Fresh sounds from this year’s holiday spectacular, many of which expire at the end of this week. So check out those Bandcamp links before your favorite seasonal tune melts like snow in the sunshine…
In preparation for my 2021 holiday show—to be broadcast this Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6pm PST on hollowearthradio.org—please listen to last year’s show, as well as others below from 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Happy holidays!
PLAYLIST Fotoform – They Say It’s Always Lonely Pip Blom – All I Want For Christmas Outer World – Arc & Bow Sugar World – Just Like Christmas The Reds, Pinks & Purples – We Won’t Come Home at Christmas Time Marble Gods – I Remember Xmas Crocodiles – Christmas In Hell Jellies – Candy Cane Lane Berk/Lehane – An Irishman For Christmas Diet Cig – Happy Holiday The Hannah Barberas – Can You Hear the Snowfall? The Aislers Set – Cold Christmas the bv’s – i hope there’s no snow Jetstream Pony – Hit the Snow Apple Orchard – One Christmas Catalogue Blades of Joy – Christmas Time
As I gear up for this year’s holiday radio show, I’m listening to a lot of new indie music celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and wintertime. In spite of the pandemic that has disrupted our lives in so many (terrible) ways, musicians around the world have responded in a familiar fashion: immersing oneself in a creative pursuit. Heck, that’s why I’ve kept doing my show every single week this year. It provides a needed distraction. And I’m stuck at home anyway, so…
While the 2020 show will, as always, only feature music released this year, I’ve also been dipping into my archive for some additional holiday cheer. So consider this a series of three opening acts for the main event, which you can tune into on this Wednesday, December 23rd at 6pm (Pacific Standard Time) on hollowearthradio.org. Or catch it on Mixcloud later.
2019
Last year’s show fell square on the holiday, so I pre-recorded it as I traveled to spend Christmas with my family in Florida.
PLAYLIST: Me in Capris – Lonely Christmas Nick Frater – Christmas is Cancelled The Hangabouts – Colors of Christmas Mikal Cronin – Christmastime Heist Death to Slow Music – Like Christmas Jesus on the Moon – Festivus halfsour – child’s christmas in wales Marcos y Molduras – La de Navidad – 2k19 Business Of Dreams – Will You Still Love Me In December? Close Lobsters – All Christmases Go Wild Oihana & Tamu – Por fin Navidad Yo La Tengo – Eight Candles Tracyanne & Danny – Santa, Don’t Say No The Hannah Barberas – Headfirst Into Christmas Ben London – Vinyl Christmas Livingmore – Show Me Light And Love
2018
My 2018 show was the first one where I decided to focus on all-new holiday music. I scoured Bandcamp to discover new artists while blending in recent releases from a few old favorites.
PLAYLIST: Bubble & Squeak – The Christmas Stick The Hannah Barberas – Oh Santa Claus! The Catenary Wires – Christmas Tree (Burn Burn Burn) The Darling Buds – New Year Say Sue Me – Christmas, It’s Not a Biggie Peter Holsapple – Christmas Must Be Tonight The Flatmates – Come On, Santa! Whoa Melodic – Christmas Stars School Damage – Xmas Song Green Seagull – First Snow of Winter dogsister – Santa Bezos Pre Nup – War, On Christmas Eerie Wanda – Listen the Snow is Falling The Beths – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Lorna – Broken Stars Thee Mightees – Christmas Song
2017
The debut Cycles Per Second holiday show, where I liberally sprinkled in favorite seasonal indie tunes that had long been in my jingle-jangle arsenal.
PLAYLIST: Seafang – Happy When It Snows The Chills – Christmas Chimes The Go-Betweens – Hope Shonen Knife – All I Want For Christmas The Holiday Scene – Eight Dates A Week (Song For Hanukkah) Vic Godard & Subway Sect – Holiday Hymn Aztec Camera – Hot Club of Christ Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet – Santa Claus is Coming to Town Redd Kross – Super Sunny Christmas The Spook School – Someone To Spend Christmas With Louis Philippe – Christmas Sun The Hangabouts – Snow Is Falling Math & Physics Club – It Must Be Christmas The Perfect English Weather – Chistmas In Suburbia Yo La Tengo – It’s Christmas Time O-Positive – Christmas Presence The French Impressionists – Santa Baby The dB’s & Friends – You’re What I Want (For Christmas)
