Today’s Christmas Eve Dose is by a band with a kind-of seasonal name, rather than a seasonal song. Kitschmas is Alex Dougherty (KITSCHBOT) and Adel Bengo (XMAS) and they released their first EP ‘Closer’ on cassette at the beginning of 2017, via Records Records (but the label’s website seems to be a placeholder). Apparently members […]

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Earlier in December, POP ETC [from New York, California, etc.] released their holiday EP, “A POP ETC Christmas” via MXDWN. The new Christmas collection is a gift to fans, and includes two covers, “Christmas Time Is Here,” from Charlie Brown’s Christmas Special, and Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time”, sung by Julian from POP ETC, as […]

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Today’s festive Dose is the Xmas 2017 theme from online game osu! by Japan-based DJ/Remixer nekodex, which is a free download from SoundCloud. He says on his page: “Heyo, back again with an updated Christmas spin on the osu! theme for 2017! Went for a more chill feeling this time, ‘cuz god knows we need […]

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Small Bear Records, based in Douglas on the Isle of Man, have released their 2017 Xmas compilation called ‘unknown presents’. Today’s seasonal Dose is the lead track on the comp, by Harmony Dischord, which seems to be Mikie Daugherty, who runs Small Bear Records. As they say on the SBR site: “Thirteen tracks from artists […]

New Independent Music, Blogs and Podcasts

New Independent Music, Blogs and Podcasts

Psychopathic Romantics, the folky, acoustic, slow punk band performs their original Bread and Circuses album. You are in for a treat as the guitar players put down their guitars and plug in the bouzouki, mandolin and indian harmonium, layered by warm deep vocals. Occasionally distorting the mandolin and bouzouki just to make a point. They […]