Perform & playlists.
Upcoming artists can submit to perform at our events or be placed on a Moontide playlist. If it moves us, it moves.
Submit your music →The Playlists
Press play first.
For artists
We help artists build their creative world.
Submit to perform at a gathering, land on one of our playlists, get a shout in the journal or on Instagram, or hand us an album to review. We make creative directives, set up pop-up events, and keep a pulse on the scene by living in it.
Shouts & album reviews.
Journal features, Instagram shouts, and honest album reviews: cool stuff about our favorite artists and creatives lives here.
Pitch a review →Creative directives & pop-ups.
Need a creative directive for your rollout, or a pop-up event built around your drop? We plan it, dress it, and fill the room.
Start a project →The Journal
What’s going on in our music world:
AFTW 1
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See it on Instagram →AFTW 2
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See it on Instagram →POETRY for Peace
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See it on Instagram →AFTW 3
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See it on Instagram →Why we gather.
Music, art, and bringing together community is the core of our project. Art For The World curates the ecosystem: live sets, listening sessions, community recording sessions and community art projects. We raise money to donate sometimes, and other times we might hold a toy drive, or a homeless kit building afternoon. We are compassionate about helping the youth of LA, as well as those around the world who are suffering and need assistance.
Get involved →How we curate a room.
Every gathering starts with a feeling, then a sound, then a space. We book the artists, dress the room, and build the moment so all you have to do is show up and belong in it.
The label behind it →Bring us to your city.
Music and art travel well. If you have a venue, a collective, or a community that could use a night of live sets and togetherness, tell us where you are. We’ll bring the artists, the sound, and the intention — and build the night with your community, not just for it.
Pitch your room →The Shelf
Every playlist we make.
Curated by Awks Cord, updated as the seasons move. Tap in.
Spotify
Awks Cord Selects
The house playlist: what we are loving in music right now.
WeeklyFresh Friday Finds
New releases, every Friday. Submissions: tasha@awkscord.com.
Playlist4 Da Kidz
For the young and the young at heart.
SeasonalSummer 4EVA
Sun out, windows down.
SeasonalFall Feels
Slow light, warm layers, 72 tracks deep.
PlaylistZiplock Tings
Keep it sealed.
PlaylistSmoke n Chill
Low lights, heavy rotation.
YouTubeMoney Talk
The Awks Cord release, visual side up.
Events
The next gatherings.
The 2026 season is booking now. Dates land here first; the list hears about them before anyone else.
Curations · 2026 season
Live music, art, and community rooms · routing now
The List
First to hear dates, drops, and door codes
The Archive
Gatherings, replayed.
Film from past Art For The World events. Send us the links and this shelf fills up.
The Music