Hear The National, The War On Drugs, Courtney Barnett and more cover the Grateful Dead

A selection of tracks from The National’s Grateful Dead tribute album have been released.

‘Day of the Dead’ is a 59 track, six hour box set featuring contributions from over 60 artists. Released on May 20th via 4AD, it will benefit Red Hot, a non-for-profit HIV/AIDS organisation.

Streaming now you can find takes from The National, Courtney Barnett, The War On Drugs, Phosphorescent and Jenny Lewis and Friends, and Bruce Hornsby with DeYarmond Edison, a group featuring Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and the band Megafaun.