Category: altrock

Tyler Jordan allows how some want riches and adventure, but he prays to Santa country ballad style bc he’s “Christmas Missing You“. Not exactly appealing to her romantic nature demanding How Could You? I’d check with Dear Abby, dude.

Amati Bros dress up their “Christmas Night Without You” with a more sultry R+B, but tending toward rap. So there’s more directive than plaintive about it. Strike two.

No one should spend Christmas alone, declares American Bang’s “Christmas Song“. Some apology is allowed, so this soft rock carries the day–barely.

Truman Proudfoot & David Kandal trip all over their wah wah pedals in the unintelligible “Christmas Without the Missus“. Down home country mess.

Bobby Helms And Johnny Paycheck honky tonk weary grief in “Old Year is Gone” and so are you on New Years Eve. Did she leave on Xmas? Was it with a guy in a red suit?!

Bar Dracul hits minor keys with the indie dirge “Christmas Without Colby”. This is a repeat on the blog and i still haven’t figured out who Colby is. But i still tear up over the loss of this… fictional TV character. (Soap opera?)

J.Dub (feat. Meelah) ASMRs R+B with the upsetted “Christmas Ain’t the Same Without You“. We’re at the bargaining level of loss.

Don’t let me, asks Current Swell, spend “Christmas Alone” without you with some decent folk indie. What we gotta do, send Santa over?

Cheap Trick is not very eloquent over the wishes for “Christmas Christmas“. Peace on Earth, time for family and friends… oh and wish you were here. Soggy rock. Watch out for the drunk karaoke at the end.

The Refreshments cowboy the indie with “The Time I Miss You Most“. ‘Sides, they miss you all the rest of the year. Only a matter of magnitude.

Perhaps a tribute to Tom Waits, S.L.T.C.P’s “No Snow in New Mexico” indies dolor with a fine banjo backing. Painfully good.

The Brown Company speeds up the feelings with “All I Want For Christmas Is For You To Get The Hell Out Of My Life“, a hyper indie that pulls no punch. (BLUE ALERT? I can’t tell.)

Defend yourself! Against yourself!

Keeping Calm and Carrying On, Helen Arney puts on a brave face in “It’s Going to Be an Awkward Christmas, Darling Part 3“. That’s a tomorrow problem. Pop folk.

“I’m Avoiding Christmas” is jolly folk pop with creepily overenunciated vocals. I got chills, but did learn a thing or two.

I don’t want people to see who I am, bewail Zoe Imperium in the mopey indie pop “I Don’t Wanna Go Home for Christmas“. That’ll solve all your problems, kid!

Don’t try this at home! No Metro’s “Winter Denial” runs outside in shorts and courts retributive frostbite. Sparkly indie.

Infernal Monarch’s “Christmas Freedom from Binge Eating Disorder” seems to celebrate the illness while compartmentalizing it. AI metal that makes you go Hmm.

Speaking of locking it away, Collaborateurs advise you to take your problems and Put in on the “Sleigh“. Catchy R+B with boss backup and sax solo.

“Whimsicles From My Icey Gutters” also has directions for dealing with it. Ages ramps up the rock to overdub the pop.

Christmas as a crutch becomes the point in “Christmas Binge” by Strange Wars. At first, i too thought This is only annual traditions paraded about. Then i listened again. These people are trapped. Harmonious indie.

Opening a dialogue, War Pony Dos begins with an apology in the pop indie “Solstice Solace“. Will a mental healthy relationship follow?

Perhaps achieving stability, Cimrya Deal allows “(I Used To Cry) ‘Round Christmas Time” by allowing joy as well. Positively therapeutic. Syncopated alt rock.

Out of touch with reality? Welcome!

Jesus & The Robot BLUE ALERT plonk out the gospel-ish carol “The Gift That Keeps Giving (PTSD)” about meltdowns triggered by the tree.

“PTSD Christmas” by Michael Colburn dips into some country easy listening rut to lighten the mood. I’m not easy of mind yet.

Davey Dips recounts some weird grind house movie in “Post-Traumatic Santa Claus Disorder“, stuttering rap of some wit.

In ‘The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical’ someone gets cooked on the head, giving us the rocker “The 12 Days of Amnesia”. It’s all very Telemundo.

Identity disorders plague a soul who wants to celebrate with friends (one facet), family (another), co-workers (who am I?), or even church fellows (what?!). The Heebee-jeebees make this case in “It’s So Hard to be an Elf“. Excellent kidsong.

Josie Long is plaintive and hopeful while singing “I Wish That I Was Someone Else This Christmas“. Disappearing into nonexistence, this is quiet folk.

K Bibbles utters the mantra I be me, you be you in the hypnotic “Be Cool“. It’s rap like you’d find in an after school special.

Bill Botting wonders how to behave in “Acting Without Acting“. An indie search for meaning.

The Rockabilly Reckless Christmas E.P serves up a “Confusing Christmas Time“. The more i listen the less i get it. Yeah.

“This Christmas” BW Johnson runs the gamut of seasons until he has an out of body experience. New age folk kinda Sufjan Stevens stuff.

Breakdowns are not just for bluegrass. Thought you lost it on Christmas Eve, begins “Naughty Pine” by The Classic Brown. Then proceeds to split infinity with indie folk frivolity.

The polar bear in the ads becomes hopped up, strung out (and diabetic) in “Cherry Red Coca Cola” by Glial Cell. It’s party indie pop, and it’s a groove. But, i feel bad for the bear losing it.

The Felice Brothers make an operetta out of the drunk who forgot to buy the kids gifts, then realizes “The Dollar Store” is closed on the twenty-fifth. Sentimental folk indie. Sniff.

Don’t act like you don’t wanna be here countries Tony Winkler in “That Time of Year“. No pep talk follows, just appropriate bitchin’.

Wishing all this garbage would just go away, Ryan Hill ADHD’s “WWMRD?” Is frenetic folk a thing? It should be.

When Jiggi Public School Kids sing about the holidays as “The Silly Season” it do believe they are not taking The Story of Christmas seriously. Kidsong with electric guitar.

Sean Jean & The Johnsons seem to have an agenda in “The Only Serious Christmas Song“, but this country rock pop mishmash can’t take its own self seriously. Well… i had a good time.

Bob 4 Apples set the record straight when they indie how “Nobody Cares That You Don’t Care About Christmas“. To each his own, and to all good night. (Then the channel changes and the song gets an R+B remake. And you’re asked to be cool.) Wow.

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.

Jessica Lynne Witty mopes about everyone else partying merry-like, but for her “It Don’t Feel Like Christmas” when you’re not there. Country swing with a shot of the blahs.

For Music for the Soul “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas This Year” for similar reasons. This jazzy blues has more of a self-harm feel to it.

Also missing you Brian C Dexter (feat. Stephanie Day) warbles out the indie “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas” but mostly bc it’s like Californy (no snow!).

“It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas” is Timmy Sean’s uptempo downbeat surfer take on she’s-not-that-into-you. There’s plenty more blinkers on the tree, buddy.

Eddie Parsons whines how “It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas” without you. Again. This time, folk. Had enough?

“It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas” by Ben Coleman is a more depressive indie from someone who just doesn’t fit in. ‘Tis the suicide season! (Yeah, i blame TV as well.)

“Silent Night, Boring Night” is an expected choral parody by Roxie Maisel. Okay, the growing Jewish resentment was entertaining.

Nothing else matters, sing By Surprise in “No Mistletoe” about Xmas. But they just don’t care. And they sing that too. Existentializing indie with amp overloads.

Ben Smith ‘s “Last Needle” begins as an ode to a dying Xmas tree, but actually celebrates his breakup with you. He’s fine with it, as so much of those holiday chores were onerous. Echoic retro pop.

It’s a King Thing approaches holiday love like, oh i dunno, something or other. “Embrimas” is romance without affect, holiday without a care, music without motion.

Not wanting to go out but only stay in, Stayers report on “Chicken Ridiculous” with an indolence grown of having been there donned that. Slow roll club indie.

Young Statues does go out, but then loses interest singing “I Don’t Wanna Know What’s Under Your Tree“. Kids seem to blame somehow in this indie pop bandsplosion.

Grade School pop out “This Christmas Is Boring I Wish It Were Spring Instead” like a Northerner who can’t stand even one more inch of snow. Some nice electric guitar whining.

Licensed shrink Dr. BLT insists that you “Take Christmas With You When You Go“. Cheerless, because heartbroken. Some hurt can’t be tinseled.

New Lovers snarl and slur “Like It’s Christmas” like it’s a chore. Cha cha indie. (Those Irish lads, they don’t seem to mind….)

The Classic Brown faces chucking it all in “Playing Christmas (relit)“, an indie with an hollow aftertaste.

Jiggly Caliente steps outs of the drag gaiety to list down the problems with a “Ratchet Christmas“. Gettin’ twisted never looked so ghetto.

No one would welcome a “Hard-Hearted Christmas (Polar Powerhouse)“, but Ages indie pops the sympathy you might need for suffering its vicissitudes. Then the brass carries me away–!!