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The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Ten 2007-12-24 20:39:00 This mix, the tenth installment of the Christmas playlists series, offers Xmas songs from punk legends Sex Pistols and The Ramones and modern-day popular artists like Arcade Fire, Yo La Tengo, The Killers, Something Corporate and Stars. My personal favorite track on this playlist is Guster's "Donde Esta Santa Claus." It's different, upbeat and infectious. All I Want For Christmas is You – Countdown Anorak Christmas (Club Mix) – Sally Shapiro Another Rock and Roll Christmas – Gary Glitter Blue Christmas – Banjo or Freakout Christmas Piglet – The Presidents of the United States Christmas Time Is Here – Gatsby's American Dream December Cliché – Beneath Her Parachute December Slow – Aerospace Don't Shoot Me Santa – The Killers Donde Esta Santa Claus – Guster Festive Friends (Forever) – Parenthetical Girls Forget December – Something Corporate Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley Have a Punky Christmas Everyone – The Mangkuks I Took Some Time For Christmas (Live) – ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Nine 2007-12-24 15:56:31 Almost there! The 12 playlists of alternative-indie Christmas songs are riding through the snow on the way to gramma's house. (She better have lots of egg nog!)Here is Mix Nine. Mix Ten will be delivered soon, and later tonight - when I actually have a few minutes away from festivities - Mix Eleven will be posted.9 Flowers in December - Mazzy StarAll I Want For Christmas is You – The Trekky Yuletide OrchestraAlone This Holiday – The UsedBlack Christmas – The International Karate PlusCarol of the Bells – The Bird and The BeeCarol of the Season – Parenthetical GirlsChristmas At Home – Crawling With KingsChristmas Party – The WalkmenDe Ushuaia Ala Quiaca – Gustavo SantaolallaGhost of Christmas – Manic Street PreachersI Won't Be Home For Christmas – Blink 182Amazing Grace – Jeff BuckleyJoy to the World – Sufjan StevensHere Without You Baby – NickelbackSilver Bells – The PinesSleigh Ride to Christmas – FlowmanSong About Christmas – The SnowballsSpace Christ ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Nine 2007-12-24 01:23:00 Almost there! The 12 playlists of alternative-indie Christmas songs are riding through the snow on the way to gramma's house. (She better have lots of egg nog!)Here is Mix Nine. Mix Ten will be delivered soon, and later tonight - when I actually have a few minutes away from festivities - Mix Eleven will be posted.9 Flowers in December - Mazzy StarAll I Want For Christmas is You – The Trekky Yuletide OrchestraAlone This Holiday – The UsedBlack Christmas – The International Karate PlusCarol of the Bells – The Bird and The BeeCarol of the Season – Parenthetical GirlsChristmas At Home – Crawling With KingsChristmas Party – The WalkmenDe Ushuaia Ala Quiaca – Gustavo SantaolallaGhost of Christmas – Manic Street PreachersI Won't Be Home For Christmas – Blink 182Amazing Grace – Jeff BuckleyJoy to the World – Sufjan StevensHere Without You Baby – NickelbackSilver Bells – The PinesSleigh Ride to Christmas – FlowmanSong About Christmas – The SnowballsSpace Christ ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Eight 2007-12-23 23:04:13 Today I'll be publishing Mix Eight and Nine and tomorrow, Mix Ten and Eleven, and finally Mix Twelve on Christmas Day.This collection of 'more modern day' Christmas and holiday songs classics has easily surpassed 120 MP3s. Many of the songs from the playlists are just as much of a discovery for me as I hope they are for you, as are the artists who performed them. You're not going to find any of the old AM radio Christmas songs from decades ago (not that there's anything wrong with that) on these 12 playlists.There are many cover versions of traditional Christmas songs. The vast majority of these covers are from artists that most people have never heard of, including many music enthusiasts.All I Ever Get For Christmas is Blue – Over The Rhine Breaking The Ice – Mojave 3 (one of my favorite not-necessarily-Xmas songs) Carol of the Bells – The Bird and the Bee Christmas – Nieznany Wykonawca Drinking Up Christmas – Dwarves Fallen Snow – Au Revoir Simone God Rest Ye Merry G ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Eight 2007-12-23 22:16:00 Today I'll be publishing Mix Eight and Nine and tomorrow, Mix Ten and Eleven, and finally Mix Twelve on Christmas Day.This collection of 'more modern day' Christmas and holiday songs classics has easily surpassed 120 MP3s. Many of the songs from the playlists are just as much of a discovery for me as I hope they are for you, as are the artists who performed them. You're not going to find any of the old AM radio Christmas songs from decades ago (not that there's anything wrong with that) on these 12 playlists.There are many cover versions of traditional Christmas songs. The vast majority of these covers are from artists that most people have never heard of, including many music enthusiasts.All I Ever Get For Christmas is Blue – Over The Rhine Breaking The Ice – Mojave 3 (one of my favorite not-necessarily-Xmas songs) Carol of the Bells – The Bird and the Bee Christmas – Nieznany Wykonawca Drinking Up Christmas – Dwarves Fallen Snow – Au Revoir Simone God Rest Ye Merry G ...

The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix One 2007-12-23 18:24:39 Indie, alternative, rock and pop music fans have made it as clear as fresh fallen snow; they want a complete collection of alternative Christmas and holiday songs. Here is the first of 12 Xmas playlists featuring many of the best original and cover-version Christmas and holiday songs available anywhere. I hope you enjoy these playlists as much as I have enjoyed putting them together. (Note: the photo to the left is a staged photo; you know, like a joke.)"The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs" collection playlist series - Mix One- Happy Christmas (War is Over) - The Polyphonic Spree- 25th December - Everything But The Girl- Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World- First Noel - My American Heart (pictured on the right)- Hey Parker, It's Christmas - Ryan Adams- Miracle Of Christmas - Funeral For A Friend- Just Like Christmas - Low- Born on Christmas Day/Annunciation Day - Ted Leo and Pharmacists- Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses- Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? - Sufjan St ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Seven 2007-12-23 00:29:11 Hey everyone, the days up to Christmas are flying by. Yet the lists of alternative Christmas songs out there is much, much longer than I ever anticipated. There are literally hundreds of worthy Xmas and holiday songs performed by an exciting and diverse line-up of musicians, groups and bands. Here is yet another example featuring artists such as Manic Street Preachers, Thick Pigeon, The Weepies, Monster Bobby, Green Day and dozens of others. The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Seven - A Very White Christmas - Le Man Avec Les Lunettes- All That I Want - The Weepies - Christmas Time is Here - Vice Guaraldi- Do They Know It's Xmas (Feed The World) - Far w/ Chino Moreno- Holiday - Green Day - Ghost of Christmas - Manic Street Preachers- I Feel Like Going Home - Yo La Tengo- Jingle Bell Rock - Thick Pigeon- Last Christmas - Le Sport, Montt Mardie and Mr. Suitcase - Not Christmas At Home - Crawling With Kings - Not Giving In - Rediscover - Silent Night - Monster Bobby- So Thi ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Seven 2007-12-22 15:30:00 Hey everyone, the days up to Christmas are flying by. Yet the lists of alternative Christmas songs out there is much, much longer than I ever anticipated. There are literally hundreds of worthy Xmas and holiday songs performed by an exciting and diverse line-up of musicians, groups and bands. Here is yet another example featuring artists such as Manic Street Preachers, Thick Pigeon, The Weepies, Monster Bobby, Green Day and dozens of others. The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Seven - A Very White Christmas - Le Man Avec Les Lunettes- All That I Want - The Weepies - Christmas Time is Here - Vice Guaraldi- Do They Know It's Xmas (Feed The World) - Far w/ Chino Moreno- Holiday - Green Day - Ghost of Christmas - Manic Street Preachers- I Feel Like Going Home - Yo La Tengo- Jingle Bell Rock - Thick Pigeon- Last Christmas - Le Sport, Montt Mardie and Mr. Suitcase - Not Christmas At Home - Crawling With Kings - Not Giving In - Rediscover - Silent Night - Monster Bobby- So Thi ...

The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Six 2007-12-20 19:30:00 Here is Mix Six in the 12 Plays series. This playlist includes a diverse collection of Christmas and wintry songs, just in case you are somewhere in the world where it is not going to be a white Christmas.Indie giants like Yo La Tengo, Comet Gain, Chris Letcher and Belle and Sebastian, plus relatively new favorites on the non-mainstream music circuit - whether you call them 'indie', 'alt' or whatever - like Band of Horses, Great Lake Swimmers and Phantom Planet contribute to the Christmas songs anthology.(Above: The note Santa is reading in the cartoon reads: "Dear Santa, If you leave a new bike under the tree, I will give you the antidote to the poison I put in the milk - Tommy.")A Change of Pace offers up the introspective "Christmas on the Coast" and the Parenthetical Girls present indie cheer with "I Love Christmas", plus holiday season songs by Dave Melilo, The Halo Brothers, The Reindeer Section, Phofo and Jason Gleason.A Hooves Christmas - The HoovesI Love Christmas - Parent ...

The 12 Playlists of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Five 2007-12-20 01:45:17 This Christmas playlist features a great mix of indie and alt Christmas songs from Reliant K, The Fine Lines, The National Splits, Milton DeLugg & The Little Eskimos and The Used.There are also xmas tunes from Alien Sex Friend, Sandry Mooy, Gatsby's America, Arcade Fire, Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues.Enjoy the songs, and if you dig something a lot, help support the artists - buy some of their music, get tickets and share with friends. Alt Xmas Songs - Mix Five 1. Alone This Holiday - The Used2. Angels We Have Heard on High - Reliant K3. Stuff The Turkey - Alien Sex Friend 4. O Santa - The Fine Lines 5. Christmas Time - Gatsby's America6. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Belle & Sebastian7. Get Behind Me, Santa - Sufjan Stevens8. Holiday on the Moon - Love and Rockets9. Hooray for Santy Claus - Milton DeLugg & The Little Eskimos10. Star of Wonder - Sufjan Stevens 11. Let's Wrap Each Other - The National Splits12. Holy Night - Sandra MooyBonus Tracks / Yeah Toast - ...

The 12 Playlists of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Five 2007-12-20 00:51:00 This Christmas playlist features a great mix of indie and alt Christmas songs from Reliant K, The Fine Lines, The National Splits, Milton DeLugg & The Little Eskimos and The Used.There are also xmas tunes from Alien Sex Friend, Sandry Mooy, Gatsby's America, Arcade Fire, Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues.Enjoy the songs, and if you dig something a lot, help support the artists - buy some of their music, get tickets and share with friends. Alt Xmas Songs - Mix Five 1. Alone This Holiday - The Used2. Angels We Have Heard on High - Reliant K3. Stuff The Turkey - Alien Sex Friend 4. O Santa - The Fine Lines 5. Christmas Time - Gatsby's America6. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Belle & Sebastian7. Get Behind Me, Santa - Sufjan Stevens8. Holiday on the Moon - Love and Rockets9. Hooray for Santy Claus - Milton DeLugg & The Little Eskimos10. Star of Wonder - Sufjan Stevens 11. Let's Wrap Each Other - The National Splits12. Holy Night - Sandra MooyBonus Tracks / Yeah Toast - ...

The 12 Playlists of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Four 2007-12-19 19:46:18 Note: I have fixed all of the links for Mix Two of the alternative Christmas songs series. My apologies and thanks for your patience.Do you have egg nog-tummy, Christmas-time fatigue, coffee-infused insomnia or instant vertigo every time you hear Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas"? No? What about a hangover from the Christmas party last night? Who was that passed out under the Christmas tree with the Santa hat on?In any case, with Dec. 25th only seven days away, I am admittedly a day behind in keeping with the 12 days of Christmas goal - one playlist a day. Doh! (hoh hoh hoh).Due to the unprecedented number of worthy alternative Christmas and holiday songs discovered during the Big Search, each subsequent playlist will now contain 15 or more tunes each. Eventually, all of these playlists will be wrapped into a special edition.Sufjan Stevens' famous box set Christmas Songs is a hit once again this year, and two of the songs from the set are included here for sampling.Glasgow, Scotla ...

The 12 Playlists of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Four 2007-12-18 08:05:00 Note: I have fixed all of the links for Mix Two of the alternative Christmas songs series. My apologies and thanks for your patience.Do you have egg nog-tummy, Christmas-time fatigue, coffee-infused insomnia or instant vertigo every time you hear Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas"? No? What about a hangover from the Christmas party last night? Who was that passed out under the Christmas tree with the Santa hat on?In any case, with Dec. 25th only seven days away, I am admittedly a day behind in keeping with the 12 days of Christmas goal - one playlist a day. Doh! (hoh hoh hoh).Due to the unprecedented number of worthy alternative Christmas and holiday songs discovered during the Big Search, each subsequent playlist will now contain 15 or more tunes each. Eventually, all of these playlists will be wrapped into a special edition.Sufjan Stevens' famous box set Christmas Songs is a hit once again this year, and two of the songs from the set are included here for sampling.Glasgow, Scotla ...

The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix 2 2007-12-17 21:43:53 Have you heard enough of the old Christmas songs that make you want to pull your hair out yet? ;-)Well, hopefully the playlist below will help alleviate the stress. Peace on earth and good will to all is not a bad mantra.In the on-going series of alternative and indie song playlists, we hope to alleviate some of that by offering you the best collection of alternative Christmas tunes available anywhere on the Internet (and we checked! - for weeks!).1. Blue Christmas - Bright Eyes2. Christmas is Going to The Dogs - The Eels3. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Death Cab For Cutie 4. We Three Kings -Fuel5. Christmas Night of Zombies - MXPX6. This Time of Year - Mighty Mighty Bosstones7. When I Get Home For Christmas - Snow Patrol8. Put the Lights On the Tree - Sufjan Stevens9. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Sugarcult10. The Christmas Song - The RaveonettesListen to the first volume of the alternative-indie Christmas songs series or subscribe to get the entire 12 playlists as they are pu ...

The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Three 2007-12-17 01:37:34 The third installment of IRC's special Christmas music series of "The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs" includes some more mainstream rock artists such as My Chemical Romance, Slade and Belle and Sebastian, as well as popular indie artists like Low, Sufjan Stevens and Jens Lekman.More 'underground' indie and alternative artists, like Sciflyer and The Ten Thousand Dollar Tattoo, have also contributed to this mix. Enjoy Mix Three and support your favorite artists. 1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas - Daphne Loves Derby2. Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith3. Silent Night- Low4. All I Want For Christmas Is You - My Chemical Romance5. The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman6. The Same Thing Goes for Christmas - Sciflyer7. My First Santa - Ten Thousand Dollar Tattoo8. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade9. Star of Wonder - Sufjan Stevens10. Bittersweet Eve - BalasanaBonus Tracks - Belle and Sebastian live on the historic Peel Sessions, Dec. 18, 2002:- The 12 Days of Christmas (L ...