We decided to scour the internet and find links to as many of the songs on the compilation so you can have a listen yourself. Please comment if you stumble across a broken link or if you have one that we are missing.

If you decide you like the album and would like support a really worthwhile cause, head on over to 4AD's website and pre-order the album. The compilation hits stores on 16th February '09 (17th in North America).

"THIS DISC":

1. "Knotty Pine" - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
   (hosted by 4AD)
2. "Cello Song" (Nick Drake) - The Books featuring José González
3. "Train Song" (Vashti Bunyan) - Feist and Ben Gibbard
4. "Brackett, WI" - Bon Iver
5. "Deep Blue Sea" - Grizzly Bear
6. "So Far Around The Bend" - The National and Nico Muhly
7. "Tightrope" - Yeasayer
8. "Feeling Good" - My Brightest Diamond
9. "Dark Was The Night" (Blind Willie Johnson) - Kronos Quartet
10. "I Was Young When I Left Home" (Bob Dylan) - Antony with Bryce Dessner
11. "Big Red Machine" - Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12. "Sleepless" - The Decemberists
13. "Die" - Iron & Wine (live version)
14. "Service Bell" - Grizzly Bear + Feist (live version sans Feist)
15. "You Are The Blood" - Sufjan Stevens

"THAT DISC":

1. "Well-Alright" - Spoon
2. "Lenin" - Arcade Fire
3. "Mimizan" - Beirut
4. "El Caporal" - My Morning Jacket
5. "Inspiration Information" (Shuggie Otis) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
6. "With A Girl Like You" (The Troggs) - Dave Sitek
7. "Blood Pt. 2" (The Castanets) - Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
8. "Hey, Snow White" (Destroyer) - The New Pornographers
9. "Gentle Hour" (Snapper) - Yo La Tengo (live version)
10. "Amazing Grace" - Cat Power with Dirty Delta Blues
11. "Happiness" - Riceboy Sleeps
12. "Another Saturday" - Stuart Murdoch
13. "The Giant Of Illinois" (Handsome Family) - Andrew Bird (live version)
14. "Lua" - Conor Oberst with Gillian Welch (Bright Eyes version)
15. "When The Road Runs Out" - Blonde Redhead & Devastations
16. "Love Vs. Porn" - Kevin Drew

UPDATE 2/9/09 4:37pm: We were contacted by websheriff.com and were asked to remove the links to the above songs. We're not giving into the man; this is for a good cause! Go out and buy it!

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Red Hot, "an international charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture" is releasing Dark Was The Night, a forthcoming (and can I say POWERHOUSE) thirty-one track album that is out February 17 via 4AD. It'll be available as a double CD, triple vinyl, or download, and all the proceeds go to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Every day until 2/1 a new track will stream on the DWTN MySpace, so make sure to add it to your Morning Coffee! Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National take reign as co-producers, and their track is the daily feature.

Now that we have the album logistics out of the way, let's revel in the goodness of this new version of "Train Song", played by Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and former Broken Social Scene member Feist! They pull off the duet flawlessly, with Feist as usual giving a stellar vocal performance - I'm sure Zooey is jealous..

MP3: Feist + Ben Gibbard: "Train Song" (zShare - comment if link breaks please! I'll be sure to find a working one for you)
MP3: Vashti Bunyan: "Train Song" (written by Alasdair Clayre) (mp3 via indiemuse.com)

DWTN Tracklist:

Disc One
01 "Knotty Pine" - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne (mp3 via Stereogum)
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

Pre-Order Dark Was The Night

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It does seem too perfect to be true, but this is not a joke! According to US Magazine and MTV News, 32 year-old Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard proposed to actress/She & Him singer Zooey Deschanel (28) sometime before the holidays. Let's crown them the indie rock couple of 2008? Both musicians were highly successful in 2008, Zooey releasing Vol. One of her collaboration with M. Ward, and Death Cab's Narrow Stairs hitting the #1 spot on the Billboard 200.

Deschanel had previously dated actor/musician Jason Schwartzman and Mickey Madden from Maroon Five. Various Web sites are reporting that the couple have been dating for almost a year, and they shared the stage together — dueting on a cover of the Everly Brothers' "Dream" — at an Obama fundraiser in August. -MTV News

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