Here’s a 30 year old #ChristmasMix from Lux Interior, co-founder of The Cramps. I definitely missed this last year when it posted. Thanks to @dustycarpenter.bsky.social for the tip off! It’s surprisingly cheery. File under: Krampus/Crampsmas - insheepsclothinghifi.com/jesus-f-its-...

Happy Hanukkah (a bit early) to everyone! Excited to share a Hanukkah mix for the first time after about 20 yrs of collecting holiday sounds - www.mixcloud.com/radiorethink... - its made up of my all time favorites + a Klezmatics remix (Ben Mandelson’s) that’s kind of vanished from the web. Enjoy!

Does everyone know about Mummers? There was a segment on the public radio show Soundprint in 2005 that mesmerized me talking about this intrusive, mysterious, sometimes dangerous Christmas tradition of Newfoundland. I’d love to hear that audio again. Here’s a CBC 101 - m.youtube.com/watch?v=aXLH...

So surprised to see that one of the super secret tracks of the season is now out and easy to grab. It’s on this new Chess comp! song.link/s/4e7QQLyJUW... It’s a rare gem that took years to find. Had an unmarked sample of this & scoured for years… Staples? Pointer Sisters? Lenox Ave! #ChristmasMusic

Always a great mix from Bill Adler. He's not on Bluesky - but #ChristmasMix / #ChristmasMusic crate diggers should definitely be aware of his annual offerings - soundcloud.com/xmasjollies/... - there's a Norteño bit in here that is off the charts.

It's Bandcamp Friday and I gotta go to the post office, so if anyone wants to buy a copy of my Christmas LP The Darkest Time of Year, now would be a perfect time. Only 25 bucks to own one of only 100 copies in existence. muzach.bandcamp.com/album/the-da... #bandcampfriday #christmasmusic #vinyl

Doing a little live radio 7-9p MT tonight. Playing off-width / "land of misfit toys" type holiday selections for your Friday. Dial it in for some seasonal sounds. Learn more here: kgnu.org/music-posts/earfuls-of-eggnog-radio - Discord chat: radiorethink.com/livechat - #ChristmasMusic #ChristmasMix

If you're within range... these would be magic. @advancebase.bsky.social - how can we help get this tour to Colorado next year?

This is what it's all about. Like many other non-profits and community organizations, KGNU is actively fundraising today. Follow the links below or just take some time out of your busy day to support worthy causes and institutions in your area - there's no doubt they could use the help. Cheers!

Vol. 12 of the Earfuls of Eggnog Holiday mixtape series is up now at earfulsofeggnog.com - you can find volumes 1-11 there too. Hope the music helps get you in the Christmas spirit during these days of early sunsets. Mele Kalikimaka! 🎄📻 #christmasmusic #christmasmix

Aside from the fact that this is a total gem of a collection, and the amazing backstory of the source material - which is worth noting on its own - a big *heads up* - Zach is also now on Mixcloud! There are already some archives posted up there along with this one. Press play people... press play.

If you love the overlooked and rare sounds of the holidays, @muzach.bsky.social always delivers a stocking full of greatness. Thanks Zach! #ChrismasMix

Hampton is back dishing out the cranberry sauce and holiday tunes. Probably the only mix you’ll hear this season with both Fozzy and Shonen Knife. Thanks @hamptonoid.bsky.social!

Isle of Lucy is one of the best Christmas mix makers out there. She just posted a new one - a “best of” pulled from her nearly 20 years of mixes. www.mixcloud.com/isleoflucy/c... You can also find a bunch of those earlier collections on her MixCloud. 🎄🔊 #ChristmasMix #HolidayMix #ChristmasMusic

It’s always great to discover a fellow #ChristmasMusic crate digger. @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social has piles of mixes over here - m.soundcloud.com/seenthat - and it’s always funny to see collections limited to ~74 minutes… (if you know, you know). Thanks for all of the audio cheer Mike. #XmasMix

More of the consistently great holiday storytelling from Advance Base here for the #ChristmasMusic crate diggers.

We’re “after Thanksgiving” people, but we have some fans in the “after Halloween” camp… and so, the eggnog radio stream is flowing for those that want to start the yuletide early earfulsofeggnog.com

Found a copy of this. Bill Adler flashes this cover momentarily in the Jingle Bell Rocks! documentary. I couldn’t find a sampling of it anywhere online and just took a chance. Solid front to back. Not typical #ChristmasMusic and doesn’t ooze holiday vibes, just a good album with great guitar work.

One of my absolute favorite obscure finds. This is such a great record front to back if you like tropical vibes. Highly recommended. #ChristmasMusic #ChristmasVinyl

Paradise Found Records in #Boulder - a great record store that’s fully showing off the holiday vibes in their front window. Love to see it. #ChristmasVinyl #ChrismasMusic

As always... there's a lot of rare stuff in this stocking. Thanks @falalalala.com for making spirits bright - that Associate Singers to close reminds me of our pal. Cheers King!

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 20: Neil Halstead - The Man in the Santa Suit www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_1... Note: It's originally from the flip side of a Fountains of Wayne 45 from 1997, but Neil's version from the very first Brushfire Holiday release makes this tune shine on another level. #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 19: Freedom Fry - Next Christmas freedomfry.bandcamp.com/track/next-c... Note: Freedom Fry definitely loves the holidays, they've put out a few seasonal releases - this is one of my favs. It's catchy and does a great job of painting the cycle of these seasons. #ChristmasMusic

Ah man... 😢 - all season as I've scoured the digital and physical crates he's been on my mind. We should combine and post a full archive of his mixes - or maybe the Smithsonian Institute should. Happy to help make that happen somehow. Thanks for posting this.

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 18: Brook Benton - Soul Santa www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk2Y... Note: Not very rare, but still not something I hear enough of during the holidays. Just an absolute classic that warms your soul. #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 17: Samantha Crain - Christmas for Cowboys fowlervwchristmas.bandcamp.com/track/christ... Note: We probably all need to spend more time listening to #SamanthaCrain - #JohnDenver conjures up the Christmas vibes, but his tune wasn't timeless until she covered it. #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 16: Loney Dear - Habibi (A Clear Black Line) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGBr... Note: This one punches me in the gut... Loney Dear says, “Habibi is a symbolic persona for all people seeking refuge in the world. For all people without a home. Merry Christmas Habibi.” #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 15: Gina Maria - Noite De Natal Na Serra (Christmas Night On The Mountain) folkways.si.edu/gina-maria/n... Note: This resonates on a few levels. 1) For those who celebrate, it reminds us that xmas happens all over the world. 2) it's been happening for a long time! #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 14: Chris Hatfield - Born Again Pagan www.suburbansprawlmusic.com/Audio/MP3/xm... Note: Clearly not keeping up on these every day, so it's song 14 of 24... Chris wrote one of the all time greatest tunes that speaks truth to Christmas power. The truth is out there. #ChristmasMusic

This seems like a good time to mention that the earfulsofeggnog.com Earfuls of Eggnog radio station is up and running with our partners in cheer over at @kgnu.bsky.social community radio in Denver / Boulder. 1,000's of reasons to love #ChristmasMusic playing 24/7 for the next week or so.

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 13: Samson Wrote - God & Mary (Or, How I Met Your Mother) soundcloud.com/samsonwrote/... Note: One of a few absolute classic songwriting efforts that explores the questionable & implausible immaculate conception scenario that's pretty baked in to this whole season. #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 12: The Stone Foxes - Christmas at McKinley Pub www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFe2... Note: Being from Buffalo originally, this scene and the #LakeEffect snow feels very familiar. It captures that warm glow of neon, cheap santa hats, and $5 pitchers. Sing along! #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 11: Sufjan Stevens - That Was the Worst Christmas Ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpK-... Note: Ahem... getting caught up here. One of the all time #ChristmasMusic classics, & just our type - where the scene isn't always velvet ribbons and cozy firesides - this fire is full of gifts.

He did it again! @xmasunderground.bsky.social 2024 mix is posted for your holiday listening pleasure!

This is a treasure... and it never gets old. Thanks @aquariumdrunkard.com for the reminder of a seasonal favorite.

The full archive in one place. That’s a lot of yuletide.

I do think I'm a #ChristmasMusic fan, but I'm a little shocked that I never pieced it together that it was Dorothy Ashby playing the harp on this one. Of course, sounds just like her, and it is! Just never looked it up... #HarpNerds www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Hl...

The 1914 Christmas truce and football. Did a British regiment, or more, play football with the Germans? The answer is usually a “not really”, or made up. Here’s a thread of soldiers own accounts on the subject. 🧵 1/ #ww1 #fww #greatwar #truce #christmas #football #christmastruce

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 10: Charlie Parker - White Christmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrIH... Note: I'll forever love this version of White Christmas - especially the idea that, long ago, Bird made his way to a radio station on Christmas morning to deliver the rendition live on the radio - that's a gift!

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 9: Vince Guaraldi - Skating www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn4Y... Note: Not even remotely obscure, in fact, forever intertwined with the DNA of the holiday. Imagine those moments - Vince and crew recording this material, having no idea how big an imprint they would leave in the snow.

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 8: Mark Kozelek - Christmas Time Is Here www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhk... Note: It's challenging to cover a treasured classic & breath new life into it. But, Mark may be the true embodiment of Charlie Brown & that's what makes his interpretation & delivery so pure. #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 7: our Eyes - Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Gruber foureyesathens.bandcamp.com/album/everyt... Note: Ho, Ho, Ho! Now I have a machine gun. Without question, #DieHard is a #ChristmasMovie and this is an outstanding bit of #ChristmasMusic songwriting.

Playing the incomparable @saranoellemusic.bsky.social Christmas at Sea on the radio just now. Always so good. Any backstory Sara? The cover photo looks like somewhere I’d like to be.

I’ll be playing #ChristmasMusic and Holiday tunes live over on the www.earfulsofeggnog.com radio channel from @kgnu.bsky.social tonight from 7-9pMT - dial it in and hop in the chat if you need some yuletide cheer.

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 6: Top Grant - A Christmas Drink www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSx... Note: It is Friday after all, and maybe time for a bit of bubbly? This one was surfaced by the late #MitchellKezin - one of the greatest Xmas crate diggers ever! Cheers Mitchell! 🥂🥲🎄#ChristmasVinyl #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 5: Matt Pond PA - Snow Day mattpondpa.bandcamp.com/track/snow-day Note: Does this song mention a holiday in the lyrics? No. Is it loaded with childhood memories of one of the greatest miracles of the winter season, a possible school closing? Absolutely. #ChristmasMusic #LakeEffect

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 4: Josh Quillen - You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch joshquillen.bandcamp.com/track/youre-... Note: Last year @drewdaniel.bsky.social posted about ‘Holiday Faves’ - the album this track comes from. It's such a refreshing and hauntingly sparse take on holiday sounds. #ChristmasMusic

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 3: Andrew Bird - So Much Wine, Merry Christmas andrewbird.bandcamp.com/track/so-muc... Note: 1st released by The Handsome Family, Andrew Bird somehow took this song to new heights with a version that captures the heartbreaking lament of our misguided "butterfly". #ChristmasMusic

Thanks @advancebase.bsky.social for improving the holidays with your perfectly crafted songs of complicated scenes at Christmas. Good luck Christmas Steve, wherever you are.

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 2: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas cftpa.bandcamp.com/track/cold-w... Note: So much emotion in this song - those first times not going home for Christmas, those early post-college days when cash was slim. Plus that "Holiday in Grease" line! #ChristmasMusic