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The Top 100 Tracks of 2009
#38: "It's remarkable how seamlessly David Byrne, whose stamp of approval carries serious weight, integrates into 'Knotty Pine'."
Pitchfork, 15 December 2009

The Year in News 2009: January
"The record summed up the whole Indie Universe more than any other this year."
Pitchfork, 7 December 2009

Indie Rockers Share a Stage and the Battle Against AIDS
"Mr. Byrne, an avuncular touchstone for the current class of indie rock, was the first artist to agree to a Red Hot album. ... His aura was generous but unabashedly exceptional."
Nate Chinen, The New York Times, 4 May 2009

Dark Was The Night Live @ Radio City Music Hall, NYC 5/3/09
"It's a great ballad -- the Davids melding voices in striking harmony -- and seeing them croon side by side further framed my thought that these two dudes are linked, mentor and heir."
Amrit Singh, Stereogum, 4 May 2009

Is Dark Was The Night a Metaphor for Indie Rock?
"...When a handful of the acts on the record got together to play at Radio City Music Hall last night, David Byrne again served as the guiding light."
Bill Bradley, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2009

Report: Dark Was the Night Live [New York, NY; 05/03/09]
"He sounded completely free and comfortable, and his amiability rubbed off on Bon Iver and Feist, who joined him on two different songs. Elder statesmen do not get much better than this."
Ryan Gombal, Pitchfork, 4 May 2009

Dark Was the Night Benefit Unites David Byrne, Feist, The National
"Byrne manufactured the show’s most bizarrely postmodern moment: a cover of Cole Porter’s 'Don’t Fence Me In' replete with African rhythms and Bon Iver’s ghost harmonies."
Bret Gladstone, Rolling Stone: Rock and Roll Daily, 4 May 2009

Dark Was The Night heads to Radio City Music Hall
"The Dirty Projectors, who collaborated with David Byrne for its track on Dark Was The Night, led the effort to gather the album's performers at Radio City on May 3."
Gray Chapman, Paste Magazine, 8 April 2009

Dark Was The Night
"...let’s start with the obvious. You should buy this record."
Joseph Carver, Pop Matters, 2 March 2009

Various Artists: Dark Was the Night
"David Byrne and Dirty Projectors keep their vocal affectations on the right side of awesome on 'Knotty Pine'..."
Scott Plagenhoef, Pitchfork, 26 February 2009

Dark Was The Night
"...there are some treasures to be found and it's all for a good cause."
Scott Kara, The New Zealand Herald, 21 February 2009

Dark Was The Night
"...as a yearbook photo of the class of 2009, it should age remarkably well."
Sean ONeal, A.V. Club, 17 February 2009

‘Dark Was the Night’ sheds light on good cause
"...Byrne and the Projectors do some haywire indie pop/rock on 'Knotty Pine'..."
Timothy Finn, The Kansas City Star, 11 February 2009

Songs for charity and social change
"The Dark Was the Night compilation features a prestigious lineup of musical muscle old and new..."
Rosie Swash, The Guardian, 4 February 2009

New Music/The Dark Was The Night compilation
"...throw in David Byrne for a touch of that priceless musical wisdom..."
Francis Andrews, Lost at E Minor, 24 January 2009

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