Faye Webster, David Byrne, the War on Drugs, and more will appear on Noise for Now: Vol. 2, a new compilation put together by the nonprofit organization Noise for Now to benefit independent abortion providers across the United States. The 11-track compilation, which also features Courtney Barnett, Devo, Big Freedia, Julia Jacklin, and others, arrives on June 21 to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Noise for Now released its first benefit compilation in November. The 11-track release featured Fleet Foxes, Wet Leg, Tegan and Sara, and more. Noise for Now seeks to connect artists with grassroots organizations across the country that work in the field of reproductive justice in order to uplift and financially support them.
Noise for Now: Vol. 2:
01 Julia Jacklin: “Dead From the Waist Down (Catonia Cover)”
02 Courtney Barnett: “Boxing Day Blues (Demo)”
03 Becca Mancari: “It’s Too Late (Demo)”
04 The War on Drugs: “Victim (Live)”
05 MC50: “High School” [ft. Arrow de Wilde]
06 A.J.: “Everything Is Change”
07 Claud: “Spare Tire (Demo)”
08 Faye Webster: “Thinking About You (Live)”
09 Sofia Isella: “Hot Gum (She Version)”
10 David Byrne / Devo: “Empire”
11 Big Freedia: “Holatta”
Olivia Rodrigo ‘Guts Tour’ offers free contraceptive Pills at Concert
The popstar recently made headlines for handing out contraceptive kits with condoms, Plan Bs, and information for abortion access at her show in Missouri. The state notably banned almost all abortions after Roe v.
Wade was overturned in 2022. The kits were part of a reproductive rights initiative held on her tour, in which the National Network of Abortion Funds would have a booth at every show on her North American leg.
The Missouri Abortion Fund was invited to distribute condoms, information about abortion and boxes of Julie—an emergency contraceptive that works to prevent pregnancy much like Plan B—at the St. Louis stop of Rodrigo's Guts World Tour.
