Holy crap, that’s quite a list of guest artists! Wayne Coyne, Frank Blank, Julian Casablancas, James Mercer, Iggy Pop, Jason Lytle, Nina Persson, David Lynch. For those of you who haven’t done your homework, those artists are the creative forces behind The Flaming Lips, Pixies, The Strokes, The Shins, Grandaddy, The Cardigans, and, wait, David Lynch?! What’s he doing there? Yes, that David Lynch, the famous director, oversaw the artistic direction of Dark Night of the Soul. Lynch also sings two tracks on the album, the work of hyped DJ Danger Mouse and singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, the guiding force behind Sparklehorse. Do believe the hype: the album totally works. Although EMI has shelved it for legal reasons, here's hoping Danger Mouse's insurgent scheme to release the artwork with a blank CD-R and encourage downloading gets it out there. Cheers! - Evan Tokarz