As tradition dictates, Battletapes has released the annual Battlepod podcast – this year featuring a soothing Tristen cover of Elvis accompanied with a bunch of insane robo-voicing preceding it. A proper Battlepod indeed. Download it here.

Merry Christmas from the We Own This Town crew.

Aaron over at Theory 8 has posted a new sampler, available for free download. So, in case you haven’t familiarized yourself with the latest offerings of the label this is your chance – and as an added bonus, there are two exclusive tracks; one Christmas speciality from Keegan DeWitt and a Roy Orbison cover from Caitlin Rose.

Parachute Musical have put out a free EP entitled Seasons Greetings featuring two new tracks and a bit of a sampler from their previously released Everything Is Working Out Fine in Some Town. You can get the tracks here or watch the (intentionally) awkward promotional video that goes along with it here.