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[new music roundup] 10.15.13
A few of my favorite new releases this week…
The Avett Brothers//Magpie and the Dandelion
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Cults//Static
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Four Tet//Beautiful Rewind
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The Head and the Heart//Let’s Be Still
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Lucius//Wildewoman
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Paul McCartney//New
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Tristen//Caves
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A few more worth a listen
Barton Carroll//Avery County
Bloc Party//Tapes
Crystal Antlers//Nothing Is Real
Depeche Mode//Should Be Higher
Diane Birch//Speak A Little Louder
The Dismemberment Plan//Uncanney Valley
kwes.//ilp.
Luke Temple//Good Mood Fool
Modern Kin//Modern Kin
Pearl Jam//Lightning Bolt
More new music at Largehearted Boy
(31) Days of Good: 12.25.12
♩Ex Cops – Wonderful Christmas Time (Paul McCartney cover)
excopsband.com
♩The Head and The Heart – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve [from Holidays Rule]
theheadandtheheart.com
♩Kishi Bashi – It’s Christmas But It’s Not White Here In Our Town [from Holiday Flexi Single]
kishibashi.com
♩Paul McCartney – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) [from Holidays Rule]
paulmccartney.com
♩Rufus Wainwright & Sharon Van Etten – Baby, It’s Cold Outside [from Holidays Rule]
rufuswainwright.com//sharonvanetten.com
♩Sufjan Stevens – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [from Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas]
sufjan.com
♩The xx – Last Christmas (Live on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge)
thexx.info
♩Y La Bamba – Señor Santa (Mister Santa) [from Holidays Ruke]
ylabamba.com
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)
darleneloveworld.com
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
[anticipation] Holidays Rule
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”