X-Mas Songs That Don’t Suck

This entry was posted by owl and bear staff on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 11:59 am.

Seasonal depression is a serious thing- and I’m not making light of it- but some untimely deaths must be linked to the dreck that we hear in every store and on every station during the glorious holiday season. Here’s a list of X-Mas Songs That Don’t Suck:

1. The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause
2. Holopaw – Velveteen
3. Pogues – Fairytale Of New York
4. Red Red Meat – There’s A Star Above The Manger Tonight
5. Califone – Welcome Christmas
6. Red Red Meat – There’s Always Tomorrow
7. Califone – On The Steeple With The Shakes (Xmas Tigers)
8. Mogwai – Christmas Steps
9. Neutral Milk Hotel – King Of Carrot Flowers 2 & 3
10. Old Man Gloom – Christmas Eve 1, 2, & 3
11. Ugly Casanova – So Long To The Holidays (MP3)
12. Califone – Silver & Gold (MP3)
13. Run-DMC – Christmas In Hollis
14. My Morning Jacket – Xmas Curtain

There. Something for everyone. Happy Holidays,

Jon