Kindercore Serves Up Xmas Charity Comp/Comic Book
Featuring Bunnygrunt, Headlights, Venice Is Sinking, King of Prussia, the Observatory
Kindercore Records is back and here to stay, and so is the label's beloved series of Christmas compilations. Third holiday offering Xmas-3: The War on Christmas! came careening down chimneys this week, its trusty sack packed with choice cuts from psych-tinged indie pop faves, all bundled with a compendium comic book and wrapped in that Stan Lee-inspired cover you see over there.
Bunnygrunt, Headlights, Venice Is Sinking, Elephant Six affiliates the Observatory, Je Suis France, and Kindercore's own King of Prussia and Ruby Isle are among those contributing festive fare to the 19-song suite. The doodles, meanwhile, come courtesy of Travis Fox, Ryan Lewis, Jesse Lockwood, Nethie Lockwood, Mat Lewis, Maya Livio, Rama Hughes, Lauren Gregg, and Craig Sheldon.
If you actually want to physically touch this thing, however, you'd best act fast. Only 100 hard copies have been pressed/printed; stall and you'll have to settle for the digital retailer version-- which does, let it be known, still include complete scans of the comic.
Best of all, all proceeds from sales of Xmas-3 go to Oxfam. So score a copy for you and/or your mother-in-law this Christmas. I mean, does she really need that Josh Groban CD? Does he do a holiday jingle called "Baby, Please Don't Get Stoned (It's Christmas)"? Didn't think so.
Kindercore's rebirth continues January 29 with the release of King of Prussia's debut mini-album Save the Scene.
Xmas-3: The War on Christmas!:
01 Rump Posse: "Carol of the Manbarks"
02 Folklore: "Christmas Ape Goes to the Moon"
03 The Observatory: "Xmastime (Is Xmastime)"
04 Fabulous Bird: "Everybody Knows It's Christmas Time Again"
05 King of Prussia: "Christmas on the Other Side"
06 The 63 Crayons: "Holiday"
07 Ruby Isle: "Jack's Obsession"
08 The Buddy System: "Xmas on TV"
09 Blak Thor: "Noel (I'm Giving Love for Christmas)"
10 Murder Beach: "All Around"
11 Mumbletron 2k12: "Outta Bed"
12 Je Suis France: "Baby, Please Don't Get Stoned (It's Christmas)"
13 Bunnygrunt: "The Blues for Xmas"
14 Koncak: "It's Christmas Time"
15 Headlights: "Kicker of Elves"
16 The Show Is the Rainbow: "Silent Night"
17 The Snowsuit Sound: "The Ballad of Black Piet"
18 Venice Is Sinking: "The Grey Line"
19 The Jersey Barrier: "Grey Skies"
Bunnygrunt, Headlights, Venice Is Sinking, Elephant Six affiliates the Observatory, Je Suis France, and Kindercore's own King of Prussia and Ruby Isle are among those contributing festive fare to the 19-song suite. The doodles, meanwhile, come courtesy of Travis Fox, Ryan Lewis, Jesse Lockwood, Nethie Lockwood, Mat Lewis, Maya Livio, Rama Hughes, Lauren Gregg, and Craig Sheldon.
If you actually want to physically touch this thing, however, you'd best act fast. Only 100 hard copies have been pressed/printed; stall and you'll have to settle for the digital retailer version-- which does, let it be known, still include complete scans of the comic.
Best of all, all proceeds from sales of Xmas-3 go to Oxfam. So score a copy for you and/or your mother-in-law this Christmas. I mean, does she really need that Josh Groban CD? Does he do a holiday jingle called "Baby, Please Don't Get Stoned (It's Christmas)"? Didn't think so.
Kindercore's rebirth continues January 29 with the release of King of Prussia's debut mini-album Save the Scene.
Xmas-3: The War on Christmas!:
01 Rump Posse: "Carol of the Manbarks"
02 Folklore: "Christmas Ape Goes to the Moon"
03 The Observatory: "Xmastime (Is Xmastime)"
04 Fabulous Bird: "Everybody Knows It's Christmas Time Again"
05 King of Prussia: "Christmas on the Other Side"
06 The 63 Crayons: "Holiday"
07 Ruby Isle: "Jack's Obsession"
08 The Buddy System: "Xmas on TV"
09 Blak Thor: "Noel (I'm Giving Love for Christmas)"
10 Murder Beach: "All Around"
11 Mumbletron 2k12: "Outta Bed"
12 Je Suis France: "Baby, Please Don't Get Stoned (It's Christmas)"
13 Bunnygrunt: "The Blues for Xmas"
14 Koncak: "It's Christmas Time"
15 Headlights: "Kicker of Elves"
16 The Show Is the Rainbow: "Silent Night"
17 The Snowsuit Sound: "The Ballad of Black Piet"
18 Venice Is Sinking: "The Grey Line"
19 The Jersey Barrier: "Grey Skies"
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