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Musicfest NW: Not just a PDX-rockin' festival, but also a boombox-rockin' festive compilation!

For the second year running, the peeps behind the choice Portland music gathering-- going down September 6-9 this year at assorted city venues-- will unleash a CD comp showcasing festival talent. Sure, most of these songs were originally released elsewhere, but that doesn't make them any less awesome. And the Deerhunter track-- the appropriately out-of-season "Spring Break"-- is exclusive to this release!

Musicfest NW Vol. 2 comes out tomorrow (August 14) and features such fine folks as Spoon, Grizzly Bear, the Thermals, the aforementioned Deerhunter, Okkervil River, YACHT, Dirty Projectors, Tiny Vipers, Eugene Mirman, Viva Voce, Blue Scholars, Adrian Orange (Thanksgiving), and the Shaky Hands ruminating on such fine topical fare as lives, lies, lights, and knives.

Proceeds from CD sales go to the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.

Musicfest NW Vol. 2:

01 YACHT: "So Post All 'Em"
02 Aesop Rock: "None Shall Pass"
03 The Bronx: "Shitty Future"
03 The Thermals: "Returning to the Fold"
04 Spoon: "The Underdog"
05 Herman Jolly: "1,000,000 Feet Below"
06 Richmond Fontaine: "Westward Ho"
07 Anders Parker: "Dear Sara"
08 Okkervil River: "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe"
09 Viva Voce: "When Planets Collide"
10 The Upsidedown: "The Light"
11 Aqueduct: "Living a Lie"
12 The Shaky Hands: "Summer's Life"
13 The Dirty Projectors: "Two Sheep Asleep"
14 Adrian Orange: "While You Love"
15 Tiny Vipers: "On This Side"
16 Deerhunter: "Spring Break"
17 Grizzly Bear: "Knife"
18 The Blue Scholars: "Joe Metro"
19 Eugene Mirman: "Revolve"