Happy Christmas. Our guest writer Santa has been and gone. Presents of a musical variety have been left. Enjoy. See you in the new year, we're off to enjoy another glass of mulled wine . Peace and love - have a cheeky one. Spark - White Christmas [...]
I have been saving this post for X-Mas eve! Recently SynthPop legends Saint Etienne released a full-on X-Mas album, 'A Glimpse Of Stocking' containing 15 tracks of ElectroPop and Indie-Electro with varying degrees of X-Mas cheer and X-Mas depression. The album is already becoming a rarity, which is a pity as it should be everyone's compulsory X-Mas day listening, Sarah's vocals lend themselves perfectly to seasonal songs. So, this X-Mas eve, check out these two tracks from the album. 'Through The Winter', a mid-tempo synth ditty reminiscent of mid-90's Etienne and the deep dance [...]
Saint Etienne - I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You (Claudine Longet) | zs
Another batch of holiday tunes, with moods ranging from cheery to eerie. It's all electric fantastic! Norwegian duo Röyksopp has made an amazing electronic edit of "Le Cantique de Noel", which you can download here. I've decided that the idea of a full-on festive album from them can be quite exciting. NYC electropop duo The [...]
A big thanks to everyone who rode with us during the past year. Here are some beautiful tracks for the holiday season... Lagasta loves you. Mayer Hawthorne: 'Christmas Time is Here' [ mp3 ] Tracey Thorn: 'Sister Winter' (Sufjan Stevens Cover) [ mp3 ] Beach House: 'I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun' [ mp3 ] The Golden Filter: 'White Nights' (Psychic TV [...]
They say those who ignore history are bound to repeat it. In music, however, those who pay attention to history seem just as likely to repeat it. So here's a bunch of new versions of things that are worth ripping off. The percentage of previously unreleased material (as well as packaging, liner notes, etc) certainly factored into what made this list, and the order as much as the quality of the original work. 1. Dolly Mixture - Everything and More [Dolly Mixture] | BUY [...]
It's Christmas time, and whatever the weather in your part of the world (looking out on torrential rain for the past few days has put a little dampener on proceedings), let's get into the mood. Here's an offering from British dance-pop veterans Saint Etienne , a track from their already rare-as-rocking-horse-crap Christmas album A Glimpse Of Stocking . You might be able to score one of the few remaining copies from Sarah and the lads at their upcoming UK gigs - assuming you can fight your way through the snow to get there - [...]
Click on any image to enlarge | All photographs by Sonny Malhotra Bleary eyed and craving coffee, electricity pylons zip past my window as the car cruises down the motorway towards Belle & Sebastian 's second stint as All Tomorrow's Parties curators. Eleven years ago the original Camber Sands based Bowlie Weekender that "started it all" saw performances from The Flaming Lips and Mogwai , not to mention those who have made it back this year such as Teenage Fanclub and Camera Obscura . Since that weekend in 1999, [...]
This Week : Wye Oak, Thomas Tantrum, Matt And Kim, Saint Etienne and Uncle Shane MacGowan . ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _ Wye Oak- Free Download. "Civilian" By Wyre Oak. On March 7, 2011 , (March 4 in Germany and Austria) [...]
Merry Christmas from the British band Saint Etienne who have a new holiday album out called A Glimpse Of Stocking which you can check out here . You can download one of the new songs from the collection right below. Download: Through The Winter - Saint Etienne (via NME )
Setlist from Saint Etienne's only Irish gig for 2010.
"Violet" By H Bird. Preamble : Those old clichés with regard to time accelerating as you get older seem remarkably prescient at this juncture in my life. The endless, sun dappled summer holidays of yore are nothing more than a distant nostalgic reminiscence, and six weeks can now pass in the mere blinking of an eye. Nowadays it would appear that no sooner have I applied sun block on scorching summers day and pottered about the garden, I [...]
Saint Etienne are indie dance's answer to Dame Judi Dench. They're a self-consciously British institution; they're charming, they're talented, and they're difficult to dislike. Their songs have roots in quintessentially British sounds and places, like the pop music of the swinging sixties and the slightly awkward dance music which developed out of acid house. They exude an unusual niceness; this is a band you could go for a pint with, or hang around with at a gig. This sense of niceness is only reinforced by their steady stream of fan club only releases, of which A Glimpse Of [...]
Unwrapping Sarah Cracknell, now there's a pleasant Christmasthought. The new X-mas compilation from her band St. Etienne (A Glimpse of stocking) is sold out, alas. You can listen to the seven new tracks (including Unwrap me) here. St. Etienne - Unwrap me
That maFIFA boss Fatt Bladder did his best to stop these files from being leaked (he tried to sit on me) but the truth will out ! Now for the first time anywhere... not really ...some information has reached us about various international teams that would like it if you didn't hear the following songs. In truth you yourself would probably like it if you didn't hear them either. Or read the following text. We first start with a serious note... [...]
I chatted to Sarah Cracknell from Saint Etienne ahead of their Kilkenny show on December 11th.
After being locked away in deepest darkest Surrey for the past six weeks, Saint Etienne have finally released their long awaiting Christmas album, A Glimpse Of Stocking . Out on Foreign Office records, this limited edition CD mixes well-known and rare oldies with seven brand new tracks including a cover of the Doors 'Wintertime Love.' The 3000 copies only release is available this festive season via the band's website and at live shows (see full list below), with a special deluxe edition on sale that includes a personally dedicated Christmas song [...]
ブリティッシュ・トリ オ Saint Etienne (Heavenly) のバレアリック・トラ ック。ファン・クラブ 限定リリースのクリス マス・アルバム A Glimpse of Stocking に収録されています 続きを読む
Hitting the mailbox is fun. What makes it even more so is when you come up with golden nuggets like this new single by Swedish electronic pop trio Daybehavior called It' s A Game. A slice of dance-pop heaven that reminds me of a late 80s Pet Shop Boys tune sung by a chanteuse with the vocals of a Sarah Cracknell from Saint Etienne and Helen Marnie from Ladytron would sound like. It sounds like a tune that I will be playing again and again whilst prancing around in my loft. I highly recommend you take the opportunity [...]
Cold, isn't it? Here's a couple of self-explanatory tracks and 2 versions of a hip jazz inflected talking blues reinterpreted as a Soul II Soul-style floor shuffler. Or something like that. Fall Breaks And Back To Winter (also known as The Woodpecker Symphony ) is something of an oddball in the Beach Boys ' mighty canon. Made up of some of The Element s bits n bobs (Mrs O' Leary's Cow and Fire) from [...]
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