Demented Xmas compilation mixes from Suburban Sprawl

Suburban Sprawl's Christmas compilation albums feature demented, kick-ass remixes of holiday favorite that range from the sweet (Zach Curd's hauntingly harmonic "Deck the Halls") to the bonkers (Scott and Brad Allen's Tom-Waits-ish take on "Christmas Don't Be Late"). All free, DRM-free, and of dubious legality. Link

[#1 posted by jmn99 , December 3, 2007 11:29 AM]

"Compilation" is misspelled in the header.

[#2 posted by dculberson , December 3, 2007 11:42 AM]

the Crash Test Dummies also did an awesome Christmas album with discordant music, Brad Roberts doing a creepy, slow, bass version of the lyrics, etc. It's my favorite Christmas album. I normally hate holiday music, though, so take that for what it's worth.

[#3 posted by IanWalker , December 3, 2007 11:59 AM]

Not at all of dubious legality. All the bands involved signed off on it. Its a non-exclusive distribution deal.

Zach Curd (who you mention) is one of the guys who runs the label. He's also a friend of mine.

No legal worries here - and they've been doing it for 6 years now - all of them are available at http://www.suburbansprawlmusic.com/xmas/

Full disclosure: I recorded two of the songs on the album (the Young Bison song and the one Zach and Annie Moss duet on).

[#4 posted by Church , December 3, 2007 12:56 PM]

Related: DJ BC' et al's "Santastic III":

http://www.djbc.net/santastic3/

[#5 posted by CitrusFreak12 , December 3, 2007 1:10 PM]

Thanks for this, I've gone and downloaded 2002-2007.

[#6 posted by jamie , December 3, 2007 2:27 PM]

Eeep - someone create a torrent of those zip files before their server melts!