Again, a mix of old and new, merry and maudlin, sincere and just flat out cheesy. Previous selections have tended not to outstay their welcome, coming in at under an hour. I've thrown caution (and common sense) to the wind this year, gifting inflicting an extra 50% on you lovely people, so you get nearly an hour and a half of Christmas drivel.
Lots of covers pf Christmas classics by the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Ash, Emmy The Great & Lightspeed Champion, Lenox Avenue and Cranes. I nearly went for Al Jourgensen's version of What A Wonderful World but BMX Bandits won out in the end. Sinkane also delivers an all-star cover of The Waitresses' Christmas Wrapping, featuring various members of LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost! and Beastie Boys.
One of my all-time favourite Christmas albums is by Low, who are represented here twice, with If You Were Born Today and a fresh cover of Just Like Christmas by Silversun Pickups, released a couple of days ago. Remembering Mimi Parker.
The selection closes with a prime example of the cheese/charm spectrum, Air Supply delivering a gleaming-white-teeth-and-hairsprayed-mullet version of Sleigh Ride. Following this, The Trash Can Sinatras perform Snow, a beautiful rendition of the Randy Newman song.
Hopefully something for everyone here (well, maybe not everyone; I steered clear of Kanye West's Christmas song) for the week ahead. Enjoy!
1) Lonely Star (Christmas Song) (Single Version): Dream Nails (2020)
2) Everybody's Having Fun (It's Christmas Time): Natalie Prass (2016)
3) Swing Down Sweet Chariot: Elvis Presley ft. The Jordanaires (1960)
4) Be Good At Christmas: Katie Malco (2016)
5) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Cover of Judy Garland): Phoebe Bridgers (2017)
6) Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo: Alma Cogan (1955)
7) Holiday Tylenol: Anni Rossi (2017)
8) Christmas Wrapping (Cover of The Waitresses): Sinkane ft. Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney, Money Mark, Nick Millhiser, Roxane Danset, Jordan McLean & Jas Walton (2020)
9) Merry Christmas Baby (Album Version) (Cover of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers): Chuck Berry (1964)
10) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2004 Version) (Cover of Wizzard): Ash (2004)
11) I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas: Aimee Mann (2005)
12) What A Wonderful World (Cover of Louis Armstrong): BMX Bandits (1986)
13) Shitty Christmas: Babaganouj (2013)
14) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Cover of John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band): Cranes (1996)
15) If You Were Born Today: Low (1999)
16) Commodore Xmas: The Saturnettes (2013)
17) Just Like Christmas (Cover of Low): Silversun Pickups (2022)
18) A Tiny Christmas: Lawrence King (2017)
19) Christmas In Prison (Cover of John Prine): Emmy The Great & Lightspeed Champion (2006)
20) The Dollyrots Do Christmas: The Dollyrots (2018)
21) Xmas To Forget: Nathaniel Rateliff ft. Elle King (2020)
22) No Cure For The Common Christmas: Saint Etienne (2010)
23) The Little Drummer Boy (Cover of Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone): Lenox Avenue (1970)
24) Sleigh Ride (Cover of Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra): Air Supply (1987)
25) Snow (Single Version) (Cover of Randy Newman): The Trash Can Sinatras (1999)
No comments:
Post a Comment