As the support for Haiti from the music industry continues to pour out, Filter Magazine and American Eagle Outfitters have teamed up to release Hear to Help, an amazing benefit compilation featuring the likes of Beck, Vampire Weekend, Julian Casablancas, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and one of my favorites, Charlotte Gainsbourg. The disc is packed with great remixes and some tasty covers, such as Of Montreal taking on Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol revamping Bright Eyes. The CD is currently available in all American Eagle stores through March 19, and will be available through the stores website starting tomorrow. All proceeds will go to Oxfam America, so please donate by purchasing this great disc.
Hear to Help Tracklist:
01 Beck: "Volcano" (Acoustic version)
02 Snow Patrol: "You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." (Bright Eyes cover)
03 Keane: "Black Burning Heart" (French version)
04 Air: "So Light Is Her Footfall" (Breakbot Remix)
05 Charlotte Gainsbourg: "Dandelion"
06 Julian Casablancas: "Long Island Blues"
07 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Am I Only" (ReMix)
08 The Breeders: "We're Gonna Rise"
09 Vampire Weekend: "Cousinz" (Toy Selectah Mex-More Remix)
10 Noah and the Whale: "Love of an Orchestra" (Chew Fu Fix)
11 Camera Obscura: "The World Is Full of Strangers"
12 Minus the Bear: "Broken China"
13 of Montreal: "Take Me Out" (live) (Franz Ferdinand cover)
14 Busdriver: "Running Water"
15 Surfer Blood: "Take It Easy" (Drop the Lime Remix)
16 Grizzly Bear: "Boy From School" (Hot Chip cover)
17 AM: "Endings Are Beginnings" (Piano Mix)
Check out the new Vampire Weekend video for the Contra track "Giving Up the Gun". It's as quirky and strange as we've come to expect from VW, but also has some All-Star cameos, especially guest judge RZA. "Go on, go on, go on..." Enjoy.
The new Vampire Weekend album, Contra, drops next Tuesday, and the band will be hitting the road to support said sophomore effort this Spring. The entire album is also currently streaming on VW's Myspace. CD-release shows in LA and New York next week will serve as a warm up for a European Tour, before the quartet returns to North America, kicking off the tour in Edmonton on March 14th and hitting most American markets. Expect sweaters.
Check out this bizarre new video for "Heaven Can Wait" from the upcoming Charlotte Gainsbourg/Beck project IRM, due January 26th. That would be MRI in French, and after watching this video, I can only imagine the brain power behind this album. Enjoy.
And then there is this little nugget from Vampire Weekend. As if "Horchata" wasn't already stuck in our heads, the band has released a video for the second single "Cousins" from Contra, out January 12. Enjoy the ride, literally.
