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Lots of other holiday mixes and tunes around the blogs today….these stand out.
Donewaiting points us to a DJ Riko holiday mix available for download via a torrent….
An Aquarium Drunkard is posting random track individually, plus you can stream holiday cheer via his radioblog…..
The Test Pilot has a good Christmas mix
Gorilla …

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Suicide Squeeze records is again releasing a holiday single from Pedro the Lion on 7″. Marble Vinyl for this one, and you can only purchase it online. Go get em vinyl geeks!
Limited to 2000 copies! The third in a continuing series of Christmas singles for SUICIDE SQUEEZE, David …

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Lots of great Christmas mixes floating around this holiday season. Its nice that there is such a wide variety of good music for Christmas to be had. I took a stab at a quick mix, enjoy…..
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Bright Eyes- Blue Christmas

Sufjan Stevens- I saw three ships

Rufus Wainwright- Spotlight on Christmas

The …

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Ive mentioned Last FM and Audioscrobbler in the past, it satisfies the music/stat geek deep inside. Ive just decided to try out a month subscription (3$) and I like the extra features. Now if only I could listen to my itunes at work!
Have a look at me on …

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Just posted the top 11 this week, and to little surprise Sufjan Stevens gets my #1 vote. He is also getting tons of love this year around the web, but deserves it, so Im in good company with the choice.
Got a goodies for you now as Illinois was recently …

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Time for lists, they are everywhere now. Im going to give a top 10 of course, but first, lets dive into some awards for efforts that may or may not be top 10 material, but are more noteworthy than “honorable mention” status.
Best Comeback Album
Son Volt- Okemah and the Melody …

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Before Colin Meloy was heading up the indie superstar Decemberists, he was fronting the band Tarkio. The name of the band is a small town in Western Montana. The band was from Meloy’s college days at the University of Montana in Missoula; they are now defunct.Tarkio had a short …

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Im sure you remember my rather lengthy and gushing review of the Jeff Tweedy solo show I saw in Columbus last month. I wont get in to more detail right here, feel free to browse the review if youd like. I did want to share a couple tracks …