2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Gift

Each year I put together a small gift guide post full of things that I think make great gifts and are a lot of fun to give or receive for the holidays. Everything on the list is something I’ve used, enjoyed, and recommend. I have recommendations posts for softwareheadphones, and miscellaneous stuff around the house, so the things on this list will be more focused on stuff not included in those posts and geared toward things I’ve come across in the past year or so and think would make good gifts.

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Dirty O’Keefe – Heavy Water (Track-By-Track)

Dirty O'Keefe

Today I’m thrilled to bring everyone an exclusive track-by-track by punk band Dirty O’Keefe, for their new EP called Heavy Water. Dirty O’Keeffe was formed in 2020 by Lagwagon’s Dave Raun. Raun collared Stone Sour’s Christian Martucci, Faith No More’s Billy Gould and Steve Shepard from Cali punk crew Trash n Privilege. Looking both to blow away the cobwebs of the pandemic but also bring attention to the hard-working crews impacted by lockdown, the four released “Brick or Bucket” in 2020. If it was COVID that brought the quartet together, it was the friendships that reunited them five years later for debut EP, Heavy Water. The 4-track collection is a gritty & resonating punk rock collection, with a metallic edge and a splash of influence from each member’s full-time group. If you’re enjoying the feature, please consider streaming the EP here.

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Video Interview: Matt Pryor

Matt Pryor

In this interview with the incomparable Matt Pryor, the singer-writer talks honestly about his new solo album, “The Salton Sea,” out November 14th. He speaks frankly about how alcoholism was the catalyst and his song writing was the catharsis. Pryor is a prolific song writer, who is known for his work in The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, Reggie and the Full Effect, The Terrible Twos, and The Legion of Doom–but it is his solo work that really shines with its earnestness.

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