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I seriously heart heart HEART brooklyn band The Bloodsugars, who write perfectly crafted indie pop tunes. And as such, I could not be MORE stoked that they have finally released a full length…
The Ear Farm holiday album looks to be pretty fun and interesting, featuring songs by some of our favorite NYC/Brooklyn artists. The concept of Goes Cube doing a version of “It Came Upon The Midnight Clear” is worth the price alone.
StereoactiveNYC will be DJing at the Ear Farm holiday party: RSVP on Facebook.
FULL TRACKLISTING:
1. “Welcome Christmas” performed by Mancino
2. “A Day in the Life of a Christmas Tree” performed by Dinosaur Feathers
3. “Il est né” performed by Tom Tom Club
4. “Christmas Time in Hell” performed by Lonnie Walker
5. “This Christmas Day” performed by Jean on Jean
6. “Little Drummer Girls” performed by Marie Stella
7. “Christmas” performed by Shark?
8. “Christmas Eve Blues” performed by Julie Doiron
9. “First Snow” performed by Nadim Issa
10. “The Slay Bell Suite: Mrs. Claus and Matzo Balls” performed by Frauke
11. “If You Hear a Knock” performed by Sean Bones
12. “Christmas Day (Or, A Hungry Dog Will Fight)” performed by Beau Jennings
13. “Happy Christmas” performed by The Poison Control Center
14. “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” performed by Goes Cube
15. “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” performed by Asobi Seksu
16. “Blue Christmas” performed by Sharon Van Etten

(photo by ryan muir)
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