Oh my are we getting snow here or what? Lots of it is falling, more on the way and I’m out in it all day today, ugh. So, comfort yourselves in the knowledge that you work in cozy little office cubicles or at home, you lucky little drones. I’ve been slaving away on a mixtape which you will soon find over on the pages of Slowcoustic, a fantastic blog by the wonderful Sandy! So, I’m exhausted and not entirely ready for all this nasty weather, but I’m still thinking of you, darlings and thank you for stopping by! And enjoy this grab bag of SNOW tunes, with love, from the Tart, it’s not often I dig into my crazy and vast music collection for you, xoxo ….

(click on the album titles to purchase them and support these artists!)

Let It Snow (Bit Shifter on Gameboy) mp3 by the 8bitpeoples from 8bits of Christmas it’s free! I love, love, love chiptune, blip blop, whatever you want to call it and this little gem is from a few years ago. I was ecstatic to see that they have performed with one of my favorite bands, The Depreciation Guild who use the Famicom in their music to great effect.

Watch Snowfall Sitting Warm mp3 by Safarari from the album, Igloodisko some great new electronica from 2009.

Snowmen Have Hearts mp3 Provo/Howl, from Suburban Sprawl Xmas #5 , their free holiday compilation! This is by Provo/Howl, which as far as I can tell isn’t a band as much as it is Julian from Javelins, an indie band out of Detroit. I love this experimental/noise/ambient song.

The Snow (Answers Come In Dreams II Version) mp3 by Coil from Black Box: Wax Trax! Records, The First 13 Years 3 CD Set Disc 2, from these originators and masters of industrial music.

Snowblind mp3 from +/- {plus/minus} from  Xs on Your Eyes 2008, a gorgeous new tune.

Snow Crush Killing Song mp3 from the The Mountain Goats off of Sweden 2000, this will depress the fuck out of you, but what else do we expect from John Darnielle? It’s dark and interesting.

Snow Angel mp3 from Kate and After a Swedish, indie-pop group, for free download on their site, just click on their name!

photo credit: meryddian and yeah, in Chicago we really do stake out our parking spot (after we’ve shoveled it out) with lawn chairs!