O selo 4AD lançará no dia 4 de fevereiro mais uma coletânea da Red Hot Organization [nada a ver com a banda e sim a ONG internacional que cuida das campanhas de conscientização e combate à AIDS bem conhecida de quem assistia a MTV nos anos 90 ]. O disco vai se chamar " Dark Was The Night " [nome de uma canção do bluesman Blind Willie Johnson], tem produção da turma do The National e trás só o filé do cenário alternativo com músicas inéditas naquele clima melancólico-positivista [...]
An extra-long roundup this week (and a day early!) to make up for my tardiness last week. And included are some tracks from the upcoming Dark Was the Night compilation album coming out February 17th of this year to benefit the Red Hot Organization - an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture. "Deep Blue Sea," "Knotty Pine," and "Train Song" are all on the album, with plenty more besides (for a full track listing, click here - doesn't it sound marvelous)? I also threw [...]

This is a lovely cover by Leslie and Ben of Alasdair Clayre's song 'Train Song' from the up coming in aid of aids album 'Dark Was the Night' which has all our favourites on it (Bon Iver, Sufjan, Arcade Fire) download Train song here

The singing man Is made out of bronze And sits with his eyes closed Because he doesn't want To see the world in Another war So his songs were Often lonely But some things just are. Feist And Ben Gibbard - "Train Song"

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and Feist lend their voices for Vashti Bunyan's "Train Song" which is included to Dark Was The Night , a charity compilation produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National with 32 exclusive tracks from some indie royalty. +/- Some of these royalties are Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, The National, Arcade Fire, Iron and Wine, Blonde Redhead and ya-da-ya-da. Each track of the compilation will be release for a day from January 15 through February 1 on the artists and Dark Was the Night's [...]

Feist & Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) cover Vashti Bunyan's "Train Song" for Dark Was The Night , a charity compilation produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National with 32 exclusive tracks from some indie royalty. Grizzly Bear,Feist,Blonde Redhead,Arcade Fire,Kevin Drew,Cat Power, Dave Sitek, Yeasayer and Bon Iver all make contributions. All the proceeds are going towards the fight against HIV/AIDS. The compilation releases February 17th worldwide by 4AD as a double CD or triple vinyl.shout out indieMuse Feist & Ben Gibbard - "Train Song" - mp3
Recently, I wrote about the Dark Was The Night charity compilation on my Examiner column . Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National produced the compilation that includes 32 exclusive tracks from an impressive list of musicians. By impressive, I'm talking Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Feist, The National, Arcade Fire, Iron and Wine... the list goes on. Even better, all the proceeds are going towards the fight against HIV/AIDS. The compilation releases February 17th worldwide by 4AD as a double CD or triple vinyl. If you are like me and can't wait to hear [...]
Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009. It's made up of 31 exclusive tracks that will be available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download. The proceeds will benefit the Red Hot Organization - an international charity using music as a vehicle to raise money and awareness for HIV and AIDS. On Thursday 4AD began a track-by-track premiere of the Dark Was the Night compilation on their MySpace . Through February 1, each track will be released for one day only at their MySpace and on the bands MySpace pages. They released the first [...]