Album review: Dropkick Murphys' 'Signed and Sealed in Blood'

An early contender for 2013's finest Christmas song arrives halfway through the new Dropkick Murphys album in "The Season's Upon Us." It's a rowdy Celtic-punk number in which singer Ken Casey runs down the charms of his extended family, member by miserable member: "My nephew's a horrible, wise little twit," he barks, "He once gave me a nice gift-wrapped box full of" — well, you can imagine the rest.

By Mikael Wood

January 8, 2013