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The 12 Plays of Alt-Indie Christmas - Mix Seven
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 This is Christmas - Acceptance
- O Little Town of Bethlehem - Bright Eyes
- Santa Claus is Smoking Reefer - Squirrel Nut Zippers
- The Christmas Sound - 44.1K
- X12 Days of XMas - From First to Last
- Christmas Cake - Rilo Kiley
Post a review of any song and win an iTunes Gift Card!
Yup, anyone, anywhere can post a review (using the Comments section) of any one song on this playlist in 100 words or less.
On Thursday, December 27, 2007, a winner will be chosen and will receive the gift card (can only send to valid email addresses - obviously). This is a great way to perhaps become a regular contributor to this site. We are always looking for writers, photographers and videographers who have original material they would like to see published on a high-profile site.
Good luck and Happy Holidays everyone. Watch for the remaining five Xmas playlists as they will be all published by Christmas day. Then the "best of music" series for 2007 begins, including bloggers' lists for best songs, albums, music videos, concerts, festivals, artists, album cover artwork and more for 2007.
IRC will publish the 'Best of 2007' series during the next week or two. Each installment will feature artist profiles and links, MP3s and playlists, song and album reviews, music videos, artwork and more from the greatest musicians and bands of 2007 that will unlikely surface on any of the mainstream award shows like the Emmy's and the MTV Awards.
Labels: Alternative Christmas Songs, Alternative Xmas, Indie Christmas Music, Indie Christmas Playlists, Indie Christmas Songs, Popular Christmas Songs
The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs - Mix Three
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 Derby
2. Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith
3. Silent Night- Low4. All I Want For Christmas Is You - My Chemical Romance
5. The Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman
6. The Same Thing Goes for Christmas - Sciflyer
7. My First Santa - Ten Thousand Dollar Tattoo
8. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
9. Star of Wonder - Sufjan Stevens
10. Bittersweet Eve - Balasana
Bonus Tracks - Belle and Sebastian live on the historic Peel Sessions, Dec. 18, 2002:
- The 12 Days of Christmas (Live) - Belle & Sebastian
- Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (Live) - Belle & Sebastian
In case you missed:
- Xmas Playlist Mix One
- Xmas Playlist Mix Two
Note: Check back to this page for bonus tracks, album art covers, artists and band photos, blog links and comments. Feel free to join in and leave a comment.
Subscribe to the Indie Xmas Feed to get all the playlists delivered to you however you choose, in any format. Once completed, IRC will have featured more than 120 unique indie, alternative, rock, techno and pop Christmas songs and videos on 12 Christmas and holiday playlist mixes.
About the Xmas Songs Playlists SeriesBeginning earlier this week, IRC launched "The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs" series to create one place in the blogosphere, and the larger web community, where anyone can sample indie, alternative, rock, pop and other genre-oriented Christmas songs.
By Christmas day, IRC will post 12 playlists containing ten or more alternative, indie, rock and pop songs from some of the best known mainstream artists, but many more from alternative and indie artists. Many of these artists are very under-rated, which is why I started this blog.
After a long and arduous search for the best original and cover Xmas and holiday songs, featuring popular and less-known musicians and groups around the world, there are many alternative Xmas tunes out there on the web.
However, it literally take days or weeks, even for an experienced Internet researcher, to track down a good collection of alternative Christmas songs that are easily accessible, correctly titled, featured in full-length and playable on any web page.
The main purpose of all of this is to share the results of this collection of Christmas song playlist mixes with everyone, everywhere. You can help by pushing one of the bookmark icons below, adding this to your favorites and sending the link to your friends and family.
There will also be a collection of Christmas music videos (like this Christmas video from Pedro The Lion), funny Christmas pictures and an index of links to other websites and blogs featuring mostly alternative and indie Christmas MP3s, playlists and mixes.
MP3s, music videos, album cover work, band photos and all other related multimedia is for evaluation only and intended to promote and help support the artists featured here. Please do your part by purchasing music, visiting websites, telling friends and attending concerts and festivals to support your favorite musicians and groups.
Check back to this page for updates, including link lists directly to artist websites and more.
Labels: Alternative Christmas Songs, Alternative Xmas, Indie Christmas Music, Indie Christmas Playlists
