Mark Your Calendars: Dark Was the Night Release

Mark February 17th on your calendar. Seriously, I'm talking about giant red sharpies, highlighters, lots of stars and hearts and unicorns.

Dark Was the Night, a two-disc (triple-vinyl, or digital download) goldmine of 32! exclusive recordings from a wide variety of indie darlings is set to hit the U.S. on February 17th. You're not going to want to waste a moment without it.

What's even more amazing about this album is that profits benefit the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising awareness/funds for HIV and AIDS by using popular music as tool.

Check back with us on the release date (2/17) for full review and coverage. For now, sate yourself with this track:

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And just imagine how amazing the rest of this track-list will sound coming through your speakers:

THIS DISC (DISC ONE):
1. "Knotty Pine" - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
2. "Cello Song" - The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
3. "Train Song" - Feist and Ben Gibbard
4. "Brackett, WI" - Bon Iver
5. "Deep Blue Sea" - Grizzly Bear
6. "So Far Around The Bend" - The National
7. "Tightrope" - Yeasayer
8. "Feeling Good" - My Brightest Diamond
9. "Dark Was The Night" - Kronos Quartet
10. "I Was Young When I Left Home" - Antony with Bryce Dessner
11. "Big Red Machine" - Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
12. "Sleepless" - The Decemberists
13. "Stolen Houses (Die)" - Iron & Wine
14. "Service Bell" - Grizzly Bear + Feist
15. "You Are The Blood" - Sufjan Stevens

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

For streaming audio versions of a few more of the songs, check out Dark Was the Night's official website.

For more information on this and other 4AD releases, check out their website.