A lot of people i know drop a lot of money weekly on music in various formats, be it vinyl or digital. With recent troubles in Japan there have been a lot of people left in desperate need of help. As such, if you are thinking of buying some music soon you could do worse than support the two releases below. Both are putting all proceeds towards the Red Cross and anyone in the know will tell you the Red Cross is one of the fastest and most efficient ways to get actual help to the people who need it instead of seeing your money disappear into a mire of bureaucratic bullshit and overheads.

Considering the content both releases are very reasonably priced and come with an absolute wealth of tracks from some very talented people. As such you can both satisfy consumer cravings for good music and help out those who need it by purchasing either of these. Well done to all involved in getting both of these together, from the people who organised the tracks to the artists who made their work available for such a worthy causes. Once again it is great to see the music seen coming together to help those who need it.

For more information on the Nihonkizuna release go here.

For more information on the Heartbeats release go here.