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Thursday, December 22, 2005
In the spirit of, well, whatever the heck it is you choose to believe in, I've pulled some random holiday songs together for your varying degrees of enjoyment. I tried to pick tracks that I haven't seen elsewhere so far this season... (be forewarned: extreme candy-cane flavored sugar-coated sweetness lies ahead. if your heart is three sizes too small, you might wanna just surf along.) (note: files removed on 2/4/2006)  First, a couple of festive numbers from my pal Colin Clary, who I had the pleasure of seeing at PA's Lounge this past Friday. I'd planned on recording and sharing the snow-themed set he played with one of his fellow Magogs (usually a full backing band, this time simply Steve), but forgot my freakin' microphone. Smoooooth. Fortunately, Colin's cool with my sharing up a song from his solo disc on Asaurus, 'Sweater Weather Or Not, These Are The Songs I Got', and the crew at Total Gaylord records gave the ok to share up the lead-off track from their 'Cwistmas Twee' compilation. The first song is for our Jewish friends, the second goes out to all the kitties...   Colin Clary - '8 Kisses' - from 'Sweater Weather Or Not...' Colin Clary - 'Meow Meow' - from 'Cwistmas Twee'  Next, a new holiday song from The Sea Navy, the Seattle-based project of former Bostonian (and former Ivory Coast frontman) Jay Cox... Here's something pretty special: A song from Jeremy Quist, an Almanac reader who recorded it for friends and family, and sent it to me as a little thank-you for doing the 'Nac. I definitely feel like I came out ahead in that exchange. Here he is, with his fiancee Suzanne Stradley on backing vocals... Quasi will have a new album out on Touch & Go in March, but the label figured 'why wait?' to share a preview track, especially when it's called 'Merry X-mas'. Here's an mp3 of it... Finally, a few rare ones that I always like to bring back at Christmastime for those who've never heard 'em. A couple of them are pretty crackly, as they come from well-worn wax...  Tsunami - 'Could Have Been Christmas' Velocity Girl - 'Merry X-Mas, I Love You' Tsunami & Velocity Girl - 'Deck The Halls' all three from the 'Seasons Greetings' 7"  Cocteau Twins - 'Winter Wonderland' Cocteau Twins - 'Frosty the Snowman' both from the out-of-print 'Snow' EP If you make it all the way through the minor mess that is the 'Deck the Halls' rendition, congratulations, you've got far more holiday spirit than most. And if you've been curious to hear that super-good (and, apparantly, last) new Pedro The Lion Christmas 7", keep an eye on this thread at the Undertow messageboard. When and if the limited edition single sells out over at Suicide Squeeze, Undertow will be sharing up mp3s for those who missed out. But don't wait for it, order up the sucker yourself if you've got a turntable... it's well worth it. You can also find the lyrics that David Bazan added to the traditional tunes in that same thread. Updated to add... Matt Pond PA has posted a new demo over at their MySpace page called 'NJ Holiday'. It's a little "non-denominational winter holiday festive time gift to you and yours", so go give it a listen. Hope your holidays are filled with close family, good friends, and if you're a drinker, some alcohol-fueled festivities. Me, I'll be back up in Vermont for a few days, so look for me wandering Church Street in a nostalgic stupor... Labels: livemp3s  |
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