Christmas 2015: A Very Indie Christmas
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amazon.com/indiefortheholidays
Amazon semi-recently announced their new Christmas/holiday music collection called Indie for the Holidays, available for purchase and free streaming using their Prime Music service. Prime is their 2-day shipping service, but with some streaming of some selective films, television and music.
Unlike previous compilations we’ve seen in the past, many of these songs are newly-written for this compilation… including some new holiday songs from YACHT, Rogue Wave, Lisa Loeb, Langhorne Slim, Tuxedo, Ivan & Alyosha, The LeeVees & Matisyahu, A Silent Film, Sondre Lerche & Jherek Bischoff and many more.
Steve Boom, VP of Digital Music for Amazon, had this to say, “We always want to deliver something special to our customers and Indie for the Holidays is the next great way we’re connecting customers with not only new, original holiday music but with amazing artists and bands that they may not have discovered yet. We’re excited to follow last year’s popular All Is Bright holiday collection with songs from some of today’s best indie artists for customers to enjoy throughout the season.”
With 27 tracks, there’s a lot of holiday cheers to go around… below is a listing of the newly-written songs:
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thedeepseadiver.com
Seattle band Deep Sea Diver recently announced their brand new Holiday EP called It’s Christmas Time… featuring featuring three traditional Christmas carols and one original song “It’s Christmas Time (and I am still alive)”.
The band also recently announced its new album, Secrets, available in February 2016, along with a full US tour with Radiation City.
Tour dates:
02/16 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *
02/17 LA, CA @ Echo *
02/19 San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
02/21 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow *
02/23 San Antonio, TX @ Limelight *
02/24 Dallas, TX @ Three Links *
02/25 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder *
02/27 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
02/29 Washington, DC @ DC9 *
03/01 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle *
03/03 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade *
03/04 Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
03/05 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo *
03/06 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel *
03/08 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland *
03/09 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
03/11 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry *
03/12 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium *
03/14 Missoula, MT @ Stage 112 *
03/16 Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
03/17 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore *
# = w/ Death Cab For Cutie, Alabama Shakes
* = w/ Radiation City
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thebandkids.com
Fort Lauderdale’s Kids (not to be confused with Belgium’s The Kids or Japan’s The Kiddie or that mid-90s film Kids) is an eclectic folk-influenced indie-rock band. The band is pleased to announced that they’ve teamed up with Relevant Magazine for a Christmas Compilation album titled A Very RELEVANT Christmas. Part One is available now for streaming on relevantmagazine.com.
Regarding their song, “In The Bleak Midwinter,” Kids singer Joshua Diaz noted that he wanted to bring the feeling of old Claymation films (Rudolf, and Davey and Goliath) in his song.
A Very RELEVANT Christmas (Volume 5) track listing:
2. Ellie Holcomb, “Christmas For You And Me” (3:4)
3. Citizen Shade, “Go Tell It On The Mountain” (3:12)
4. Evan Wickham, “End Of Exile” (3:7)
5. Hoyle, “Long Winters” (4:3)
6. Ben & Nolle, “Angels We Have Heard On High” (2:29)
7. Citizens & Saints, “Come And Stand Amazed” (3:7)
8. Kings Kaleidoscope, “O Come All Ye Faithful” (3:4)
9. Fleurie, “Wake Up (O Night Divine)” (3:42)
10. Kids, “The Bleak Midwinter” (3:19)
11. The Modern Post, “What Child Is This (feat. Dustin Kensrue)” (3:19)
12. The Brilliance, “Christ The Lord Is Born” (3:7)