Waxploitation Announces Causes 2 With Contributions From Devendra Banhart, Gnarls Barkley, LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Waxploitation Records) -- Waxploitation Records has confirmed a May 5th release date for Causes 2, the second album in the label's ongoing benefit series for Darfur. 100% of the profits from the release go to Doctors Without Borders/M?decins Sans Fronti?res,? Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America.

The label has set up worldwide pre-orders at https://waxploitation.com/preorder ?

The video for Causes 2 can be seen at https://youtube.com/waxploitation and a Causes MySpace page has been created at https://myspace.com/causes. ???

The album includes rare and exclusive songs from some of the most compelling artists in the indie and alternative worlds: Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Decemberists, Devendra Banhart, Diplo, Federico Aubele, Gnarls Barkley, LCD?Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Matthew Dear, Mum, Neon Neon, RJD2, and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, as well as a contribution from Adult Swim's Tim & Eric.

"It's easy for fatigue to set in when a crisis goes on for a number of years,? but no one has given up hope that things can change for the better in Darfur" says Waxploitation founder Jeff Antebi, who executive produced the album. "There are untold numbers of people committed to changing the outcome. It takes humanitarian assistance, tenacity and political will."

Causes 1 was released in 2007 to great acclaim. The album, which reached #35? on the iTunes Album Chart, includes contributions from Animal Collective, The Black Keys, Bright Eyes,? Death Cab for Cutie, The Cure, The Shins, Spoon and Teargas & Plateglass to name a few.