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YETI magazine is back with another enormous heap of literary and musical goodness. YETI 4 has 244 pages full of pieces like an archival interview with the late science fiction author/MacArthur "genius" grant recipient Octavia Butler, an Okkervil River tour diary written by Will Sheff, and a guide from Pitchforker/Matmos-ian Drew Daniel entitled "How to Sing Along to 'Sweet Home Alabama'". Also included are interviews with Dan Bejar (which, according to a YETI representative, was conducted by "his eight-year-old mini-me"), Todd Barry, and the Blow, in addition to plenty of fiction and full-page illustrations.

That's not even cracking the surface of the magazine's contents, but the real news for Pitchfork readers is the accompanying YETI 4 compilation, which is completely full (literally, as it's almost 80 minutes long) of exclusive and unreleased tracks from the likes of Destroyer (two tunes from Ideas for Songs, a cassette-only release with an original run of 50), Califone (an alternate mix of Infinite Mixtape track and Psychic TV cover "The Orchids"), Okkervil River, the Blow, and Somos Marquis Homos, a confounding collaboration between the Murder City Devils' Spencer Moody and David Bazan of Pedro the Lion fame. Other contributions include an Eritrean folk song and a rare 1950s 78 tribute to country musician Jimmie Rodgers by two unknown Kenyan singers.

YETI will release the magazine and compilation on September 1, which also happens to be the first day of the previously reported Halleluwah Festival, where quite a few of the contributing musicians will perform. YETI has given Pitchfork two exclusive MP3s from the compilation for your sampling pleasure: Destroyer's "No One Needs to Know" and the Blow's "Get Around". You can download both at the links below.

Tracklist:

01 Katharina Tunicata: "Topiary"
02 Radio Four: "How Much I Owe"
03 Destroyer: "No One Needs to Know"
04 Bobby Birdman: "Victory at Sea" (E*Rock remix)
05 Bright: "One, So Remain"
06 Califone: "The Orchids (Krassner mix)"
07 Alela Diane: "My Brambles"
08 Dolphin Band (Feven & Sirak): "Welanureiney"
09 Michael Hurley with Tara Jane O'Neil: "Music for El Dorado"
10 Ghosting: "Azalea"
11 Fauna Polly: "Corvallis"
12 Somos Marquis Homos: "Down and Out in Madrid and Barcelona" (live)
13 Gerhard Trede and His Electronic Instruments: "Motion Study #1"
14 Rob Walmart: "Tom's Lounge"
15 The Blow: "Get Around"
16 Destroyer: "Forget America"
17 We March: "She Who Makes Dogs Shiver"
18 The Golden Bears: "Our Progress"
19 We/Or/Me: "Hummingbirds"
20 Okkervil River: "Lines"
21 The Plants: "Tumbleweed" (edit)
22 Page France: "I Thought the Sun Was Yellow"
23 Fly Ashtray: "Rapscallion"
24 Souled American: "Ringside Suite"
25 Reverend E. W. Clayborn "God's Riding Through the Land"
26 Valet: "Blood Is Clean"
27 Theo Angell: "In About a Half an Hour"
28 Unknown: "Chemirocha"