bnat christmas mix 2007

merry christmas...now that we're past thanksgiving i don't have to feel like a retard by listening to christmas music though fm 100 would never agree...they only care about money. hmmm. anywho, last year i made an amazing christmas mix which i'm sure i can't top this year but i'm gonna post one anyway. i'll also post last years since i didn't have this blog last year :) anywho, i'm pretty proud of 2006's mix and 2007 DEFINATELY has some great licks...enjoy...

1. radiohead-winter wonderland
2. kt tunstall-mele kalikimaka
3. low-just like christmas
4. aimee mann-i'll be home for christmas
5. the jackson 5-up on the housetop
6. enya-silent night
7. travis-last christmas
8. damien rice-happy christmas (war is over)
9. tom mcrae-wonderful christmas time
10. bright eyes-blue christmas
11. be folds five-lonely christmas eve
12. sissel-mitt hjerte alltid vanker (norwegian)
13. death cab for cutie-christmas (baby please come home)
14. feist-lo, how a rose e're blooming
15. the who-christmas
16. white christmas soundtrack-snow
17. run-dmc-christmas in hollis
18. simon and garfunkel-oh come! all ye faithful

1. badly drawn boy-donna and blitzen
2. do they know it's christmas (band aid)
3. jars of clay-little drummer boy
4. travis-river
5. zebrahead-i hate christmas
6. bon jovi-bells will be ringing
7. copeland-do you hear what i hear
8. garth brooks-god rest ye merry gentlemen
9. coldplay-have yourself a merry little christmas
10. goldfinger-white christmas
11. eagles-bells will be ringing
12. paul mccartney-wonderful christmas time
13. sugar ray-silver bells
14. robbie williams-so this is christmas
15. dido-christmas day
16. u2-please come home for christmas
17. bruce springsteen-santa claus is coming to town
18. jackson 5-i saw mommy kissing santa claus
19. deam martin-baby it's cold outside

iron and wine-in the reins EP [2005]

this is my favorite work by the band iron and wine. it's only a seven song EP released in 2005 with the band calexico. all of the songs were written by the man behind iron and wine, sam beam. most of the early releases by iron and wine are much more melodic and acoustic where this album i think they stretched into a new genre, adding the hyphen from folk to folk-rock. great stuff. if you like ryan adams or black rebel motorcycle club, this is has a similar ring only the singer whispers a lot more....check out "red dust", "16, maybe less", "he lays in the reins".

1. he lays in the reins
2. prison on route 41
3. history of lovers
4. red dust
5. 16, maybe less
6. burn that broken bed
7. dead man's will
   

michael jackson-invincible [2001]

i can't believe i waited this long to get one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite artists. i apologize. oh, and did i mention that without question he is the greatest performer of all time. all time people. i always like to get in a debate about who the most recognizable person on the earth today is. what i'm saying is: if you were to poll every person on this planet today who would the most people recognize. bush? hitler? i think that person is michael jackson. anyway, this album was a number one in the world and i think it deserves every single bit of that title. no one keeps up like michael. one of his earlier albums "thriller" came out in 1982. that is, the songs you recognize and people still thump in their cars today (me included) like "billy jean", "beat it" and of course "thriller". came out before anyone else had thought or rap beats. you may not agree with all the things i said but as a human you must at least appreciate genius when you see it. check out the songs, "whatever happens", "you rock my world", and "unbreakable". oh, i almost forgot, i'll DEFINATELY be posting his newest album when it comes out in early '08 so be looking for that....

1. unbreakable
2. heartbreaker
3. invincible
4. break of dawn
5. heaven can wait
6. you rock my world
7. butterflies
8. speechless
9. 2000 watts
10. you are my life
11. privacy
12. don't walk away
13. cry
14. the lost children
15. whatever happens
16. threatened

tom mcrae-all maps welcome [2005]

i can't help it. i'm reposting a different album from an artist i've already told you about. and i have TONS of great new music that i really want to get on here. he's that good though. seriously. i posted tom mcrae's new album "king of cards" early in my bloggin days :) this album, his third release of four is the second best of the four (this is the order: 1-self-titled, 2-all maps welcome, 3-just like blood, 4-king of cards; this isn't subjective either, it's the cold-hard truth). he is one of the most inspiring artist i have ever listened to. not to mention tom as a lyricist (check out the lyrics in 'girl who falls down stairs'). he has such a solid portfolio of work that he could end his career as an artist now and i'd isten to his four albums over and over and over. incredible. check out the songs, "vampire heart"<---one of my top five favorite songs....ever, "girl who falls down stairs", and "silent boulevard"<----that was hard to choose, 1-11 are all incredible.

1. for the restless


2. hummingbird song


3. the girl who falls down stairs


4. how the west was won


5. packing for the crash


6. it ain't you


7. strangest land


8. my vampire heart


9. silent boulevard


10. still lost


11. border song

girls in hawaii-from here to there [2005]

not just perverts, these guys are also great musicians. hailing from belgium, the band girls in hawaii have a quality album here. i first picked this up almost two years ago. this is there only lp release to date and it's definately worth a listen. in belgium this band is supposedly the latest "great sensation". wouldn't surprise me though since almost no one could name a great band from belgium....(no offense if you know some)...either way, this album has some great songs. check out "found in the ground", "flavor", and "time to forgive the winter".

1. 9:00 a.m.
2. short song for a short mind
3. time to forgive the winter
4. casper
5. found in the ground
6. the ship on the sea
7. the fog
8. fontanelle
9. flavor
10. organeum
11. bees & butterflies (down)
12. catwalk
    

jeff hanson-jeff hanson [2005]

listen carefully. pay attention or you may be very confused. scroll down to the bottom of this post and click on the preview to the song, "this time it will". now listen for about 30 seconds. jeff hanson is the name of a solo singer/songwriter from the northern-midwest. a male. not a joke. and this guy has talent. i heard of his work from a friend in early 2006 and actually saw him in concert at kilby in slc in feb. or march of last year...can't remember exactly. but trust me, he's a dude. in fact, he has the build of a linebacker which makes it all the more weird, i know. but it's worth looking into one of the two great solo albums he's released. check out "this time it will", "welcome here", and "long overdue".

1. losing a year
2. now we know
3. welcome here
4. i just don't believe you
5. i know your name
6. someone else
7. this time it will
8. let you out
9. long overdue
10. something about

sigur ros-takk [2005]

maybe the most amazing concert i've ever been to was sigur ros at the depot in slc in may of 2006. it's hard to put into words what that show was like. it was seriously like an out of body experience. amazing. this band is completely individual. jonsi, the lead singer and guitarist, actually plays the guitar with a violin bow. the music is like a story with an intro, build, climax and resolution. this album, takk, was their latest studio album release (they just released an acoustic and compilation cd yesterday). if you've never heard sigur ros, you MUST at least listen to this preview [note:i couldn't include the whole song due to size so it's cut down...sorry]. check out the songs, "seaglopur", "glosoli", and "hoppipolla".

1. takk
2. glosoli
3. hoppipolla
4. meo blodnasir
5. se lest
6. saeglopur
7. milano
8. gong
9. andvari
10. svo hljott
11. heysatan
    

honeycut-the day i turned to glass [2006]

i first heard the title track of this album about six months ago from the radio stations KCRW in L.A. it's a great song and i probably listened to it about 50 times one week. after that i didn't listen to the song and for a while i even forgot about it entirely. a couple of weeks ago i picked up their debut album, "the day i turned to glass". i've been nothing but impressed since. this album fulfills some hope in me that white people still have rythym...anyway, great album! check out the songs "the day i turned to glass", "shadows", and "exodus honey".

1. the day i turned to glass
2. tough kid
3. shadows
4. butter room
5. dysfunctional
6. dark days, white lines
7. polaroid lullaby
8. silky
9. aluminum city
10. crowded avenue
11. exodus honey
12. fallen to greed