Saturday, December 08, 2007

Top 5 Songs Of The Week (No Work Today Edition!)

This Saturday there are a lot of really great events/holiday sales of local merchants/artists going on. Here are just some of the ones that we'd like to bring to your attention.

In Collinwood:

Music Saves is having a great holiday sale today

and so is Shoparoni

And of course don't forget about the Rock N Roll Cool Yule Flea Market @ The Beachland. Be sure to hit up the wares of our boy Troy @ Codename7 who will be there

Just down the street is The Holiday Artist Sale for the Arts Collinwood Gallery


Meanwhile over Tremont....

Banyan Tree are having their annual Hot Toddy Party


Tonight Red {an orchestra} will be performing @ Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ


Also this evening Atmosphere Gallery is having their Annual Holiday Jewelry Shopping Extravaganza


While over in Lakewood, Bela Dubby is having their 3rd Annual Holiday Art Bazaar


Can't forget about Coventry where @ B-side Mick Boogie along with Terry Urban will spinning a tribute to famed hip hop producer J DILLA (R.I.P.)


And now for some music...

5. (mp3) Plants and Animals - Faerie Dance This Montreal band make beautiful breezy music complemented by steel guitars, hip hop beats and strings. You too shall have this chorus stuck in your head just like us

4. (mp3) Decomposure - Hour 1 is a project by 24 year old Canadian Caleb Mueller, he took 23 hour long cassettes that he used to record all of his activities throughout a day and then combined them into songs that are poppy/glitch filled

3. (mp3) UGK [ft. Outkast] International Players 'Anthem (Pink Skull Remix by Lumfire) Pimp C from UGK sadly just died R.I.P. Pink Skull is on the bill for the Peer Pressure party tonight in Williamsburg

2. (mp3) The Mary Onettes - Pleasure Songs This band is just an nice another great band on the awesome Swedish label Labrador Records home to many great bands ( Acid House Kings, Sambassadeur, Love Ninjas etc) This group make 80's sounding synth-driven pop in the vein of the cure

1. (mp3) Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi we have been listening to the A Charlie Brown Christmas album a lot lately. how could you not, it just flat out owns!

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