Thursday, June 30, 2005
Den Trawler
Here's a really nice track that seems to be designed to slip under the xmas music radar (fortunately, my xmas music radar is pretty powerful!). It's from the Spinanes and appears on their 1998 Sub Pop album Arches and Aisles (buy it).
Den Trawler
The song's title doesn't exactly scream "Yuletide!" but it's a great downtempo number with mostly low key lyrical references to our favorite seasonal subject matter PLUS sleighbells (down in the mix, but there nonetheless). It builds up really nicely and I think you're gonna like it.
Den Trawler
The song's title doesn't exactly scream "Yuletide!" but it's a great downtempo number with mostly low key lyrical references to our favorite seasonal subject matter PLUS sleighbells (down in the mix, but there nonetheless). It builds up really nicely and I think you're gonna like it.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
That's What I Want for Christmas
Today's song originally appeared in the 1936 Shirley Temple vehicle, Stowaway (buy it). It's cutesy but not saccharine (as I'd originally feared it would be); a fine addition to any collection of seasonal tunes.
That's What I Want for Christmas
I don't know how it was released originally (or if it even was released back then) but it shows up on any number of compilations of Temple's songs (buy one).
That's What I Want for Christmas
I don't know how it was released originally (or if it even was released back then) but it shows up on any number of compilations of Temple's songs (buy one).
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The Saddest Time of the Year
Well, that one-week break really stretched out a bit longer than I'd planned (ahem). But now someone has emailed me asking about a specific song and the mighty FaLaLaLaLa.com is back online--I'll take those two occurrences as a sign that I should get back to posting (at least for the time being).
Betty writes:
The song in question, "The Saddest Time of the Year," was released in 1991 on a STELLAR comp called Yuletunes (buy it) on the Shoes' Black Vinyl label. At the time, Vig's star was rising as THE preeminent alt-rock producer (see: Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, etc).
The Saddest Time of the Year
It's not even my favorite song on the CD (I think they should have faded the track out quite a bit earlier than they did) but I'll save some of those for later posting.
Betty writes:
Ever hear of a song called Christmas is the Saddest Time of the Year? I heard it played on the community radio station in madison wi, years ago, it sounded like maybe 80s alt-pop and I don't even know who the band or artist was.Well, Betty, it would make sense that you heard it in Madison, since that's where the band is from. Spooner was around from the mid-'70s to mid-'80s, then reformed after a few years' break and continued along until right about the time that members Butch Vig and Doug Erikson started the band Garbage.
The song in question, "The Saddest Time of the Year," was released in 1991 on a STELLAR comp called Yuletunes (buy it) on the Shoes' Black Vinyl label. At the time, Vig's star was rising as THE preeminent alt-rock producer (see: Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, etc).
The Saddest Time of the Year
It's not even my favorite song on the CD (I think they should have faded the track out quite a bit earlier than they did) but I'll save some of those for later posting.
