Rosie Swash 

Christmas gift guide: Music

From CDs and DVDs to Spotify subscriptions and gadgets, Rosie Swash recommends the best Christmas gifts for the music lover in your life
  
  


Christmas gifts: Music: The XX
The XX: The XX, £7.98
Indie-pop newcomers with an introspective edge. A guaranteed hit for the angsty teenager in your life.
Available from Amazon
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream, £7.68
If your auntie likes Daniel O'Donnell and Christmas songs, this one's for her.
Available from Amazon
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster Super Deluxe edition, £79.99
Lady Gaga's second album isn't out until 15 December, but the eye-popping price tag includes collectible puzzles and a lock of Gaga's hair. Fierce!
Available to pre-order from ladygaga.com Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: USB mixtape
USB mixtape, £8.99
Miss those old C60 compilations, crafted with love? Miss writing out the inlay cards in tiny, tiny writing? Well, now you can relive those innocent times. Stores one hour of digital music.
By Getting Personal
Available from Play.com
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: Spotify
Spotify subscription, £9.99 a month
If your younger brother or sister loves music, a monthly subscription brings them a song database of millions of tracks without the ad breaks.
Available from Spotify
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties DVD, £15.99
The perfect choice for fans of this iconic festival, encapsulating the years of underground indie at seaside venues.
Available from Play.com
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: The Girls' Guide to Rocking
The Girls' Guide to Rocking, £10.99
Jessica Hopper's guide to everything your tweenage daughter wants to know about becoming a rock star.
Available from Blackwell
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: Fever Ray
Fever Ray: Fever Ray, £6.48
If there's a man, boy, woman or girl who doesn't own this creepy dance-inflected album then buy them a copy and they will thank you.
Available from Amazon
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: Lil' Wayne
Lil' Wayne: Rebirth, £8.98
This highly anticipated album from the self-proclaimed 'best rapper alive' has been pushed back several times and is now scheduled for a 21 December release. Ideal for the rebel in the family.
Available to pre-order from Amazon
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Christmas gifts: Music: Spiritualized
Spiritualized T-shirt pill boxset, £25.00
A limited edition T-shirt and iconic pill packaging of the album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, released to to coincide with the 12th anniversary reissue of the band's seminal work.
Available from Backstreetmerch.com
Photograph: guardian.co.uk
 

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