Go here on Ebay to bid for 2 tickets to Dark Was The Night Live at Radio City Music Hall, Net York on May 3, 2009 + an an amazing prize package.

This prize pack includes:

– 2 tickets to see Dark Was The Night Live at Radio City on May 3. (No nose bleeds…Orchestra seats. These seats are “Matt Berninger might possibly step on you” great.)
– 1 signed and framed LP copy of Dark Was The Night from all the participating artists
– 20 albums from the active 4AD catalog (on CD or LP)
– A copy of the set list
– Bryan Devendorf’s (The National) snare drum head from the night
– Dinner for two at Pig ‘n Whistle prior to the show
– VIP Pass + Access to 4AD Hospitality Suite (aka The Rose Room)
– Limo service to the Pig ‘n Whistle
–...

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We are pleased to announce Dark Was The Night – Live , a concert commemorating the newest Red Hot release Dark Was The Night. The show will take place Sunday May 3 at Radio City Music Hall and will feature several of the artists that contributed to the compilation including Dave Sitek, Dirty Projectors, Feist, My Brightest Diamond, The National, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings plus more to be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, March 13 at 11am via Ticketmaster. Dark Was The Night – Live begins at 8pm (doors will open at 7).

Dark Was The Night was released by 4AD on February 16th/17th 2009, and was produced by Aaron & Bryce Dessner of The National. The compilation, comprised of 31 exclusive tracks, benefits the Red Hot Organization – an international charity dedicated to...

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Tuesday night we had an inspiring loft party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn filled with acoustic performances of songs from our upcoming album, “Dark Was The Night,” which comes out next Tuesday. It was the party I dreamed about in college, filled with interesting young creative people talking, drinking beer, eating pizza and listening to great music. Of course, those parties never happened back then and the music we listened to was recorded — not actual world class bands performing live in front of us.

The point of the party wasn’t the party itself, but to capture the performances on video; shot by a mad genius French filmmaker, Vincent Moon, who has been a pioneer in making low key on line live video under various names, most famously his “takeaway parties,” which have become the underground indie rock MTV unplugged for a generation reading blogs like Brooklyn Vegan, Pitchfork and Stereogum instead...

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