The Vertical Slum Launches December Issue!

The Vertical Slum is back (In Limited Edition Red & Green 1's & 0's) with our Christmas bumper issue: Flog The Nog, Im Coming Home! The issue includes album reviews, interviews, free Mp3 downloads and a huge Christmas giveaway!!

Columbus, OH, USA (PRWEB) December 23, 2003 --The Vertical Slum is back (In Limited Edition Red & Green 1's & 0's) with our Christmas bumper issue: Flog The Nog, Im Coming Home!

Inside youll be privy to warm cinnamon sprinkled reviews of many a great album, including past and present releases from: Bassholes, The Breeders, The Last Hotel, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Lifeguards, Pacific UV, Porter Hall, TN., Prewar Yardsale, Superchunk, The Verlaines and more!!

ALSO...

--> Phil Goldberg offers up an insightful dialogue with Jerry DeCicca of The Black Swans.

--> Answers are in for your (yes, YOUR) interview with Death Cab For Cutie.

--> Brain Straw (of solo and The Six Parts Seven fame) is Sittin in Seagoing this month, giving thanks for inspiration in the form of Shannon Wright.

--> Ryan Horns gives us this months featured review: The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked.

--> Two hot tunes from Sun Kil Moon and Elefant are linked for download in Soniscope 12.15.3

AND (this is why we called it our bumper issue)...

--> You can register to win a whole mess of music and merchandise from our Christmas booty, including fun stuff from the likes of: 3DS, Barn Burning, Consonant, Damien Jurado, Early Day Miners, Graham Lindsey, Guided by Voices, Johnny Dowd, Longwave, Marlee MacLeod, Mates of State, Modest Mouse, PanAm, Pedro The Lion, Rainer Maria, Read Yellow, Ryan Adams, Scout Niblett, Shellac, The Album Leaf, The JPS Experience, The Kickovers, The Love Scene, The Minus Five, The Six Parts Seven, The Verlaines, and Tom House! IT REALLY IS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!

So, pour yourself a cup o the nog, cozy up to your CV935 Compaq console and click-click-click your one-horse open sleigh over to The Vertical Slum for musical enlightenment drenched in a festive holiday glaze. And be sure to share the link with the ones you love because, as we all know, Christmas is really all about giving.

As always, thanks so much for your continued support, we hope you enjoy this months read and have a safe and utterly awesome holiday season.

GREAT THINGS ARE IN STORE FOR YOU IN AUGHT FOUR!!

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