Jangle Bells, various artists (Rough Trade)

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janglebells.jpegRough Trade, once an independent punk-new wave record label based in Britain, is now more of a vinyl-and-merch clearing house with actual brick-and-mortar stores in New York and London. Nevertheless, they have pretty good taste in ferreting out indie artists they can feature with fresh vinyl, and for 2023 they compiled a Christmas album which is mostly previously released, or previously exclusive streaming-only, songs. So I probably don't have to spend a lot of time selling you on this if you're into physical media (vinyl and CD versions available through Amazon as well as Rough Trade). They claim one exclusive-to-this-compilation tune, Marika Hackman's "Driving Under Stars," and other tunes include "Groovy Xmas" by Linda Lindas, Black Midi's "Jingle Bell Rock," Los Bitchos' "Los Chrismos," Pale Waves' version of "Last Christmas," Allo Darlin's "Will You Please Spend New Years With Me?," Bubble and Squeak's "The Christmas Stick," and Sinkane's version of "Christmas Wrapping." Fourteen tunes in total for vinyl, the CD gets five bonus cuts: "Lonely Star (Christmas Song)" by Dream Nails, "Merry Christmas" by Willie J Henley, "I Wish I Were Giving You a Gift" by Girl Ray, "Christmas Anyway" by Stars," and Alex Lahey's version of "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." No downloads or streaming, but as I said a lot of these tunes already existed in those realms.

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