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Oedipus Podcast #10: Christmas
Join me Friday for my annual Christmas Eve broadcast from 6 pm-Midnight EST on WFNX, 101.7 FM in Boston, 92.1 FM in New...
My Beerdrunk Soul is Sadder than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees
The Joy Formidable, a three-piece from North Wales, will release their debut album The Big Roar in January. Over the past few years...
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan “Time of the Season”
More free Christmas music, this time from Amazon, America’s largest online retailer. The website is offering 25 days of free holiday music, a...
The Superions “Fruitcake”
The Superions is a Fred Schneider side project. The B-52s frontman teamed with friends Noah Brodie and Dan Marshall out of Orlando to...
Splitting Up Christmas
“Splitting Up Christmas” is a paean to love from Kevin Devine, the Brooklyn singer/songwriter. Originally on the album Make the Clocks Move from...
New Christmas Music
Among many musics, I also collect Christmas songs. For years I have hosted a live annual Christmas Eve show on the radio in...
Poly Styrene and Black Christmas
Hanukkah Eighth Night
As we approach the end of Hanukkah our musical tribute finishes here with an internet sensation. Although the music is outside of the...
Hanukkah (The LeeVees)
Matisyahu has given us one of the best Hanukkah songs in years (featured here yesterday). In keeping with the spirit of the holiday...
Hanukkah (Matisyahu)
Hanukkah is early this year. Today is the 5th day. During this time of year Hanukkah songs are not nearly as ubiquitous as...
PJ Harvey
Atlas Sound
Bradford Cox, the lead singer and guitarist for Deerhunter (featured here previously), records solo under the name Atlas Sound. These home recordings are...
Girls
Girls is an indie band out of San Francisco lead by Christopher Owens and Chet “JR” White. Their debut album, Album, was one...
Gorillaz cover the xx
The inspired songwriting of this year’s Mercury Music Prize winner the xx has engendered covers of their songs by a wide diversity of...
Gang of Four
The politically-charged punk band Gang of Four were notoriously influential in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Songs like “I Love a Man...