Okay, so you've been bad and deserve coal this year. Shame on you. We're sure you'll pick it up next year though. In the meantime we've upped the ante since our list from last year ... Related posts: 5 Indie Christmas Songs You Probably Won't Hear This Christmas Merry Christmas from Indiecater Records! Video: The Hush Now - Wishing You A Happy Christmas

Time's whipping by so fast that I have to start planning out these last weeks of 2009 on CTRR. Last year, there were several festive year-end features on the old yuletide blog (groan if you must), including my Year-End Round-Up weekly mixes , the countdown of my Top 40 albums of the year , the Christmas weekly mix , and the New Year's Eve party mix . And I still have to work in my Day of 200 songs before all of this kicks off. This week's mix will be a winter one despite [...]

You Should Know I can't find much biographical information on Snow In Mexico so let's keep this short and sweet. I've surmised that they are an Italian duo that makes dreamy shoegaze music sans drummer. Backed by drum machine beats, the band's EP is filled with hauntingly echoed vocals and floating guitars. They are a bit reminiscent of Slowdive, which is interesting because I've been on a major Mojave 3 kick lately (Neil Halstead was in Slowdive). The band is offering up their lovely EP for free on [...]

reviving pop moderne for a rainy friday. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Photograph Shakes Opressed By The Line - Paper Cranes Smith Westerns - Imagine (Part 3) Snow In Mexico - Cinema 5010

LMG and it's label, Self Storage Recordings , are pleased to finally make available all of our releases through these fine online distributors. Northern Star , Darla , n5MD , and Tonevendor (sometime soon...). Currently the Self Storage Recordings Compilation Volume 1 is sitting pretty at number 10 in Darla's best sellers. The compilation features songs from Ulrich Schnauss, Auburn Lull, Soundpool, Elika, Winterlight, The Invisible Kid, Dead Leaf Echo, Thrushes, Project Skyward, Luxa, Panda Riot, Autorotation, Le Ren, Monocle, The Soundscapes, and Ifwhen. The comp can can also be purchased, [...]

Πως θα χαρακτήριζε κανείς τη διαδικασία επαναφοράς στην ακρόαση καινούργιας μουσικής μετά από δύο μήνες κροατικής deathpop και obscure διασκευών σε τραγούδια των Smiths? Δύσκολη, αγχωτική, αλλά σίγουρα ανανεωτική.. 1. The Radio Dept. - David [box] Δεν άκουσα, πως είπατε.. ορίστε? Συγγνώμη κύριοι.. ποιοι είστε? Ομολογώ πως αυτή ήταν η πρώτη μου σκέψη ακούγοντας το νέο τραγούδι των λατρεμένων μου Radio Dept. μετά από τρία σχεδόν χρόνια αναμονής. [...]

Don't Leave Me, Baby - Astrud Gilberto Heaven's Knot - Spoonfed Hybrid Southern Trees - Sub Sub Your Selfish Ways - Locust Self-Imperfectionist - Adorable Summer - Dedo The Gentle Nod(Remixed by Romakid) - Luga So Special - SPC ECO Velvet - Snow In Mexico Echoes Answer - Broadcast MockBa - Steiber Sound Ghost Light Constellation - Dead Mellotron download it here

Snow In Mexico are Massimiliano Cruciani and Andrea Novelli. They live in Italy and they make beautiful music... You and My Winter.mp3 Velvet.mp3 Ride.mp3 Cinema 5010.mp3 download the EP for free from their website

Snow In Mexico are Andrea and Massimiliano, an Italian shoegaze duo who have been together since 2003. Andrea previously played bass in a post-core trio and began adding synths to Massimiliano's band at the time which led to them creating Snow In Mexico. Fueled by acts like The Radio Dept and the fact that they both dislike real drummers (no, not really. Despite their somewhat gloomy sound they seem to joke around a lot), they started making music in Andrea's room with a drum machine. The drum machine prevails even to this day (an Roland R8, same as Prince used they've informed [...]

Snow In Mexico is a dream pop/shoegaze group from Rome, Italy featuring Massimiliano Cruciani and Andrea Novelli. Their songs at times remind me of The Radio Dept., Auburn Lull and M83, so this is right up my alley. They released their debut EP on Italy's Raise Records and it's currently available as a free digital download on the band's website, www.snowinmexico.com . I'm definitely a fan! Listen to Snow In Mexico - Velvet http://www.shelflife.com/mp3-b in/b_snowinmexico.mp3 Download [...]