Month: January 2026

Christmas? Lah Di Dah. BLUE ALERT

Andrew X is not really feeling it, in fact all he feels is that it’s “Christmas Far Away“. Despite going through the symphonic piano reflective pop motions, nothing gels. (Perhaps because of those last five words.)

“Dashboard Lights” are the only that matter for Christmas Boyz in this garage indie anti-sentimental Aussie rant. Does crack hisself up, tho.

Song Boys up the amperage a bit for “Nothin’ To Do With Christmas“. Still not happy in their garage for garage’s sake, despite the grand shreddin’.

Not looking forward to Christmas this year is Bleed the Dream with their emotional (ha ha) indie “No Smiles on Christmas“. Something about heartbreak, i think, but definitely Millennially mopey.

mikemikemike hides behind a lot of filter for “Fuck You Xmas“. This sophistry BLUE ALERTS the BLUE ALERT in order to BLUE ALERT. I suspect through all this static that self harm is your gift from him. Oddly pop.

Christmas… No Matter

A Harris and Hart Holiday take a shot at Xmas songs with “A Christmas Song“. Those songs don’t really mean a thing to me, they confess. Just stream of consciousness, like this song. Stuttering pop with a one word refrain. Yeah, baby.

Sometimes your life ain’t so great, suggest The Coyotes in “Candy Cane Lane 2023” (NOT the Eddie Murphy Netflixx thing). Sluggish indie that allows for, nay prompts, rain. Wallow, wallow, wallow.

Tammy Wynette uses country sarcasm to bit into “(Merry Christmas) We Must Be Having One“. It’s all smoke and mirrors, however, with no heart. Don’t tell the kids.

John Farrell gives into “A Little Bit of Scrooge” ’round this time of year.  It may be Xmas, but it also is a time for getting grumpy and annoyed. Kidsong unplugged.

The Dream of Horses sing around the sinister clarinet doodling to mark the passage of time in this endless season. “Dress it Up in Tinsel” is weak sauce attempt to celebrate, so: indie.

And all that rot, concludes Ardie Collins in the watered down caustic folk of “Happy Christmas, I Suppose“. His voice speeds up to intimate hope, but the monotone kills it.

Frankly My Dear, Christmas

Endiamonds has a problem with those “Too Cool for Christmas“. Their club rock is too cool to start the song for a minute of lead in, but they ask you not to ruin it. So, i’ll let it stand.

In their same album, they up the tempo to piano electronica but are wearied that “Nothing’s Gonna Change” when it comes to the holidays. Be the change you asked Santa for.

At “December 25th” Jabee also slow rises to the song, then raps his disappointment along with the bouncing theremin beat. (Okay, the down is the rest of the year, while Xmas is the highlight–still, no joy.)

Yarou (feat. Sydney Smithmartin) warbles out about the “Broken Holiday” with more worry than worship. Family and love helps, but the pokey R+B trails off without solution.

“Christmas Tears” from The Superions is not based on tragedy, but a bitchfest over the neighbors’ yard decorations, snowfall, bratty kids, carolers… crap that makes the season bright. Queer pop.

Christmas? Why?

Tommy Mackay hails “O Come All Ye Pundits” to fight the bollocks of British politics. It’s pre-Brexit, so get your Cliff Notes out …and BLUE ALERT.

“Bored Again Christians” plops down from the same album (The Daily Reckless bannerhead). It’s simple impatience in parody form. Cheers.

Darkcave also has to wait for it. “Wasn’t ’til I” finished Xmas, that I appreciated it, or something akin to that. Playful indie.

Todd Michalik has little, including money, luck, or success. But he is “Having Christmas“. Like having a bowel movement. He picks at it for beauty, but his raucous punk indie music batters beauty.

“Christmas” is a big so? by Dillon Fence. Not believing, criticizing, yet wishing us well–this danceable pop builds and burns bridges artfully.

The Snowflakes (feat. Pinoy Papí & The Bourcestershire Banshee) rap to Rudolph with “Welcome to the Island“. Remember the horrifying bad part of that TV special? Careful of this one….

Blasé Christmas

The Plurals “Ask Nich?” as in St. Nich–but their screaming garage metal is good enough for me, not.

In the “Holiday Hospital” Holographic Crew autotunes a real bitchfest of Xmas excesses. Rap, in a side way, with a measure of pornographic parody BLUE ALERT.

Two sides of the coin, “Lovely Christmas” by Jason Ringenberg (feat. Kristi Rose) presents the maudlin country praise offset by the punk pissiness. Debaters shake hands, and come out swinging.

Sending up Mariah, Smokey Katie country complains “All I Want For Christmas is a God Dang Break“, with a full inventory of wrongs done unto her.

Christmas? Oh Come On

Parodying Shakin’ Stevens with glee, Pete Jones lays into “Snow Is Falling (A Crappy Old Christmas)” with British obscenity [BLUE ALERTish] and jazz band wankiness. Angry fun.

Clanky old indie from L’Resorts who are “Trying to Christmas“–in others words ‘not do.’ Nice ’90s feel.

Marzo Urrabaco & The Electrolyte Orchestra chats up a storm while old school riffs fill the background of “Cookies & Pies, Demolition Derby…Let it Ride“. Beat poetry never ends well for traditional celebration.

Austin Martinez revs up the garage pop to propose the imponderable: “So This is Christmas“. Now my emotions all starts going down.

A parody of Mel Blanc’s ‘Christmas Tree’, Joel Kopishke takes the holidays to task with a “Stupid Christmas Song“. Salvation Army, cards, stockings, and even this song make his list. And it’s not a nice list.

Greg Alexander is walking around with “Sleighbells in My Head“. Jazzy indie with hopes for a happy holiday. But it’s stuck in his head.

Christmas. Bored Now. BLUE ALERT

Devon Kay & the Solutions beg, with ska, that you not have another “Christmas Boring“. Energetic impatience.

Jesse “Buddha” Clark (When I’m Older) strums out a bit more BLUE AERT folk with the talky “Christmas (couldn’t) Carol (at all)“. Carols seem to be a trigger. Stand back.

Latin For Truth uses the screech option for the lite garage “Discordian Rhapsody” wherein all things Xmas are dumped on.

Perhaps recorded on VHS fast speed, “The Night You Lost A Button” trundles out Xmas misery from Word Travels Fast. Indie angst.

Ben Coleman gives us another stellar parody suckerpunching McCartney with “Miserable Christmastime“. The sounds of sirens fill the street.…

In “A William S. Burroughs XXX-Mas” Apartment 7 channels the nihilist writer through childish tinkling music. It is not pretty. In fact, BLUE ALERT.

Christmas. And–?

Owen M. homegrows his sinister folk pop into “Boredom“, a Christmas song about not having anything to do. Ask Mom. She’ll give you some chores to keep you on the nice list.

Kristian Noel Pedersen plays it frosty with pop rock in “Everything’s the Same (Except It Isn’t)“, a realization that growing up means leaving all the fun behind. Adulting sux. (Try this end mantra, see if that helps.) Slow to start, his “We’ll Get By” (feat. Matthew Winkler) also shuffles feelings with numbness, indifference, and hopelessness. Say It is fine to that new age beat one more time and see where that gets you. (Dr. Seussian epilogue helps, a tiny bit.)

Uninvited, drunk and annoyed by the neighbors, Darryl Gregory salsa-indies “Somebody Said It Was Christmas“. Perhaps a breakthrough is achieved via the kindness of strangers. He ends with a prayer, so–hope? No?

Anthony Ambrose unplugs (his microphone, too?) to give us a folk glimpse “Underneath The Christmas Tree“. Seems there’s loss, loneliness, and void. Which to open first?

Dali Vaughan Edward spirals with more folk because “Xmas Sucks but I Don’t Believe in Shame Culture So Good For It.” Can’t live for it, can’t live period. Time for an intervention.

Christmas… What the Actual Hell?

Crispy raps out another song, ‘cuz he was “Bored on Christmas“. It seems to be a song about how he came up with this song. Yeah, now i’m bored too.

Sometimes the tone says it all concerning concern for the holidays. Monster and the Family metal out Merry Christmas and stuff in their noisy “Xmas Junk” as mere lip service. More legibly, their folk “Another Deck In The Halls, Pt. 2” ticks off the mundane things to do during these doldrums. Okay. Fine. Bye.

todayshits.tumblr.com also slumber mumbles all over “The Joy of Christmas” as ’twere but another pebble in the shoe. Slow-mo indie.

The Aux is so casual when “Happy On Christmas” i must include a BLUE ALERT. It’s indie trying but failing at joy. That’s for kids. Unless, maybe….

“Christmas Ain’t A Nursery Rhyme” mouths We Know Plato! with a great lack of emotion. They don’t care. Well, the indie music is well done, at least–peri-symphonic.

Christmas… Screw It

Apparently spoofing their own hit, Jones Earthquake Band punk rocks out “Another Boring Christmas“. With a smattering of BLUE ALERT they say what they mean.

If I could have a friend like you in my life/Then I guess I’d be doing just fine may sound just a bit standoffishness, but with the young it’s cool. “Everything’s Gonna be Cool This Christmas” is an Eels bid to chill with some indie rock. Gaspard Royant jazzes it his cover with an almost boogie-woogie affability.

Perhaps rising above uncaring “Hopeful for the Holidays (Remastered)” by Full Service rocks the folk with meandering monotone. But the refrain goes: The best part of life is… nothing. Uh, what-?

Obsessing over the seasonal sadness, Automatic Timers croon indie onto those “Midwinter Cracks“. Hope springs in three months or so.

Tinkling the ivories Ian Coss goes minimalist with the holidays in his half jazz- half whatever “The Realist“. Not the person to invite to your mixer.

Classic Pat rocks out on Xmas possibilities–like that don’t wanna fight song from The Ramones, “On Second Thought” he does wanna fight tonight. So much for goodwill to all.