If you aren't familiar with the name Phil Spector, you're certainly familiar with his music. He worked on 25 top 40 hits from 1960 to 1965 alone, and his work with the Righteous Brothers resulted in "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin," which reportedly received the most radio play of the 20th century. After such an [...]
HO HO WHO: R.E.M., with its annual fan-club-only single. This year's features a standard—a cover of Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"—and some stocking stuffers—an instrumental mix of three songs from the trio's upcoming full-length.
THE WALL OF SOUND: Nevermind that it has nary a thing to do with Christmas, if the dub mix "IHT [...]
HO HO WHO: Sad-sack U.K. indie-folk outfit Slow Club's EP of Christmas songs contains three originals—with titles like "It's Christmas and You're Boring"—and three covers, including two Darlene Love songs, "All Alone at Christmas" and the classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," as well as "Silent Night." It's basically a miniature dissertation on how to [...]
