
[Not everyone loves Christmas songs but I, for one, can't get enough of them. Every year it seems we get the same old perennial hits, and I guess that's part of the charm - Christmas is a time for comforting familiarity after all - but most of these aren't as fulfilling as one might hope, musically speaking. Never fear, however, as this Yuletide help is at hand, in the form of Eaten by Monsters' selection of the best alternative Christmas songs out there.] A lot of my favourite Christmas tracks of recent years [...]

It's crazy to think about it but Christmas is right around the corner! However, while most blogs are geeking out over their best of the year/decade lists (umm... it's not over yet, dudes) I've been working to collect a couple X-mas mixes for the holiday season. If you are anything like me you can't handle getting too deep into Christmas music until the date looms a bit closer, so I figured I would start slow. Today I've got a mix of pretty snazzy original Christmas songs by some great artists. Start easing yourself into the holiday spirit and next week [...]
So some friends are playing at the Silverlake Lounge on Wednesday 1/17. This really isn't our show although we're happy to be apart of any lineup this good. The night features a battle between L.A.'s Masterslave and S.F.'s Master/Slave (pronounced with the slash, as in Mastersslashslave), The Shark That Ate My Friend's long-awaited CD release, and the soon-to-be much blogged about The New