FADER Label just put out a 44-song covers compilation benefitting trans rights, and it’s loaded with great covers for a great cause, ranging from Ratboys covering The Beatles‘ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to Wednesday covering Elliott Smith‘s “Christian Brothers” to Model/Actriz covering The Ting Tings‘ “That’s Not My Name” to Wild Pink covering Perfume Genius‘ “Describe” to Filth Is Eternal covering Hole‘s “Volet” to Ducks Ltd covering The Go-Betweens‘ “That Way” to Georgia Anne Muldrow covering Tina Turner‘s “The Best” to Lala Lala covering Fugazi‘s “I’m So Tired” to PACKS covering Meat Puppets‘ “Oh Me” to RVG covering Motorhead‘s “Killed by Death” to Shalom covering Rilo Kiley‘s “A Better Son/Daughter” Ezra Furman covering Big Thief‘s “12,000 Lines” to Caroline Rose and Joanna Sternberg covering each other and still much more. (Joanna Sternberg also designed the album artwork.) I haven’t heard the whole thing yet, but most of the ones I’ve heard sound like genuinely cool reworks. Most of them are streaming, but a few can only be heard if you purchase the whole thing. Here’s the album description:
Freedom of self-expression shouldn’t be a policy debate. Scientific consensus shouldn’t be a political football. Yet in 2023, transgender rights have become the epicenter of a new moral panic across the world. Well-organized and well-funded political advocacy groups have sought to block access to gender-affirming care for both children and adults and demonized transgender people as deviants, positions that have been eagerly adopted by right-wing politicians and billionaires everywhere. Call it projection, politics, or just pure hate, the results are the same: for some of the most marginalized people in society, dignified life is either difficult or near-impossible.
With such hatred poisoning our feeds and politics, it’s more important than ever to speak out against it. Today, The FADER is proud to reveal FADER and Friends Volume 1. Our first-ever charity compilation, FADER and Friends is a Bandcamp-exclusive collection bringing together previously unheard cover songs from 44 exceptional artists. 100% of the profits from sales of the album will be split equally between the Transgender Law Center (U.S.A.), Mermaids (U.K.), and Rainbow Railroad (Canada). These charities are helping transgender people worldwide fight for a better future, but they’ll need our help to make it a reality.
Across genres, countries, and backgrounds, musicians of all kinds have come together to send a message of resistance and solidarity in one voice. The digital album costs $20, but be fast: on December 1, it’s gone for good.
Pick it up between now and December 1 at Bandcamp and stream most of the tracks below.
Tracklist
1. 8485 – A Real Hero (College cover) 04:23
2. Babehoven – Falling Apart (Slow Pulp cover) 02:46
3. Being Dead – Michael & His Slipper Tree (The Equals cover) 02:32
4. Bernice – Dreaming Of You (Selena cover) 04:36
5. blackwinterwells – An Honest Mistake (The Bravery cover) 03:44
6. Caroline Rose – Don’t You Ever (Joanna Sternberg cover) 02:48
7. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – It’s No Secret (Kylie Minogue cover) 04:11
8. Dougie Poole – Joy Inside My Tears (Stevie Wonder cover) 03:54
9. Ducks Ltd. – That Way (The Go-Betweens cover) 03:29
10. Ellis – Everlong (Foo Fighters cover) 04:58
11. Ezra Furman – 12,000 Lines (Big Thief cover) 02:56
12. Filth is Eternal – Violet (Hole cover) 03:43
13. Finom – Memory Lame (Jim O’Rourke cover) 05:37
14. Fire-Toolz feat. Sling Beam – Tai Shan (Rush cover) 05:41
15. Free Range – Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks cover) 03:04
16. Georgia Anne Muldrow – The Best (Tina Turner cover) 04:34
17. Hannah Georgas – Touch (Shura cover) 03:02
18. Hedra Rowan – You Don’t Love Me When I Cry (Laura Nyro cover) 03:33
19. Helena Deland – Newcastle (Irish folk song) 05:20
20. Jane Inc. – If It Wasn’t For The Nights (ABBA cover) 05:13
21. Joanna Sternberg – Everywhere I Go I Bring The Rain (Caroline Rose cover) 03:55
22. Johan Lenox – American Teenager (Ethel Cain cover) 03:35
23. Lala Lala – I’m So Tired (Fugazi cover) 02:21
24. Lucy Liyou – We Belong Together (Mariah Carey cover) 05:23
25. Madeline Kenney – Woman, Here (Ada Lea cover) 03:03
26. Miss Grit – Off You (The Breeders cover) 05:34
27. Model/Actriz – That’s Not My Name (The Ting Tings cover) [Recorded in 2017] 03:35
28. Nana Lourdes – Hard To Say I’m Sorry (Chicago cover) 03:22
29. NNAMDÏ – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (The Beach Boys cover) 02:31
30. PACKS – Oh Me (Meat Puppets cover) 01:54
31. PENDANT – Jumbo (Underworld cover) 06:28
32. Ratboys – I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles cover) 02:43
33. Rostam – Change The Locks (Lucinda Williams cover) 03:13
34. RVG – Killed By Death (Motörhead cover) 05:20
35. Scott Hardware – Shout To The Top (The Style Council cover) 03:36
36. Shalom – A Better Son/Daughter (Rilo Kiley cover) 03:33
37. Slow Pulp – Hanging By A Moment (Lifehouse cover) 03:37
38. Smut – Talk Tonight (Oasis cover) 04:17
39. Strange Weekend – I Drive A Lot (Starflyer cover) 02:50
40. thanks for coming – Untitled (Interpol cover) 03:57
41. The Scary Jokes – Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in the Moonlight (Tiny Tim cover) 02:20
42. Wednesday – Christian Brothers (Elliott Smith cover) 05:08
43. Wild Pink – Describe (Perfume Genius cover) 03:20
44. Ydegirl – Song To The Siren (This Mortal Coil cover) 03:32