Let’s make the yuletide bizarre, y’all.
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Illustration by Daniel Warren Johnson, Lars Gotrich/NPR
Let’s make the yuletide bizarre, y’all.
Illustration by Daniel Warren Johnson, Lars Gotrich/NPR
Viking’s Alternative, my weekly playlist / publication / curation car, has all the time been about smashing collectively sounds that do not instantly make sense collectively — bubbly pop songs sidle as much as filthy headbangers and dreamy ambient. So why not flip that wall of spaghetti sound into tinsel and twinkly strands of sunshine?
Anticipate the surprising as vacation classics — your Gene Autrys and Darlene Loves — play alongside saccharine, foolish, somber, saucy and beautiful originals and covers by artists throughout drone, indie rock, reggae, punk, R&B, hip-hop, pop, metallic and no matter else makes for a jingle bell time. Let’s make the yuletide bizarre, y’all.
The reside Listening Social gathering came about on Dec. 23, however you may stream a model of the eight-hour marathon (through Spotify or Apple Music) and see each music performed beneath, together with incidental music and tracks not discovered on streaming providers.
Full Observe Checklist
HOUR 1
Saint Etienne, “I Was Born on Christmas Day”
Vashti Bunyan, “Coldest Evening of the 12 months”
The Spook College, “Somebody to Spend Christmas With”
Cotton Prime Mountain Sanctified Singers, “Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn”
Ronnie James Dio, “God Relaxation Ye Merry Gents”
DMX, “Rudolph The Crimson Nostril Reindeer”
Dave Easley, “Jesus Maria”
Prefab Sprout, “Nightingales”
James Brown, “Go Energy At Christmas Time”
Amy Grant, “Emmanuel”
Man Or Astro-Man?, “Frosty the Snowman”
Lee “Scratch” Perry, “Merry Christmas, Pleased New 12 months”
Beatrice Deer, “Quviasuvvik Nalliutimmimat”
Hour 2
George Winston, “The Holly and The Ivy”
Fuubutsushi, “Contemporary Salt”
Blondie & Fab 5 Freddy, “Yuletide Throwdown”
Curry Don, “Santa A Come”
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Firm, “Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit”
The Seeger Sisters, “Mary Had a Child”
The Innocence Mission, “Snow”
John Cale, “Kid’s Christmas In Wales”
The Poets Of Rhythm, “Santa’s Bought a Bag of Soul”
Majestica, “This Christmas”
Los Ponchitos, “Bienvenida Navidad”
Charlie Stewart, “Santa Claus Ain’t A Hippie”
Loren Connors, “Christmas Day”
Brian Whitman, “Holy evening”
Scott Walker, “Winter Evening”
Phoebe Bridgers, “Have Your self a Merry Little Christmas”
Yumi Zouma, “December”
Hour 3
Willie Colón, “Aires De Navidad”
Sean Thomson, “We Three Kings”
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, “Winter Astral”
The Westerlies, “Nonetheless, Nonetheless, Nonetheless”
Josh Kimbrough, “As soon as in Royal David’s Metropolis”
Jesus de Jerez, “Los Santos Reyes”
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, “Santa Claus Is Coming To City”
Tom Walker, “For These Who Cannot Be Right here”
The Feelings, “What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas?”
Mariah Carey (feat. Khalid & Kirk Franklin), “Fall in Love at Christmas”
Jeremiah Lockwood, “Al Hanisim”
Saffie, “The Solstice Carole”
The Snaildartha6, “A Snail is Born”
Little Bobby Rey, “Rockin’ J-Bells”
Hour 4
Mentioned Fantasy, “Do You Hear What I Hear”
The Dream Scene, “O Holy Nite”
Boris, “Final Christmas”
Windy & Carl, “Snowing”
The Devices, “Final Vacation”
The Swedish Sunshine Singers, “Julens klockor”
Phantasmic, “Come On Ring These Bells”
Cookin Soul, “Let it Snowwwww”
Soften-Banana, “White Christmas”
Half-handed Ckoud, “Plant a Little Fir Tree”
Danielson, “Visions of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
Rosie Galaxy and the Galaxy Ladies, “You are on the Naughty Checklist”
Plinth, “Bracken”
The Music Division of the Hudson Public Faculties, “What Youngster is This / Amen”
Invoice Mallonee & Muriah Rose, “Have a look at All of the Stars (Father Track)”
Hour 5
Rush Coil, “Little Drummer Boy”
Jacob Miller & Internal Circle (feat. Ray I), “Silver Bells”
Nakkia Gold (with DDG), “Lure Santa”
Goldblade & Poly Styrene, “Metropolis Of Christmas Ghosts”
Sugar Minott, “Christmas Time”
Chamber Choir of Europe, “O magnum mysterium” (Morten Lauridsen)
Taro, “The Little Place”
Jonwayne, “Xmas Diva”
Winterquilt, “w i n t e r c h i l l y”
*NSYNC, “Merry Christmas, Pleased Holidays”
Charly Bliss & PUP, “It is Christmas And I Fucking Miss You”
TLC, “Sleigh Journey”
Carly Rae Jepsen, “It is Not Christmas Until Any person Cries”
Gene Autry, “Up On The Home Prime”
Large Star, “Jesus Christ”
Christopher Lee, “The Little Drummer Boy”
Hour 6
Shane Parish, “Carry a Torch”
John Fahey, “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Trustworthy”
Spooner Oldham, Oteil Burbridge, Billy Crain, Tammy Rogers, Marco Giovino, “Angels We Have Heard on Excessive”
Slam Stewart, “Santa’s Secret”
Qualities, “It is Christmas Time”
Ailing Thought-about, “Silent Evening”
Chuck Brown, “Merry Christmas Child”
Uncommon Essence, “Give Love On Christmas Day”
Large Freedia, “Jingle Bell Rock”
Simms & Robinson, “White Christmas”
Hasil Adkins, “Santa Claus Boogie”
The Muffs, “Nothing for Me”
Energema, “The Scrooge’s Ghosts”
The Concretes, “Woman December”
Unhealthy Unhealthy Hats, “Sally Candy Tooth”
Low, “Simply Like Christmas”
Amy Grant, “Grown-Up Christmas Checklist”
Hour 7
Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin, “Gloria”
Laura Cannell & Kate Ellis, “FARE THEE WELL TOGETHER”
Voices of Ascension, “O virga ac diadema” (Hildegard von Bingen)
Popol Vuh, “Maria (Ave Maria)”
Counterpoint & VSO Brass Quintet, “Christmas Cantata: Adagio” (Daniel Pinkham)
Optimistic No, “Noel, Noel”
CJ Boyd, “Ode to Pleasure”
Trip Bible College, “Snow Flurries”
Dex Romweber Duo, “Darkish Christmas”
Paul Revere & The Raiders, “Rain, Sleet, Snow”
He 5, “Right here Comes Santa Claus”
Eux Autres, “One other Christmas at Dwelling”
Say Sue Me, “Christmas, It is Not a Biggie”
Darlene Love, “Christmas (Child Please Come Dwelling)”
Soul Saints Orchestra, “Santa’s Bought A Bag Of Soul”
Hour 8
El Ten Eleven, “New 12 months’s Eve”
King Diamond, “No Presents for Christmas”
Defprince!, “No extra garments, I need a toy”
Mars Williams, “The Heavenly Dwelling Bashing Of The Bells”
Love Spirals Downwards, “Welcome Christmas”
Paul McCartney, “Great Christmastime”
Vacationers of Tyme, “Most Great Time”
The Dwelling Room “1derful”
Gastr del Sol, “The Bells of St. Mary”
The Waitresses, “Christmas Wrapping”
Sally Shapiro, “Christmas Escape”
Jocelyn Pelichet, “Mon beau sapin”
The Basic Brown, “Christmas Sweaters”
Mariah Carey, “All I Need for Christmas Is You”
