Death Cab, Shins, Spoon, Cure on Darfur Benefit Comp
<br />Also: Animal Collective, Bright Eyes, Bloc Party

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A heap of the biggest names in the indie universe have answered <a href='http://www.waxploitation.com/' target='_blank'>Waxploitation's call to contribute tracks to the first installment of the label's <a href='http://www.waxploitation.com/2007/causes.html' target='_blank'>Causes series. Causes 1 will feature rare and exclusive tunes from Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, Animal Collective, Spoon, Bright Eyes, the Cure, Bloc Party, the Black Keys, Cornelius, David Sylvian, and more.<br />
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This first compilation takes the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict' target='_blank'>Darfur conflict as the object of its aid, and 100% of the proceeds from sales of the comp will go to one of three non-profits: <a href='http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/' target='_blank'>Doctors Without Borders, <a href='http://www.hrw.org/' target='_blank'>Human Rights Watch, and <a href='http://www.oxfamamerica.org/' target='_blank'>Oxfam America.<br />
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Causes 1 comes out November 27. It will be available on iTunes for only 90 days, in order to highlight the urgency of the situation in Darfur. Waxploitation will also issue a limited edition CD, which is available for pre-order by signing up <a href='http://www.waxploitation.com/2007/causessignup/' target='_blank'>here.<br />
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Even more artists have partnered with Waxploitation for another Darfur support initiative: a charity auction through <a href='http://www.missionfish.org/' target='_blank'>MissionFish, eBay's non-profit partner. Very soon, the label will <a href='http://www.waxploitation.com/2007/causes.html' target='_blank'>auction signed guitars and other rare items from TV on the Radio, Bj&ouml;rk, the Flaming Lips, Common, Coldplay, Avril Lavigne, Deftones, and...um, Nickelback. Hey, it's a good cause! [MORE...]