Be it James Murphy’s oft-mentioned “Sara” obsession or Cat Power’s “Dreams”, indie artists have always had a soft spot for one of the best major-label acts of the ’70s. Now comes the inevitable indie-centric tribute record, but (aside from its impressive lineup) one name producing the project promises an excellent set as a whole: Randall Poster. He’s the music supervisor behind one of last year’s best tribute LPs, Rave On Buddy Holly, and Wes Anderson’s right-hand man on the Moonrise Kingdom OST, among many other efforts of note.
This time, Poster recruited Antony Hegarty to sing “Landslide”, the Kills to take on “Dreams”, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis for “Albatross”, and others. Also among the tracklist (via Direct Current) is a Blake Mills-produced cut by Billy Gibbons and a band perhaps misspelled in the press release as Super Wolf. Something tells me, given a few typos spotted, they might mean Superwolf, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney’s duo formed in 2005. Due out August 14th via Hear Music/Concord, check out the full list below:
01 Entrance Band | “Green Manalishi”
02 Crystal Ark | “Tusk”
03 Best Coast | “Rhiannon”
04 New Pornographes | “Think About Me”
05 MGMT | “Future Games”
06 Marianne Faithful | “Angel”
07 Anthony Hegarty | “Landslide”
08 Ranaldo and Mascis | “Albatross”
09 Trixie Whitley | “Before the Beginning”
10 Washed Out | “Straight Back”
11 Super Wolf | “Storms”
12 The Kills | “Dreams”
13 Gardens and Villa | “Gypsy”
14 Billy Gibbons | “Oh Well”
15 Lykke Li | “Silver Springs”
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