Alt & Indie Xmas Playlist

pervertedcoffee · 05-12-2013 04:51PM #1

Hey guys! Was wondering what everyone's favourite alt/indie Xmas songs were? Covers or original.

Mine is Frightened Rabbit's 'It's Christmas So We'll Stop' - I heard it the other day and thought to myself; that's it! Here's Christmas!

The Fray did a nice couple of Christmad Covers too...

Miguel_Sanchez · 05-12-2013 05:38PM

Low's Christmas album is good.

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

SilverScreen · 05-12-2013 06:22PM

^ That album was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title. Only Low could make Christmas music sound so good.

Gonzovision · 05-12-2013 09:04PM

Always have to have some Sufjan around Christmas......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3cfUolJxYg

Just listened to the Low one there......very good indeed.

SilverScreen · 05-12-2013 10:47PM

Camera Obscura's cover of Little Donkey is priceless

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

notnumber · 06-12-2013 12:34AM

back before they got morally corrupted by lsd sound systems and the like .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dtXYkGO0tQ

Pighead · 06-12-2013 02:21AM

One of the best Christmas songs ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cglLJJ0Czo8

Xavi6 · 06-12-2013 02:58AM

In before The Darkness :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3J7trGtpB0

This may get deleted but I can't help but listen to it every year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI

cherryghost · 06-12-2013 05:17AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sQKI8tS7A8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOX3oiSOv8

pappyodaniel · 06-12-2013 06:02AM

An obvious one but it's great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAzxdW5SAxc

loyatemu · 06-12-2013 12:27PM

cheery seasonal fare from Gruff Rhys:

"It was 1987,
You'd just been diagnosed,
with manic depression"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjQgwRr7z6M

Miguel_Sanchez · 06-12-2013 02:07PM

XFM's It's a Cool Cool Christmas is a great indie Christmas compilation that I picked up a few years back. (ignore the Snow Patrol track!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-A-Cool-Christmas/dp/B000051TTC

Corholio · 06-12-2013 02:07PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05J79Y8zQTw

Really enjoyed their christmas album together 2 years ago

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

Manchegan · 06-12-2013 04:02PM

Christmastide - The Fall (complete with Xmas card jingle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Iivq5V0Vc

pervertedcoffee · 07-12-2013 12:12AM

These two always get me in the festive mood too! I had forgotten about them both somehow.

I love rediscovering my Christmas playlist every year.

pervertedcoffee · 07-12-2013 02:52AM

And then this happened...

Xmas Covers Mix Part 1

Xmas Covers Mix Part 2

:D:D

lordgoat · 07-12-2013 02:41PM

Casiotone - Cold White Christmas.

/thread

DerekDGoldfish · 07-12-2013 10:47PM

Wedding Present- No Christmas

The Fall- No Xmas for John Quays

Half Man Half Biscuit - All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit

The Flaming Lips- Christmas at the Zoo

SilverScreen · 08-12-2013 04:56PM

Yep, Cocteau Twins' cover of Frosty the Snowman doesn't disappoint.

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

AhrSkidar · 08-12-2013 11:19PM

"Christmas Day" by Jim White
(not to be confused with Jim White - "Transfer Deadline Day")

I remember quite clearly, a bad Muzak version of James Taylor's big hit, called "Fire and Rain" was playing as you crouched down and tearfully kissed me, and I thought, "Damn, what good fiction I will mould from this terrible pain."