For normal people, Christmas is about family and giving thanks and presents and food and all that lovey-dovey bullshit. For me, Christmas 2010 is about one thing and one thing only: The Fall. On Saturday, Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz will be releasing their so-called “iPad album” on their website. (It’s only available to stream for non-fan club members, but fuck knows it will be all over the Interwebz minutes after it’s put up.) Comprised exclusively of songs written and recorded during the Gorillaz American tour, The Fall is a separate entity entirely from Plastic Beach; however, the LP is sure to have ample noodlings of Albarn on synthesizers, a direction hinted on Demon Days cuts like “Dare,” developed further throughout PB, and continued on “Doncamatic (All Played Out),” the only track we’ve heard since Plastic Beach‘s release this past March.

It’s this “Doncamatic” track that’s likely to offer the most accurate hints in terms of what kinds of sounds will be populating The Fall. Although the original version of “Doncamatic” is stellar in its own right, the Joker remix found on the single release puts a purple spin on the tune. Let this one hold you over until Christmas morning, kiddies.

The posse that brought you 2010 standouts Bastard (Tyler, the Creator) and EARL (Earl Sweatshirt) dropped this Christmas-themed gem today on the OFWGKTA website. The beat is languid and lurching, as is typical of Tyler, the Creator’s production, and Earl Sweatshirt returns from the abyss (boarding school?). What better Christmas present than Golf Wang’s weirdo drugged-out raps and an Earl sighting?

For the record, in a totally non-elitist way, I’d like to remark that it amazes me how few people still don’t know about these guys. They’re making some of the freshest hip hop I’ve heard in a long time. Don’t sleep!