There is nothing like Christmastime/Winter Holidays/Saturnalia/Yule/A Few Days Off (delete as appropriate) to get stuck into a compilation or two, especially if you desire time away from house guests or, as an alternative, get them to join a listening session or two. This posts rounds up compilations that may be of interest and I will keep adding to it until the new year.

Free/Name Your Price Compilations

A Polaroid for Christmas 2025

All things indiepop/twee/lofi etc. highlighting the time of year from the Italian blog/radio show Memoria Polaroid.

Artoffact Records 2025 Sampler

The annual round up from the Canadian Post-Punk label.

Hundreds of Us – A Paracord Compilation

South Korean release covering all things shoegaze and more.

pop-hits…

The 2025 sampler from the Oxford based label and purveyors of all things indiepop, Alcopop Records.

Sampler ’25

The first of two compilations from Start-Track on this list. This one is the shorter of the two, reflecting on what the label calls “a challenging but rewarding year”

Compilations To Buy

START THE TRACK: VOL. IX

Another compilation from the Slovakian based label, ranging from bedroom pop to dreampop and lo-fi to alt-rock.

VA: Indiepop, Whatever Happens!

The latest compilation from the Indonesian indiepop label Shiny Happy Records!

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