Do you hear what we hear?

It’s that time of year for another Christmas album roundup. Shall you hear these on high or God rest ye merry MP3 player?

Eclectic
Rod Lott

 

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Good King Friday — Good King Friday

Eclectic
Matt Carney
The University of Oklahoma music department proved to be the intersection of a stellar symphonic-pop record.

 

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Big Fresh — Moneychasers

This unconventional genre-swapper will delight fans of complexity, confuse proponents of a sonic status quo.

Eclectic
Jonathan Davis
If a capella; catchy, ska-infused choruses; or an intro bit that wouldn't be out of place in “Shaft” interest you, give Big Fresh a chance.

 

Friday, December 16, 2011

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Police / Def Leppard / Van Halen

For the little rocker in all of us. Or at least those of us who one day hope for little rockers of their own.

Eclectic
Matt Carney
I am not a father. Nor do I harbor plans of becoming one anytime soon. I’d like to spawn a kiddo sometime in the next eight or more years, although the technicality of finding a lady nice enough to want to help me out with that is kind of a wild-card factor. Makes such things difficult to predict.

 

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Steven Boone — Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of The Flaming Lips

It works! But maybe only once, unless you've got an infant

Eclectic
Rod Lott
There are more entries in the “Rockabye Baby!” series than there are children in that Duggar family on TV, and I’ve lost count of both.

 

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Monty Harper — Songs From the Science Frontier

Not your average kids' CD

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Stephen Carradini
If adults dumb things down unnecessarily for kids, then Monty Harper’s not your average adult.

 

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx — We’re New Here

A remix album that competes too much with the original

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Stephen Carradini
I loved the earthy sound of Gil Scott-Heron’s poetry-and-music album “I’m New Here,” but I disliked the coldness of The XX’s “xx.”

 

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Duke Garwood — Dreamboatsafari

Jazz/blues/noise with some acoustic stuff thrown in

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Stephen Carradini
Bait-and-switch is at best a bummer and at worst offensive.

 

Friday, February 25, 2011

Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata — The Hills Are Alive

Fans of musicals or WTF head trips, rejoice!

Eclectic
Stephen Carradini
Cult movies. Some people can’t take them at all. Some people watch them once, marvel at them, and then move on. Some viewers fall into the cult and learn everything about it.

 

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ethel' Oshtali: Music for String Quartet

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None

 

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Ali Harter - No Bees, No Honey

Ben Rector - Jingles and Bells

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None

 

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Rum Fellows - Okie Maritime Music For the Landlocked Pirate

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None

 

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wade Crow - The Crazy Social

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None

 

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Various artists - We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year

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None

 

Wednesday, December 24, 2008