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BLACKLIST ROYALS & RED CITY RADIO - A VAGABOND CHRISTMAS SONG

1/1/2013

Blacklist Royals & Red City Radio - A Vagabond Christmas Song by paper + plastick

We've heard from the Blacklist Royals before. Back in 2010, they offered up an acoustic track, "Baby It's Christmas" as a free download. This time out, they've teamed up with Red City Radio and released "A Vagabond Christmas Song" as a free download. I was trying to think of a way to describe the sound of the Blacklist Royals when I came across a blog I'd never seen before...Celtic Folk Punk. Well, that's the name of the blog (I gotz me sum new readin' to do, now), but I think it fairly describes the Blacklist Royals as well. "A Vagabond Christmas Song" is very cool, indeed, and I think you should get it while the getting's good. Add it to your cart at Paper + Plastick, enter your name and email address, and they'll send you the link to the free download.

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VARIOUS - A HOLIDAY COMPILATION, VOL. 2

12/24/2012

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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)

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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VARIOUS - A DIY CHRISTMAS, VOLUME 1

12/13/2012

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1. The Ground Is Lava - Holly Jolly Christmas
2. deareader - Descent Of The Humbug
3. Brian Medlin - It's Christmas! (Gather 'Round The Tree)
4. The Weaks vs. Ted Nguyent - Does It Snow In Hong Kong?
5. Cashback - River
6. Mike Bell & The Movies - The Greatest House Show In Philadelphia History
7. ShiSho - Christmas At Ground Zero
8. Amanda X - Nevermind The Bells
9. Wolf Creek - Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
10. Chris Mack - Christmas All Over Again

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Always interesting to see where ShiSho will surface at Christmas time. This year, they're part of a project put together by members of The Ground Is Lava, who contacted all their Indie Rock friends to see if, you know, maybe we all get together and put out a Christmas record. ShiSho, legendary for past Christmas efforts, do not disappoint with a cover of Weird Al's "Christmas At Ground Zero". The Ground Is Lava give us a fine version of "Holly Jolly Christmas". Wolf Creek gives us a suitably lo-fi depressing rendition of John Denver's "Please, Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas". Chris Mack rocks the joint with an energetic reading of Tom Petty's "Christmas All Over Again". And my personal favorite from the collection is a garage rock "Nevermind The Bells" from Amanda X. Ah, that's the stuff! The entire collection is "Name-Your-Price" at Bandcamp. Any money raised will go directly to a family member suffering from stage four brain cancer. But it's really about the music. Enjoy and Merry Christmas.

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THE DOLLYROTS - BECAUSE I'M SANTA

12/5/2012

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A few years back, this popular Pop Punk outfit graced us with "Messed Up Xmas", a song featuring a listing of messed up Christmas presents actually received by fans of the group. This year, The Dollyrots have reworked "Because I'm Awesome" into the Christmas song "Because I'm Santa" and both Christmas tunes are available for free via Noisetrade. Even more Christmas spirit is evident on the group's web site.

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SHARK? - CHRISTMAS (BEAT HAPPENING COVER)

8/22/2012

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Sure, you've already survived Shark Week. But can you ignore Shark? Summer?

As usual, I have no idea why this Brooklyn group struck my holiday fancy. But they did. Shark?'s sound is what I generally call (for my own head) post-apocalyptic. It's really more off an Indie Alt Rock deal, with some elements of post punk and garage. But, now, here's the problematic part. "Christmas (Beat Happening Cover)" is included on the band's free download EP "Truly Wasted", which was posted last month on Bandcamp. I listened and thought, yeah, I dig it. Very cool. Not sure if I'd pay a dollar for it, but.... But, after entering my e-mail for the download, I looked to the right and saw the "Official Christmas Record". The Shark? "Official Christmas Record" from December 2011 contains both the cheerfully depressing "Christmas", but also the jangly and even more cheerfully depressing "My Electric Elf". And, together...hell yeah I bought that record! Well, download. But I bought it. And I suspect that, if you're the kind of person who will dig"Christmas (Beat Happening Cover)" for free, you're probably the kind of person who will dig that and "My Electric Elf" for two bucks. But that's your call entirely and, as always, your mileage may vary.

So, just to be clear...FREE SHARK? EP here and $2 OFFICIAL CHRISTMAS SINGLE here.

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BLACKLIST ROYALS & RED CITY RADIO - A VAGABOND CHRISTMAS SONG

VARIOUS - A HOLIDAY COMPILATION, VOL. 2

VARIOUS - A DIY CHRISTMAS, VOLUME 1

THE DOLLYROTS - BECAUSE I'M SANTA

SHARK? - CHRISTMAS (BEAT HAPPENING COVER)

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