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A Smooth Soul Hip Hop holiday tune from Japan? Free? In Japanese? Oh, yeah, it don't get no better than that. Take a listen to Louvre's "New Year's Eve (With You)" and get the song free from Soundcloud. (Come on, you know you love it.) |
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 Sometimes, looking for the freebies, you begin to give up hope. *Sigh* There just isn't anything out there to get really excited about. Or so you begin to believe. And you slog your way through hundreds of very bad covers of "Blue Christmas", "White Christmas", and other colors of Christmas that leave you feeling green with illness. And then........IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!! (Cue the choir of heavenly angels.) Something so fresh, so different, so original, so good that it sparkles like the first snow in sunlight and completely restores your faith in the music of the season. God bless us all, everyone!
The group is Lost Tapestries--primarily a partnership between Sergio Pizzorno (Kasabian) and comedian Noel Fielding. They'd thus far released just one record--"The Luxury Comedy Tapes", a "soundtrack" for Fielding's television show--and that was in 2012. Their music combines Rock, New Wave, Psych and Comedy. So you'd have to figure a Christmas record from these dudes would either be bloody brilliant or a total pudding. Well, bloody brilliant it is. "Can't Wait For Christmas" is somewhere in the ether of Daft Punk, Men Without Hats, KC & THe Sunshine Band, Roy Wood's Wizard, and the Goons. And I know I must be missing more. Oddly enough, we did report on Lost Tapestries sophomore effort last year. It was expected to drop last year, but didn't. This is the song that features the great actor Idris Elba doing a rap--pretty much off the cuff. At the time, Idris said "I'm telling you, man, this song is a hit." And he was right!!! Grab this IMMEDIATELY!! It's a free download from Soundcloud. They already blew through their download cap once, so there's no guarantee they won't blow through the second as well. Go! Now! Get it! 
It's December first and that's when the Advent calendars begin (speaking in terms of music, here). And one of our very favorite Advent Calendars is the Alternativ Julekalender. Once upon a time, I knew who did this, but I've forgotten. It's easy to forget, though, because the music comes straight to my online mailbox. No muss, no fuss. A song a day through Christmas--all free for the download. Ain't that cool? I don't know how you sign up for the emailbox delivery anymore. But you really don't have to because the songs are posted to Soundcloud (you just have to remember to keep checking).
Day one features....that band in the title performing......that song in the title. Hey, do I look like I speak Norwegian? Translated, the song title is "Now It's Christmas Again!" and its an Indie Alt Hip Hop song, with the three trading beats and bustin' rhymes as Christmas characters. Fiko is the Spirit of Christmas, Rex is Rudolph, and Heemugen is playing Santa Claus. I do not understand a syllable of what they're laying down, but the beat's pretty cool. And, really, I just wanted to post the cover art. |
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