Monday, December 22, 2008

XMAS 2008 freebies: The Yobs

Bad Santa

It's that time of the year again. People promise to be nice to each other, eat a lot, drink a lot, nostalgia programming takes over your TV, and the malls are insulting your ears with total crap. Fear not: it's time for the annual HCTF Christmas related MP3 freebies series.

Enter The Yobs, an alter-ego of UK punk rockers The Boys. They got back together in 2001, re-recorded some old stuff and one new song. Here it is:

MP3: The Yobs - Who Had All The Christmas Cake?

» theboys.co.uk/theyobs.htm

(Thru Noise is for Heroes)

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Winter Gloves: About A Girl

Winter Gloves

Montreal band Winter Gloves is into new wave 21st century style. With a strong focus on the keyboards - including a vintage Wurlitzer - and glockenspiel (remember Tubular Bells) their album About A Girl is the follow-up for their 3 track EP Let Me Drive (all of which tracks are on the album).

They go for the synth dance crowd. They are not as weird as Devo, but with a knack for inventing likeable rhythms they can conjure up a virtual club show between the listeners ears. They have a good taste for cover songs. Check out their version of LCD Soundsystem's Someone Great.

Winter Gloves: About A Girl

About A Girl is released on Paper Bag Records. The Let Me Drive EP get a second lease on life as a digital download.

Tracks:
  1. Factories
  2. Let Me Drive
  3. Invisible
  4. I Can't Tell You
  5. Glass Paperweight
  6. Hillside
  7. About A Girl
  8. Party People
  9. The Way To Celebrate
  10. Piano 4 Hands

MP3: Winter Gloves - Let Me Drive
MP3: Winter Gloves - Someone Great

» myspace.com/wintergloves

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: new digital EP "Live From Skowhegan"

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

A new digital live EP by rockers Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will be released on December 23. Two new tracks Can't See Through and Sugar that have made into the live show are included.

  1. Ragged Company
  2. Stop The Bus
  3. Apologies
  4. Ah Mary
  5. Can't See Through
  6. Sugar

The band wrap up 2008 with a three night stand in their hometown:

  • 12/28 Higher Ground Burlington, VT (w/ Phonograph)
  • 12/29 Higher Ground Burlington, VT (w/ Akron/Family)
  • 12/31 Higher Ground Burlington, VT (w/ Barbacoa)

MP3: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Here's to the Meantime

» gracepotter.com

HCTF review of This Is Somewhere.

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