Happy Christmas. This is the final Christmas 2014 post, if you submitted your seasonal song and did not see your band listed on W♥M, it is because you did not put “Christmas” on your subject header or did not include cover artwork or band biography. Read more Christmas.

THE CHURCH
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Just in time for the holidays, the Australia band The Church has issued a free, previously unreleased song “Xmas”, available on soundcloud.com. The band writes, “We are giving away a free download of the beautifully-sad, seasonal song ‘XMAS’ to all The Church fans to thank you for your ongoing support and to wish you all a happy and safe holiday.”

In other The Church news, the Sydney-based band will be releasing a brand new album called Further/Deeper, set for release on February 3, 2015, via +180 Records. Although “Xmas” won’t be on the CD, the song will make its way on the double vinyl version of Further/Deeper (due out in early January).

To support Further/Deeper, the legendary band will head out on a world tour, and also to coincide with their 35th anniversary as a band!

Tour dates:

02/21/15 Vancouver, BC Rio Theatre

02/22/15 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater

02/23/15 Seattle, WA The Triple Door

02/24/15 Seattle, WA The Triple Door

02/26/15 Noise Pop Festival

02/27/15 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre

02/28/15 San Diego, CA The Casbah

03/02/15 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen

03/03/15 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre

03/05/15 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center

03/06/15 Chicago, IL Double Door

03/07/15 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop

03/09/15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

03/10/15 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live

03/12/15 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair

03/13/15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

03/14/15 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade

03/15/15 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle

03/16/15 SXSW 2015

03/17/15 Atlanta, GA Terminal West

BRIEFLY

VULFPECK

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Funk instrumental band Vulfpeck has a “regional” Christmas song called “Christmas in L.A.”, featuring David T. Walker on guitar.

You can hear the song on bandcamp.

SCOTT GAGNER

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Singer-songwriter Scott Gagner recently shared his song “I’ll Be Drinking This Christmas” on Stereo Subversion.

No cover artwork was provided, but we are reminded us that his second LP Rise & Shine, was released earlier this year.

XAVIER CAFEINE

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Montreal’s Xavier Cafeine recently shared his Christmas song, “Love Disease (Christmas in New York)” on soundcloud.com.

Look for Cafeine’s upcoming album New Love on February 17, 2015.

THE GRUBBY MITTS

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Bedford’s The Grubby Mitts recently sent in their holiday song, “Come On Home For Christmas”, to BBC Radio 6’s Tom Ravenscroft.

The song is available on Soundcloud.

ROUGH SHOP

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St. Louis-based band, Rough Shop, has a new holiday album Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree, out now.

Rough Shop features songwriters John Wendland and Andy Ploof, along with the voice and bass of Anne Tkach.

THE STUFF

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Stockholm’s The Stuff (not to be confused with late 70s band Stuff or the now-defunct UK band The Stuff), released their compilation cover-lover album Frog Bouquet, featuring covers of Bryan Ferry, Beck, The Damned, and The Kinks’ “Father Christmas”.

Hear “Father Christmas” on soundcloud.com.

CHRIS MASTHEIM

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Canadian Chris Mastheim‘s latest holiday album Chris Mast Style is out now on bandcamp.com.
Mastheim’s last holiday album Chris Mastheim Is Here came out in 2011.

Chris Mastheim normally release music under his other name Nicholas Krgovich.

PASTE

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Paste‘s annual Paste Holiday Sampler is available now. The ten free songs can be downloaded at pastemagazine.com.

Free Christmas songs from
Swear and Shake, Sinclair, River Whyless, Powerkompany, Over the Rhine, The Oh Hellos, Odessa, Dwayne Shivers, James Apollo, and Field Report.