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This is a longer version of the show that was broadcast on KPSU. I love Christmas!

artist - song - album :: extra info

The Magnetic Fields - Mr. Mistletoe - Distortion :: out January 15
(website)

Asobi Seksu - Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight) - split 7″ with Pas/Cal
(website | myspace)

Pas/Cal - Last Christmas - split 7″ with Asobi Seksu
(website | myspace)

Chris Garneau- It’s Almost Christmas - C-Sides
(website | myspace)

Daniel Johnston - Rock Around The Chrismas Tree - Lost and Found
(website | myspace | fan site)

Frightened Rabbit - It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop
(website | myspace)

The Pipettes - In the Bleak Midwinter
(website | myspace | live @ NPR)

Rosie Thomas - Christmas Time is Here - Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album
(website | myspace | @ Sub Pop)

Denison Witmer - A Christmas Song - Happy Christmas Volume 3
(website | myspace | Happy Birthday Denison)

David Bazan - Harmless Sparks/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Daytrotter session
(website | myspace | @ Daytrotter)

David & the Citizens - Christmas Eve - Graycoated Morning single
(website | myspace)

Sally Shapiro - Anorak Christmas (OK Ikumi Remix)
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Club 8 - Love In December
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ Labrador)

Komon - Poetry for the Winter
(myspace | last.fm)

Irene - Christmas on the Beach
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Bird And The Bee - Carol Of The Bells
(website | myspace)

The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers - Shepherd’s Song - Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Smithereens - Merry Christmas Baby - Christmas with the Smithereens
(website | myspace)

The Minus 5 - Your Christmas Whiskey - Oh Santa! New & Used ChristmasClassics from Yep Roc
(website | myspace)

Don Peris - Angels We Have Heard on High - Brighter Visions Beam Afar
(website | myspace | The Innocence Mission: website | myspace )

Snowden - White Christmas - Licorice EP
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Winston Jazz Routine - Through The Snow - Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Th’ Legendary Shackshakers - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Oh Santa! New & Used ChristmasClassics from Yep Roc
(website | myspace)

mp3s:

Asobi Seksu -  Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight)
Chris Garneau - It’s Almost Christmas
David Bazan - Harmless Sparks/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
David & the Citizens - Christmas Eve
Club 8 - Love in December
Komon - Poetry for the Winter
Irene - Christmas on the Beach
Snowden - White Christmas

 

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Invariable, I can’t always find and play everything that’s worth playing. There’s still hundreds of hours out there of music made in 2007, and I’ll never play it all, but this week’s show makes a small effort to cover what I missed throughout the year.
artist - song - album :: extra info

The Long Goodbye - Pilgrim
(myspace)

Ohmega Watts - The Platypus Strut - Watts Happening
(website | myspace | The Making of “Platypus”)

Anna Ternheim - Bridges - Lovers Dream and More Music for Psychotic Lovers EP
(website | myspace | Bridges live video)

Enon - Colette - Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds
(website | myspace)

Glen Hansard - Fallen from the Sky - Once Original Soundtrack
(The Frames: website | myspace | The Swell Season myspace | Once: website | myspace)

Film School - Dear Me - Hideout
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Jarvis Cocker - Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time - Jarvis
(@ World’s Fair | myspace | “Waste” video)

MIA - Paper Planes - Kala
(website | myspace)

Sunset Rubdown - Winged/Wicked Things - Random Spirit Lover
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ Absolutely Kosher)

Stars of the Lid - Apreludes (in C Sharp Major) - And Their Refinement of the Decline
(website | myspace | “Apreludes” video)

A Place to Bury Strangers - To Fix the Gash in Your Head - A Place to Bury Strangers
(website | myspace)

St. Vincent - Human Racing - Marry Me
(website | myspace)

Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game - Back to Black
(website | myspace)

The Bird And The Bee - Man - Please Clap Your Hands
(website | myspace | @ NPR)

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights - 100 Days
(website | myspace | “Days” video)

Sia - Buttons - Some People Have Real Problems
(website | myspace | Buttons video)

Flight of the Conchords - If You’re Into It - The HBO Soundtrack
(website | myspace | @ HBO | “Into It” video)
mp3s:

Jarvis Cocker - Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time
Sunset Rubdown - Winged/Wicked Things
Stars of the Lid - Apreludes (in C# Major)
A Place to Bury Strangers -To Fix the Gash in Your Head
Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

 

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artist - song - album :: extra info

Holiday Fun Club - Hamburg in the Night - Holiday Fun Club
(myspace | @ Sounds of Subterrania)

David & the Citizens - Graycoated Morning - single
(website | myspace | @ Friendly Fire | )

Sally Shapiro - He Keeps Me Alive - Disco Romance
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Hell on Wheels - Gone Too Far - Little Darla has a Treat for You vol. 25
(myspace)

Kele Goodwin (with Laura Gibson and Douglas Jenkins) - A Kiss for Your Eyes - The Spider
(myspace)

The Whitsundays - Sorry James
(myspace | @ Friendly Fire)

Tulsa - Breath Thin - I Was Submerged EP
(website | myspace)

We Were Pirates - Nervous - The Wolf EP
(myspace | last.fm)

Dot Tape Dot - Come to Me - Ground[works] Sampler :: Free @ Insound (.zip file)
(myspace | last.fm | @ Ambulatore)

The Raveonettes - Aly, Walk With Me - Lust Lust Lust
(website | myspace )

Darker My Love - Helium Heels - Darker My Love :: Free @ Dangerbird (.zip file)
(website | myspace | @ Dangerbird)

Oh Astro - Snow Queen - Champions of Wonder
(website | myspace)

The Heliocentrics - Sirius B - Out There
(website | myspace)

They Might Be Giants - Whithered Hope (live on XM)
(website | other website | myspace | fan Wiki)
mp3s:

Holiday Fun Club - Hamburg in the Night (via It’s a Trap!)
David & the Citizens - Greycoated Morning
Sally Shapiro - He Keeps Me Alive
Hell on Wheels - Gone too Far (via Pitchfork)
Kele Goodwin - A Kiss for Your Eyes (via WW Local Cut)
The Whitsundays - Sorry James
Oh Astro - Snow Queen
The Heliocentrics - SiriusB

 

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Maybe six different versions of the same song was a bit much, but they’re all so different… Let me know what you think!

artist - song - album :: extra info

We Were Pirates - The Three of Us - This American Life Break-Up Song Contest
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound - Lust Lust Lust
(website | myspace | Dead Sound on YouTube)

Lionel Neykov - I Need You - Songs of Want and Loss
(myspace)

.d88b. - The Three of Us - TAL Break-Up Song Contest
(website)

The Summer Darlings - The Three of Us - TAL Break-Up Song Contest
(myspace)

Zookeeper - Snow in Berlin - Becoming All Things
(website | myspace)

Alfred Brown - The Three of Us - TAL Break-Up Song Contest
(website | myspace)

Say Hi - Northwestern Girls - The Wishes and the Glitch
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Plastiscines - Lost in Translation - LP1
(website | myspace)

Reade Pryor - The Three of Us - TAL Break-Up Song Contest

The Vandelles - Swell to Heaven - The Vandelles EP
(myspace | @ Safranin Sound)

Johan Hedberg - Var Dig Sjalv - 5 Spars EP
(website | myspace)

The Fast Computers - Math Predictions - Heart Geometry
(website | myspace)

Tinmantle - The Three of Us - TAL Break-Up Song Contest
(myspace)

mp3s:

We Were Pirates - The Three of Us
The Raveonettes - Dead Sound
.d88b. - The Three of Us
The Summer Darlings - The Three of Us
Zookeeper - Snow in Berlin
Alfred Brown - The Three of Us
Say Hi - Northwestern Girls
Reade Pryor - The Three of Us
The Vandelles - Swell to Heaven
Johan Hedberg - Var Dig Sjalv
Tinmantle - The Three of Us