Keep Safe Boston has delivered another bang-up compilation of Boston rock and roll.
The local charity and awareness group led by Boston Emissions host and Rock And Roll Rumble curator Anngelle Wood today released a 31-track local comp designed to raise money for Fenway Health. The compilation, which features music by Abbie Barrett, Matt York, Psychic Dog, Magen Tracy and the Missed Connections, Future Carnivores, Brendan Boogie and the Broken Gates, and two dozen others, is available to download on a pay-what-you-want basis via Bandcamp.
“Fenway Health has been on the front lines in the battle for both the LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities for nearly 50 years — long before we saw legislation being made,” writes Wood. “This was definitely the path I planned to take with this year’s project — then Orlando happened. The political climate is fierce, and one where not much compassion exists. We have to make moves to change that, this is one move I hope others will make with me.”
The compilation is the first move (though, actually the latest move by Keep Safe Boston), and Friday night delivers the second: a benefit show at Thunder Road in Somerville that features comp participants Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, Parlour Bells, usLights, and Kue the Sun, a project featuring Georgio Broufas from Western Education.
Wood says the show will also double as the Army of Broken Toys’ Boston Halloween show, which is certainly notable in its own right, and Boston Emissions eighth anniversary celebration.
“There is a lot going on,” adds Wood.
But nothing as important as the efforts of the people and bands involved below. Check the full track listing after the embed.
1. “New Feeling” by usLights
2. “Glitter (Dance All Night)” by Biltmore
3. “Bow Tie” by Aaron Shadwell
4. “Sleep When I’m Dead” by Parlour Bells
5. “Morning Glory” by Kue The Sun
6. “Behave” by Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys
7. “Big Door” by Dark Wheels
8. “Beneath” by Happy Little Clouds
9. “Get Up And Go” by Abbie Barrett
10. “Hot Shot” by Matt York
11. “Driving’ All Night” by OldJack
12. “Too Many Prayers” by The Longwalls
13. “When I Was King” by Mister Vertigo
14. “Dionysius” by The Knock Ups
15. “High” by Stars Like Ours
16. “Why” by Mercury On Mars
17. “Falling Into Bad Habits” by The Wrong Shapes
18. “Harder Girl” by Magen Tracy and the Missed Connections
19. “I Saw Dracula” by Lost Cosmonauts
20. “Broken Machine (What Does It Mean)” by Future Carnivores
21. “Anne Marie” by Brendan Boogie and the Broken Gates
22. “November” by The Gala
23. “Body” by Psychic Dog
24. “Susie” by Coelho Bravo
25. “Switch Hitter by Powerslut
26. “Jeanette” by Bird Language
27. “Not A Bad Idea” by Butterscott
28. “The Mirror” by 3 Parts Dead
29. “Backstory” by Force Us To Stop
30. “Birdwatcher” by Ringtail
31. “Bees In Transit” by Deb Hardy
