One of my favorite electroclash band Ladytron is releasing a Christmas song called “All Over By Xmas” on Friday, December 1st, 2023, on Cooking Vinyl.

I’ve gotten a chance to listen to it, at first it kind of has that T.Rex’s “Christmas Bop” vibe, but leaning a little more electronic.

You know me, I do love Ladytron, but not sure if I like this song. It’s a little repetitive with its “all over by Christmas” lyric that starts every line of the song.

Example of lyrics:

Yes it will be all over, all over by Christmas you told me.
All over, all over, it won’t be our last Christmas.
All over by Christmas, this December is where we shall meet.
All over by Christmas, over our town, all over our street.

P.S. Ladytron toured the USA in November 2023 (their first since 2020 and without Reuben Wu), but unfortunately the limited dates did not extend to Minneapolis. Their next date is at Manchester on 26 January 2024. Hope to see them soon.

Nettwerk
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Like previous years, Nettwerk is back with a new holiday collection, Sleigh… now under the banner The Holiday Place.

The new compilation consists of newly recorded covers and originals Christmas/Holiday songs, everyone from Landon Conrath covering a Billy Squier MTV 80’s classic to Oliver Hazard’s take on “Winter Wonderland” to Bre Kennedy’s “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” (originally by John Lennon), and Rosie Darling’s “Mistletoe” (originally by Justin Bieber).

Track List:

Christmas Is the Time to Say “I Love You” – Landon Conrath
Next Year – Lucy Gaffney
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Portair
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – Woodes
Greensleeves – Humbird
O Holy Night – Flower Face
Wonderful Christmas Time – Beta Radio
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) – Bre Kennedy
We’ll Be Alright – dee holt
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? – Bestfriend
Christmas Time Is Here – Braxton Cook
Mistletoe – Rosie Darling
Christmas Is a White Valentine’s – Freyr
Winter Wonderland – Oliver Hazard
The Christmas You Deserve – Tom Speight
God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires – Martin Kerr
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Rose Cousins
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – The East Pointers
My Best Christmas – The Collection
Space Christmastime Continuum – Beta Radio
Silver and Gold [Study Mix] – Fletcher Reed & Mree
Rudolph Red – PANTōNE VU

The Holiday Hustle Club
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Athens, Georgia-based jazz combo, The Holiday Hustle Club, led by songwriter, vocalist and jazz pianist, Bart King, will be releasing Snow Day! on December 8, 2023.

Track listing:

Snow Day! (feat. Claire Campbell)
Secret Santa (feat. Betsy Franck)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
My Favorite Holiday Song
We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Kimberly Dawn
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County music singer-songwriter Kimberly Dawn released Wishin’ For Christmas, a mix of original and classic Christmas songs.

The new single from the holiday album is titled “Ho Ho Holdin’ You” which you can watch the video on YouTube.

It’s a fun little number, as she cheese it up singing, “Baby it’s always Christmas when I’m ho ho holdin’ you.”

Downtown Patriots
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Danny Watts started the Downtown Patriots project in 2011, and his latest “Christmas is Here” will be dropping December 1st, 2023, via Maisola Records.

Watts adds more details, “This was written in the winter of 2022, Christmas Is Here, is a sanity check about the capitalist pursuit of what Christmas has become and really it should be about the ones we love. It’s a song for anyone who loves festive music!”