An alternative christmas

dan185

Normally keep until the 1st of Dec before cracking open the christmas music but I was on a train going through the snow yesterday and nothing fitted more than Sufjan's songs for christmas. Today I've tried to stay away but again I'm on the christmas tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzrkyy9h4x8

Currently got A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi on.

What's your favourite alt/indie christmas album?

rcaz

The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)

Haven't been able to find it on YouTube though. The only video with the song in it had its audio disabled.

lordgoat

Bah hum bug. It's No-****ing-vember.

dan185

lordgoat wrote: »

Bah hum bug. It's No-****ing-vember.

I wont do it yet but I'm going to bump the **** out of this thread come midnight :P

Dozen Wicked Words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulR1oz47lg0

bystarlight

The Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime

Fanmade video with a few Pumpkins "in" jokes, good song though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHA-DB4Pjz8

Miguel_Sanchez

My favourite indie Christmas song I think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA

smackbunnybaby

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

My favourite indie Christmas song I think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA

You might drop dead when I tell you that that Song came on in McDonalds on Grafton Street on Monday night!!

Anyway - here are some Weezer Christmas songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPGoNwRacLA

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAFPuS10-nk

rcaz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAScJev4e8s

Fidelis

Anything by Sleigh Bells :pac:

cheesehead

Indie hipster Christmas music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRIawGwY52A

Incidentally, free download of this song (and 13 more) at Target (large US Retailer) site:

http://www.target.com/b?node=2492229011&ref=sr_shorturl_holidayalbum

Bog

+1 for Low - Just Like Christmas

also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qBoy2rhVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8dT_OpHuQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGMILV7pZ28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfeKLSjSxL0

Kold

That Christmassy feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZuXtXQ7ZQM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Probably not strictly "alternative" but here's a remix of "Carol of The Bells" aka "Ding Fires Are Done"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLnrC0L73Y

lordgoat

Fidelis wrote: »

Anything by Sleigh Bells :pac:

SLEIGH BELLS have announced a date in Whelan's on 18th Feb, Tickets go on sale on Thursday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-juAn8GFrA

Casiotones last gig was last night. Sad but excited about his next reincarnation.

smokedeels

lordgoat wrote: »

SLEIGH BELLS have announced a date in Whelan's on 18th Feb, Tickets go on sale on Thursday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-juAn8GFrA

Casiotones last gig was last night. Sad but excited about his next reincarnation.

I was strolling to town listening to Etiquette last Wednesday, the bus had broke down on a steep hill, so I emerged from it in the midst of snowball fights and flakes dropping down from the sky, and "Cold White Christmas" came on, it was lovely, definitely my mid-winter tune this year, the entire album had a Christmas feel, maybe it was just the day that was in it.

KeanSeenan

Rack and Ruin, a dutch netlabel with some brilliant stuff on it for free(No Monster Club/Dublin Duck Dispensary, America Del Sur, TASRU, A Series of Dark Caves, Jason The Swamp), release a christmas ep every year, they're pretty good.
http://www.rackandruinrecords.com/releases11.php#album1

http://www.rackandruinrecords.com/releases16.php#album10

Popical Island are releasing a christmas e.p. this year too, in the vein of the Phil Spector big band type thing.
Here's a song from it.
http://soundcloud.com/popical_island/the-high-line

KeanSeenan

Here's the trailer for the Popsicle iceland thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsBeIiryFQc

laurashambles

More Weezer, but this time in gratuitous Japanese. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfEBnmgPGk

And The Hives and Cyndi Lauper with, possibly my favourite Christmas song ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My5Bzf0PQhc

Creamy Goodness

A bit of a "Walking in the air" special post...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z8RhKV8P8k

and this is my personal favourite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaz84z0tdr4

Dozen Wicked Words

Loads of Bands do Last Christmas

Heres Jimmy Eat Worlds

And another good one from Manics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16CRyfqwdg

DerekDGoldfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e874vKfYfuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQGv3Rmsx5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6T0bN8g6xs

Gonzovision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaWPduHl_j8

Earthhorse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV9tJ-YTnTQ

Earthhorse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzjgMXseMvg

joebucks

Dunno if this is considered in the alternative genre, but its a great alternative to your typical Chrimbo jingles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY

rcaz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Ep3s_8dzw

ColmDawson

Popical Island's Christmas EP is out now; I'm really enjoying it so far. All original songs by some great Irish bands. You can listen here for free, and it's a pay-what-you-want deal with all the money going to www.camphill.ie and www.canteen.ie.

Dozen Wicked Words

Now don't shoot me, I know the original is superior in every way, but I like this folky version by Billy Bragg and Florence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPbOHhssAP4

Incidentally, its ten years this week since Kirsty MacColls death, RIP

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5nKjGRONr4

pappyodaniel

An old school one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0xWdoQJxMM

One from last year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wS-k66MKgs

A Super Furry one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsXU_44zzGw

Elliott Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Q_fYuMZdA

A Punky One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM

A Badly Drawn One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlgqFlZjQJQ

A mad one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4W81AvDsVY

A Radiohead One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ut5w7PV53U