Do you have egg nog-tummy, Christmas-time fatigue, coffee-infused insomnia or instant vertigo every time you hear Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas”? We’ve got an antidote: Our collection of the Best Indie Alternative Rock Christmas Songs – the largest, longest-running, regularly updated collection of indie/alt rock Christmas songs on the web since 2007.
This the original Mix IV from 2007. All MP3s work. You can click the little player below and it will stream all of the tracks in the playlist uninterrupted and with no commercials!!!
This Christmas playlist kicks off with the first-ever original and popular true punk rock (now more commonly referred to as alternative) Christmas song by who else but The Kinks.
Simply titled “Father Christmas” (1977), the song lashes out at the commercialism of Christmas and yet ironically encourages disenfranchised youth to beat up Santa Claus if he doesn’t give them “some money,” and declares: “give all the toys to the little rich boys.”
On a lighter note, Beulah, Michigan indie pop musician Andrew Dost delivers an original and cynical view of the season in “Yeah, I Know, It’s Christmas Time.” The Matches serve up their own brand of bitter cynicism about Christmas, “December is For Cynics”.
Father Christmas – The Kinks*
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – In Memory
The Chestnut Times – Ex-Otago
Christmas Reindeer – The Knife
Yeah, I Know, It’s Christmas Time – Andrew Dost
Happy Xmas (War is Over) – The Fray
Noel Song – Animaniacs
It’s Christmas Time – A Band Called Quinn
Saving Up Her Wishes (For Another Christmas) – Celestial
Holly Jolly Christmas – The Format
Santa, Bring My Baby Back To Me – Belle and Sebastian
It’s Christmas, Let’s Be Glad – Sufjan Stevens
I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Matchbook Romance
Come On Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance – Sufjan Stevens
Bonus Tracks
Every Day Should Be a Holiday – Dandy Warhols
Jonathan David – Belle and Sebastian
December Is For Cynics – The Matches
- In the UK, Europe and Australia Santa Claus is commonly referred to as “Father Christmas.”