New David Byrne & Dirty Projectors - "Knotty Pine"
Folks didn't necessarily agree that the forthcoming Red Hot compilation Dark Was The Night included your favorite bands, but it does include a lot of bands (31 exclusive tracks), many of whom you'll likely enjoy. See, for instance, the previously reported and analyzed collaboration between David Byrne and Dirty Projectors. If you recall, Byrne wrote the lyrics (in all caps) and as he noted "Dave and Co. set them to a bouncy little tune." Turns out that was an apt description. It is very bouncy. We also have the complete tracklist.
Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - "Knotty Pine" (MP3)
If you're not a fan of the Dave's, from today until 2/1, each track, in the order it appears on the compilation, will be streamed for one day only at the comp's MySpace as well as that particular band's MySpace. So you can mark your calendar:
Disc One
01 "Knotty Pine" - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
02 "Cello Song (Nick Drake)" - The Books Feat. Jose Gonzalez
03 "Train Song" - Feist + Ben Gibbard
04 "Brackett, WI" - Bon Iver
05 "Deep Blue Sea" - Grizzly Bear
06 "So Far Around the Bend" - The National (arrangement by Nico Muhly)
07 "Tightrope" - Yeasayer
08 "Feeling Good" (popularized by Nina Simone) - My Brightest Diamond
09 "Dark Was the Night" (Blind Willie Johnson) - Kronos Quartet
10 "I Was Young When I Left Home" (Bob Dylan) - Antony + Bryce Dessner
11 "Big Red Machine" - Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12 "Sleepless" - The Decemberists
13 "Stolen Houses" (Die) - Iron and Wine
14 "Service Bell" - Grizzly Bear + Feist
15 "You Are The Blood" - Sufjan Stevens
Disc Two
01 "Well-Alright" - Spoon
02 "Lenin" - Arcade Fire
03 "Mimizan" - Beirut
04 "El Caporal" - My Morning Jacket
05 "Inspiration Information" (Shuggie Otis) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
06 "With A Girl Like You" (The Troggs) - Dave Sitek
07 "Blood Pt 2" (based on original song "You are the Blood" by the Castanets) - Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
08 "Hey, Snow White" (Destroyer) - The New Pornographers
09 "Gentle Hour" (Snapper) - Yo La Tengo
10 "Another Saturday" (traditional song) - Stuart Murdoch
11 "Happiness" - Riceboy Sleeps
12 "Amazing Grace" (traditional song) - Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
13 "The Giant Of Illinois" (Handsome Family) - Andrew Bird
14 "Lua" - Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch
15 "When the Road Runs Out" - Blonde Redhead + Devastations
16 "Love vs. Porn" - Kevin Drew
Dark Was The Night is out 2/17 via 4AD. It'll be available as a double CD, triple vinyl, and a download. It benefits Red Hot, "an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture." You likely already knew that. In the past, they've done No Alternative, Red Hot and Blue, etc. This is their 20th year and their 20th release. Check out the Dark Was The Night site for additional information.
Posted at 11:23 AM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Dark Was The Night | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors
Anything david touches is gold - I'm excited to hear this.
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This is fucking great!
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This track's too short! I want these guys to write at least a double LP rock opera together. Amazing stuff.
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What a fun song! I really hope we get to hear the 1st song they did together as well!
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this..is..awesome.
makes me even more excited for the new dirty projectors jams.
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an inspired idea that has worked,... it does make me think of the period the words came from..."I Want to Live" reimagined(love that earliest period)... Linda Rondstadt and Debbie H,.. Human League driving the car funny...I'd love to hear the 77 living room version...
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this is fucking great!
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I dig this song a lot. So goooooood
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What incredible fun. Longstreth has clearly moved more into pop than his Getty Address stuff (and I think the Getty Address is the greatest album I've heard in a very long time). Someone at Red Hot was smart enough to see the similarities between the Projectors and mid-period Talking Heads. Hooray for the Projectors!
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