Archive for the ‘Christmas’ Category

Swedish Christmas Mix (The Hives, Irene, El Perro Del Mar, Sofia Talvik, Sally Shapiro, Bobby Baby)

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Well I did it. I waited `til after Thanksgiving to post my Christmas mix. So far a lot of these songs are from last year (or years past), hell I even recycled the photo. I’ll do my best to update this mix as new songs appear. I love these songs. They are some of the best Christmas songs you’re likely to hear and for a large part they are ones I’ve dug up first. So Enjoy and Merry Christmas (three weeks early).

P.S. I’m so low tech it’s not even funny so if someone wants to create a .zip and host it somewhere be my guest and leave it in the comments.

P.P.S. If you are really hard up for more Christmas music you can check out the roots leaning Christmas sampler over at my other site Songs:Illinois here.

A Chistmas Duel – The Hives Vs. Cyndi Lauper

Carol for The Lonely – Sofia Talvik

Anorak Christmas – Sally Shapiro

X-mas Carol NYC – Parker Lewis

Oh What A Christmas – El Perro Del Mar

Oh Sweet Christmas! – Oh Sweet Music!

I-Pod Xmas – Hello Saferide

Christmas On The Beach – Irene

Holy Night – Thomas Denver Johnsson

All These Winter Nights – Higher Elevations

Christmas Peace – Shade Tree

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Bobby Baby

This Christmas (If You Come Back) – The Carny

A Blue Christmas – The Perishers

Bon Jovis Jollat – Montt Mardie

Christmas Reindeer – The Knife

Last Christmas – Le Sport, Montt Mardie, Mr Suitcase

**Update**

Christmas Day – Strayfolk

**Update 2**

Poetry for the Winter – Komon (hopped up twee on adrenline)

**Update 3**

Christmas Fire – The Deer Tracks

Lanterns – Twiggy Frostbite

**Update 4**

Jingle Jangle Christmas – Metro Jets

**Update 5**

Snodde Julen I Är – Ish (Sophie Rimheden and CK)

Run Away With Me – Jens Lekman

It’s Christmas But Not For You – TIAC

Christmas On The Dancefloor – Sophia and Sophia (Rimheden & Talvik)

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Parker Lewis – “X-Mas Carol, NYC” video/mp3 (plus new songs from his upcoming 2008 EP)(also new songs from Bonnie and Clyde, The Faintest Ideas, and Bye Bye Bicycle via Cloudberry Records)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Parker Lewis‘ song “X-mas Carol, NYC” is buried in my Swedish Christmas mix but it really deserves it’s own post. Today that’s what it will get since Parker Lewis’ new label just released a video to accompany the song. They’ve also released a few more songs from his forthcoming debut ep for Mad For It. The new song “Disappear Here” sounds like Parker took some of what he learned with Kalle J and applied it to his own music. There’s a stronger electronic element than I’ve heard from Parker Lewis before.

X-Mas Carol, NYC

Disappear Here (NEW!)
Dirty Dancing

New video for “X-Mas Carol, NYC” directed by Parker Lewis (lo-def iPod ready mp4)

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Ok there’s a ridiculous amount of just flat-out amazing indie pop at Cloudberry Records. I’d love to talk to that guy some day to figure out how he does it. For instance, right now he’s got new 3″ cd’s out by Komon, Bonnie and Clyde, Bye Bye Bicycle and The Faintest Ideas, as well as music from Australia and the UK. Here’s a sampling of the new Swedish pop available on Cloudberry – Bye Bye Bicycle’s “Sirens” is very highly recommended.

First Fall – Bonnie and Clyde
Skip The Bridge – The Faintest Ideas
Sirens – Bye Bye Bicycle (if you’re a fan of The Smiths and Johnny Marr than you must listen to this)

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Le Sport and Montt Mardie Cover Wham’s “Last Christmas” (plus the same song from Pas/Cal and a Wham video – I couldn’t resist!)

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Thanks to the Songs I Wish archive I’ve got a new (old) song to add to the Swedesplease Christmas Mix. The track, a cover of Wham’s “Last Christmas”, was a standout from years past. It’s a duo of Le Sport on beats and Montt Mardie on vocals. The song is as syrupy and sweet as they come and I think the song is actually improved upon in this version.

Here’s the song, which you can also get to here on the main Christmas Mix post page.

Last Christmas

Hard to avoid posting this version by Pas/Cal:

Last Christmas

OK you asked for it! Here’s Wham’s “Last Christmas” (check out that hair!)

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Swedeplease Christmas Mix Graded

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Swedesplease (and Songs:Illinois) got a little bit of press in the St. Pete Times the other day. It was a nice little writeup of the recent Christmas mix. Here’s the link if you’re interested. Oh and btw the Mix got a grade of B.

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Swedish Christmas Mix W/Songs By Irene, Montt Mardie, Hello Saferide, Parker Lewis, The Knife, El Perro Del Mare, Etc. Etc.

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Hey there. There’s not a lot new here, although I will update this post as new songs are released for the 2007 season. But what’s here is pretty top notch; highlights include incredibly the high notes hit by Montt Mardie on “I Wish Every Day…”, the Beach Boys surf-pop of Irene, Hello Saferide’s instant Christmas classic “I Pod Christmas”, Parker Lewis odd little indie pop dittie “X-mas Carols NYC”, and the strange electronic rendering of The Knife’s “Christmas Reindeer”.

P.S. Check out the Songs:Illinois Christmas Mix if you’re at all interested in great, off-the-beaten-path (anti) Christmas tunes.

Oh What A Christmas El Perro Del Mare
Christmas Day – Strayfolk
Christmas On The Beach – Irene
Silent Night – A Perfect Circle
All These Winter Nights – The Higher Elevations
Christmas Peace – Shade Tree
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Bobby Baby
X-Mas Carols NYC – Parker Lewis
I Pod Christmas – Hello Saferide
This Christmas If You Come Back – The Carny
Christmas Reindeer – The Knife
Oh Sweet Christmas – Oh Sweet Music!
Blue Christmas – The Perishers
I Wish Every Day Could Be like Christmas – Montt Mardie
Last Christmas – Montt Mardie with Le Sport

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