Box sets, underground oddities and all the essential merch you need this month

This month…

From tiny tots to lady of the manor, Amie Elizabeth White has Christmas all wrapped up

Featuring tributes to curry and fantasy battles involving… rats?! here are all the records our critics loved this year

From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS

RARITIES! RECORD SHOPS! CRATEDIGGERS ASSEMBLE!