Many groups are rallying around civil rights groups in the wake of the Donald Trump administration’s blitzkrieg of Executive Orders this week, and Bandcamp is one of them. According to The Quietus, the site, which is popular with artists of wide-ranging levels of popularity has vowed to donate an incredible 100 percent of their profits on Friday, February 3, 2017 to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The CEO of the site, Ethan Diamond, released a profound statement on the decision to donate to the organization:
“Like 98% of U.S. citizens (including the President), I am the descendant of immigrants—my great-grandparents came to America from Russia and Lithuania as teenagers and worked in sweatshops until they were able to afford to bring the rest of their families over.” He described Trump’s Executive Order to ban refugees from seven countries for a designated period of time was of particular derision from Diamon, as he stated “Last week’s Executive Order barring immigrants and refugees from seven Middle Eastern countries from entering the United States is not simply immoral, it violates the very spirit and foundation of America.”
Diamond sought out artists from Mexico (also a country of contention for the Trump administration, what with their recent Executive Order for a border wall to be built, funded by by a 20% tariff).
The site is chock full of incredible music, so it’s a win/win for music fans of the ACLU-supporting persuasion. There is music from Dr. Dog, Pinegrove, Priests, Mac DeMarco, P.O.S and many more!
UPDATE (2/3): According to ACLU, over 400 artists and labels have joined their pledge to donate sales on February 3 (that’s today!) Bandcamp makes it clear that no matter what you buy from the site, it will be donated to ACLU, but these entities have promised additional donations for their sales.
Here is the complete list:
6131 Records
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Aaron Tap
Abbot Kinney
Advance Base
Al Baker
Aish
Alanna McArdle (ex Joanna Gruesome) (Donating to Right to Remain)
Alex Rose
All That Noise For Feeling
American Residue Records
Amplifer
Andy D
Andrew Tuttle
Anti-
Animal Style Records
Anthology Records
Arctic Flowers
ATO Records
Auralgami Sounds
Ba Da Bing Records (Donating to the Nigerian Muslim Association of New York)
Barsuk Records (Proceeds from their compilation Sad! will benefit the ACLU)
Batillus
Beats in Space
BETS (Donating to Center for Reproductive Rights)
Blissesb
Blood Music (Donating all revenue from digital sales)
Bloodshot Records
Boilerman
Bones Hamilton
Boogarins (Will donate 10% of their sales of “Desvio Onirico”)
Brave Wave
Broken20
Carbon 7
Casiotone For the Painfully Alone
Champion Lover
Chasing Morgan
Cherub Records
Chin Up!
Chris Polcyn
City Slang
Cody Yantis
Colleen Raney
Common Ground Records
Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends
Cory J Brewer
Cougar on a Meth Binge
Court Hoang
Crocodile Deathspin
Damon and Naomi
Daylight Robbery
DCTV (Will be donating to the ACLU for the entire month of February)
Dead Lizard Grin
Deathwish, Inc.
Den Miller
DFA Records
Digisaurus
Doll Factory
Don’t Stop Now
Doomtree
Duke Buzzy
Epitaph
Eric Peter Schwartz
Esper Scout
Extinction AD
Fact Pattern
Fake Limbs
Fat Possum
Father/Daughter Records
Fire Talk Records (Will donate 10% of their sales)
First Word Records
Flannelgraph Records
Fluff and Gravy Records (Will donate 10% of their profits)
Four Tet
Franck Martin
Freedom to Spend
Full Spectrum Records
Further Records (Will donate 100% of digital sales, 50% of physical)
Future of the Left
Gap Tooth
Germany Germany
Get Party Records
Gezzelig Records (All proceeds from “Is There Another Language” will be donated)
Gidim
Glass House
Golden Halos
Head 2 Wall Records
Her Name is Calla
High Aura’d
Hip Kid Records
Hit City U.S.A.
Hop on Pop
Hopeful Monster
Hyperdub
Infinite Best
Interbella
Jameson Elder
Jesse Dangerously
John Heart Jackie
Jonas Newhouse
Jorge Velez
Kaptur
Ken Reid (Will donate 50% of sales to the ACLU)
Kiam Records
Kill Rock Stars
Killer Tofu Records
Knuckle Puck
Laura K
Lauren Hoffman & the Secret Storm
Le Barons
Ligature
Lonely Child
Lonely Voyage Records
Loop Crew
Los Campesinos!
Lubec
Luciernaga
Luke Sweeney
Lushlife (Donating all proceeds from “My Idols Are Dead” mixtape)
Lykanthea (Donating all proceeds on 2/3 to CAIR)
Major Grizz
Mandy Troxel
Marc with a C (Donating all proceeds from digital sales)
Marking
MD Dunn
Melissa Dunphy
Merge Records (Making a donation to the ACLU matching 100% of proceeds from Bandcamp purchases)
Mexican Summer
Midnite Snaxxx
Minks Miracle Medicine
Mint Records
Miracle of Sound
Modern Huge
Mogi Grumbles
Mojave Nomads
Molly Bauckhman
Moniker Records
Mothertapes
Mythstery Records
Naal
National Tattler
Negative Fun Records
Neil Gaiman
Nerd Ferguson
Nesh Complex
Night Orchid
NNA Tapes
No Sleep
Norwegian Arms
Obfusc
Old Flame Records
Pandafan
Pelican (Donating all sales to Doctors Without Borders)
Pinegrove (Donating all sales to Southern Poverty Law Center)
Planet Creep
Porky’s Groove Machine
Post War Glamour Girls
Psychic Troubles Tapes
Quarter Tonality
Rafiq Bhatia
researcher
Reunions
Rhymesayers
Rhythm Section Records
Riognach Robinson
Ripped From the Roots
River Whyless
Robot Needs Home
Robert M. Jones
Rock Plaza Central
Rock, Paper, Cynic
Roofhare (Will donate 100% of sales from their newest EP)
Run for Cover
Running Red Lights
RVNG Intl.
Sad13
Saddle Creek (Making a donation to the Refugee Empowerment Center matching 100% of proceeds from Bandcamp purchases)
Sam Moss
Scientific American (Matching every “pay more” donation)
Screen Vinyl Image (Donating 100% all February to the ACLU)
Sean + Ur Not
Silver Torches
Sloth Hands
Software
Socotra Soundscapes (All proceeds go to Solidarios Sin Fronteras, a Barcelona-based NGO working to rebuild homes and communities on Socotra after the main island was devastated by hurricanes)
Son Lux (All proceeds from “At War With Walls and Mazes” will be donated to the ACLU for the next four years)
Speedy Ortiz
Spencer Robinson
Split Feet
Still Here Records
Storm Clouds
Strand of Oaks
Sub Pop
Subsquare
Sumeau
Swanning
Swoon Records (Will donate 10% of digital sales)
Tape Waves
Tax Brandywine
TEEN
The Big Bend
The Big Ups
The Bryan Adams
The Envlps
The Fog Signals
The Foul English
The Riftshifters
The Soft Pink Truth
The Sound of the Ladies
This is Hell
This Soil is Diseased (Donating $100 plus any other revenue to the ACLU)
Tiff’s Joints
Tompkins Square
Tribal Realites
Tru Thoughts
Ultrakylstron
Up & Go
Versus the World
War Records
Washer (Donating to the Council on Islamic Relations)
Weird At Last
Whimsically Macabre
Wild Wild Wets
William Selman
Willy Porter
Xiu Xiu (Donating 100% of revenue from Bandcamp sales for the next four years to the ACLU)
Zulu Panda
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