How do you feel about holiday music? We thought that KOIT started playing their 24/7 holiday programming a little early this year, but we do love randomly hearing Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" in our car. There are two holiday albums out this year that we've been enjoying. If you're a fan of Sarah McLachlan, you should buy her holiday album Wintersong. The CD has several traditional holiday tunes, but we were pleasantly surprised by a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and "Christmas Time Is Here". And while no cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" can really improve on the original, it was still a nice inclusion. The other Christmas collection we highly recommend is Sufjan Stevens' Songs for Christmas. For around twenty bucks, you get 5 CDs gorgeously packaged with stickers, a poster and a singalong book. That's over 42 Sufjan Christmas tunes. more ›

For those rooting for the Bay Area's 2016 Olympic bid, today is a big day as the Bay Area Olympic committee, or BAOC ("Didn't get to bed last night/Oh, the way the paper bag was on my knee/Man, I had a dreadful flight..."), will present to the US Olympic Committee their bid to host the Olympics. And leading the charge in today's meeting will be Gavin His Ownself, hoping that just his meer aura will see us through. more ›

This week offers up many new releases that we know you've all been waiting for with great anticipation. Well friends, the wait is over. Exhale and read on. more ›