It's What I Got In My Sack, Jingle Punx (Ill Genetics)

Jingle Punx has been here before, and no wonder, since they issue a fresh punk-rock Christmas CD every single year. This is the 2006 edition, and, well, what we've said in previous years pretty much holds for these guys. So we will focus on what makes this disc unique compared to past outings. For starters, they dig into the Beach Boys catalog for "Man With All the Toys," punked up but still musical in that Brian Wilson way. They thrash us a Hanukkah Alert with "Chanuka," take off with a credible version of Run-DMC's "Christmas In Hollis," and recruit Ana Isabel to provide the female vocal on versions of "Santa Baby" and "Baby It's Cold Outside." They provide us one original, the title song, which sounds promising but I had trouble parsing the lyrics. Anyway, check 'em out if you need to punk the house at Christmastime.