Feist has won all sorts of awards for teaching math to the less fortunate, but her charity doesn’t stop there. The angelic indie folk star also donated a new recording to Dark Was The Night, a comp from HIV/AIDS awareness organization Red Hot. (Check the insane tracklist.) On this cover of Alasdair Clayre’s “Train Song,” Feist is joined by Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, another guy who no one would fault for laying low this winter. Vashti Bunyan’s version from 1966 is gorgeous so check that out after streaming Leslie & Ben’s take at MySpace. It’ll only be streaming for a day! Dark Was The Night is out 2/17 via 4AD.
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Great tune.
Good track. Can’t wait to get my hands on this album.
Zooey’s pissed.
Goldstein can have Katie Holmes. There is nothing I would not eat out of Feist’s anus.
sick dude
Who knew Ben could get away with a duet? I loved that song plenty.
Ben Gibbard is a human Hamster. NO! He IS HAMTARO!
Hamtaro? I can kind of see that. But I really think he looks like the turtle in Mario Kart. (Lakitu)
http://www.mariowiki.com/Lakitu
Feist is very cute…that’s actually one of the reason’s I like her music.
I’m excited to hear the one from The National
That’ll be available Tuesday. I can’t wait to hear that too. Bon Iver’s song is up tomorrow, then Grizzly Bear on Monday. Wow, those should both be amazing. (Well, this whole compilation will probably be amazing.)
she is so effing hot
Oh Jesus, here we go with the fucking charity benefit albums again. What is this, 1988? Somebody stop this embarrassing cheesiness before Bon Jovi does a duet with Annie Lennox.
Yeah man helping people is lame. AIDS was really only for the 80′s any ways. Is it even still around.?
BEN GIBBARD HAS A PLAN.
To have sex with all of stereogum’s indie rock girls of the year.
im sorry but feist is a horse..lovely voice though
I’d run train (song) on Feist.
I surprisingly love this considering how neutral I feel about both artists.
Gibbard’s a sissy.
WOAH! look at the neck on that bitch!
As a rule, nobody should post while drunk.
am i an idiot or just late to the party? i only see a grizzly bear tune on the page..
Late to the party.
This is awesome. =D
That’s a very welcome collaboration. very nice.