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Dark Was The Night (Red Hot Compilation)  Hear it Now

RS: 3of 5 Stars

2009

The Red Hot Organization, an AIDS charity, always makes top-shelf comps, and their latest is a smart, indie-rock-minded who's who. My Morning Jacket and Arcade Fire weigh in, but as usual the covers rule. Feist flutters through a Vashti Bunyan gem with Ben Gibbard, and Sharon Jones sanctifies Shuggie Otis' psych-soul classic "Inspiration Information." Conor Oberst covers himself with Gillian Welch; their "Lua" imagines George Jones and Tammy Wynette as Williamsburg druggies riding the L train into the night.



WILL HERMES

(Posted: Feb 5, 2009)

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