Cool For School: For the Benefit of the Lunchbox Fund is a new charity compilation curated by the Gift Horse Project and Manimal Vinyl. The compilation has brought several artists together to contribute covers of school-friendly songs. All proceeds from sales of the album go to the Lunchbox Fund, a charity that provides school meals for children in South African high schools.
The compilation features the likes of Joseph Arthur, Albert Hammond Jr. and Luke Rathborne. Below you can hear Bright Eyes’ cover of The White Stripes “We’re Going To Be Friends” with a little help from First Aid Kit, and check out the full track list.
UPDATE: Stereogum has also premiered Albert Hammond Jr.’s cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen.” Check it out here.
Cool For School: For the Benefit of the Lunchbox Fund tracklist:
01. Bright Eyes: “We’re Going to Be Friends” [ft. First Aid Kit] (White Stripes cover)
02. Luke Rathborne: “I Hate My School” (Redd Kross cover)
03. Albert Hammond Jr.: “Thirteen” (Big Star cover)
04. Jenny O: “Happiest Days/Another Brick in the Wall” (Pink Floyd cover)
05. Joseph Arthur: “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World” (Neil Young cover)
06. Angela McCluskey: “We Rule the School” [ft. Kraig Johnson] (Belle & Sebastian cover)
07. Rain Phoenix and Jonathan Wilson: “Coat of Many Colors” (Dolly Parton cover)
08. Craig Wedren and Pink Ape: “Headmasters Ritual” (The Smiths cover)
09. Fences: “School” (Nirvana cover)
10. Gave Saporta and Louis Epstein: “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” (Timbuk 3 cover)
[via Pitchfork]
