{"id":9925,"date":"2014-11-12T06:57:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T14:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=9925"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T19:59:10","slug":"new-music-revue-chic-gamine-make-christmas-music-tolerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/11\/12\/new-music-revue-chic-gamine-make-christmas-music-tolerable\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: Chic Gamine make Christmas music tolerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9926\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w.jpeg\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w-70x70.jpeg 70w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w-110x110.jpeg 110w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/HIlftyyQiA9zlA0WBD1jkQLNM8wGfXWyRHfG6e5wz9w-180x179.jpeg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chic Gamine<\/p>\n<p><i>Christmas Vol. 1<\/i><\/p>\n<p>(Independent)<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p>I usually find Christmas music tacky and quite annoying, but Chic Gamine has changed my mind.<\/p>\n<p>The band, which features members from Winnipeg and Montreal, offers up a modern take on the genre while still maintaining their soulful harmonies and old-school Motown vibes.<\/p>\n<p>My French is not quite up to par, so if it wasn\u2019t for the bells chiming in the background, I would have had no idea their original songs \u201cNoel (Au Coin de Portage et Main)\u201d and \u201cUn Biscuit et un Verre de Lait\u201d were actually Christmas carols (which is a good thing, in my eyes).<\/p>\n<p>The \u201980s vibe Chic Gamine gives to the classic \u201cLast Christmas\u201d is refreshing and actually quite catchy. The band\u2019s quirkiness and Motown-rock vibes shine through the fun, upbeat tunes and mind-blowing vocals.<\/p>\n<p>I will definitely be adding the album to my very limited Christmas music playlist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chic Gamine Christmas Vol. 1 (Independent) 4\/5 I usually find Christmas music tacky and quite annoying, but Chic Gamine has changed my mind. The band, which features members from Winnipeg and Montreal, offers up a modern take on the genre while still maintaining their soulful harmonies and old-school Motown vibes. My French is not quite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-november-12-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9927,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions\/9927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}