So this is Christmas, and what have we done? Well, we’ve downloaded a sleighful of free songs (and one holiday radio program) to add this year’s merriment, that’s what.
But as the clock ticks down to the close of another Christmas Day, I’m staring at a pile of musical gifts that have gone unpresented, including a third offering from The Boy Least Likely To. Since this post marks the season finale of O Christmas Free 2010, I’ve compiled a list of links so you might take a minute to grab these (mostly) festive tracks gratis now. Pack ’em away for next year’s holiday cheer:
Viv Albertine – “Home Sweet Home (At Christmas)
Atlas Sound – “Artificial Snow”
Baby Jazz – “Song For The Season (Holy Jam)”
Banjo Or Freakout – Xmas Album 2009 (Xmas Album 2010 also available, for about $1.50)
The Boy Least Likely To – “Blue Spruce Needles”
Candy Claws – “Snow Bridge”
Crystal Stilts – “Jesus Claus Mix 2”
Crystal Stilts – “Practically Immaculate”
Dream Diary – “Christmas All Over Again” (Tom Petty cover)
The Girls With Glasses feat. Brooke White – “You Are Loved”
Mayer Hawthorne – “Christmas Time Is Here”
I Am Noxious – “Snowman”
Chris Isaak – “Auld Lang Syne”
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects”
Madison – “Santa Baby”
Dent May – “Holiday Face”
Pallers – “Arctic Hymn”
Sam Phillips – “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas” (Username: samlist Password: idflc)
Slow Club – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (Darlene Love cover)
Vesper Stamper & Sufjan Stevens – “Up On The Housetop”
Summer Camp – “Christmas Wrapping” (The Waitresses cover)
Wheat – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” / “It’s Snowing – I Love You” (click the cover art)
James Yuill – “Jingle Bells” (Jingle Pints Remix from Guinness commercial)
Various Artists – Music City Unsigned Family Christmas (Daniel Ellsworth/Alva Leigh and Holley Maher tracks)
And finally, here’s a list of the O Christmas Free 2010 tunes featured over the past month. I’ve tried to leave off any songs whose links have since expired (free isn’t free forever, even during the holidays):
Beach House – “I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun”
The Boy Least Likely To – “Christmas Isn’t Christmas”
The Boy Least Likely To – “Happy Christmas Baby”
Cary Brothers – “Father Christmas” (The Kinks cover)
The Crookes – “It’s Just Not Christmas Without You” / “All Alone On Christmas”
Destiny’s Child – “Silent Night,” “Little Drummer Boy”
Nathan Fake – “Xmas Rush” (Dub)
The Golden Filter – “White Nights” (Psychic TV cover)
Hurts – “All I Want For Christmas Is New Year’s Day”
Indigo Girls – “Your Holiday Song”
Los Campesinos! – “Kindle A Flame In Her Heart”
Shelby Lynne – “Ain’t Nothin’ Like Christmas”
The Pipettes – “Santa’s On His Way”
Röyksopp – “Le Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)”
Saint Etienne – “No Cure For The Common Christmas”
Saint Etienne – “Through The Winter”
Sepia – “Christmas Time Is Here”
Paul Simon – “Getting Ready For Christmas Day” (scroll down a bit)
Sleeping At Last – Christmas Collection 2010
Sufjan Stevens – “Sister Winter” and “That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!”
Dave Stewart – “I Want You For Christmas,” “Rock Fabulous Christmas,” “White Christmas,” “Christmas In L.A.”
Toad The Wet Sprocket – “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas” (Sam Phillips cover)
Tracey Thorn – “Sister Winter” (Sufjan Stevens cover)
Kanye West – “Christmas In Harlem” (Original Version)
Kanye West – “Christmas In Harlem” (Expanded Version)
Various Artists – Target’s The Christmas Gig featuring Best Coast/Wavves, Guster, Crystal Antlers, Little Jackie, more
Various Artists – Nettwerk Holiday Sampler featuring Sixpence None The Richer, fun., Aliqua, Butterfly Boucher
This American Life – “Christmas and Commerce” feat. David Sedaris’ “SantaLand Diaries”