Rare Christmas Gems: Songs Perfect for Your Next Holiday Party Tracklist Molly Burch - What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas? Sia - Snowman She & Him - The Man with the Bag The Magnetic Fields - Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree Darren Hanlon - Spend Christmas Day With Me The Head and the Heart - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? filous - Let It Snow The Civil Wars - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day The Lumineers - Blue Christmas Lucky Soul - Lonely This Christmas Rufus Wainwright, Sharon Van Etten - Baby, It’s Cold Outside Slow Club - Christmas TV Dar Williams - The Christians and the Pagans
The Vamps - Hoping For Snow Sufjan Stevens - Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time! The Hives, Cyndi Lauper - A Christmas Duel The Kinks - Father Christmas Jonas Brothers - Like It’s Christmas Ben Folds - Lonely Christmas Eve - From “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” Soundtrack The Killers, Toni Halliday - A Great Big Sled fun. - Sleigh Ride Sia - Santa’s Coming for Us Kylie Minogue - 100 Degrees (with Dannii Minogue) Tyler, The Creator - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Christmas Drag The Wombats - Is This Christmas? - Radio Edit Pas/Cal - Little Red Radio of Montreal - Christmas Isn’t Safe for Animals Mêlée - (When Is) Hanukkah This Year?
album I discovered for this list. Track two is her sultry voice over piano on “Snowman” and I couldn’t resist including “Santa’s Coming for Us,” toward the bouncier end of the list. Indie folk was all the rage a few years ago, and that has left us with some lovely indie folk arrangements of Christmas songs by the Head and the Heart , the Lumineers , and The Civil Wars . In my opinion, the most impressive arrangement on this list is the Filous cover of “Let It Snow.” This Austrian producer’s “Bicycle” has been one of my top jams lately, and here has once again exceeded expectations. Before you listen to this song, remind yourself of the old Bing Crosby “Let It Snow” and try to imagine the grooviest version of this song possible. I bet it will exceed your expectations too. Currently, A Christmas Duel is my favorite Christmas song. Years ago, the United Kingdom voted “Fairytale of New York” as the best Christmas song of all time. And if you’re in that crowd, you’ll love this track. Like the couple trapped in the drunk tank on Christmas, this song highlights how Christmas brings together people who aren’t always happy to be in the same room. Hilarity
ensues. It would be a great song if it weren’t the Hives with Cyndi Lauper, but seeing as how it is, double the greatness. Pas/Cal ’s “Little Red Radio” is an upbeat, indie rock song that’s as pure as A Christmas Story. Much like the kids of that old Christmas flick, the narrative of this song is all about that one coveted present. And like the young characters in A Christmas Story what the indie rockers covet is just sweet and naive enough to make the consumerism palatable. “Little Red Radio” is probably the most spirited use ever of an organ used in a Christmas song. Perhaps that Pas/Cal track had you shaking your fist at the commercialism at Christmas. Of Montreal is right there with you. If you like your music weird and if you prefer Buy Nothing Day to Black Friday, “Christmas Isn’t Safe for Animals” is the song for you. Barely a Christmas song and more of an anti-consumer artistic statement, Of Montreal is a band that frequently ties shrewd societal analysis with fantastical notions. It’s quirks like this that make me love Of Montreal all the more; either you’ll love this or hate it.
Ariana Grande - Winter Things Pretenders - 2000 Miles - 2007 Remaster Train - Shake Up Christmas
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