Gone are the days when WXPN's The Key would give us an entire album's worth of Christmas tunes (one a day, sometimes more), or so it seems. But they'll still drop one or two seasonal songs from Philly's best Indie acts--usually in the day or two around Christmas. "It Feels Like Christmas" is a sweet Jazzy shuffle from Ginger Coyle that The Key posted last December 26th. Chances are you weren't hunting down Christmas tunes the day after Christmas. So, if you missed it--as we did--you can still grab it free from WXPN's The Key.
Gone are the days when WXPN's The Key would give us an entire album's worth of Christmas tunes (one a day, sometimes more), or so it seems. But they'll still drop one or two seasonal songs from Philly's best Indie acts--usually in the day or two around Christmas. "It Feels Like Christmas" is a sweet Jazzy shuffle from Ginger Coyle that The Key posted last December 26th. Chances are you weren't hunting down Christmas tunes the day after Christmas. So, if you missed it--as we did--you can still grab it free from WXPN's The Key.
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One of the tunes we posted last year that got a lot of positive feedback was Noah Guthrie's version of "(Christmas) Baby Please Come Home". Guthrie de-Spectorized the tune and made it a lament. Guthrie has a new Christmas tune out for 2015 and, like its predecessor, it's available as a free download from Noisetrade. On "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", Guthrie's recipe includes a bit of Funk and a dash of Jazz (and maybe even a smidgen of Reggae). Those are the seasonings added to Guthrie's Indie Alt Folk Rock sound. It's interesting. Cool, even. But I'm not sure it's the equal of "(Christmas) Baby Please Come Home". Then again, it's kind of hard to get deep and meaningful singing about reindeer games. Both songs are still free at Noisetrade. Michael and Carissa were solo artists from opposite sides of the country, both on a path that figured to bring them success. In 2011, they met, fell in love, and decided to work on music together, forming Us The Duo. They built their success through Youtube and releasing singles through other social media and have since released two full albums. Oh, yeah, they got married somewhere in there. Did I forget to mention that? Us The Dup have released a Christmas song this year, "I'll Be There Soon", and made it available as a free download on Noisetrade. It's one of the sweetest tunes I've heard this season, featuring Indie Pop style with Jazz Pop sensibilities. I could see Michael Buble doing this in duet--maybe with Carly Rae Jepsen (OT, but I'm glad Buble is keeping up with the annual Christmas specials; somebody needed to do that and it was super cool to see Sharon Jones on there this year). Anyway, as I'm sure Michael and Carissa thought when they met, you do not want to let this one get away. Head to Noisetrade and download "I'll Be There Soon" from Us The Duo. |
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