More Christmas Songs

MORE TOP 5 CHRISTMAS SONGS:
1) "12 Days of Christmas" - Relient K
2) "Deck the Halls" - Relient K
3) "Christmas Canon" - Transiberian Orchestra
4) "I Celebrate the Day" - Relient K
5) "All I Want For Christmas is You" - Mariah Carey

And here's a bonus Christmas song, in honor of going green (despite the white Christmas we're having here.)

"I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas" - MC Lars (feat. Jaret Reddick)

Check it out, go get it. It's funny. Though honestly, I was kind of over Christmas music this season. Anyway, I'm taking a break from work and life and everything, so...

Happy Holidays, everyone!
Emily Noel

A Very Notable Day in Music History

Today, MTV declared Lady Gaga to be "Woman of the Year" for her 2 albums, her ingenious fashion sense, and incredible stage performances. And, I couldn't agree more! Congrats, Gaga!

In other news, I haven't yet had a chance to review The Fame Monster, but that will be coming up soon. This month has been crazy with finals and such.

Happy One Week til Christmas!
Emily Noel

An Early Holiday Present from Coheed

As of 5pm (EST) Coheed and Cambria released their big announcement via their fan website, http://www.cobaltandcalcium.com/. The drawback? All of us dedicated Coheed fans crashed the site by all logging on at once, so luckily cobaltandcalcium.com took mercy on us and released the news via their Facebook.com fan page.

The News:
As of now, Coheed & Cambria intend to release their 5th studio album in April 2010, the deluxe version of which will include a full-length (prose--not graphic!) novel written by Claudio Sanchez. For more details, see cobaltandcalcium's Facebook fan page.

I hope everyone is as excited as I am. I already know that, no matter what happens on the release day, I am taking off school/work/any other obligation to get that album and listen to it on repeat for about a week straight!

I LOVE YOU, CLAUDIO SANCHEZ!!!! =D

Have a great week,
Emily Noel

MORE TOP FIVES!

TOP 5 ALBUMS THAT I’M OBSESSED WITH AT THE MOMENT:
Eager to Please – The Leftovers
Ocean Eyes – Owl City
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Traffic and Weather – Fountains of Wayne
Sorry For Partyin’ – Bowling For Soup

BONUS - TOP 5 SONGS BLASTING IN MY CAR TONIGHT:
“Pink Tux To The Prom (In Love With The 80’s) – Relient K
“Alejandro” – Lady Gaga
“Miami” – Taking Back Sunday
“Do You Remember?” – Jay Sean (feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon)
“Three Small Words” – Pixie Chicks

SO IN LOVE WITH THE LEFTOVERS RIGHT NOW! (They're opening for The Queers tomorrow night at Maxwell's in Hoboken - tickets are $12.) Can't wait to get their album when I have $ again!

Rock out this weekend!
Emily Noel

Another Music-Filled Month

I don't have a lot of time to post real entries right now because it's coming up to exam week and all, but I have been happily stumbling through waves of new music lately. (And it's only December 3rd!!!) I think I mentioned that I follow Jaret Reddick's podcast now (for those who don't know or remember, he is the lead singer of Bowling For Soup) and I picked up a couple of new good bands from the songs he played. One of these bands (my favorite right now) is The Leftovers, who are on Jaret Reddick's own label (Crappy Records.) And actually they are playing in Brooklyn tonight at South Paw--go look them up if you live in the city! Their hit single is called "Telephone Operator," and it is super catchy and lovable! Their latest album (the best from what I've previewed on iTunes; haven't bought any of their albums yet because I'm broke) is called Eager To Please and I think you should check it out!

You can watch the video of "Telephone Operator" on their website, or just listen to the song on Jaret's podcast.

The other bands Jaret introduces from his label are MC Lars and Skyfox. They're pretty good, too. From Skyfox he played this catchy little pop-rock single called "Run Away" from their EP called Twilight.

At the beginning of this year MC Lars released an album called This Gigantic Robot Kills. From what I've previewed of it, it's pretty funny, but the gem in the mix for me is "Twenty-Three," which is the song Jaret played on the podcast. It's one of the saddest songs I've heard in a long time, but I love it. It's about Pat Wood, a friend and former roommate of MC Lars. Wood committed suicide when he was 23, and so "Twenty-Three" is a tribute to him. I've had it on repeat for a good part of this evening; it's melancholy but I love it because even after 3 years it shows how such tragedies affect us. That kind of pain never goes away, but I'm glad MC Lars took the time to put that experience in a form that can help others who have lost someone that way.

Yeah, so, now that everyone is really bummed...

I also got Bowling For Soup's Merry Flippin' Christmas album (available ONLY by digital download from BFS's merch store) and it's pretty funny. Apparently they have 2 more Christmas albums due to be released fairly soon as well, but we'll see.

Hope you all have a good weekend!
Emily Noel

Top 5 Christmas Songs

If you're looking for music to match this holiday season, here's my top five!

All-Time Top 5 Christmas Songs
“Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” – Transiberian Orchestra
“I Hate Christmas Parties” – Relient K
“Same Old Lang Syne” – Dan Fogelberg
“Believe” – Josh Groban
“Where Are You Christmas?” – Faith Hill

And also, I have to recommend my favorite Christmas albums: Deck the Halls and Bruise Your Hands and Let It Snow Baby, Let It Reindeer, both by Relient K.

Also, note that Bowling For Soup has released a Christmas album a few days ago; it's called Merry Flippin' Christmas, though I have yet to preview it because it's not available on iTunes, only by digital download from their merch store. But you can hear some of their Christmas album, PLUS a lot more, on Jaret Reddick's podcast, either by clicking here or by going to iTunes (for free, on either.)

Enjoy this holiday season! Stay warm! =]
Emily Noel