The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs
Mix 3
In 2007 the Indie Rock Cafe published an amazing set of playlists - The 12 Plays Of Christmas, they punned - including MP3 links for listening and downloading. The lists spanned a handful of post-modern classics and a seemingly endless supply of genuine obscurities - a dizzing cornucopia of digital delights sure to thrill the kiddies and stump obsessive collectors. In 2009, they published four more volumes, but eventually the playlists fell into disrepair. That's when I stepped in - to preserve this golden moment of obsession and compulsion for musical history! [complete list]
The 12 Plays of Christmas: Mix 3 (2007)
Mix 3 of Indie Rock Cafe's special Christmas music series of The 12 Plays of Alternative-Indie Christmas Songs includes some more mainstream rock artists such as My Chemical Romance, Slade and Belle & Sebastian, as well as popular indie artists like Low, Sufjan Stevens, Jens Lekman and many more. (Max Hammer)