3hive’s Radio Sister
Play It As It Lays is now running on Saturday evenings, 8-10 PST, on KUCI. Here’s the list with benefits:
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Phantogram–mouthful of diamonds [barsuk]
Jaga Jazzist–one-armed bandit [ninja tune]
Field Music–them that do nothing [memphis industries]
Pop Noir–diy [fantastic heat]
Shout Out Louds–four by four [merge]
The Soft Pack–cmon [kemado] [MP3]
Willowz–repetition [dim mak]
Animal Collective–what would I want? sky [domino]
Love is All–never now [polyvinyl]
Massive Attack–pray for rain [virgin]
Turquoise Days–blurred [minimal wave/stones throw]
Cold Cave–the trees grew emotions and died [matador]
Today’s Christmas songs come courtesy of 
I’m really digging the next line up of Christmas tracks. Brand new to me are The Keys from Wales. Their soft-psychedelic sound warms the soul like hot cocoa and bobbing marshmallow. More rifling through their songs are in order. Speaking of getting warm, you’ll want to snuggle up with a special somebody somebody while listening to Findlay Brown’s cozy version of Wham’s “Last Christmas.” Not only do Boston’s The Hush Now drop a soaring Christmas ditty, decked with lots of fa la las, they also get into the spirit of the holiday with an 
As promised, more more or less Christmas songs. We begin with a general holiday song from Sheffield, England’s Standard Fare: “Tinsel Politics.” The song anticipates the family politics Christmas time brings and the singer asks why it’s even on her mind because she’s “not even a Christian/and Hanukkah comes early this time and we’ll still be in school.” Wormburner’s 2006 debut, A Hero’s Welcome, was produced by David Lowrey (Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven). The band performs their annual holiday show at the Mercury Lounge (NYC) on December 12. Watch for their new album early next year. Lastly, long time 3hivers The Layaways added seven new Christmas songs to their EP, which makes…a Christmas album! They infect a lovely version of “Away in a Manger” with backwards guitar which adds a bit of psychedelia to carol.
‘Tis the season to crank up the holiday tunes. Our digital stocking’s getting stuffed full of Christmas music already and it’s time to start giving the gift of sharing. Keep checking back to this post as we’ll be adding new songs in groups of three. For our first round we’ve quite the motley crew. From St. Louis, MO, Rough Shop offer up a solid indie pop track. It’s an original from their 11-song Christmas album. The Rondo Brothers are our cream-cheesy center with their playful and irreverent version of “Jingle Bells.” Then from Brooklyn, New York come Bobtown with their gentle waltz, a mother-to-child lullaby called “The Boy King.” Please