Category Archives: A Very Ohio Christmas

Download Over the Rhine’s holiday album for free

It’s understandable if you haven’t surrendered to the Christmas music machine quite yet, but if you’ve been waiting for the right time to infuse your playlists with yuletide greetings, I recommend heading over to NoiseTrade where you can download Over the Rhine’s Snow Angels for free (with the option to tip the artist and/or spread the word on social media). Snow Angels is a staple in our house during the holidays (cover art by Clint Reno). While you’re at it, check out some other free Christmas music from NoiseTrade.

And, lest you forget, Donewaiting and Each Note Secure teamed up with Electraplay Studios in 2010 for A Very Ohio Christmas, featuring Ohio artists playing holiday tunes (cover art again by Reno). It’s still available for free on Bandcamp.

Final Reminder: A Very Ohio Christmas

Thanks for the great support of this album everyone. Just wanted to post one last reminder if you haven’t purchased it yet…. Any help spreading the word – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace (that’s still a thing, right?), or good old fashioned word of mouth would be appreciated.

MP3: Children Go by Super Desserts

Those of you who have hung around this website over time may know that I have an unhealthy appetite for Christmas music. I love it. From the obscure to the mainstream, I am always trying to add to my collection. I’ve always wanted to put out a holiday compilation of my own, and with the help of Joel Oliphint and Joe Long from Each Note Secure, we’ve done it!

A Very Ohio Christmas is a digital-only release and features 16 songs of brand new Christmas songs, a few recognizable favorites, and a few great semi-obscure classics. Featuring bands from all over Ohio, everyone donated their time and put in a lot of hard work to make this happen in a relatively short time period. In addition, Clinton Reno did the album artwork and Electraplay mastered the album as well as let many of the bands record at their studio.

100% of proceeds will go to Gracehaven in Columbus OH. Gracehaven is a 501(c) 3 organization that raises awareness about the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking and also seeks to provide shelter and rehabilitation to girls who have been victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

We’re asking you to pay $10 for the album (a bargain), but if you’d like to donate more, you’ll be able to do that at check out. Click here to purchase!

Click here to stream it/download it/love it.

Tracklisting:

1. Super Desserts – Children Go 03:17
2. The Celebrity Pilots – Cuyahoga Xmas Fairytale 04:40
3. Bird and Flower – Christmas Alone 03:27
4. You, You’re Awesome – Cinnamon Snow 04:17
5. Adam Remnant (of Southeast Engine) – Bob Cratchit 04:30
6. Bicentennial Bear – All I Want for Christmas (is an Afghan Whigs Reunion) 02:14
7. Brainbow – O’ Holy Night 05:42
8. Colin Gawel & The Lonely Bones – Try a Little Faith (featuring Marcy Mays) 03:17
9. No No Knots – Holiday Is U 04:21
10. Phantods – Christmas Won’t Get the Best of Me 03:29
11. Moviola – Will Santy Come To Shanty Town? 02:31
12. Paper Airplane – 1913 05:45
13. Megan Palmer and Jason Crosby – In the Bleak Midwinter 03:05
14. The Chocolate Horse – You and Me on Christmas Eve 03:54
15. The Town Monster – The Willows Grove 02:19
16. The Guitars – Sleigh Ride 03:01

Please let your friends know about the release. We’d love to raise money for a solid cause this holiday season.

Listen: All I Want for Christmas (is an Afghan Whigs Reunion)

As part of the digital holiday compilation donewaiting.com has released with Each Note Secure, one song that hit a big chord of holiday cheer and nostalgia is Bicentennial Bear‘s All I Want for Christmas (is an Afghan Whigs Reunion). Give it a listen:

I asked Billy from the band to give us a little story about creating the song:

I’m excited about how well it was received. I seriously wrote the song while I was driving. I pulled my car into a parking lot, hummed the melody into my phone, scribbled a bunch of lyrics about Dulli and company and how the world would be better off without modern quasi folk rock. That night I sent a two track demo out to the band and we recorded it a few days later. So it’s super loose and fun and hardly over-thought.

At the same time, the idea behind the song is to make fun of myself for living in the past so much. Beyond the obvious things like the sleigh bells and the viola, Sean’s guitar lines really give the song a christmas-y feel.

Bicentennial Bear is releasing their debut album in March 2011.

Presenting: A Very Ohio Christmas

MP3: Children Go

Those of you who have hung around this website over time may know that I have an unhealthy appetite for Christmas music. I love it. From the obscure to the mainstream, I am always trying to add to my collection. I’ve always wanted to put out a holiday compilation of my own, and with the help of Joel Oliphint and Joe Long from Each Note Secure, we’ve done it!

A Very Ohio Christmas is a digital-only release and features 16 songs of brand new Christmas songs, a few recognizable favorites, and a few great semi-obscure classics. Featuring bands from all over Ohio, everyone donated their time and put in a lot of hard work to make this happen in a relatively short time period. In addition, Clinton Reno did the album artwork and Electraplay mastered the album as well as let many of the bands record at their studio.

100% of proceeds will go to Gracehaven in Columbus OH. Gracehaven is a 501(c) 3 organization that raises awareness about the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking and also seeks to provide shelter and rehabilitation to girls who have been victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

We’re asking you to pay $10 for the album (a bargain), but if you’d like to donate more, you’ll be able to do that at check out.

Tracklisting:

1. Super Desserts – Children Go 03:17
2. The Celebrity Pilots – Cuyahoga Xmas Fairytale 04:40
3. Bird and Flower – Christmas Alone 03:27
4. You, You’re Awesome – Cinnamon Snow 04:17
5. Adam Remnant (of Southeast Engine) – Bob Cratchit 04:30
6. Bicentennial Bear – All I Want for Christmas (is an Afghan Whigs Reunion) 02:14
7. Brainbow – O’ Holy Night 05:42
8. Colin Gawel & The Lonely Bones – Try a Little Faith (featuring Marcy Mays) 03:17
9. No No Knots – Holiday Is U 04:21
10. Phantods – Christmas Won’t Get the Best of Me 03:29
11. Moviola – Will Santy Come To Shanty Town? 02:31
12. Paper Airplane – 1913 05:45
13. Megan Palmer and Jason Crosby – In the Bleak Midwinter 03:05
14. The Chocolate Horse – You and Me on Christmas Eve 03:54
15. The Town Monster – The Willows Grove 02:19
16. The Guitars – Sleigh Ride 03:01

Please let your friends know about the release. We’d love to raise money for a solid cause this holiday season.