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Slowdive, Mogwai, Frank Turner, IDLES, Florence + The Machine, The National, Fontaines DC, Laura Marling, METZ, Melvins, Billy Nomates, Supergrass, Sharon Van Etten, Thee Oh Sees, Young Fathers, and more have also donated items to the benefit raffle.

The group, which includes members of Portishead and Robert Plant's band, haven't released new music in two years.

Plus: Worriers, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Cold Beat, Fake Fruit, The Orielles Kevin Hairs, a Uniform/Zombi remixes single, a screamo sampler, and more.

Listen to new holiday songs from Mac DeMarco, Sinkane, The Soul Santas (members of Beak>), Amber Coffman, Lydia Loveless, Black Marble, Allegaeon, and more.

Listen to new songs by Dezzie/Headie One, Shenseea, YACHT, Sinkane, The Soul Santas (Beak>), Caroline Polachek, and more...

Featuring Katalyst and Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Quakers’ first album in 8 years includes appearances from Guilty Simpson, Sampa the Great, Jonwayne, Jeremiah Jae, Chester Watson, Boog Brown, Jeru the Damaja, and many more.

Production collective Quakers -- Katalyst (Ashley Anderson), Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow of Portishead & Beak>), and 7-Stu-7 (Invada Studios engineer Stuart Matthews) -- are back after eight years with this 50-track, 50-minute beat tape...with more on the way soon.

Many artists have criticized Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for saying "you can’t record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough."

Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.

This week in the Indie Basement: Bill's favorite records of 2019, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.