On June 11 2009 musician, artist, father, writer, film critic & Jandal wearer Chris Knox suffered a life-altering stroke at his home in Grey Lynn, New Zealand. Everyone wanted to do something to help, so a bunch of his musician mates from New Zealand and around the world have gotten together to do what they do best to celebrate Chris' music by recording versions of his songs. The selected tracks span Chris' entire career, from the Enemy, Toy Love, and Tall Dwarfs, to his solo recordings and his most recent band the Nothing. Jay Reatard, Yo La Tengo, the Mountain Goats, the Verlaine's, Boh Runga, David Kilgour, Lambchop, Bill Callahan, Will Oldham and many more have contributed songs to the album, which has 32 tracks in all. The stunning cover was designed by Chris' fellow Tall Dwarf band mate Alec Bathgate and uses Chris' favorite color combination of yellow and black. All proceeds is going to assist Chris with his recovery.

Tracklist:

Pull Down the Shades - Jay Reatard
Rebel - The Checks
Ain't It Nice
Don't Catch Fire - Peter Gutteridge
Luck or Loveliness
Nothing's Going to Happen
All My Hollowness to You - The Crying Wolfs
Beauty - Stephin Merritt
Nostalgia's No Excuse - Portastatic
Crush - The Mint Chicks
I've Left Memories Behind - Jay Clarkson/Sam Clarkson
Burning Blue - The Skygreen Leopards
Slide, The - Shayne Carter
Grand Mal - Pumice
Knocked Out
Not Given Lightly
Bodies - (featuring Neil Cleary/Bill Doss)
Sign the Dotted Line - Jeff Mangum
Lapse - Bill Callahan
Growth Spurt - Genghis Smith
Coloured - Yo La Tengo
Dunno Much About Life But I Know How to Breathe - A.C. Newman
Glide
Inside Story - Don McGlashan
Outer Skin, The
What Goes Up - Lambchop
Brave - The Mountain Goats
Round These Walls
Just Do It
My Only Friend - Will Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billy
It's Love
Becoming Something Other - Jordan Luck/Bryan Bell
Driftwood
Song of the Tall Poppy - Lou Barlow
Nappin' in Lapland
Sunday Song

UPC: 673855036724
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 2.23.10
Format: CD

Stroke Songs For Chris Knox / Various Ltd - Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox / Various (Limited Edition)