[There's plenty of great Christmas songs out there, but most suffer terribly from over-exposure. To remedy that, EbM presents a selection of alternative Christmas songs .] Well we've finally made it to the end, and it turns out these little single-song showcase posts have been quite popular; I'll have to do it again sometime. Since Christmas is practically upon us now, I thought I'd better post what I consider to be the best Christmas song ever. In fact, this little number from The Very [...]
Indie rock these days gets often gets a much-deserved knock for its asexual and epicene ways. In a scene where boys where girls jeans and just about anyone not wearing a beard is at least sorta pretty, if in a Suicide Girls or Jonathan Rhys Myers b-team/stand-in kind of way, most folks seem more interested in avoiding the traps and trappings of modern lust than in thrusting (heh) their nose (and other bits) into it. Not, however, The Very Foundation . The Portland trio attempts to fill the vacuum like few other bands currently on the scene [...]
Lots of good new stuff will be forthcoming from our newest feature for new music from new places - The Telephone Game - but before we get there here's a special Xmas/Holiday edition. These folks sent us their holiday tunes and we're just passin' 'em along. Seems like a classic re-gift scenario to us. Note that [...]
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What would you think if you read the lyrics "....but it comes from simple needs/ just fuck me till I bleed"? Would you be expecting a Trent Reznor-inspired electronic mess? Or maybe an speed metal diatribe about lust over love? Well, chances are you wouldn't expect these words to be used in a song done by an indie power pop group such as The Very Foundation . But, much like their whole demeanor, there isn't too much obvious about this tremendous group. Especially on their latest release The Restless Enterprise . [...]
The shops may think that Christmas starts in mid October, but we all know that in reality you should only start preparing on 1st December with that first choccy in the advent calendar. So as a way of starting off the musical advent (and I'm in no way religious, but enjoy a reason for a gluttonous festival as much as the next man), we have a little Christmas/winter indie mixtape from the kind folk over at XO Publicity . A little change from the Slade/Wham/East 17 that you"re all hearing elsewhere. We've always done a [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: XO Publicity has put together a free and legal album of holiday music, XO for the Holidays: Volume II . Since today marks the unofficial opening of the Christmas and Hannukah season in the US (and since my wife will finally consent to holiday music being played in the house), I thought it a good day to share some festive music. THe BAcksliders : "Christmas (Doesn't Have To Be So [...]
Check out the latest track from The Very Foundation. The group has a rather large lineup so just look who played on it: Nate Query bass player for the Decemberists Jenny Conlee keyboard player for the Decemberists Dave Jorgensen trumpet player from Blind Pilot and plays keys and trumpet in Kieskagato Jasmine Ash lead singer of Oh [...]
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