Fucked Up’s all-star Christmas charity single out now!
December 15, 2009It’s Christmas time, and there’s no need to be afraid of holiday music anymore: hardcore heroes Fucked Up have re-recorded the classic charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The band used part of the $20,000 they earned as Polaris Prize winners in September to fund the recording, which benefits three charities helping to bring an end to violence against native women in Canada. All 100% of the proceeds from sales of this song will go to Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Montreal), DTES Power of Women Group (Vancouver) and Sisters in Spirit (Ottawa).
Oh, and the celebrity guest singers? Yo La Tengo, GZA, Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), Bob Mould (Husker Du), Tegan & Sara, Andrew W.K., Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio), David Cross (comedian) and Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene).
You can buy it right now for 99 cents on iTunes. (Actually came out last week but we blame too much eggnog and free President’s Choice appetizers for our forgetfulness in pointing it out tout suite.) And of course there will be a 7″ vinyl version, coming in February.
