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The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs, Mix XII: Pearl Jam, Half Handed Cloud, CYHSY, Galaxie 500 and Saosin

The 12 Plays of Alternative and Indie Christmas Songs playlist mix series was originally compiled back in 2007. to provide music lovers with a fantastic collection of more than 150 alternative Xmas songs that also include many cover versions of traditional Christmas and holiday songs by some of the best musicians and bands ever.

Recently we checked to make sure all of the MP3 links in the dozen mixes are working. Don't forget to check IRC's homepage in the coming weeks for dozens of newly discovered, or recorded, holiday songs that were not included in the original series. There is now one page for all of the Christmas and holiday music mixes to make it easier to listen and download tracks to make your own playlist mixes. Enjoy.

In This Home on Ice - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Let Me Sleep (Christmas Time) - Pearl Jam

Frosty The Snowman - Fiona Apple

Last Christmas (George Michael) - The Fire Apes

Plant a Little Fir Tree - Half-Handed Cloud

The Friendly Beasts - Sufjan Stevens

Listen the Snow is Falling - Galaxie 500

Mookie's Last Christmas - Saosin

Anorak Christmas (Club Mix) - Sally Shapiro

A New Hope - The New Royal Family

A Marshmallow World - Los Straightjackets

Buying Pine Cone Scents - His Clancyness

Christmas With Derek - Mertle

Christmas on the Beach - Irene

Goodbye Charles - Over The Rhine

Holiday - The Hopefuls

Santa Stole My Baby - Mistreaters

Sleigh Ride - The Late Greats

Listen to and download all of the Christmas playlist mixes. You can also bookmark and share this page which will not expire or become a broken link.

Labels: Alternative Christmas Songs, Indie Christmas Music, Indie Christmas Playlists, Indie Christmas Songs

12:05 PM December 26, 2007

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At 5:17 AM , Ekko said...: As you requested, I posted a link to your site on my site. Please do the same.

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PS-Your best indie/alt songs of 2007: Tokyo POlice Club was a 2006 release.
At 4:33 AM , Christmas Rock Songs said...: Thank you so much for posting this
At 2:46 PM , Laura said...: How can you download the playlists?

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