Sub City: Take Action Volume 7, Various Artists
A 20-track CD and a 20-track DVD for a cheap price, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity? Yes please! Forget the fact the likes of Valencia, Chiodos, Set Your Goals, The Bled, Meg and Dia and many others have contributed to this, the fact it's for a good cause is all you need to know - this compilation is a hefty piece of kit that is great on value and great for charity. It's also a great listen and a great watch and while standard compilations on CD are rapidly dying out, this breaks the mould because it's for such a good cause.
I'll start with the DVD and with videos from Plain White Ts, Motion City Soundtrack, All American Rejects and All Time Low there's plenty for everyone. And yes, these are all available on youtube but it's always good to support charity. Add in the fact these videos are all a pretty good watch - even the daft Hellogoodbye are worthy of your time - and the DVD section is worth your cash alone. And while the songs on the CD can all be scraped together from other releases (ie not too many exclusives here) the quality is still pretty good and the 20 songs fly by quickly. There's a good strong mix of genres and styles too.
Long and the short of it - go pick this up. Now.
