Continuing from yesterday and the day before –
16. Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time
If this debut full-length by Alberta Cross had been released in the late 60s, it would have stood well against music that is now considered classic. These days, due to oversaturation of the music market, it is likely to be [...]
I realize I am down to the last minute for posting year-end favorites, but I am glad I didn’t feel pressured to meet anyone else’s deadlines because I would have regretted not including several that made this part of the list. For one thing, I was only recently alerted to the fact that Rural [...]
For me 2009 was a good music year where I had no trouble finding entire albums that I loved to play over and over.
Since I am not a musician, nor have I studied music, nor am I a professional music critic, I base my list of favorite albums and songs of the year on what [...]
For the previous three Christmas seasons, I have celebrated with this off-the-wall song by Sweden’s Envelopes. I am late with it, but why stop a tradition? The droopy little pink tree above was snapped at Big Lots.
I hope everyone is enjoying the day doing whatever you like to do. We are celebrating [...]
I am no Grinch or Scrooge. I like Christmas. I like the twinkly lights and the green and red. But if I walk into another store where Bing Crosby is playing, I just might scream. These are some familiar carols that benefit from a modern make-over.
“Little Drummer Boy” has always seemed kind [...]
Whoa, Prancer! We need some Christmas music! Quick!
Happy Holidays from San Francisco’s My First Earthquake, with this funny song and video about Santa love.
“You make me feel so seasonal–like the mall in December!”
from Have a Hot Holiday (2009)
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One of the most beautiful Christmas love songs I [...]
I would so much rather have an album of five wonderful songs than any full-length that has five wonderful songs and a bunch of inferior filler tracks. That is exactly why you find Loch Lomond’s Night Bats EP among my Favorites of 2009. Each of the five songs presents a facet of perfection [...]
Although I haven’t been posting lately, I have been doing a lot of listening in preparation for end of the year evaluation lists. One of the albums I have slowly become more enamoured with over time is Faunts’ Feel.Love.Thinking. Of.
Since this Edmonton, Alberta, band formed back in 2000, it’s surprising that we [...]
