The Christmas Agency

The Christmas Agency

Deep voiced alt.rock Christmas track by Brit band The Agency, who re-christened themselves The Christmas Agency for this occasion. Tinsel T...
Cal Folger Day

Cal Folger Day

We featured CFD last year ( see? ), and we're glad we can post about her again. For this year she recorded a sultry Sammy Cahn/Jimmy van...
Brain Pool

Brain Pool

'The Last Christmas is Brainpool’s comeback to the pure pop format. Complete with jingling bells, glockenspiel and epic lyrics.'
Soul & Funk Christmas

Soul & Funk Christmas

If there's only one Christmas album you're gonna buy this year, make it this one : V./A. - Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Par...
Boss Jaguars

Boss Jaguars

Christmas surf songs! Yay! Three songs EP HERE Santa's Bangin' Surfari by The Boss Jaguars!
Colourmusic

Colourmusic

Silly Christmas music. We're all for it. Colourmusic has just the thing A Very Special Colourmusic Christmas, Vol. 1 by colourmusic
Missile Toads

Missile Toads

From the mailbox: 'I'm from the Missile Toads, a punk band from Philly. We bastardize punk and garage songs songs into Xmas Classick...
Psychristmas

Psychristmas

From the mailbox: 'We see you posted our Ample Play label mates Beat Mark and Sudden Death of Stars upcoming 7" single. We released...
The Rosebuds

The Rosebuds

The Rosebuds are an art-rock band originally from Raleigh, North Carolina. Its current members are Ivan Howard (vocals/guitar/drums/bass/key...
Paste Holiday Sampler 2013

Paste Holiday Sampler 2013

Free download of the annual festive sampler, featuring tracks by Bright Eyes, Otis Redding, Sufjan Stevens and a whole lot more.
Mark Nevin

Mark Nevin

You might know Mark Nevin from Fairground Attraction. For this new Christmas track he lined up a whole bunch of people.
Festivus 2

Festivus 2

This week Highline Records releases Festivus 2, a sequel to last year's fun compilation of indie-fied holiday songs. Artists include Pin...
Beat Mark

Beat Mark

Ample Play is Cornershop's own label. On December 9, the label releases a great 7-inch single (and digital version) of two indie Christm...
Angry Snowmans

Angry Snowmans

Oi to the World! Yes, they're back! Yule punks Angry Snowmans (no, not the Angry Samoans) re-arranged some safety-pin classics for the h...
Jingle Bell Rocks documentary

Jingle Bell Rocks documentary

You're a Christmas music obsessed person, just like us. So you heard about this documentary. Next week, I will see it in Amsterdam.
Christmas is over?

Christmas is over?

I beg to differ. Catchy, very dubby track, tho X-Mas Is Cancelled This Year by Dog Ears Montana
Blogroll

Blogroll

Two (fairly) new Christmas music blogs you'd wanna start following: Elves Bells and Bells Will Be Ringing
Trucker's Christmas

Trucker's Christmas

I have a deep love for spoken word ' trucker's songs ', and retro-hero Charles Arthur recorded a great one. His seasonal album&#...
A Bad Religious Holiday

A Bad Religious Holiday

Who would've thought the melodic punk rockers of Bad Religion would ever record a Christmas album? Not me. Given the arguably poor rend...
The Disappointment Choir

The Disappointment Choir

The bandname's brilliant, this Tindersticks-y track is too: A Pretty Good Christmas by The Disappointment Choir (via SWO )
Miyazaki!

Miyazaki!

Punky folk, from a guy who really likes Christmas. Just like us Counts of Monte Fisto (B-Sides) by Miyazaki!
Pics et les Blancs de Mémoire

Pics et les Blancs de Mémoire

Pic is Sylvain Picard, who leads a Montreal-based band of 'jazz amateurs' who like to jazz up French-Canadian songs by bands like K...
The Virgin Army

The Virgin Army

The Virgin Army (great band name) is Teije Venema's band, who adds Jonne, Bram and Henk to the line up when he's playing live. This ...
Analogue Christmas

Analogue Christmas

You want the odd, you're getting the odd. The Tara Experiment's analogue bubblebath of synths, adding an alien feel to the season. ...