Julian Casablancas Delivers Christmas Awesomeness

Sure, it's been floating around the internets for the past couple of weeks, but the digital single and seven inch drop today. Given that plus the fact that Christmas is this week and New York is shoveling out about a foot of snow, we figured today would be the best time to hit you up with Julian Casablancas' take on the "classic" Christmas tune "I Wish It was Christmas Today".

The track is sourced from an SNL skit of monumental holiday proportions, featuring the awesome foursome of Sanz, Kattan, Fallon, and Jordan (check out the video below). Julian's take wears it's humor significantly less on its sleeve, and instead is just about as straight-ahead a take as we can imagine. That doesn't make it any less awesome, or jingle bell and chime laden. Yes, Julian, there is a Santa Claus.

mp3: Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today

Coldplay Offers Up Free Christmas Download, Video

Hey there kids! Sorry to have been a bit delinquent in posting, but we've been caught in the holiday rush of blizzards, travel, and shopping. HAD's going to be a bit more sporadic over the next week or two, coming back in full force during the first week of the New Year. In the interim we'll be hitting you with the one-two punch of our top records and gigs of 2008, and the occasional posting (like this one) that we felt just couldn't wait.

That being said, here's the news: Coldplay have continued their mp3 generosity that the started earlier this year, and are offering an mp3 of the Thin White Duke Mix of "Viva La Vida" up for free. Click here, sacrifice your email to the gods, and it's yours. What's more, the band has posted a tasty little jangle from a show at the O2 Arena in London. View it here.

With that, we're off to indulge in holiday gluttony. We hope you celebrate whatever suits your fancy, in whatever way you like.

xoxo
-HAD

Aimee Mann: Daytrotter Sessions, Christmas Show 3.0

If Aimee Mann is your cup of tea (And for us, she is sometimes. Not always, but sometimes.), then you'll be glad to hear that the lady herself will be returning to Bimbo's 365 Club in December for the third revision of her annual Christmas show. We have to admit, we're huge suckers for Christmas here, and just adding the word to a show's billing makes us want to show up. Top that off with the fact the Mann is supposed to deliver a pretty solid live show, and well, we might have to check it out. Tickets for the December 7th gig go on sale this Friday at 10 AM.

As an added bonus, just yesterday Mann was featured as the Daytrotter Sessions weekly focus. You can head over to the Daytrotter site, and catch Ms. Mann playing four songs in studio. All of them are from her latest, @#%&*! Smilers.

mp3: Aimee Mann - Daytrotter Sessions (Click Through)