Thursday, December 17, 2009

Portastaic, Jeff Magnum, others featured on 'Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox'

In June of 2009, New Zealand songwriter Chris Knox suffered a stroke at his home. Fellow musicians have rallied around Chris and Merge Records have/is releasing a two-disc album featuring some big indie artists covering his songs. Some artists include Portastatic, The Mountain Goats, Yo La Tengo, A.C. Newman, Lambchop and others. The record also features the elusive Jeff Magnum (of Neutral Milk Hotel) covering "Sign the Dotted Line."

The album is titled Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox and is available digitally now and as a 2-disc set on February 23, 2010. Check out the complete track list below and download the album from iTunes here. Proceeds from the album will go to help Knox during his recovery.

Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox track list:
Disc 1:
1. Jay Reatard - Pull Down The Shades
2. The Checks - Rebel
3. The Bleeding Allstars - Ain’t It Nice
4. Peter Gutteridge - Don’t Catch Fire
5. The Chills - Luck Or Loveliness
6. David Kilgour - Nothing’s Going To Happen
7. The Crying Wolfs - All My Hollowness To You
8. Stephin Merritt - Beauty
9. Portastatic - Nostalgia’s No Excuse
10. The Mint Chicks - Crush
11. Jay & Sam Clarkson - I’ve Left Memories Behind
12. Sky Green Leopards - Burning Blue
13. Shayne Carter - The Slide
14. Pumice - Grand Mal
15. Hamish Kilgour - Knoxed Out

Disc 2:
1. Boh Runga - Not Given Lightly
2. Red & Zeke (Feat. Bill Doss and Neil Cleary) - Bodies
3. Jeff Mangum - Sign The Dotted Line
4. Bill Callahan - Lapse
5. Genghis Smith - Growth Spurt
6. Yo La Tengo - Coloured
7. AC Newman - Dunno Much About Life But I Know How To Breathe
8. Alec Bathgate - Glide
9. Don McGlashan - Inside Story
10. Sean Donnelly - The Outer Skin
11. Lambchop - What Goes Up
12. The Mountain Goats - Brave
13. The Tokey Tones (and friends) - Round These Walls
14. The Bats - Just Do It
15. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - My Only Friend
16. The Finn Family - It’s Love
17. Jordan Luck - Becoming Something Other
18. The Verlaines - Driftwood
19. Lou Barlow - Song Of The Tall Poppy
20. The Nothing - Napping In Lapland
21. Tall Dwarfs - Sunday Son

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