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Season 09 Episode 16: December 10th, 2012

SPECIAL "9th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC" EPISODE!

The Polyphonic Spree (Dallas, TX)
01 Do You Hear What I Hear?
Holidaydream
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: The Flaming Lips, Tripping Daisy

The Rosebuds (Raleigh, NC)
02 Oh It's Christmas
03 Hold Me Tight
Christmas Tree Island
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Opossom

Lightning Love (Ypsilanti, MI)
04 It's Christmas Behave Yourself
Suburban Sprwal Holiday Sampler 2011
(free download)
similar to: Hospitality

Sylvan Lanes (Detroit, MI)
05 Somerset Solo
Suburban Sprwal Holiday Sampler 2012
(free download)
basically is: Frontier Ruckus

DJ McFLY (New Hampshire)

06 Riders on the Sugar Plum
DJ BC's Santastic 7: It's a Wonderful Mash
(free download)
mashup of: The Doors, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Maroon 5

Heartless Bastards (Cincinnati, OH) and Andrew Bird (Chicago, IL)
07 Blue Christmas
08 Auld Lang Syne
Holidays Rule
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

Diamond Rugs (Providence, RI)
09 Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant
Diamond Rugs
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Deer Tick

David Bazan (Seattle, WA)
10 Just Like Christmas
A.V. Club's Holiday Undercover Series
(watch)
similar to: Pedro the Lion cover of: Low

Shonen Knife (Osaka, Japan)
11 Sweet Christmas
Sweet Christmas EP
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)

Kishi Bashi (Seattle, WA)
12 It's Christmas But It's Not White Here in Our Town
Christmas Flexi Single
(buy online)
similar to: Andrew Bird

The Irish Tenors (Ireland)
13 Fairytale of New York
The Irish Tenors Christmas
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
cover of: The Pogues

Also On This Episode

This episode features a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart discussing FoxNews' annual "War On Christmas" nonsense. Watch the entire segment here, it's a bit longer than what I included, but all hilarious.