If you’re wondering what to play at your holiday shindig that isn’t as stale as the proverbial fruitcake, look no further. #Christmas is not your great aunt’s Christmas compilation album. Your great aunt does not even know how to pronounce #Christmas. But @you do #youtechsavvything.
The Ivy Hill Entertainment release features local indie artists like Finish Ticket, Mr. Kind, and Marqiss, singing new Christmas songs and breathing life into old ones. The album is available on Bandcamp for whatever you want to pay (including goose egg, but you wouldn’t do that). All proceeds go to Swords to Plowshares, a non-profit veteran service organization.
In light of the album release, Marqiss, The Plastic Arts, and Maria Quiles & Rory Cloud will be putting on a holiday show called Marqissmas at the Subterranean Arthouse in Berkeley tomorrow, December 20. Entry is $10. Here is the best promotional video I’ve seen all year.