Christmas 2014: A Very Christmas Gift

Read More Reggae If you were wondering, yes, this is a reggae-inspired covers, like the previous efforts (Dub Side of the Moon, Radiodread, and Lonely Hearts Dub Band). …

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SUPER HI-FI
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Into reggae? How about a whole Christmas album of reggae tunes by Super Hi-Fi called Yule Analog, Vol 1 (A Very Dubby Christmas).

Described as a "a Christmas album for people who hate Christmas albums", Yule Analog, Vol 1 (A Very Dubby Christmas) is the sophomore album from the Brooklyn-based five piece band.

Bassist and bandleader Ezra Gale explained about the idea for a Super Hi-Fi Christmas album, "As soon as I started digging into these songs I realized that while we've all maybe heard them too much in our lives, they're all beautiful melodies. So I really got into writing arrangements that brought something new out of them while being respectful at the same time."

Read More The Flaming Lips I think this was my first time seeing The Flaming Lips, but I could be wrong. Seems odd that this was "a very special Early Evening performance", since the band's psychedelic/space rock seems to work better at night …

JINGLE BELL ROCKS!
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Jingle Bell Rocks! is a documentary from DarbyPop Productions Inc./Mabooshi Film/Eyesteelfilm, distributed by Oscilloscope Labratories. The film is described as an exclusive access to the backstage pass into alternative Christmas music by The Flaming Lips (who actually recently released a Christmas song with Yoko Ono) to the Free Design.

The documentary will open theatrically in select markets across the country this holiday season, see dates and theaters below.

The DVD is available now, while a digital release will land on December 9th.

Theatrical Release Dates

12/04 – 12/08 Pittsburgh, PA @ Hollywood
12/05 – 12/07 Howell, MI @ Howell
12/07 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
12/08 New York, NY @ Village East
12/10 – 12/11 St. Johnsbury, VT @ Catamount
12/10 Phoenix, AZ @ FilmBar
12/12 – 12/18 Geeksboro Cinema, NC
12/12 – 12/14 Houston, TX @ Texas Theater
12/15 Austin, TX @ Alamo Ritz
12/17 Winchester, VA @ Alamo Drafthouse
12/17 Denver, CO @ Sie Film Center
12/18 San Francisco, CA @ Balboa
12/19 – 12/21 Grand Rapids, MI @ UICA
12/19 – 12/25 Chicago, IL @ The Vic
12/19 – 12/21 Wilmington, DE @ Theatre N
12/19 – 12/24 Lake Park, FL @ Mos' Art
12/19 – 12/21 Lambertville, NJ @ ACME
12/19 Springfield, MO @ Moxie Cinema
12/20 Fort Wayne, IN @ Cinema Center
12/23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah Film Center
12/24 – 12/28 Hamilton, NY @ Hamilton Theater

K THEORY
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San Francisco-based trap/hip-hop trio K Theory is releasing a free track every day starting December 1st until Christmas time, naming the event "25 Days of Kristmas".

Please note that these are not actual Christmas/Holiday songs, but just digital gifts in the form of remixes and rarities...

I'm spotlighting the first song "Way Too Young" because their second song title is not radio friendly. "Way Too Young" is about the time K Theory was in Hawaii and one of the members, Dylan, got a rare and deadly bacterial infection called leptospirosis.

Dylan recounts his ordeal of the three-week medically induced coma:

"Little did I know that I would almost die four times in that coma and come out having one of the best song-writing years of my life. My biggest regret of nearly dying was all of my unfinished demos and mass unreleased catalog that we have as K Theory, so I thought what better a way than to give out 25 tracks during [December] this year to commemorate our work, share the love of free music, and unload some of these gems collecting dust on our hard drives."

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