A brand new compilation album to learn victims of the Los Angeles wildfires has been introduced. Put collectively by Bauhaus’ Kevin Haskins and producer Nick Launay, Los Angeles Rising options beforehand unreleased songs by Nick Cave & the Unhealthy Seeds, PJ Harvey, and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. Devo, Gary Numan, Primal Scream, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Danny Elfman, U.S. Ladies, and extra additionally seem on the album, which is now out there to buy for $10 on Bandcamp. All proceeds will go towards the Candy Aid Musicians Fund.
“Because the wildfires had been raging and destroying hundreds of houses round Los Angeles, each my neighbourhood and Nick’s had been instructed to evacuate,” Haskins mentioned in a press assertion. “However we had been the fortunate ones. The hearth threatening our houses and recording studios was fortunately extinguished by firefighters simply minutes away, however numerous musicians and mates misplaced the whole lot.”
Earlier this week, Massive Thief shared a brand new EP, Passional Relations, to help wildfire aid efforts. Following FireAid and G*ve A F*ck LA, extra profit concert events will happen all through the month: I Love LA at Glendale Presbyterian Church (February 8), Blink-182 and Alkaline Trio on the Hollywood Palladium (February 13), and others. On the 2025 Grammy Awards, Girl Gaga and Bruno Mars carried out “California Dreamin’,” by the Mamas & the Papas—additionally coated right here by Cocker—as a tribute to victims of the California wildfires.
