AND, even better, his CFTPA work is also all on Bandcamp, and participating in the donation scheme our favorite albums are Twinkle Echo and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Vs. His Bandcamp catalogue is full of rarities, b-sides, live recordings, 7″s, etc, so if you enjoy his work, go crazy if you’re not familiar with it, then we suggest you start with A Shut-In’s Prayer, his debut album as Advance Base, which was released in 2012 and is still wonderful, five years later.

The artist formerly known as Casiotone for the Painfully Alone has long been one of Flavorwire’s favorite lyricists and songwriters. Strike a blow against Trumpist fascism and score some great tunes? Everybody wins!Īdvance Base / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone This equates to an overwhelming amount of music to choose from, so we thought we’d round up a selection of the artists from that list whose work we think our readers will enjoy.

Even better, some 400+ artists and labels are going above and beyond by donating their proceeds to the ACLU and/or other charities, too. Here is some good news: if you hadn’t heard, our friends at Bandcamp are donating 100% of their proceeds from sales today to the ACLU, so if you want to buy some music, today is a good day to do it. It’s aimed at helping people feel somewhat less helpless and hopeless (or at least in control of their helplessness and hopelessness) in the midst of a political news cycle that’s been doling out daily affronts to human decency.Įvery day, we’ll post one easy thing that people can do to continue to resist the current state of politics under the Trump administration, focusing on the creative ways (we are a culture website after all) that citizens are finding to resist. Daily Engagement is a new, brief, daily feature on Flavorwire.

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