WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: laura mvula - little girl blue (ost: 12 years a slave)

laura mvula - little girl blue (ost: 12 years a slave)
with music inspired by the powerful '12 years a slave' film, the john legend curated soundtrack features alicia keys, alabama shakes and a beautiful duet between chris cornell and joy williams (civil wars), but this gently heartbreaking number by laura mvula uses the opening notes of the christmas carol "good king wenceslas" and brings us to a time where this kind of celebration would basically be a young girls pipe dream. throw in laura's jazzy vocals and you've got something incredibly special for the week. just brilliant.

HAPPY XMAS YOU A$$: dragonette - merry xmas (says your text message)

dragonette - merry xmas (says your text message)
you gotta give it up to dragonette for offering the best breakup f**k you song of the xmas season! love these guys!

HAPPY XMAS YO!: asia bryant - carol of the bells (asia bryant remix)

asia bryant - carol of the bells (asia bryant remix)
nothing like a sassy rerub of an xmas classic for 2012. used as the kmart flat screen fist bump campaign track, this is definitely something to add to your xmas mix!
the kmart ad

WONGIE XMAS: kelly clarkson - i'll be home for christmas

kelly clarkson - i'll be home for christmas
[ms kelly just nails it perfectly! her voice is goosebumpingly great!]

XMAS 2009: tori amos - a silent night with you

tori amos - a silent night with you
[beautiful!]

XMAS 2009: george michael - december song (i dreamed of christmas)

george michael - december song (i dreamed of christmas)
[this sure ain't no 'last christmas'! i'm kind of 'meh' about this song, but if you really like what you hear, george is offering this track as a free download on christmas day! just go to his website and get it on the 25th]

XMAS 2009: laura marling - goodbye england (covered in snow)

laura marling - goodbye england (covered in snow)
[beautiful unreleased track by laura marling which is getting a second life as a xmas single. let the xmas releases begin!]

it's a sufjan stevens kind of friday

had a pretty draining day and part of my unwind was tracking down a few online gems of sufjan stevens. as you probably know, his latest album songs for christmas came out a few weeks back and it's chock full of gorgeous xmas variations of holiday songs. to get you in the zone of what i've been feeling today, here is a live concert version of "the worst xmas ever"

sufjan stevens - that was the worst christmas ever (live)

another check out another track from his xmas album just cause i'm so nice
o holy night

[update 12/7: perez hilton (of all people) just posted this new vid from sufjan's xmas album!]


finally here's something completely different

sufjan stevens - john wayne gacy jr.
[a spec video of what i feel is his best song ever!]