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2012, 31 days of good, music

(31) Days of Good: 12.25.12

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♩Ex Cops – Wonderful Christmas Time (Paul McCartney cover)

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♩The Head and The Heart – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve [from Holidays Rule]

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♩Kishi Bashi – It’s Christmas But It’s Not White Here In Our Town [from Holiday Flexi Single]

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♩Paul McCartney – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) [from Holidays Rule]

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♩Rufus Wainwright & Sharon Van Etten – Baby, It’s Cold Outside [from Holidays Rule]

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♩Sufjan Stevens – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [from Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas]

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♩The xx – Last Christmas (Live on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge)

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♩Y La Bamba – Señor Santa (Mister Santa) [from Holidays Ruke]

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And though this last track was definitely not releases in 2012, it wouldn’t be Christmas without some Darlene Love

♩Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2012, 31 days of good, music

(31) Days of Good: 12.23.12

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“’All the Rowboats’ is far and away the most powerful song on the record (if not the most powerful song Spektor has written to date), even if on first read-through of the lyrics, it’s about a depressing pass through a museum. A haunting piano piece does wonders to cut the soul. The piece rises and falls like a boat caught in a sea storm, and you feel trapped in both the calm and comparative chaos until it ends in what could be small explosions, holes being blasted out of the hull, ultimately sinking the ship and all hopes of survival.” (via PopMatters)

♩Regina Spektor – All the Rowboats [from What We Saw From The Cheap Seats]

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“This record makes me want to purchase a pair of leopard print jeggings and twerk the night away.” (via Winnie Cooper)

♩Santigold – Disparate Youth [from Master of My Make-Believe]
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“On the uplifting ‘Leonard,’ Van Etten couldn’t be more direct, singing in a gorgeous tangled web over banjo plucks and acoustic shuffle: ‘Well, well, hell / I am bad at loving.’ It may not sound like much read from a lyrics sheet, but sung in her raw, Jeff Buckley-meets-Neko Case-after-a-couple-packs-of-Marlboros croon, it sounds like a profound confession.” (via Paste)

♩Sharon Van Etten – Leonard [from Tramp]
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2012, christmas, music

[anticipation] Holidays Rule

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More holiday tunes to look forward to!

Starbucks’ label, Hear Music, and Concord will release a compilation of artists covering holiday classics on Oct 30th.  Holidays Rule will feature the likes of The Civl Wars, Eleanor Friedberger, The Head and The Heart, Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright (who also has a touring Christmas show with his sister Martha), Sharon Van Etten, and many, many more.  Check out the complete track list while enjoying Rufus and Sharon’s rendition of one of favorites, “Baby It’s Cold Outside”.  Enjoy.

01 fun.: “Sleigh Ride”
02 The Shins: “Wonderful Christmastime”
03 Rufus Wainwright with Sharon Van Etten: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
04 Paul McCartney: “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”
05 Black Prairie: “(Everybody’s Waitin’ for) The Man With the Bag” [ft. Sallie Ford]
06 The Civil Wars: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
07 Calexico: “Green Grows the Holly”
08 AgesandAges: “We Need a Little Christmas”
09 Holly Golightly: “That’s What I Want For Christmas”
10 Irma Thomas with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band: “May Everyday Be Christmas”
11 Heartless Bastards: “Blue Christmas”
12 Eleanor Friedberger: “Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me”
13 Fruit Bats: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
14 Y La Bamba: “Señor Santa”
15 The Punch Brothers: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
16 The Head and The Heart: “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”
17 Andrew Bird: “Auld Lang Syne”

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2012, live music, music

Out of the Office

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I’m off to San Francisco for Outside Lands and won’t be back until Monday.  For those of you unable to attend, stream the festival live (thanks to Tunein) or enjoy the playlist below.  Either way, hope you have a fantastic weekend, because I know I will.

2012, live music, music

Outside Lands 2012

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The daily lineups were finally announced (now all we need are some actual set times).  Saturday is definitely the day not to miss.  Which day are you most excited about?

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