It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Strange Manor is a place in Richmond, California, which houses several musicians who play in various bands across the BAY, such as The Soul Captives, The Struts, and the Phenomenauts...

Last year, they recorded and produced a Christmas album that reflected their musical tastes and backgrounds. It was a a great holiday album and thank god they've recorded another one this year!

Rock, funk, country, and of course, ska and reggae are just some of the styles represented in this year's Christmas album....

My favorite song? Definitely "Run Rude Rudolph" which sounds as if it was the Specials themselves who recorded the song...

You can check it out here: http://www.thesoulcaptives.com/strangemanor/07/

And if you missed their album last year, you can check it out here: http://www.thesoulcaptives.com/strangemanor/06/


Still in the mood for Christmas tunes? Don't forget to check out Go Jimmy Go's new holiday album, "Holiday Hell Yeah!" which was just released last month. 10 tracks of holiday cheer(some covers, mostly originals) with a Hawaiian flavor mixed in for good fun!

It'll get you in the holiday spirit, and remind you why you love Go Jimmy Go so much...(they've been relatively low profile lately haven't they?)

You can buy the album here: Holiday Hell Yeah!
You can also buy the album on Itunes!
And don't forget to check out Go Jimmy Go's website: http://www.gojimmygo.com/