We are the War on Christmas (Music)
Self Released Buy: Bandcamp (NYOP) In 2013, Oklahoma City’s Husbands released an absolutely incredible, full-length indie rock Christmas album (XMAS), and they are back once again with yet another! XMAS 2 is made in the same spirit as the original, with originals and wholly-reimagined covers living side-by-side in a completely cohesive collage of chillwave/indie rock/Boards …
Self Released Buy: Bandcamp (NYOP) How in the world did Husbands‘ Xmas sneak by me for nearly 3 full years? That’s what will happen when you don’t have “Christmas” in the tags on Bandcamp. (Man, Bandcamp needs to up their search game.) Thanks to the tweets of Jonathan Fowler over at Fowler VW (yes, THAT Fowler VW), …
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp Oklahoma City’s Chase Kerby is part of a whole crew of fantastic Christmas music-making folks including Beau Jennings, Husbands, and Samantha Crain amongst many others. I do miss those Fowler/Blackwatch compilations as well, though those came out of Norman (OKC’s close neighbor). Chase dropped a beautiful track back in 2019, “Angels in …
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Fowler VW/Blackwatch Studios Buy: Bandcamp (NYOP) What more can you say? Nobody does it like this Fowler VW/Blackwatch Studios crew. For nine years now, they have released the most consistently-wonderful Christmas compilation out there. The quality of their releases makes you marvel at how it is humanly possible to achieve. Well… this year… I asked. The …
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1 Husbands Hey Yew 2 The Crookes You Bring the Snow 3 Milwalkie This Year (All I Want is You) 4 Grandwolves Zat You, Son of God? 5 Erik Koskinen On Christmas Day 6 Guess Genes How Many Letters 7 Chelsey Cope Holiday Party 8 Marika Hackman Driving Under Stars 9 Kid Canaveral Wasn’t Really …
This year’s mix is darker than most. But hey, this year has been darker than most. The normal mix of indiepop and indie rock is joined, for the first time, by chiptune. There’s also a healthy dose of alt.country and folk, as well as a dash of what some might consider R&B. Who knows what …
Christmas Underground 