Christmas music (but not Christmas music)
Hello, friends. It's that time of the year again wherein I, the uncultured boob, ask my more "with it" friends what I ought to be listening to. Mostly I'm looking for music that's new within the last year, but if you've unearthed some long-lost rarity, I'd be into that too. The only catch this year is that I'll be driving up with Andy, so there
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Chanticleer - John Tavener's Lamentations and Praises
These guys are 14-man a capella group from SF, and their voices are golden. They have other Christmas music, but these, I think, are the best.
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My fave this year is Frou-Frou's 2004 album, Details. It's fantastic. I know they have a song on the Garden State soundtrack, but the whole album is amazing.
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New (to me) items of interest added to iTunes (in reverse chronological order):
-New Pornographers (old stuff, I didn't like them on the first take, this round is much better)
-Corinne Bailey Rae
-KT Tunstall
-Amadou & Mariam
-The Little Willies
-Uncle Earl
-The Trucks
-Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
-Morcheeba - Dive Deep
-Feist
-The Hot Toddies
-Sia (vocalist from Zero 7)
-Elizabeth and the Catapult
-The Duhks (good canadian alterna-folk)
-Requiem For A Dream - Remixed
-Lemon Jelly
-Télépopmusik
-Imogen Heap
-Shannon Wright
-Crooked Still (best bluegrass I've ever heard)
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But there are few 2007 releases I've been digging alot that I don't see:
-Two Gallants - Self Titled
-Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
-The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes (uk 2006, US 2007 release)
-Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower (although I think 11:11 is a better record, I still dig it.)
Older stuff I rediscovered in 2007:
-The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
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