Not much information is available about this 2008 collection of indie-pop-rock performers except that the album is raising money for Amnesty International. Haven't seen it anywhere except as a download from Amazon and iTunes. Sally Shapiro returns with "Anorak Christmas," only this time a piano-led version that's also missing the Eurodisco beat of the original. The overall vibe of this collection is downbeat and experimental, with the almost-inaudible "Shenandoah" by Le Loup and My Brightest Diamond's "Nature Boy" requiring a bit of work to connect with the holidays. Au Revoir Simone kicks off things with the Peanuts song "Christmas Time Is Here," Parenthetical Girls get all Facebook-y with "Festive Friends (Forever)," No Kids put a bit of electrobeat behind the folky "Another Winter In a Summer Town," and Radar Bros. do a kind of bent Everly Brothers take on "Baby Jesus." After most of those tunes, the finger-picked guitar behind Blitzen Trapper's "Christmas Is Coming Soon" is sprightly by comparison, and Man of Arms' "It's Christmas Time and Every Thing's Wrong" is a nice holiday protest song, with just a hint of horns adding a Salvation Army flavor to the proceedings. Papercuts leads an instrumental "Go Tell It On the Mountain" off with organ, but never quite takes it into the gospel realm a listener might expect. Kind of a mope-y approach to the holidays taken in total, but it's for a good cause and there are good songs on here.
I'll Stay 'Til After Christmas, various artists (Animal World)
Not much information is available about this 2008 collection of indie-pop-rock performers except that the album is raising money for Amnesty International. Haven't seen it anywhere except as a download from Amazon and iTunes. Sally Shapiro returns with "Anorak Christmas," only this time a piano-led version that's also missing the Eurodisco beat of the original. The overall vibe of this collection is downbeat and experimental, with the almost-inaudible "Shenandoah" by Le Loup and My Brightest Diamond's "Nature Boy" requiring a bit of work to connect with the holidays. Au Revoir Simone kicks off things with the Peanuts song "Christmas Time Is Here," Parenthetical Girls get all Facebook-y with "Festive Friends (Forever)," No Kids put a bit of electrobeat behind the folky "Another Winter In a Summer Town," and Radar Bros. do a kind of bent Everly Brothers take on "Baby Jesus." After most of those tunes, the finger-picked guitar behind Blitzen Trapper's "Christmas Is Coming Soon" is sprightly by comparison, and Man of Arms' "It's Christmas Time and Every Thing's Wrong" is a nice holiday protest song, with just a hint of horns adding a Salvation Army flavor to the proceedings. Papercuts leads an instrumental "Go Tell It On the Mountain" off with organ, but never quite takes it into the gospel realm a listener might expect. Kind of a mope-y approach to the holidays taken in total, but it's for a good cause and there are good songs on here.
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