Christmas is a time for frantically packing in as much festive joy as humanly possible. It’s a lot, and we too are subject to the demands of the season. Sometimes you need to put all your gifts in one sleigh, put your feet up and start guzzling nog before the season ends.
For us, this is that moment. We’ve collected up all the holiday music we’ve been sent this year in one convenient place, all for your listening pleasure. Or, if you prefer, you can skip right to the playlist on Spotify. Continue reading The 2020 Christmas Playlist→
When artists drop Christmas music, we are usually right to expect syrupy renditions of old favourites or hastily crafted ‘new’ music, which again often falls short of artistic merit that we expect from said artists. Mear, who has been dropping some seriously good music this year, has come out of the shadows to hit us with an unexpected and thunderous rally to take the fractured and emotional time head-on. Continue reading Mear’s ‘A Day of Light’ Offers an Irish Smile to Stay the Apocalypse→
From the moment we hit play on Robbie Tucker’s Peppermints, his self-proclaimed “first and only Christmas album,” Tucker runs wild with descriptive lyrics and deft storytelling, amounting to one of the strangest Christmas records you’ll ever hear. Peppermints sounds like a cast recording for a non-existent Christmas production just waiting to be created. Continue reading Robbie Tucker Crafts One of the Strangest Christmas Records You’ll Ever Hear With ‘Peppermints’→
