As reported here earlier this month, Barsuk Records would be releasing Future Soundtrack For America, a compilation assembled by They Might Be Giants frontman John Flansburgh to raise money for MoveOn.org, Music For America, and Common Assets. Along with previously announced contributions from Elliott Smith, Blink-182, Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes and more, the CD will also contain exclusive songs from Nada Surf, Jimmy Eat World, Ben Kweller, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sleater-Kinney, and others. Future Soundtrack For America will be in stores August 10th.

McSweeney's Publishing will also be releasing a book entitled The Future Dictionary Of America around the same time as the CD's release; the book will contain contributions from over 200 writers including Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Auster, Joyce Carol Oates, Wendy Wasserstein, and more. Future Soundtrack For America will be included inside every copy of The Future Dictionary Of America. 100% of the proceeds from the book and CD projects will go to the previously named charities, as well as The Sierra Club and others.



  1. OK Go – This Will Be Our Year
  2. David Byrne – Ain't Got So Far To Go
  3. Jimmy Eat World – Game of Pricks (BBC evening session)
  4. Death Cab For Cutie – This Temporary Life
  5. Blink-182 – I Miss You (James Guthrie mix)
  6. Mike Doughty – Move On
  7. Ben Kweller – Jerry Falwell Destroyed the Earth
  8. Sleater-Kinney – Off With Your Head
  9. R.E.M. – Final Straw (MoveOn mix)
  10. Bright Eyes – Going for the Gold (live)
  11. The Long Winters – The Commander Thinks Aloud (future mix)
  12. will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas – Money
  13. They Might Be Giants – Tippecanoe And Tyler Too
  14. Clem Snide – The Ballad of David Icke
  15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Date With the Night (live)
  16. Fountains of Wayne – Everything's Ruined (acoustic)
  17. Nada Surf – Your Legs Grow
  18. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (live on the BBC)
  19. Old 97's – Northern Line
  20. Laura Cantrell – Sam Stone
  21. Tom Waits – Day After Tomorrow
  22. Elliott Smith – A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free