jerry & bob on letterman 4.13.82 AWESOME

i ADORE this little vid that a friend recently turned me onto...

Dark Was The Night

A super awesome compilation is going to be available on feb. 17 and you will DEF want to pick this up. A total of thirty-two exclusive tracks have been recorded for the compilation, which will be available as a double cd, triple vinyl and download album, with profits benefiting the Red Hot Organization - an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS.

Check out this site for more info.

The complete list of artists (in alphabetical order) that recorded tracks for this release are:
Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

beirut

i've never heard beirut before now, but i decided to pop over to IODApromonet to see what's new. i forget that i have access to that site. i looked up "Pre-Releases", and this came up. coming out feb. 17. i liked this track, and you can DL it free AND legally here, thanks to the folks over at IODA:

Beirut
"My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille" (mp3)
from "March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland"
(Pompeii Records)

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