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A Call for Donations for the Haiti Earthquake Relief

posted by Cris on January 14, 2010 11:05 AM | Post a Comment
I'm just  re-posting here from Arcade Fire's site to spread the news. As we all know, Haiti has been hit with a devastating earthquake that crippled the nation's capital, affecting hundreds and thousands of people across the nation. The band has posted a call for donations in aid of people affected by the quake -

 

"Friends,

Haiti needs your help in her darkest hour.

We just got off the phone with our friends at Partners in Health.

Most of the medical infrastructure in Port-au-Prince is down.
Since Partners in Health's clinics are in situated the surrounding areas and haven't been damaged, they are mobilizing their resources towards
the capital, setting-up field hospitals to treat the injured on the ground.
Also, Paul Farmer (the founder of PIH) is at the UN and has access to the best information on where to direct the money... so for the moment
if you want to help, we suggest sending funds to:

www.pih.org
+ donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=homepage

Canadian residents with Roger cell phones can text HELP to 1291. 5 $ will be directed to Partners In Health's Haiti emergency fund.

Please be generous as time is of the essence.

love,
Win and Regine"
http://www.arcadefire.com/

The band has always been and advocate for raising awareness for Haiti, providing leaflets in support of the non-profit healthcare organisation Partners In Health (PIH) and its Zanmi Lasante healthcare centres during concerts. The band's co-founder Régine Chassagne, has strong ties to the country, her family having emigrated from Haiti to Canada during the Jean-Claude Duvalier dictatorship.

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New Year, New Stuff..and stars?

posted by Cris on January 7, 2010 9:44 AM | Post a Comment

You might want to ask - why are there stars in the background? I'm wondering that too. I've actually been racking my brain trying to think of something to fill those whitespaces and that's the best I could think of. It kind of looks like wrapping paper - it must be my post holiday withdrawal. I may or may not scrap it - express your opinions if any of you out there are reading ;) (UPDATE: sadly, the stars have been taken down. I was just not feeling it)

I've also added a new section on the upper left corner there called 'Your Indie Music Quote of the Day'. For old time visitors of the site, I once had a section that churns up random lyrics from artists that I have in the database. I kind of missed that, so I'm putting on a new and improved one that you can check out daily. I will tweet it, and for those too lazy to visit everyday, there's a blog post for a recap weekly as well - just in case you were curious.

I actually put it up yesterday, but for the few hundred that visited and missed it - my first quote comes from Voxtrot's The Start of Something. I just find it - sweet.

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The Indie Music Database wants your help

posted by Cris on December 18, 2009 8:00 AM | 2 Comments

help.gifAs some of you know, I run the site all by my lonesome...with occasional help from my doting little boy Paolo. Since the site's all nice and semi-spiffy, I'd figure, you guys wouldn't mind (or be ashamed) to contribute some of your indie music favorites in the form of articles. Yes, we are accepting contributions in the form of articles for List Addicts Fridays or if you love interviewing bands and have an interview to submit - Fresh from the Post Tuesdays. To our regular readers you know how the articles go, and if you're new here and wish to submit - try to peruse the articles and see if you can whip something up like it....or maybe something even better (which is not such a difficult thing to do by the way). So, if you want the fame and glory of being an indiemusicdb writer or better yet, just show the world the wonderful indie music finds you have, have a go and submit - the magic email is submissions@theindiemusicdb.com

 

 artwork : A Threadless tee design by Chow Hon Lam

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InConcert 3D: Dave Matthews, Ben Harper and Gogol Bordello

posted by Cris on December 9, 2009 10:46 AM | 5 Comments

dmb.gifUPDATE (12/12/09): Looks like everyone who posted a comment gets a prize :) I'll be sending out an email to ask for your mailing details. Hope you guys enjoy the freebies!

It's contest giveaway time! (like we've ever had one before). This one is for the InConcert 3D movie featuring Dave Matthews, Ben Harper and none other than our own indie fave Gogol Bordello.

The Larger Than Life 3D movie concerts will be playing for a limited time at selected theatres throughout the US from December 11 to 17th. To promote it, the InConcert guys have given us a couple of giveaways to (obviously) give away.

So, what do we have in store? Three (3)  limited edition 3-D looking Larger Than Life in 3D backstage “tour passes”, 3 limited edition posters designed by the same people who design graphics for Dave Matthews Band, and 3 limited edition t-shirts (pics after the jump). So, if you guys are interested in any of the freebies - post a comment on this article with which freebie you want (poster, t-shirt - size XL or L only, or the 3D souvenir "tour passes").

The lucky freebie winners will be randomly selected on Saturday (December 12th), so you can post your comments anytime before then and make sure you enter your email address in the form to post comments (don't worry, they aren't shown to the public) - so I can contact you later for your mailing details. I'm not limiting this to people from the US only (since I myself am based in Canada) so, it's free for all ;) But if you're in the US, feel free to check out the Larger Than Life screening in your area and if you're not in the US and wish you had this where you live, maybe post a comment about it and you might also have a chance to win any of the giveaways we have here.

Hit the jump to see the trailer...
Continue reading InConcert 3D: Dave Matthews, Ben Harper and Gogol Bordello.
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25 Indie Songs of Christmas

posted by Cris on December 1, 2009 10:03 PM | 1 Comment

indiesongs.jpgIt's December, and you know what comes next. A trip to the mall will probably give you that all too familiar Christmas feel, what with Mariah Carey or The Jackson 5 piped in through the mall sound system. If you're up to getting your Christmas Spirit on, but want none of the usual mall flavor Christmas tunes, we here at The Indie Music Database are spreading the cheer and counting down the days of Christmas by sharing one song a day by some of our friends from the indie music community.

This will be a random assortment of songs, which will bring unconventional cheer to your holiday season. So to start with, since I began this post real late in the evening and I'm feeling a little clubby, a disco dance track mix (done by Celebrity Murder Party) of A Band Called Quinn's It's Christmas Time -
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