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Yes, this is the year of Dark Nights (but not that kind, which is very last year). We’d told you about Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s ubiquitous Dark Night Of The Soul posters, and now we can point you toward a number of sounds to go with those images. (There are also additional images by Moby’s best friend David Lynch.) If you recall, the musical guest list includes Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, the Flaming Lips, James Mercer, Iggy Pop, Vic Chesnutt, Gruff Rhys, Jason Lytle, Nina Persson, Suzanne Vega, etc. What do all those folks sound like together? Well, very mellow. Like Grandaddy and the Flaming Lips hugging (until you get to the tracks sung by Casablancas and Iggy, when things shift a bit). Guess the night wasn’t all that dark. The navigation’s a bit confusing, so when you head to Chrysalis Music to hear for yourself, take a look to the left and you’ll hit paydirt. (UPDATE: No more stream, sadly.) You can see some of Lynch’s darker visuals after the jump…

Stay tuned to dnots.com for updates.

Comments (20)
  1. is the stream // /  |   Posted on May 6th, 2009 0

    where exactly is the stream.. ?

  2. I would have thought this would sound a bit more…ominous, experimental, unnerving, threatening. Interesting listen yet nothing I’ll be giving a deeper listen. Solid yet dissipates once the songs are done. Why did I get the feeling this will be a big hit on (blah) KCRW?

  3. track 1 “revenge”: Flaming Lips.
    track 2 “just war”: Black Francis ?
    track 8 “every time I’m with you”: Jason Lytle.
    track 10 “daddy’s gone”: Sparklehorse.
    track 12 “Grain Augury”: Vic Chesnutt

  4. / // // / / // / glisten  |   Posted on May 6th, 2009 0

    “once we become the thing we dread
    there’s no way to stop
    and the more I try to stop you
    the more it backfires.”

  5. pants  |   Posted on May 6th, 2009 0

    Is the stream down? I see that link where it says “Have a Listen” but there is no content in that folder.

  6. chrischke  |   Posted on May 6th, 2009 0

    01. Revenge (feat. Wayne Coyne)
    02. Just War (feat. Gruff Rhys)
    03. Jaykub (feat. Jason Lytle)
    04. Little Girl (feat. Julian Casablancas)
    05. Angel’s Harp (feat. Black Francis)
    06. Pain (feat. Iggy Pop)
    07. Star Eyes (I Can Catch It) (feat. James Mercer)
    08. Everytime I’m With You (feat. Jason Lytle)
    09. Insane Lullaby (feat. James Mercer)
    10. Daddy’s God (feat. Nina Persson)
    11. The Man Who Played God (feat. Nina Persson)
    12. Grain Augury (feat. Vic Chesnutt)
    13. Dark Night Of The Soul (feat. Vic Chesnutt)

  7. Am I going to die in seven days now?

  8. You can hear a high-quality version of Julian’s song, “Little Girl,” here…

    http://ripcordnews.com/2009/05/07/ripcord-news-presents-julian-casablancas-little-girl-from-dark-night-of-the-soul/

  9. JimO  |   Posted on May 7th, 2009 0

    I think that is Wayne Coyne not James Mercer singing on track 7.
    Is that just Wayne or the other lips too (like Steven Drozd) on track 1

  10. Bah. It looks like I won’t be able to listen. Page not found.

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