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

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jamie

Eeep – someone create a torrent of those zip files before their server melts!
jmn99

“Compilation” is misspelled in the header.
dculberson

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.
IanWalker

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).
Church

Related: DJ BC’ et al’s “Santastic III”:

http://www.djbc.net/santastic3/
CitrusFreak12

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