1. Monnone Alone - Everywhere At Once
2. Vadoinmessico - Sleigh Ride
3. PICA PICA (Rebekka from Maribel) - Winterwonderland
4. Life & Limb - Only The Lowly
5. Joyce In Pola - End Of The Ocean
6. She Said Destroy - Brigitte
7. Derby Sunshine - Italo Riviera
8. Neverending Mojitos - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (The Tams cover)
9. Johnny Render - Have a Very Render Christmas
10. ED - All You Need Is Love (The Beatles cover)
11. Montgomery feat. Tempelhof - 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
12. Wolther Goes Stranger & Federico Fiumani - SOMEtimes (Bombanella mix)
13. Love The Unicorn - Sssuperstarsss
14. Setti - Sasso Natale
15. Spakkiano - Africa et cetera DOWNLOAD FREE FROM POLAROID
2. Vadoinmessico - Sleigh Ride
3. PICA PICA (Rebekka from Maribel) - Winterwonderland
4. Life & Limb - Only The Lowly
5. Joyce In Pola - End Of The Ocean
6. She Said Destroy - Brigitte
7. Derby Sunshine - Italo Riviera
8. Neverending Mojitos - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (The Tams cover)
9. Johnny Render - Have a Very Render Christmas
10. ED - All You Need Is Love (The Beatles cover)
11. Montgomery feat. Tempelhof - 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
12. Wolther Goes Stranger & Federico Fiumani - SOMEtimes (Bombanella mix)
13. Love The Unicorn - Sssuperstarsss
14. Setti - Sasso Natale
15. Spakkiano - Africa et cetera DOWNLOAD FREE FROM POLAROID
One of our absolute favorite "off the beaten path" annual holiday collections comes from the Italian blog, Polaroid. Every year, the writer of that blog contacts a few of his friends from the Indie music world and asks them if they would mind recording a seasonal track; or, if not a seasonal track, at least a little something to keep him company while he decorates his tree. And, man, does this cat have friends! They always come through with some spectacular stuff that you're not going to find anywhere else. Not all of it is holiday related, but it's all great. I mean, I'd love to dial up a musician friend and have them record a cover of The Tams "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" some time--Christmas or whenever. Fortunately for those of us with either fewer or, perhaps, less talented friends, the whole collection is shared out so the rest of us have something to keep us company on those long winter nights.
There's a bit of synth pop and techno pop and a dollup of experimental electro noise pop, but most of the set falls squarely in the Indie/Alt Pop and Indie/Alt Rock vein, some on the Lo-Fi side, but that's actually quite a wide swath of musical sounds and it's all wonderful. And the artists are all linked up, so you can learn more about them. For example, Rebekka of Maribel (who have their own new Christmas single out, "Christmas Blues") contributes an absolutely dreamy version of "Winterwonderland" as Pica Pica. Italian artist Setti offers up a sweet Indie Pop number in his (their?) native tongue, "Sasso Natale". Alt Pop/Rock fans should enjoy Vadoinmessico's "Sleigh Ride", and Monnone Alone's "Everywhere At Once" is great fun. She Said Destroy give good garage on "Brigitte". ED gives us an awesome Indie cover of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love". And, speaking of the Beatles and dreamy, the original "Have A Very Render Christmas" from Johnny Render is not only dreamy, it sounds like it could have been the closing track from a late 60s Beatles Christmas album; it would certainly do nicely as the closing number on your mixtape. But, hands down, my absolute favorite on "A Polaroid Christmas 2012" is the previously mentioned cover of "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" by the Neverending Mojitos. It might not be a Christmas track, but it has the feel of a bunch of (very talented) friends sitting around the tree on Christmas morning and sharing a song. It made me smile from ear to ear. A lot. My face hurt, I smiled so much.
Head straight to Polaroid and grab the whole bunch. Poke around a bit and you might find some of the earlier sets, as well. Enjoy. And "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy". It's nearly Christmas after all.
There's a bit of synth pop and techno pop and a dollup of experimental electro noise pop, but most of the set falls squarely in the Indie/Alt Pop and Indie/Alt Rock vein, some on the Lo-Fi side, but that's actually quite a wide swath of musical sounds and it's all wonderful. And the artists are all linked up, so you can learn more about them. For example, Rebekka of Maribel (who have their own new Christmas single out, "Christmas Blues") contributes an absolutely dreamy version of "Winterwonderland" as Pica Pica. Italian artist Setti offers up a sweet Indie Pop number in his (their?) native tongue, "Sasso Natale". Alt Pop/Rock fans should enjoy Vadoinmessico's "Sleigh Ride", and Monnone Alone's "Everywhere At Once" is great fun. She Said Destroy give good garage on "Brigitte". ED gives us an awesome Indie cover of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love". And, speaking of the Beatles and dreamy, the original "Have A Very Render Christmas" from Johnny Render is not only dreamy, it sounds like it could have been the closing track from a late 60s Beatles Christmas album; it would certainly do nicely as the closing number on your mixtape. But, hands down, my absolute favorite on "A Polaroid Christmas 2012" is the previously mentioned cover of "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" by the Neverending Mojitos. It might not be a Christmas track, but it has the feel of a bunch of (very talented) friends sitting around the tree on Christmas morning and sharing a song. It made me smile from ear to ear. A lot. My face hurt, I smiled so much.
Head straight to Polaroid and grab the whole bunch. Poke around a bit and you might find some of the earlier sets, as well. Enjoy. And "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy". It's nearly Christmas after all.
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