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Merry Christmas + Happy New Year
Christmas has happened, and the New Year is nearly here. Thank you all for reading this silly thing for yet another year. I’m not saying I won’t pop back in here on occasion, but it sure feels different writing when you know there might be someone on the other end reading… and there is a season for folks checking out my little corner of the internet. I do love hearing from folks who share this…
Les petits Mutins de Noël "La Bombe avant Noël" (2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp Les petits Mutins de Noël are a Christmas punk band, comprised of more French bands than you can count on one hand: Monster Mash, Supersports, Acide Gras, Die Vräcks, Louis Lingg and The Bombs, and The Flug. This new song, “La Bombe avant Noël” (The Bomb Before Christmas), piqued my interest simply based on their sound. This may be a whole mess of bands smashed…
moi Caprice - Advent (2020)
Glorious RecordsBuy: Qobuz (FLAC/MP3) | Apple Music | Discogs (CD/Vinyl) This is a record that’s been bouncing around my playlists for a long time. Many years ago, I got into moi Caprice, a Danish band that was geographically and sonically close enough to my Swedish pop obsession to get swept up in the search. Their song “The Art of Kissing Properly” became a playlist staple. I picked up a few…
Daphne's Demise "Just Like Christmas" (2025)
Perpetual DoomBuy: Bandcamp Lord knows this song has been covered to death. But there are some songs that I don’t mind hearing cover after cover of… and Low’s “Just Like Christmas” is most certainly in that camp. Heck, Christmas A Gogo has a yearly post gathering the latest covers. So, another cover… what can you find in yet another cover of this song? Perpetual Doom is a label that I love,…
Lonesome Doves - Lonesome Doves Christmas Album (2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp Vermont’s Lonesome Doves have released a 4-song EP of original Christmas songs, the appropriately titled Lonesome Doves Christmas Album, all of which share a slow tempo, as well as the beautiful vocals of Scarlett… who truly does not miss a note. It is not often that an indie rock band is notable for the vocalist’s ability to sing… but Lonesome Doves are certainly an…
PSA for folks with Christmas songs...
I’ve updated my Submissions page to try to be as explicit as possible as to what your expectations should be if you submit a song. I’m just one guy with a website and a few minutes to spare. I’m going to disappoint a lot of people, even people who put out music I’m into. I don’t mean to, but it is going to happen.
The Bret Tobias Set "For Christ's Sake" (2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp Hey! Is The Bret Tobias Set lining up to be a yearly Philadelphia Christmas tradition? Can I manifest this? We’ll see… I wrote about The Bret Tobias Set’s excellent 2023 cover of Everything But the Girls’ “25th December” earlier this year, with what might be one of my shortest reviews of recent memory. I don’t know why I get sheepish about that kind of stuff – I just…
Christmas Mix 2025: A Bit of Christmas
I have to remind myself that I really make these mixes for me. I know I force them on people, such as yourselves, but when it comes down to it, I and only I, have to love these songs. I have to recognize this and accept it, or I will have nonstop waffling back and forth as to whether a song is “cool” enough, or whether it will surprise a listener, or whether the whole damn thing will feel…
High Tropics "All I Need This Christmas" (2023) and "Lonely this Christmas" (2021)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp I have a tough time writing about songs you can’t actually go out and buy. A big part of why this site exists is not only to spread the best Christmas music I can find, but also to point you toward the best place to pay money for the hard work of these talented musicians. Art is work, and work deserves compensation. It really is that simple. Because of that, I’ve been…
Flunk - Xmas EP (2025)
Beatservice RecordsBuy: Bandcamp Norwegian electropop band Flunk has just dropped Xmas EP, a very chill new five-song release that gathers four beautiful, sparse covers (all of which have appeared in some form before) alongside one reworking of a previous song, “Sanctuary,” reimagined as a stripped-down Christmas version. I’ll touch briefly on the covers, if only to point out that while Flunk…
PAL - Christmas Majic 2 (2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp As the year winds down, I find my reviews get less introspective, less thoughtful, and frankly, shittier. Why mess with the formula! Here’s a crap review of a great little EP by Cleveland egg punks PAL. Christmas Majic 2 is obviously the follow-up to their first Christmas release back in 2023. I have it in my “likes” in Bandcamp, which likely suggests that it came out…
ANDEMIC - The Sick Christmas EP (2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp When you get a hot tip from Jon Solomon, of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show fame, you press play. What was in store for me was extremely appropriate for my past week of sickness, a Christmas EP by Philly native (but LA-based) Andy Williams titled The Sick Christmas EP. Woof. Hitting close to home. Let me give you a bit more background on this Andy Williams fellow.…
Ena Kinderlieder - Weihnachtslieder (2025)
eleventwentyStudiosBuy: Bandcamp Have you ever just sat there, watching the Bandcamp “Selling Right Now” feed? It is somewhat mesmerizing. Well, I did that, and I clicked on a few things that looked like Christmas records, and I ended up here, with Ena Kinderlieder’s Weihnachtslieder. My current predicament is such: Earlier this season, I made a statement about how little I feature…
Tim Baker - Full Rainbow of Light (2024/2025)
End Times MusicBuy: Bandcamp | Vinyl You may be familiar with the excellent Canadian indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, which unfortunately disbanded in 2017. Readers of this site may be most familiar with their holiday EP, A Cup of Kindness Yet. Though… I would have thought I would have written about that record at some point, but I haven’t. So, I suppose this might be new to you as well. Check it…
sit stay - a very merry... (2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp (NYOP) Well, I’m officially sick. That means I’m home and can work on finishing my Christmas mix, but will I feel motivated? I certainly didn’t last night. Luckily, LA-based bedroom pop project sit stay have at least made my blog obligaction easy with a wonderful 2-track Chistmas release, a very merry. They are delicate and warm, full of the nostalgia of the young –…
ctznshp "Holiday Lights" (2013/2025)
Self ReleasedBuy: Bandcamp Montreal post-rock band ctznship have just released a record of rare tracks titled Lost Loves (A Collection of Rarities). A mix of studio tracks, live recordings, demos and such, there are two songs on here of note to a dealer of Christmas tunes, “Holiday Lights” and “The New Year.” They may have been released yeaaars ago, as “Holiday Lights” was a b-side from their…
Besphrenz "for christmas" (2025)
Late Work RecordsBuy: Apple Music | Amazon MP3 Philly’s Besphrenz have knocked out one of the most upbeat and fun “bring my baby back for Christmas” songs of recent memory with the stellar “for christmas.” This is the perfect gift of indie rock Christmas fun. It has me thinking of those stellar Crocodiles Christmas songs of the past – which is high praise in my book. This is their first…