A new compilation benefit album, titled HELP (2), to raise funds for WAR CHILD UK,
a long-term operational organisation that shapes systems that protect and support
the well-being of children affected by conflict, is out now.
It features 23 tracks by a star squad. Some contribute
a new song, some an old one, some a cover.
Tracklist
1. Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night 2. Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest – Flags 3. Black Country, New Road – Strangers 4. The Last Dinner Party – Let’s do It Again! 5. Beth Gibbons – Sunday Morning 6. Arooj Aftab & Beck – Lilac Wine 7. King Krule – The 343 Loop 8. Depeche Mode – Universal Soldier 9. Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng – Helicopters 10. Arlo Parks – Nothing I Could Hide 11. English Teacher & Graham Coxon – Parasite 12. Beabadoobee – Say Yes 13. Big Thief – Relive, Redie 14. Fontaines D.C. – Black Boys On Mopeds 15. Cameron Winter – Warning 16. Young Fathers – Don’t Fight The Young 17. Pulp – Begging For Change 18. Sampha – Naboo 19. Wet Leg – Obvious 20. Foals – When The War Is Finally Done 21. Bat For Lashes – Carried My Girl 22. Anna Calvi, Dove Ellis, Ellie Rowsell & Nilüfer Yanya – Sunday Light 23. Olivia Rodrigo – The Book of Love
Bonus Track: Oasis – Acquiesce (Live from Wembley Stadium, 28 September 2025)
The record is released physically and digitally. Order info right HERE.
Track: DIRTY TECH
New piece from her 3rd full-length in 6 years,
titled Play Me. It’ll drop on March 13th. More
info here.
“I was kind of musing about, is my next boss going to be an AI chatbot? We’re the first ones whose lights are going to go out — not the tech billionaires. It’s so abstract that people can’t comprehend.”
TUTV: Former Sonic Youth icon has found her niche as a solo artist. She experiments with synths, loops, overdubs, and other studio tricks, as she does also here again with this 2nd taster from the upcoming 3rd album, appropriately and sarcastically titled Dirty Tech.
Band: BLEACHERS Who: The moniker of American multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Jack Antonoff, who worked under several other aliases and who composed
4 soundtracks, so far, too.
“An optimistic record that feels lovestruck and hopeful.”
TUTV: Bleachers always make me think a bit of Beirut and vice versa.
Both create relaxing atmospherics with multi-layered tunes, inventively
constructed, like Jack Antonoff shows here once more with this new
glorious pop symphony.
One of the 23 tracks performed by big-name bands/artists on a new album,
named Help, with all benefits going to War Child. An organisation that shapes
systems that protect and support the well-being of children affected by conflict.
War Child UK: Website
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Band: THE ORIELLES Who: 3 thrilling indies
from West Yorkshire, UK.
Track: TEARS ARE
Newest single from album #5, named Only You Left.
It’ll come our way on March 13th. Order info here.
Esmé Hand-Halford (bassist/vocalist) about the song: “You could think of
something deeply human. But you could also answer it in a completely linguistic
sense and think of a tear as a symbol or an image.”
TUTV: Near-whispering vocals and musing thoughts about tears
surrounded by creaking guitars until the long acoustic outro.
