Narnack Records and Greatminds Records recently teamed up to offer a special collection of songs to benefit Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the work they are doing to help rebuild Haiti after the 2010 catastrophic earthquake. The project of the compilation is simple: songs from classic Southern Californian artists performed by contemporary musicians from the Los Angeles underground. Below we have the full tracklist of the Beat L.A. compilation, which includes No Age, Best Coast’s Bobb Bruno, Devon Williams, and Slang Chickens. Also, enjoy a taste of the comp with Crystal Antlers’ (who have a pretty great album called Two-Way Mirror coming out) take on “I Slept In An Arcade,” originally by Black Randy & The Metrosquad. Enjoy!
Beat L.A. Tracklisting:
1. Jarret Silberman – “I Hear Your Heart Singing” / The Gun Club
2. Rats – “The Unheard Music” / X
3. Modern Memory – “Brave Captain” / Firehose
4. Brother Reade – “Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?” /Minutemen
5. Imaad Wasif – “Go Insane” / The Doors
6. Bobb Bruno – “Scratch Out The Sky” / Distorted Pony
7. Slang Chickens – “Romeo’s Distress” / Christian Death
8. Nathaniel Eras – “Gidget Goes To Hell” / Suburban Lawns
9. Boom Bip (w/ Buck 65) – “Lost Weekend” / Wall of Voodoo
10. Microphonies – “We Got The Beat” / The Go-Gos
11. Devon Williams – “Yellow Pills” / 20/20
12. Josh Klinghoffer – “Anymore” / Thelonious Monster
13. Crystal Antlers – “I Slept In An Arcade” / Black Randy & Metrosquad
14. No Age – “Male Masturbation” / The Urinals
15. Geisha Girls – “Dream Hits II” / 45 Grave
16. Nonon – “White Girl” / X
17. Signals – “Richie Dagger’s Crime” / The Germs
18. Lords Of Altamont – “Knock Knock” / The Humane Society
19. Night Horse – “Lie Beg Borrow and Steal” / The Plimsouls
20. Angus Khan – “Rock Fight” / Cheech & Chong
21. Anglos – “Days of Wine and Roses” / Dream Syndicate
22. Lucky Dragons – “Alien Point Of View” / Nervous Gender
