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When they said Christmas was a busy season, they weren't kidding...and now I keep wondering how the heck did I keep up posting a song a day the last time. Oh well...

But fear not, because of the eight day backlog, I come bearing gifts. Not just one, but eight songs that'll bring the Christmas cheer to fill up the eight day absence of our song a day / Christmas countdown. It also comes with a promise (that I plan to keep!) that we're going to have a new song a day.

Since I've got a ton of new artists sending me amazing stuff to post, this is going to our Fresh from the Post Christmas edition -- which also makes up for the my eight-day gap for the Christmas Song countdown.

1. French Kissmas by Chelsea Jade and James Duncan

To start off, I've got a song from the land of hobbits and flying conchords - which interestingly, sounds like it came off a post-modern, european spy movie set in France. It's a duet from Auckland singers Chelsea Jade and James Duncan entitled French Kissmas.

The Nebraska Pop Festival is goes on its second year today, and to promote it, they're giving out a free digital mixtape of the bands participating. Today's the first night of the festival, which kicks off at Barley Street Tavern at 8:00 pm and continues on until Sunday, September 19th with a final night at The Sydney. So if any of you indie music fans are in the area, just head on over to the venues posted at the festival's MySpace page 'cause that's where the party's at ;)

As with last year's fest, all proceeds will go to a local radio station -- and this year it's going to be University of Omaha's UNO Mav Radio.

The mixtape has tons of goodies from new, up and coming bands participating in the pop fest from different parts of the US as well as from Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark. We've sampled a few of our favorites here at The Indie Music Database which you can check out after the jump --

I've gathered a bit more time to regularly post for the next three weeks - so I'm going to make the most of it by posting new stuff to enjoy on the site :) First on the agenda is Fresh from the Post. I know it's taken a bit of a backseat the last couple of months, but I'm happy to say that I'm unloading some of the good stuff that's been sitting in my Inbox for the past couple of weeks. Here's a taste of a couple of fresh new tracks from my stash of ear candy, all for your listening pleasure-

FREDERIK TEIGE

What is New?

I love Efterklang. After hearing Modern Drift from the 4AD Sampler album, I became an instant fan. When I got the email from Bad Panda Records that Efterklang's Frederik Teige is releasing a new solo album - I knew I just had to share. What is New? is his debut single off his album 'Body God'. It's a short but sweet tune that's just the song to accompany as you while you wait for the week's end. It's not Saturday yet, but a nice new song makes the day pass by ever so quickly, don't you think?

Bad Panda's also got it as a free download on their site, accompanied by a Frederik Teige Q and A.

This will be the first time in months that I'll be doing Fresh from the Post without the usual Q and A - mostly because of the sudden shift in the force and my midichlorian count hitting an all time low (in other words, life got in the way and I haven't had the time to set up proper interviews).  To accomodate me doing other 'important' stuff until I get substantial earnings from running this website (which at its current state is done all for the love of music, aka for free) - Fresh from the Post  will be done without the glamour of the Q and A, but still with the charm of all that's important -- new and exciting music.

This week, I've got some music courtesy of some amazing bands old and new - 

THE GENTLE ISOLATION

What better way to start our Fresh from the Post and bring sweet music to your ears than to listen to sugary twee pop via The Gentle Isolation. If you can hear a hint of 80s nostalgia in their new single Let's Go Slow, it's because the band started out as a new wave cover band before reformatting their sound to the ever lovable tune of indie pop. This four-piece, made up of Ness Urian (Vocals/12 String Acoustic), Monch Cristobal (Vocals/Bass), Joseph Rovero (Electric Guitars) and Batchie Rudica (Drums), is prepping up for the release of their first EP from indie label LilyStars Records come August 18th.

Let's Go Slow - The Gentle Isolation by Lilystars Records

This post is long overdue as I've had this neat little compilation stuck in my inbox for a couple of months now. For this week's Fresh from the Post, instead of an artist feature, we feature a couple of songs from A Cure for the Brokenhearted - a twelve-song compilation chocfull of unique indie gems care of our friends at the Edible Onion.

If you like DIY, this compilation is as endearingly DIY as it gets. Aside from the 12 heartfelt songs, the album also comes packaged in an artsy, hand-made accordion book, that features watercolor illustrations from Edible Onion founder Darian Scatton. For today's Q and A, Darian, who mastered the art of making the ultimate mix CD (which puts my ultimate 80's power-ballad songs mixtape complete with shooting stars illustrations to shame), tells us more about the dying art of the tactile musical experience and brings us back to what really matters most when listening to good music -

I am a Lucky Soul fan. Indeed I am.

From the first time I heard 'Lips Are Unhappy', I instantly got hooked - all the more with a full listen to their debut album The Great Unwanted. Ali Howard's sweet soothing vocals, partnered with 60's style upbeat soul, was the just the right combination that felt like drinking fizzy lifting drinks to remedy a drowning heart. So imagine how elated I was to know that the group was releasing another full length, and that I had the chance to get a Q and A with them.

For today's Fresh from the Post, Lucky Soul's Ali Howard talks to us about the band's new album A Coming of Age, shares one of the singles off their new album, as well as a new Lucky Soul video -

On our late Fresh from the Post this week, we have Brooklyn based band All Night Chemists.  

All Night Chemists is fronted by NYC musician, engineer and producer Len Monachello   He's one of those play-20-instruments-well-and-also-engineer-while-having-a-sandwich kind of guys. He plays almost every instrument on the band's new album 'Meet Me Again' and has written, produced and performed almost every song himself.

We had a chance to get a Q and A with Len to talk more about his music, sample a couple of songs and marvel how Sesame Street can actually be a significant influence in music - 

 I’m always curious as to how people get where they are. How did you get started playing music?

My parents had me modeling at 18 months old and so for me this was really the beginning of the entertainment world. I modeled until I was 7, giving it up to further my musical studies. By the time I was 7 years old, I already had an agent and a vocal coach in NYC. I was singing professionally and was playing the violin, drums and piano.

My mother was a classically trained pianist and my father was a rock 'n roll drummer so there was music playing in our house 24/7. It's just always been a natural part of my surroundings.