Hey Andrew Bird fans, you sure read Stereogum and check out the mention beautiful artwork of the new album. Previous album featured a Bird, now it turns to a old tree.

Andrew Bird concerned about his own record, as Pitchfork mentioned before.

For me, Noble Beast sounds extremely slow. I liked the Radiohead feeling on the opening song "Oh No". Rest of songs sound like sad folk ballads. Consider that i'm fan of Andrew Bird. It's so early to tell, however i'm not very satisfied with the whole record.

Andrew Bird - Oh No (Album version from Noble Beast)

The Wedding Present wish you a Merry Christmas with their new song Holly Jolly Hollywood. Simone White and David Gedge sing together, and the song has became very sweet!

The Wedding Present & Simone White - Holly Jolly Hollywood

Glasvegas' limited Christmas EP has a lot to offer, even to someone like me who is exceptionally jaded about the annual flood of Christmas albums that is unleashed every year. Frankly, Christmas album releases drive me crazy. They're just too seasonal to be worth listening to any other time of the year. However, that said, I did enjoy this addition to Glasvegas' self-titled album. The gentle piano and the soft jingle of sleigh bells ties all of the songs together with holiday melancholy.

These are not happy, upbeat Christmas tunes (more like wintertime depression tunes), but they are realistic. After all... this is the season when lonely people are at their bluest. You only need to listen to their rendition of Silent Night to understand just how downbeat this album is. The song enough to break your heart, and no exaggeration there. It's like a choir of angels singing over a suicide. Ouch. What an ending.

These songs have a seasonality to them, but they also have play value beyond the holidays which always nice. I really enjoyed 'Cruel Moon', 'A Snowflake Fell (And It felt Like A Kiss)', and "Please Come Back Home". And I just love those Scottish accents. Interestingly enough, most of the EP was recorded in a Transylvanian church, with the Concentus Choir singing in Romanian and English on the last track.

The EP will only be available on iTunes for two weeks starting December 16, or as a preorder bonus with the upcoming US release of 'Glasvegas' .

Track List:
Careful What You Wish For
Fuck You, It's Over
Cruel Moon
Please Come Back Home
A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
Silent Night/Noapte De Vis


Glasvegas- Please Come Back Home.m4a

Every end of years, i share songs more different than classic Christmas songs!

The Flaming Lips - Once Beyond Hopelessness (Christmas on Mars 2008)

Sally Shapiro - Anorak Christmas ( Disco Romance 2006)
Not always slow tunes match to Christmas best, Anorak Christmas makes you jump and sing in a beautiful, hopeful way.

Cocteau Twins - Frosty The Snowman (Snow 1993)
One of my all time favorite Christmas tune!

John Cale - Child's Christmas In Wales alternate version (Paris 1919 1973)

Joni Mitchell - River ( Blue 1971)
She provides such amazing moments, River is from her classic album, and the song is just magical and glorious.

Previous years:
Christmas Hits
Christmas Vol 3.
Christmas Vol 2.
Christmas Vol 1.

It's been three long years since i first posted about music on this blog. I always loved sharing my music taste, it's good to share! I can't think a life without music or beats. Like your heartbeats, if it stops you won't breathe! There are great albums,records and artists as well this year. However, these are the most listened records on my 2008.

1. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
2. Cranes - Cranes
3. Portishead - Third
4. Beach House - Devotion
5. Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
6. Boris - Smile
7. Sigur Rós - Inn Í Mér Syngur Vitleysingur
8. Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
9. Nada Surf - Lucky
10. Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married

songs:
Boris - Flower Sun Rain
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Martha Wainwright - So Many Friends

A gem from Sweden, and her amazing voice continues to hold your ears three minutes with her newest song Stumble To Fall. After big success of Come Along (2002), she's just a little more Hidden. There are also collaborations with the likes of Kleerup, Moto Boy and Goran Kajfes of Oddjob. On Hidden, songs have quite blue feeling, like Stumble To Fall, this is nice slow pop music.

Titiyo - Stumble to Fall

Bon Iver's (a.k.a. Justin Vernon) Blood Bank (EP) includes amazing four songs. The songs have quite down beats, like in the cover, the ep has some snow feeling inside. I don't like to be in that car. Anyway, here comes the opener, a slow and impressive one:

mp3: Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Sweet and lovely french pop singer Jane Birkin releases her new album Enfants D'hiver. I've heard all the new songs just today. Next year, she will start her new tour, going at Paris' Palace from March 10 to 15, 2009. All the lyrics are written by Jane Birkin.

Jane Birkin - Période bleue