Relix Holiday Gift Guide (Part Two)
Once again, holiday season is upon us. If you’re scrambling to find that perfect gift for a music-loving friend or family member, then we’re here to help. While you’re at it, why not pick up something for yourself; you know you deserve. Here is part two of our gift guide. For more, be sure to check out Part One.
Here’s a gift that you’ll be able to enjoy as well. Eagles Nest Outfitters offers the perfect hammock for home use, vacation relaxation and, of course, touring life.
Buy one of these for a friend and you’re assured prime time at the relaxation station during that upcoming music festival.
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Looking to brighten up some wall space? You should consider a song lyric art print. Plenty of choices from a wide range of artists are available but you can place a custom order as well.
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Do you have the Nomadic State of Mind? You do if you’re willing to take to the road with these grass- roots-style handmade sandals, founded in the late ‘90s and originally run out of the founder’s summer home: a 1969 VW bus.
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, it’s the Beeracuda. This over-the-shoulder beverage holder is primed to get you primed for any outdoor activity. You can also hold a bonus can in the koozie-enhanced shoulder strap.
A GoPro camera is an essential part of our equipment when we record our Live at Relix video series. Do you have one yet? Learn more about the new HERO4 and all of their product lines on their homepage.
Looking to score some shorts? Then we recommend some selections from Chubbies. The Gotta Jibboos and the Sugar Magnolias are at the top of our list, although we dig the Go Your Own Ways as well.
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Tripps Prints blends a passion for music and art. Tripps creates official concert posters, collectible pins, pint glasses, art prints, stickers and hats, providing multiple ways to add color to your life (or that of a friend, a loved one or a friendly loved one).
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Are you ready for your halo? Festy Besty has crafted a variety of flower halos for just the right occasion. Plus, the company launched last year at Suwannee Hulaween, which is all the more reason to support them.
This is very cool way to keep warm. The BioLite CampStove converts heat from the fire created from twigs into usable electricity via a thermoelectric generator. This powers an internal fan to create a smokeless portable campfire with surplus electricity that you can send to the USB port to help charge your devices.
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Fashionable, vibrant and temporary, Flash Tattoos are the way to go. You can make a statement (or a few), then wait a few days and try another look with these jewelry inspired metallic designs.
Here’s a feast for the ears and the eyes: an eclectic collection of DVDs and Blu-Rays from 2014:
20 Feet from Stardom
All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Finding Fela
Nick Cave: 20,000 Days on Earth Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Treme: The Complete Series
WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete Series
Ultimately, it’s about the music here at Relix, so we present some tasty 2014 albums, gathering cover stories, lead reviews and our editors’ picks:
Ambrose Akinmusire the imagined savior is far easier to paint
Ani DiFranco Allergic To Water
Beck Morning Phase
Bruce Springsteen High Hopes
Chris Robinson Brotherhood Phosphorescent Harvest
Cloud Nothings Here and Nowhere Else
Courtney Barnett Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
G. Love & Special Sauce Sugar
Infamous Stringdusters Let It Go
Interpol El Pintor
Jack White Lazaretto
Jerry Garcia Band GarciaLive, v. 5: December 31st, 1975, Keystone Berkeley
Medeski Martin and Wood + Nels Cline Woodstock Sessions
Mike Gordon Overstep
moe. No Guts, No Glory
Phish Fuego
Railroad Earth Last of the Outlaws
Real Estate Atlas
Robert Plant lullaby and…the Ceaseless Roar
Ryan Adams Ryan Adams
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Wig Out at Jagbags
Sonny Rollins Road Shows, Vol.3
The String Cheese Incident Song in My Head
Temples Sun Structures
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Hypnotic Eye
Umphrey’s McGee Similar Skin
The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream
Warpaint Warpaint
Woods With Light and With Love
Then again, why not go big with some box sets. Here are some 2014 releases that should appeal to varied tastes:
Allman Brothers Band The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings
Bob Dylan The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11
Bruce Cockburn Rumours Of Glory
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young CSNY 1974
George Harrison The Apple Years Grateful Dead Spring 1990 (The Other One)
Herbie Hancock The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972)
King Crimson Starless
Michael Bloomfield From His Head to His Heart to His Hands
Miles Davis Miles at the Fillmore –Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3
Nils Lofgren Face The Music
Old & In the Way Live at the Boarding House
Phish Niagara Falls
Ry Cooder Soundtracks
Sleater-Kinney Start Together
The Kinks The Anthology 1964-1971
Wilco Alpha Mike Foxtrot
Also: The deluxe editions of the Led Zeppelin catalog remastered by Jimmy Page
Still stumped? How about the gift of Relix? We have all sorts of holiday gift offers, which come bundled with music and even our latest Relix throwback T-shirt. Eight issues of pure joy each year. Buy one for your mail carriers so they don’t wrinkle yours, while thumbing through it prior to delivery. www.relix.com/holiday
