In 2004 we asked a bunch of New York bloggers to suggest sonic stocking stuffers. This year, we asked New York bloggers, bookers, musicians and more, what they'd give as a gift this holiday season. Here you go...commence shopping!
Jack "Skippy" McFadden, Union Hall booker
The Isles "Perfumed Lands"
Ian Love's self-titled cd
Wes Verhoeve, Cross Pollination / The Undisputed Heavyweights
A Brief Smile - R.E.S.T.
My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me The Workhorse
Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghost To Rest
Glenn, Coolfer.com
"Earlier this year, a slew of the Fania Records catalog was remastered, repackaged and reissued. Ray Barretto's Acid is one of the gems of the catalog. Many people will recognize "Deeper Shade Of Soul" from the Urban Dance Squard hit of the same name that sampled the Barretto classic."
Justin, Friction / Crackers United
In Flagranti - Wronger Than Anyone Else
Asobi Seksu - Citrus and Live At The Echo 10/6/06
Various Artists - Big Apple Rappin' (pictured)
O'Death - Head Home (for the moonshiners)
Made Out of Babies - Coward (for the headbangers)
Earl Greyhound - Soft Targets (for the cockrockers)
Jay Belin, Loose Record / Bowery Presents
Lycaon Pictus
Favourite Sons
Vice Guide to Travel
Laura, The Modern Age
Albert Hammond Jr - Yours to Keep
Karen Ruttner, Karen Plus One / Tart of Pleasure
Tall Hands self-titled debut album
Jen Dunlap, Funlap.com / Essexy Deejay
Apes and Androids shirts by Simon Nonay (pictured)
Available here!
Chris, The Battering Room
Oxford Collapse - Remember The Night Parties
Benzos - Morning Stanzas
The Mugs - Paper Sissors Rock
Mussels - Night Lights EP
The Secret Life Of Sophia - Self-titled EP
The Muggabears - Teenage Cop EP
Wes Gott, Productshop NYC / Watercooler Gossip
TV On The Radio, Regina Spektor, Grizzly Bear, Oxford Collapse, and Matt & Kim
Here are some mp3's from the above bands, we suggest you mix 'em up with these holiday song mp3's and make a mix cd!:
On a Neck, On a Spit.mp3 - Grizzly Bear
I'm Coming True.mp3 - The Muggabears
Major Arcana.mp3 - The Isles
This Machine.mp3 - A Brief Smile
Mr. Prison Shanks.mp3 - Made out of Babies
I Give You a Rose.mp3 - Lycaon Pictus
Fifteen on Ice.mp3 - Tall Hands
