Fabulist!

It's the holidays, and the bunch of us are wandering our different parts of the world-- Elaine's somewhere in Nigeria, Charissa's moved to Portland, Jewlie is being mysterious somewhere in Texas, and I'm in Belfast en route back to Scotland for Christmas. We're making a lot of "vroom" and "whoosh" noises as we go by, but other than that, the Fabulist has been pretty quiet, and for that, we apologize. We offer up a big holiday sack of goodies to win back your love, in the form of some stuff we've been listening to lately.

Bowerbirds - Untitled
New Bowerbirds songs, harvested from one of our favorite sites, La Blogotheque: Take-Away Shows-- visit and get more new Bowerbirds.

Jason Webley - Almost Time
From mad gypsy accordionist Jason Webley and his new album The Cost of Living comes this lovely tune, which has been on repeat for days. Via the musical Mr. Gaiman. (Bonus: check out Jason's new collaboration with Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer: Evelyn Evelyn - Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn.)

The Polyphonic Spree - Carol Of The Bells
Get festive. Stereogum has put up a cache of Xmas song bits, which you can find more of here.

Aqueduct - As You Wish
For reasons that I mysteriously don't understand, it was only recently I realized this wonderful, wonderful song is not about zombies in love, but instead about the beautiful madness that is The Princess Bride. (Don't ask how I managed to avoid seeing this film until last week.) "I'll probably kill you in the morning..."

Seabear - Cat Piano
Another joy from the land of Reykjavik, this is from Seabear's new album, The Ghost That Carried Us Away. (More at their MySpace, including a cover of Teenage Kicks.

Feist - Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming
Excavated from The Leather Canary Christmas Mix-- Feist is made of good.

Lily Allen - Mr. Blue Sky
Miss Lily performs her tribute to the Electric Light Orchestra. Put on your bouncing shoes!

Jonathan Coulton - Christmas Is Interesting
Another song of holiday cheer from Jonathan Coulton -- even better, check out his song that you should probably take caroling with you, Chiron Beta Prime, complete with video.