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Archive for November, 2005

November 30th, 2005

Back to the Goodness

Well, after yesterday’s brief diversion into the suckiness, we’re back to the good stuff today with a pair of song from one of the best Christmas compilations out there, XFM’s “It’s a Cool, Cool Christmas”.
Low – Just Like Christmas: Compared to the rest of their work, this is actually pretty upbeat for Low. Of course, [...]

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November 29th, 2005

Time to Change it up a Little

After bringing you some of the best Christmas music last week, I thought that I’d change it up a little and post some of the worst Christmas music. Without further ado:
The Arcade Fire – Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire: I guess every band has to start somewhere. This track is from a release that [...]

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November 27th, 2005

A double shot of Christmas-sy goodness

Well, since I missed Saturday’s posting, I thought that I’d make it up by posting four songs today. And since there are four songs, I’ll try to keep the descriptions short.
Bright Eyes – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: This is kind of along the same lines as some of the Sufjan Stevens stuff that I’ve [...]

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November 25th, 2005

And Now Round 4

Belle & Sebastian – O Little Town of Bethlehem: This was taken from a session recorded by the late John Peel for the BBC and has never been officially released. There’s nothing really spectular about this track, it’s just one of the better renditions of this carol that I’ve heard. The walking bass line gives [...]

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November 24th, 2005

The Continuing Cavalcade of Classic Christmas Choruses

Sorry for the horrible alliteration above but it’s going to be tough coming up with this many message titles about the same subject, unless I start listing the artists and songs in the title, but I don’t think that anyone wants that. Is anyone else shocked that I’ve managed to keep this up for three [...]

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