WHAT'S UP! We have been hiatus-ish for over a month now! Holy Cow! Our visitors number is still consistent through so thank you for constantly checkin' back! We are revamping the site, training new writers, and gettin' connected with new stuff so stay tuned. All that in the NEW Year. 2010! But of course, I still gotta hit y'all with our annual Christmas mix. It is a bit late this year but I figure by now you are getting somewhat tired of the same old same old (don't get me wrong, classics are classics). I think we have the opportunity to beef up your holiday playlists to compliment the good old songs. We didn't add too much older stuff, but a whole lotta remixes. Check these songs out, your Party will suck without them! Make the coolest Christmas mix tape CD for someone after you download! DO IT!!!!!!! Happy Holidays, and whatever you celebrate, do it with good music!

Tracklist (Alphabetical tracks):
The Nat King Cole Trio - All I Want For Christmas (MJ Cole Remix)
Eux Autres - Another Christmas At Home
The Very Most - Away In A Manger
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Mulato Beat Remix)
Patti Page - Christmas Bells (Northern Elektrix Remix)
Mel Torme - The Christmas Song (Jay Rodriguez & Rev Scott Remix)
Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz (Away Team Remix)
Berlin Symph Orchestra - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Red Baron Remix)
Bing Crosby - Happy Holiday (Beef Wellington Remix)
Diana Krall - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Rosemary Clooney - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (MNO Remix)
Charles Brown - I'll Be Home for Christmas (Ohmega Watts Remix)
The Drifters - I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Kay Starr - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Stuhr Remix)
Ella Fitzgerald - Jingle Bells
Berlin Symph Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite (Baz Kuts Breaks Mix)
Brenda Lee - Rock' Around The Christmas Tree
Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (The Latin Project Remix)
Stevie Wonder - Soul Christmas
Funk Machine - Soul Santa
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Kaskade Remix)
Paul Mc Cartney - Wonderful Christmas Time

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Labels: christmas, Holidays

The great Sufjan Song Xmas Exchange is over! The peeps over at Asthmatic Kitty have chosen Alec Duffy's Everyday is Christmas. Y'all should take a moment to check it out and the other noteworthy songs from the contest. We exclusively have one of the songs that was entered into the competition! Los Angeles-based, Vania ("vuh-NEE-ah") Yip has written and composed this song just for You! After long nights of countless takes, recording mishaps, and incurable malfunctions, Vania has finally self-released the single "Shout For Joy, Oh Let's Be Glad!" After receiving it this morning, we are proud to give you this BBQCHICKENROBOT web exclusive mp3.

Shout For Joy, Oh Let's Be Glad

Sing along! Here are the lyrics!


Verse 1
Time elapses
Shouts and laughs(es)
Of a joy to celebrate
Gifts and toys
Girls and boys
Broken angels in the snow
Underneath it all
The catch and fall
Of a tiny baby's breath
Do you feel it?
Do you hear it?
A baby crying in a cattle stall

Verse 2
What brings us joy
A baby boy
Who came to conquer all
Socks and gifts
Scarves and snow lifts
Celebrate the yuletide joy
Of work and worker
The star of wonder
That gladly lights the way
Do you hear it?
Do you feel it?
A baby born on that Christmas day

Chorus
Shout for joy!
Oh let’s be glad!
It’s Christmas time so don’t be sad
He gives us love
He gives us peace
Restful thoughts to go to sleep
Another day
Another hope
To do much more than just to cope
It's Christmas time
Let's celebrate
Bring the holly and don't be late!

Bridge
More than eggnog
More than Santa
Oh the chains he'll take away
More than Scrabble
More than the tinsel
Oh we'll glow much brighter still
Do you feel it?
Do you hear it?
A baby crying in a cattle stall
Do you hear it?
Do you feel it?
A baby born on that Christmas day!!

Repeat, drive together with sleigh bells…
Shout for joy
Oh let’s be glad
It’s Christmas time so don't be sad
Clap your hands
Oh use your voice!
Let’s get together and rejoice

Labels: christmas

It's that time! When the world falls in love! Ahhh! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Thanks for coming back and reading, thanks for supporting new music, thanks for voting for us at Hey! Nielsen! We really appreciate all the hits we've been getting! We have a special treat. As you all know Christmas is coming up and we got your music covered! After taking some serious time to narrow down the best Christmas songs, we present to you...Holiday Hodge Podge Vol. 3! In this mix you will find old, new, classic and remixes favorites. 29 rad songs amount to over 1.5 hours! Whut! We are sorry if your favorite song ain't in here, please leave us a comment and let us know what we missed. Share This mix with one and all!

Download the Holiday Hodge Podge Mix now!

This is the Tracklist:
Bing Crosby - Happy Holiday (Beef Wellington Remix)
Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Mel Torme - The Christmas Song (Jay Rodriguez & Rev Scott Remix)
The Berlin Symphony Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite (Baz Kuts Breaks Mix)
Rosemary Clooney - The Christmas Song (Patrick Krouchian Remix)
James Brown - Funky Christmas
The Drifters - White Christmas (from the Home Alone OST)
Charles Brown - I'll Be Home for Christmas (Ohmega Watts Remix)
Jackson 5 - Last Night I saw Mommy
John Lennon - So This Is Christmas
Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz (Away Team Remix)
Pas/Cal - Last Christmas
Bing Crosby - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Kay Starr - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Stuhr Remix)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride
Patti Page - Christmas Bells (Northern Elektrix Remix)
Eagles - So This Is Christmas
Patti Page - Frosty the Snowman (Rondo Brothers Remix)
Jack Johnson - Rudolph (Red-nosed!)
Diana Krall - Jingle Bells
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Mulato Beat Remix)
Dean Martin - Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!
Stevie Wonder - Soul Christmas
Jewel - O Holy Night
Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin - Auld Lang Syne

Labels: christmas, Holidays, mixes

We've already begun listening to Christmas music/radio in the studio including Mariah Carey's "All I want For Christmas Is You!" Gotta love that song. Just to get a headstart, Asthmatickitty has the entire Sufjan Stevens Presents Songs for Christmas, Singalong 5 disc Christmas extravaganza streaming free just for your pop holiday fix! It's over 2 hours of music. Check out Christmas Reviews for tracklisting and lots of details. Pick it up here now to begin your Christmas songs fix.

Also we must mention the Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange. On Site: Here's how it works: write an original Christmas song, record it, and email the song to us. Asthmatic Kitty will pick a winner, and that person will trade rights to their song for rights to Sufjan's song. That's a totally rad gift exchange indeed! The Deets here.

Sister Winter
That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
Ring Them Bells!

BQE! I heard it on a stream, awesome!

Labels: christmas, Holidays, indie

NOC College+ Christmas party. I'm the one bending to the side on the right. Christmas parties are so fun and really strange. I don't know why so I am not going to start trying. The more frequent they are, the more normal they become. Yay Sean, Me, Paul and Mia are working together tomorrow at Panache in Newport! I recently watched Nausicaa even though it came out a year after I was born. It's another from Hayao Miyazaki, it was really awesome, and the girl from Matchstick Men, Alison Lohman was the main characters voice! Patrick Stewart is also a voice on this U.S. release.

Okay here is some music. Feed your ipod!
BusDriver - Avantcore
Cold War Kids - Saint John
Ensemble - Disown, Delete (Ft. Catpower)
Erik Satie - Premiere Gymnopedie (incredibly beautiful French composer late 1800's)
Loveholic - 늘 (Always)
Daedelus - Something Bells
The Indigo - マスターミュージック (Master Music)
The Format - If Work Permits
Summer Lei - 我的 80 年代 (Our 80's)
The Rapture - Don Gon Do It

Older Bonus!
Mat Weddle - Hey Ya (OutKast cover)

Labels: christmas, Music, News, Panache

Well looks like the good people over at Capital are making some more dough on passed on artists. Julie London's name is still being sold today. I think she, like many others, has a beautiful voice, unfortunately I couldn't find this song I really like until now, and I want to share it with you all! It has an appropriate title. Listen please!
Julie London - Warm December

Labels: actresses, christmas, jazz