Here's an up and coming Indie Folk Pop singer, Ollie Lee from Edinburgh Scotland. Oddly, he sounds a bit like those Brushfire dudes (Jack Johnson, et al). "Christmas Is Coming" is a simple enough song, upbeat and positive--you can sing along, if you like. I do have to say--my hearing ain't what it used to be, so I'm hearing background stuff (like vocals and maybe even a bit of percussion) and I honestly can't tell if they're actually there on the recording or whether my brain is filling them in. Weird, but cool and kinda impressive, either way. Grab Ollie's holiday tune at Bandcamp and, if you like, keep up with him via Facebook. God, he looks young. Was I ever that young?
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Oh, jeez. That's the end of the world for sure. When the suits start making music...
Arman Ayva is a business analyst by day. But he's many other things as well. And though photography would seem to be his passion, he's been messing around with the musics as well. See what happens when you elect a Donald Trump? My take--based upon an admittedly small sampling--is that Ayva is, so far, still experimenting with sound. Odds are this is all computer generated. But, just as photography is largely a matter of "composition", so is music (obviously). Ayva currently has three Christmas themed tunes posted on his Soundcloud feed and I do not at all get the impression that's he's done. Of the three, this is the one that tells me there is, in fact, potential, here. "Welcome To My Christmas Party" is part funk, part EDM, and part goof. "Feliz Navidad" starts out quiet Jazz, then switches to full EDM mode. But "Oh Christmas Tree X2" is a fully original Jazz piece. And it works and clearly required some thought and the ear of someone attuned to the genre, albeit at the avant garde end of the scale. I've listened to it more than a few times, now, and I'm still digging it. It doesn't present as terribly Christmasy, but it makes my cut as Jazz. "Oh Christmas Tree X2" and Arman's other Christmas tracks are available as free downloads via Soundcloud.
I've always said that there's a certain rhythm to the way the holiday season rolls out, but I don't think I ever noticed until just now that I've got a bit of a rhythm myself. And, as we move into October, its right about now I shift gears from grooving on pretty songs and mellow melodies to wanting to hear some trashy rock and roll. Weird. If I'd come across Thumper's Lo-Fi take on "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" a week ago, I would likely have dismissed it quickly. But, today, it speaks to me.
Based in Dublin, Thumper self describe as "sonic death via bubblegum pop". I can't decide if that's self deprecating or overly pretentious and its probably neither. Anyway, I don't think Darlene Love's in any danger of being overtaken, but Thumper gives the song a good trashy kick in the ass that probably both it and I needed right about now. The tune was recorded for a charity Christmas album last year and you can grab the track free at either Bandcamp or Soundcloud. While you're at it, check out the band's latest EP, "Magnum Opuss" (which features a cat on the cover, so they've got my attention). I do apologize for the neglect that has been suffered by most of the pages of this website, but especially this one. At least on this one, you know that that will be changing soon. Anyway, H a v e you met CHUCK? CHUCK is Brooklyn's Charles Gifford Gibson, a man of many multi-media talents (his website is more of an on-line resume than anything else). But, please, call him CHUCK. We're, here, mostly interested in the music of CHUCK. And, in that regard, CHUCK is an avant-garde experimental DIY sometimes Lo-Fi purveyor of Alternative Pop. That's just a long, overly thought and wrought way of saying he's slightly off-center...but in a good way. "Happy New Years Babe" is the title track of a 2015 CHUCK release. And I don't know that I've ever used this term in describing music, but the entire record is what I can only describe as "Neato Keen". The whole thing is just...a ball of fun, smile inducing....Neato Keen. Take a chance. Go on, you could use a smile, I know that you could. It's name-your-price, after all, and CHUCK won't even ask for your email. The song itself (and, really, stop thinking and just enjoy) is more "New Years" as analogy than holiday. Bad relationship, devastated, landed on my feet, got over it, looking good, it wasn't me it was you, and, hey, it's a New Year, babe, it's a New Me, this is My town, now, and you're going to realize that YOU blew it. It's just Neato Keen. Grab the whole record (with other Neato Keen sounds like "Basement Lights of The Library", "Goodbye Forever", and "Bushwick Girl") at Bandcamp. |
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