fund.
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| Marc Mac | |
| Marissa Anderson |
Benefit single for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which helps with legal fees incurred by people protesting the murder of George Floyd.
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| MC Longshot | |
| Mdou Moctar |
Donate some proceeds of Mixtape 2 to Black Lives Matter.
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| Meg Baird |
Proceeds of “Cross Bay” are being donated to local organizations that help to offer meals, harm reduction and other support to vulnerable neighbors. Meanwhile, sales of The Baird Sisters Record, Until You Find Your Green, will be part of BaDabing Record’s overall donations to the Brooklyn Community Foundation.
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| Mike McHugh |
Benefit release for Reclaim The Block.
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| Moor Mother | |
| Nathaniel Star | |
| Phantom Limb Records |
Benefit compilation album for Black Lives Matter.
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| Plates of Cake |
100% of all digital and physical sales will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defence Fund.
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| Profe Fool | |
| Ryley Walker |
Will be donating to various organizations.
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| Sacred Bones |
Donating 100% of all digital sales split between The Loveland Foundation and a nationwide bail fund that splits donations among community bail funds.
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| Scary Black | |
| Sickle Cell | |
| Sinitus Tempo | |
| Solarized | |
| Spellling | |
| Sudan Archives | |
| Sunburned Hand of The Man |
4 deep archival releases will be added today and 100% of proceeds will be donated to the recent victims families and various causes focused on ending racism, white supremacy and the police.
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| Sunrise Ocean Bender |
Donating all proceeds to BLM DC (as is Deep Water Acres).
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| Tall Black Guy | |
| The Suffers | |
| Three Lobed Records |
New archival Daniel Bachman release proceeds will go to Richmond, VA Mutual Aid (and all other funds will go to individual artists for them to do what they wish).
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| Tompkins Square |
Donating to local Minneapolis charities.
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| VG+ Records |
All profits from sales of two releases, Picks & Lighters and Susan Alcorn & Phillip Greenlief, will be donated to Emergency Release Fund.
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If you purchase from any of the above artists or labels, I thank you. If possible, don’t stop there, here’s a list of over 800 black artists, producers and labels you can purchase from today (thanks to Philip Montoro for sharing this on Twitter). If you want to support Black Lives Matter, but money is tight right now, check out this article for some tips.
Thank you.
-KH
Record Crates United 