I really, really hate Christmas. I can’t tell you how much. Just writing that I hate Christmas makes me hate it even more. Not because of the nature of Christmas itself, you understand, but because it has the effect of turning everyone in the world into a drooling, fat fucking idiot for about six straight weeks, and I end up running around trying to avoid the trouble they all cause me. In a roundabout way, this then is why the release list this week is just a list, and everything else is late. “Bah, humbug” just doesn’t seem enough, somehow.

ALBUMS I’D LOOK AT CURIOUSLY THIS WEEK

• Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
• Blakroc – Blakroc
• Canterbury – Thank You
• Comanechi – Crime Of Love
• Homostupids – The Load
• Old Time Radio – Sketches For Another Christmas Songbook
• Rain Machine – Rain Machine
• Talons – Songs For Babes
• The Dutchess And The Duke – Sunset / Sunrise

SINGLES & EPs I’D PROBABLY TAKE A PUNT ON:

• As Tall As Lions – The Circles EP
• Blue Roses – Does Anyone Love Me Now
• Frankie And The Heartstrings – 12.09.09 (Live Mini-Album)
• Race Horses – Man In My Mind
• Washed Out – Life Of Leisure
• Boy Of Girl – Hot Chocolate Boy
• Camera Obscura – The Blizzard
• Darwin Deez – Constellations
• French For Cartridge – Oooh!
• Goldhawks – Running Away
• Javelin – Javelin
• Le Corps Mince De Francoise – Something Golden
• Mumford And Sons – Winter Winds
• The Detachments – Circles
• The Drums – I Felt Stupid
• The Lost Soul Crusade – This Is The Blues
• The Notwist – Come In