Celebrate
Christmas with the Brixton Hill All-Stars. Superb alternative
Christmas anthems to warm and amuse you. And all for a great cause!
Let me start with a
traditional seasonal cliché - there are not many shopping days or
sleeps left until the big day. Cue rolling of eyes and shaking of
heads out there in cynical cyberspace. Another line that gets trotted
out by seemingly everyone at this time of year is how fed up people
are with hearing the same old Christmas records over and over again.
You know the ones – Slade, Wizard, The Pogues, Band Aid, Shakin'
Stevens, John and Yoko, Mariah Carey et al. It begins around the
beginning of October and last to the end of the year. You can't walk
into a shop or turn on the radio without hearing at least one of them
within five minutes. I should stress at this point that I'm not one
that shares this view. Personally I love hearing them and retain a
special fondness for Paul McCartney & Wings' 'Wonderful
Christmastime' which brings back happy memories of simpler times.
But as much as I love
the classics the thrill of hearing new Christmas songs is equally if
not more appealing. Recent years I've enjoyed Christmas records by
great artists such as, Sufjan Stevens, She and Him, and of course
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. This year my award for the best
Christmas music goes to a beautifully haphazard bunch of misfits and
renegades centred around Brixton Hill Studios/Brixton Hillbilly
Records in South London. The label/collective has just released a
various artist mini-album featuring six brand new Christmas songs,
each with their own unique modern perspective on what we call the
most special time of the year.
The music is reason
enough to buy this CD/download but by doing so you'll also be
supporting a great cause. All proceeds will go to Brixton's Soup
Kitchen who have been doing amazing work helping the areas's homeless
since 2003. So what are you waiting for? Head over to the links below
to discover six superb new Christmas tunes to make your alternative
Yuletide party a happening event. Artists include HD faves Hot Sauce
Pony, Alessi's Ark, Ham Legion, Bad Parents, Scud FM, and Black
Fendrix Jersk Midi. Full track-listing and more info via the links
below.
Click here to buy It's
Briiiiiixmaaaaaas!
Track-listing
Black Fendrix Jersk
Midi – Ice Cream
Alessi's Ark –
Winter's Grace
Ham Legion – We'd
Better Start Dinner
Bad Parents –
Christmas Present
Scud FM – Christmas
Crime
Hot Sauce Pony –
Christmas In Prison
Links
Click here for Brixton
Hill Studios' website.
Click here for Brixton
Hill Studios on Twitter.
Click here for Brixton
Hill Studios on Facebook.
