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Season 11 Episode 18: December 15th, 2014

Special "11th Annual Christmas Music" Episode!

The Kickstand Band (Detroit, MI)
01 Hooray for Santy Claus
Suburban Sprawl Music Holiday Sampler 2013
(free download)
similar to: The Go! Team

Piney Gir (London, UK)
02 Christmas Time
XO for the Holidays Vol 4
(free download)

The Garlands (Stockholm, Sweden)
03 I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You
Christmas Single
(iTunes, Rdio, Amazon MP3)
cover of: Margo Guryan

JD McPherson (Broken Arrow, OK)
04 Twinkle
Twinkle Single
(iTunes, Rdio, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Early Rock 'n Roll

Dengue Fever (Los Angeles, CA)
05 Little Drummer Boy
Little Drummer Boy Single
(free download through 12/31)

The Fuzztones (NYC) and The Vacant Lots (Burlington, VT)
06 Santa Claus
07 No More Christmas Blues
Psych-Out Christmas
(iTunes, Rdio, Amazon MP3)

Star Matters (Boston, MA)
08 Just Like Christmas
Just Like Christmas Single
(bandcamp)
cover of: Low

The Eastern Sea (Austin, TX)
09 Walking in the Air
First Christmas
(iTunes)

Mark Kozelek (Atlanta, GA)
10 2,000 Miles
Sings Christmas Carols
(iTunes, Rdio, Amazon MP3)
similar to: Evan Dando

Laura Gibson (Portland, OR)
11 Wonderful Christmastime
All Is Bright
(Amazon MP3)
cover of: Paul McCartney

Master Slash Slave (Northern California)
12 All I Want for Christmas
XO for the Holidays
(free download)

Blue Skies for Black Hearts (Portland, OR)
13 Wishing You a Merry Xmas
XO for the Holidays Vol 2
(free download)

Sunturns (Oslo, Norway)
14 The Closest I Can Get
Christmas
(iTunes, Rdio, Amazon MP3)

The Olms (Los Angeles, CA)
15 Christmas Thyme
Paste Holiday Sampler 2013
(free download)
somehow reminds me of: Diego Garcia

Also On This Episode

This episode features a clip of Chris Rock's monologue from his recent appearance on Saturday Night Live where he talks about the way America commercializes everything, even things that shouldn't be, like Christmas. (watch it)