Music Insider: “Dark Was The Night” = Incredible Compilation Album
Wow guys. We got some big stuff on our hands. And by big, I mean, unreal. 4AD is releasing a compilation album called “Dark Was The Night,“ full of indie-pop gems to benefit the fight against AIDS. The tracklist was released this week to the utter excitement of, well, the entire music blogging world. Unfortunately, I cannot provide any mp3s this time because the album won’t be released until February 16th (and College Mag certainly won’t want any copyright infringement on their hands!). I can, however provide the tracklist and let you salivate over its glory. The best compilation ever? Perhaps…Or maybe I just love using hyperbole! But seriously though, its awesome and I encourage you all to buy the album when it comes out – not only because of the music, but also because you’ll be helping out a wonderful cause. Without further ado:
Disc 1: “This Disc”
- Dirty Projectors and David Byrne – “Knotty Pine”
- The Books ft. Jose Gonzalez – “Cello Song”
- Feist and Ben Gibbard – “Train Song”…….uh oh, Zooey Deschanel better watch out!
- Bon Iver – “Brackett WI”
- Grizzly Bear – “Deep Blue Sea”
- The National – “So Far Around The Bend”
- Yeasayer – “Tightrope”
- My Brightest Diamond – “Feeling Good”
- Kronos Quarter – “Dark Was The Night”
- Antony with Bryce Dessner – “I Was Young When I Left Home”
- Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner – “Big Red Machine”
- The Decemberists – “Sleepless”
- Iron & Wine – “Stolen Houses (Die)”
- Grizzly Bear and Feist – “Service Bell”… Feist sure is getting around these days.
- Sufjan Stevens – “You Are The Blood”
Disc 2: “That Disc”
- Spoon – “Well Alright”
- Arcade Fire – “Lenin”
- Beirut – “Mimizan”
- My Morning Jacket – “El Caporal”
- Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “Inspiration Information”
- Dave Sitek – “With A Girl Like You”
- Buck 65 Remix ft. Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti – “Blood Pt. 2″
- The New Pornographers – “Hey Snow White”
- Yo La Tengo – “Gentle Hour”
- Cat Power – “Amazing Grace”
- Riceboy Sleeps – “Happiness”
- Stuart Murdoch – “Another Saturday”
- Andrew Bird – “The Giant of Illinois”
- Conor Oberst with Gillian Welch – “Lua”
- Blonde Redhead & Devastations – “When The Road Runs Out”
- Kevin Drew – “Love vs. Porn”
Lee is an author and co-founder of Knox Road, a music blog with daily updates and mp3s at http://knoxroad.wordpress.com/
(Image courtesy of starkmagazine.blogspot.com)
Tags: 4AD Compilation, AIDS Benefit, Dark Was The Night, Knox Road
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