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12.14.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 14 – Santa BabyHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Day 14: Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby Continue Reading...
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12.13.11Ingy Pants Shares 100% Vinyl CHRISTMAS CRACKLE 4Here's an all vinyl compilation created by our dear friend, Ingy Pants with a little help from some of her family and friends. If this doesn't get you into the holiday spirit, you'll have a hard time finding something that does. It's strictly old school here with tracks from Loretta Lynn, Yuletide Disco, Burl Ives, and plenty more. If you're throwing a holiday party, you won't find a cooler mix of music. Special thanks to Ingy for taking the time and energy to make such a hip comp for the holidays. You're the best! If you want to dig deeper, ...
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12.13.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 13 – Little Drummer BoyHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Day 13: Little Drummer Boy - Dandy Warhols Continue Reading...
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12.12.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 12 – The Christmas SongHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Christmas Song - Ravonettes Continue Reading...
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12.11.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 11 – I Wish It Was Christmas TodayHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Day 11: Julian Casablancas - "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" Continue Reading...
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12.10.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 10 – Need a Little ChristmasHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Mitzi Gaynor - "We Need a Little Christmas" (1967) Continue Reading...
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12.09.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 9 – Sleigh RideHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Los Straight Jackets - "Sleigh Ride" Continue Reading...
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12.08.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 8 – Donde Esta Santa Claus?Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Guster - "Donde Esta Santa Claus?" Continue Reading...
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12.07.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 7 – Christmas Time Is HereHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Belle & Sebastian "Christmas Time Is Here" Continue Reading...
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12.06.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 6 – The BlizzardHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Day 6: Camera Obscura - "The Blizzard" (Jim Reeves cover) Continue Reading...
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12.05.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 5 – Winter WonderlandHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Day 5: Gandaddy: Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland Continue Reading...
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12.04.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 4 – Holiday RoadHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Holiday Road was originally recorded by Lindsey Buckingham for National Lampoon's Christmas vacation. Last year The Walkmen did a cover for their AV Club live Christmas session. The Walkmen - Holiday Road by Player Atividade FM
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12.02.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 2 – Frosty The SnowmanHere's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. The Cocteau Twins originally recorded "Frosty the Snowman," for the Volume CD Magazine Issue 5 in 1992. In the magazine's liner notes, Simon explained how the Cocteau Twins version of "Frosty..." came to be: "There's a Christmas record that comes out on Capitol Records (the Cocteaus' US label) every few years. And they were trying to get all their bands to do a cover version of ...
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12.01.11TCA Advent Calendar Day 1 – Christmas WrappingI saw Bamm.tv was doing a countdown to Christmas and I thought - what a great idea! So here's our own version of an indie Advent Calendar. I love christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Day 1 - Christmas Wrapping Day One highlights to one of the best modern Christmas songs to be released in the past 30 years: 1981's "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses. This year, Summer Camp released a pretty nifty cover. Summer Camp Christmas Wrapping (Waitresses ...
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12.27.10Song of The Day: The Futureheads – Christmas Was Better in the 80′sA few days late, but definitely my favorite new holiday tune of 2010. The Futureheads - Christmas Was Better in the 80's.
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12.19.10All I Want For Christmas…Paige and I have a fondness for all things Star Wars. I have been a massive fan since I was a kid; I saw STAR WARS pretty much every weekend until the day THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK came out. My Mom even let me ditch school to go see Empire on its opening day which also happened to be my 12th birthday! Paige's young son is addicted to his very realistic light sabre and lives, eats, sleeps and breathes all things Star Wars. Needless to say, we get on well because of our small addiction! Beginning (and most likely ending) tomorrow, ...
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12.16.09Merry Fucking Christmas from The Color AwesomeI'm having a really hard time getting in the Christmas spirit this year. I'm not usually such a pissy holiday grinch. Therefore I'm hoping that throwing myself into creating a really nasty, grumpy, downer of a holiday playlist is just what I need to get this out of my system. Continue Reading...
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12.07.09Pet Shop Boys Cover Madness on Christmas EPOn December 15 Astralwerks will release Christmas, the new EP from the Pet Shop Boys. Said Christmas present will include a new version of YES's "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas" as well as two versions of the Madness song "My Girl" and a medley of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" and the Pet Shop Boys' own "Domino Dancing". Full tracklist below. Tracklist for Pet Shop Boys Christmas: 01 It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas (New Version) 02 My Girl 03 All Over the World (New Version) 04 Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing 05 My Girl (Our House Mix)
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