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Darfur = bad.
Shins = good.

Now that the math is done, it’s time to talk about Causes 1. This Waxploitation release (it came out late last year, but it seems that only recently has it been given a second publicity push) features new/rare/exclusive songs from the likes of The Cure, Animal Collective, Spoon, Cornelius, and more. Included in this is a tasteful remix of the Shins’ “Turn On Me” as done by former Pop Will Eat Itself frontman Clint Mansell.

LISTEN:

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The Shins – “Turn On Me” (Clint Mansell Remix)

Causes 1, which kicks off a series of similar benefit releases, gives 100% of proceeds to a trifecta of relief organizations–Human Rights Watch, Oxfam America, Doctors Without Borders–involved in the humanitarian nightmare still going on in Darfur region of Sudan.

Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....

One reply on “The Shins (and Friends) on Darfur Benefit”

  1. Thanks for posting this! I work with a local Oxfam group (www.portland.oxfamactioncorps.org – our blog link) so if anyone is interested in getting more involved with our organization, visit the site and check us out. We do a lot of concert outreach too so there are volunteer opportunities available. We’ve got Ra Ra Riot, Counting Crows and Stereolab coming up)

    Thanks again!
    Alexis
    portland@oxfamactioncorps.org

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