Feist, Arcade Fire On AIDS Compilation

It's every do-gooding indie music fan's wet dream: a two-CD collection to raise money for AIDS research that includes songs from The Decemberists, Spoon, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power and many others.

There's lots of impressive Canadian talent on Dark Was The Night, too. Feist, Arcade Fire, Buck 65, The New Pornographers and Kevin Drew contributed to the Beggars Banquet album, which will be released on Feb. 17.

Do you want collaborations? Dark Was The Night has lots of those, too. Dirty Projectors and David Byrne, Antony and The National's Bryce Dessner, Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch, and Blonde Redhead and Devastations are among those who teamed up for the album.

The sales proceeds from the compilation will go to The Red Hot Organization, a group dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture. Red Hot has produced 14 albums, related television programs and media events that have raised almost $7 million for AIDS relief around the world since 1989.

Here are the artists and songs on Dark Was The Night:

Disc one:
Dirty Projectors and David Byrne — "Knotty Pine"
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez — "Cello Song"
Feist and Ben Gibbard — "Train Song"
Grizzly Bear — "Deep Blue Sea"
The National — "So Far Around The Bend"
Yeasayer — "Tightrope"
My Brightest Diamond — "Feeling Good"
The Kronos Quartet — "Dark Was The Night"
Antony and Bryce Dessner — "I Was Young When I Left Home"
Bon Iver and Aaron Dessner — "Big Red Machine"
The Decemberists — "Sleepless"
Iron & Wine — "Die"
Grizzly Bear and Feist — "Service Bell"
Sufjan Stevens — "Blood"

Disc two:
Spoon — "Well-Alright"
Arcade Fire — "Lenin"
Beirut — "Mimizan"
My Morning Jacket — "El Caporal"
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — "Inspiration Information"
Dave Sitek — "With A Girl Like You"
Buck 65 featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti — "Blood Pt. 2"
The New Pornographers — "Hey, Snow White"
Yo La Tengo — "Gentle Hour"
Stuart Murdoch — "Another Saturday"
Riceboy Sleeps — "Happiness"
Cat Power — "Amazing Grace"
Andrew Bird — "The Giant Of Illinois"
Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch — "Lua"
Blonde Redhead and Devestations — "When The Road Runs Out"
Kevin Drew — "Love Vs. Porn"