1. Priorities - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Andy Williams Cover)
2. Divide & Conquer - I Sat On Santa's Lap And All I Got Was This Restraining Order
3. States Away - Skipping Seasons
4. Portland! - I'll Be Home For The Holidays
5. Golden Gate - Christmas Without You
6. On Call Heroes - Santa Claus Is My Deadbeat Dad
7. You Vandal - Stocking Stuffer (Full-Band Version)
8. Cut The Brakes - Grizzly Bears In Pulaskis
9. Adalie - I Won't Be Home For Christmas (blink-182 Cover)
10. Sunning - This Christmas, This New Year (Feat. Kelly Murray)
11. Wake The Giants - Christmeth
12. Angry Bears - Holla-Daze
13. The Directive - Yukon Cornelius
14. Madison Lights - Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal NAME YOUR PRICE AT BANDCAMP
15. The Lost Boys Club - Last Christmas (Wham! Cover)
16. Bad Case Of Big Mouth - Now I Have A Machine Gun... Ho, Ho, Ho
17. Singled Out - Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms Cover)
2. Divide & Conquer - I Sat On Santa's Lap And All I Got Was This Restraining Order
3. States Away - Skipping Seasons
4. Portland! - I'll Be Home For The Holidays
5. Golden Gate - Christmas Without You
6. On Call Heroes - Santa Claus Is My Deadbeat Dad
7. You Vandal - Stocking Stuffer (Full-Band Version)
8. Cut The Brakes - Grizzly Bears In Pulaskis
9. Adalie - I Won't Be Home For Christmas (blink-182 Cover)
10. Sunning - This Christmas, This New Year (Feat. Kelly Murray)
11. Wake The Giants - Christmeth
12. Angry Bears - Holla-Daze
13. The Directive - Yukon Cornelius
14. Madison Lights - Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal NAME YOUR PRICE AT BANDCAMP
15. The Lost Boys Club - Last Christmas (Wham! Cover)
16. Bad Case Of Big Mouth - Now I Have A Machine Gun... Ho, Ho, Ho
17. Singled Out - Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms Cover)
We've mentioned the Easycore folks before, though I'm a little too tired to go hunting it up right now. Easycore is an online community of sorts (with journalism, features, music and forums) devoted, primarily, to the Punk, Pop Punk, and Hardcore genres. These days, for those less adventurous, Pop Punk is more pop than punk, but its usually an extremely uptempo, rockin' pop sound--lots of hooks and such--though, occasionally, the genre moves into more hardcore territory. Basically, if you like bands like MxPx or even Green Day (sacrilege, I know), you'll probably like Pop Punk. Easycore artists lean a little heavier toward the hardcore sound, and that's a good thing since much of Pop Punk these days is just Pop posing. No posing, here, but the songs are still very catchy. Haven't had the time to give this a proper listen, yet, but, everywhere I dropped my virtual needle, it sounded fantastic. And you gotta love titles like "Now I Have A Machine Gun...Ho, Ho, Ho" and "I Sat On Santa's Lap And All I Got Was This Restraining Order". There are a couple of covers, but most of this set is all new. And I think I've only come across one of these tracks as a stand alone download this year. If you feel like, maybe, your mixtape needs a burst of energy, this one's a triple shot of espresso, seasoned with Jack Daniels. Go for it. You wanna learn more about the bands, stop by Easycore itself and look around a bit (the bands are linked up in their track list). Oh, and when you're finished listening to "A Holiday Compilation, Vol. 2", stop by and pick up "A Holiday Compilation, Vol. 1" which is free again (came out in 2010) for the holidays on Bandcamp. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.
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