Protest signs from Perfect Pussy, Tegan and Sara, Wild Beasts and more auctioned to fight cancer

20 October 2016, 14:20 | Written by The Line of Best Fit

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US music magazine Under the Radar is auctioning handmade protest signs from its latest issue to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society.

The auction includes protest signs made by Perfect Pussy (pictured above), Tegan and Sara, Best Coast, Sharon Jones, Thurston Moore, Banks & Steelz, Moby, Mew, OK Go, Okkervil River, Metronomy, Wild Beasts, Car Seat Headrest, Lush, Local Natives, Julien Baker, Super Furry Animals, Billy Bragg, Wye Oak, Everything Everything, School of Seven Bells, Deerhoof, Kristin Kontrol, Andrew W.K., Yeasayer, Natalie Prass, Superchunk, The Julie Ruin, Frankie Cosmos, Kevin Morby, LUH, Tacocat, Xiu Xiu, Slow Club, and many others.

Bid online now at ebay.com/usr/utrprotestauction.

In addition, Kristin Kontrol (aka Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls) will make a personalized DJ mix for a winning bidder. The auction also includes a rare test pressing of The Head and the Heart's 2013 album Let's Be Still, along with signed vinyl by Warpaint ("New Song" 7-inch) How to Dress Well (Care), and Petite Noir (La vie est belle / Life Is Beautiful). Polyvinyl Records have also donated a box of vinyl to be auctioned as one piece that includes 17 recent albums by La Sera, of Montreal, Deerhoof, Beach Slang, Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan, American Football, and others.

The auction ends next Tuesday, October 25, at 2 PM eastern time (6PM UK time). Ebay have waived all fees connected to the auction so that all profits can go to charity.

The full list of artists taking part is:

Amber Arcades
Julien Baker
Banks and Steelz
Best Coast
Billy Bragg
Hayley Bonar
Car Seat Headrest
Deerhoof
Everything Everything
Fear of Men
Frankie Cosmos
Gwenno
HÆLOS
Hinds
Shaon Jones
The Julie Ruin
Kristin Kontrol
Local Natives
Lower Dens
LUH
Lush
Mass Gothic
Metronomy
Mew
Moby
Thurston Moore
Kevin Morby
The Mynabirds
OK Go
Okkervil River
Cullen Omori
Amanda Palmer
Perfect Pussy
Petite Noir
Britta Phillips
Pillar Point
Natalie Prass
Protomartyr
Rogue Wave
School of Seven Bells
Shearwater
Slow Club
Still Corners
Sunflower Bean
Superchunk
Super Furry Animals
Tacocat
TEEN
Tegan and Sara
Wild Beasts
Andrew W.K.
Wye Oak
Xiu Xiu
Yeasayer
Younghusband
Yuck