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Oct 14, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s 2016 Protest Issue is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Starting next Tuesday (October 18) at 2 PM EST and continuing for seven days we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. The charity was in part chosen because in the last two years my father and sister both lost their battles with cancer. This is your chance to own a unique and very cool piece of memorabilia from one of your favorite artists and help fund cancer research. On Tuesday click on our eBay profile to view all the auctions.

The following artists did protest sign photo shoots for the issue: Tegan and Sara, Amanda Palmer, Best Coast, Sharon Jones, Thurston Moore, Banks & Steelz, Moby, Mew, OK Go, Okkervil River, Metronomy, Wild Beasts, Car Seat Headrest, Lush, Local Natives, Julien Baker, Super Furry Animals, Billy Bragg, and many others. The full alphabetical list is below.

For our signature Protest Issue protest sign photo-shoots we provided musicians poster-board and paint and asked them to make their own protest signs. Then we photographed them holding the signs. The artists were free to write whatever message they liked-it was an exercise in free speech. We also encourage our readers to take their own protest sign photos and post them to social media using the hashtag #ProtestIssue.

The Protest Auction will also include additional items, such as signed vinyl by Warpaint, How to Dress Well, and others. Also Kristin Kontrol will make a personalized DJ mix for the winning bidder.

For over 100 years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer. Together with millions of their supporters worldwide, they help people stay well and get well, find cures, and fight back against cancer. Please help us raise as much money as possible for this worthy cause by taking part in our Protest Auction next Tuesday. More info on the Protest Issue can be found here.

Here is a complete list of artists who did protest sign photo shoots for us:

Amber Arcades
Julien Baker
Banks and Steelz
Best Coast
Billy Bragg
Hayley Bonar
Car Seat Headrest
Deerhoof
Everything Everything
Fear of Men
Frankie Cosmos
Gwenno
HÆLOS
Hinds
The Julie Ruin
Kristin Kontrol
Local Natives
Lower Dens
LUH
Lush
Mass Gothic
Metronomy
Mew
Moby
Thurston Moore
Kevin Morby
The Mynabirds
OK Go
Okkervil River
Cullen Omori
Perfect Pussy
Petite Noir
Britta Phillips
Pillar Point
Natalie Prass
Protomartyr
Rogue Wave
School of Seven Bells
Shearwater
Slow Club
Still Corners
Sunflower Bean
Superchunk
Super Furry Animals
Tacocat
TEEN
Tegan and Sara
Wild Beasts
Andrew W.K.
Wye Oak
Xiu Xiu
Yeasayer
Younghusband
Yuck

www.cancer.org

www.ebay.com/usr/utrprotestauction