Big Show: Winter Formal

The December after-school dance was not a warm up for proper prom; it was ‘cuz teens kept breaking up and dating new.

Speak’s “Winter Formal” seems to be working out some issues with rap and chipmunk filter. Make a meme of it!

Tough Ghost’s “Winter Formal” spirals with hard rock over the racing hormones of box-stepping with that one. It’s not all good news.

Dead End Stanley is more hopeful in their “Winter Formal,” but that’s not all it takes that confidence not at all. Unplugged rock.

Faux Real mixes EDM with announcements for Pinewood High in their mind melting “Winter Formal.” Classy or nasty? You decide.

The garage rock of awkward first love shares the pain in Farabee’s “Winter Formal.” Am I dreaming?

Big Show: Kwanzaa

Observing Kwanzaa entails ritual to the point of grand festival as well.

P-train’s “P-bar Kwanzaa Special” goes BLUE ALERT for no particular reason, just homophobic slurring. But the AI of electronic rap battling needs some work.

More traditionally, the children in the cast of ‘Christmas in our Town’ holla out “Kwanzaa Celebration” with all the percussive backbeat you can handle. All principles are listed.

The adult Voices Raised LA Vocal Collective For Social & Environmental Justice bring those “Seven Principles” to the forefront with heavenly harmonizing. That’s a show.

Big Show: Big Festival

You know who knows how to throw a festival in December for God???

The Minus Five party retro rock for their “Festival of Lights.” Man that’s got me dancing.

As a lounge number “The Festival Of Lights” by Barlow & Smith comes in as a tango. Seductive, even if poorly recorded.

Holographic Crew tries a BLUE ALERT electronic rap for another “Festival of Lights.” This might be a sacred number. If it’s anything.

Narrow Frequency uses AI to culturally appropriate their “Festival of Lights” as a watery metal celebration of Christ. Still not sure what i’m hearing here….

Ted Pearce returns us to traditional Hebrew traditions with a folksy “Festival of Lights.” It’s bi-lingual, oddly upbeat, and ultimately rocking.

Big Show: Festival

Christmas might be the festival of god, but BLUE ALERT MCF4dden sings about “Santa tha Rapa (Weihnachten BDSM)“–that’s not a Deutsch misspelling of rapper–who is up to No good At All. OMG. Raspy rap.

To balance out that degradation, saccharine country rock celebrates the festival of love in “Hoofbeat Street.” Not sure where this thoroughfare is, but i presume there’s sleighing left and right. Corny as high as an elephant’s eye.

Dated mixes media for the Lovecraftian horror of “The Festival.” Spoken word bordering on rap, this descent into rural tradition may cause unnecessary yearning for urban overcrowded Santalands.

Further, “The Festival” by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society takes ‘Wassailing’ and twists the merriment into madness, as sometimes does occur. Help!

Ye Banished Privateers preach to concertina in their “Festival Days.” BC, you know, celebrating Christmas was illegal once. So cut it out. Spoken.

Let’s settle on the ironic side eye for Hallmark Christmas festivals as garage rocked by Hidden Horizon in “The Day After Halloween (It’s Christmas Again!).” Ha ha ha.

Big Show: Mummers

Mummers presented (in garish masks with elaborate miming) death and resurrection, often in the Olde Country about Sir George. But then, there was also Father Christmas. Mumming is still a bit of a Xmas trad in England today.

Or, Newfoundland (where they seemingly can’t afford masks so use rags on their heads). As shown by Simani in their “Mummer’s Song.” Celtic as heck. Sean Panting remembers Covid with the parody “Mummers, Nice Mummers, Get Lost.”

Celtic to the point of translation, Chronilus gives us “The Mummers’ Dance.” Cuttin’ rugs there in Seattle.

“The Mummers are Here” proclaim the cast of ‘The Christmas Schooner’ finally with proper pomp and circumspect.

Big Show: Kid Show

The Peter Pan Players invite all littluns to “Join in the Celebration” for Xmas with lots of noise. Sounds like an invitation to a cult.

Such wild-eyed enthusiasm is what drove Scrooge away, as we find in “Jolly Good Time” from one of those Carol musicals. Good Show here might mean Well Done ‘cross the pond, but still….

Miss Piggy (Dr. Oz) is the “Christmas Queen” of the Christmas Show. The chorus has notes.

Big Show: Xmas Sensabration

Burnt Pizza gets slurry in their over-celebrated “Christmas Celebration.” It may be all a big show, or a big show off. But i believe.

Neon Cough also gets meh all over their “Christmas Celebration.” I think they’re just trying to be cool, as the indie tones indicate. (The pageantry is such a bore….”)

Pallas rocks a “Christmas Celebration” pretty hard, might be a Scots thing. As it’s prog, imma go with it.

Big Show: Xmas Celebration

Is the entire holiday season a big show?

Weezer mixes ennui with love and whines about that “Christmas Celebration” with loads of indie, just like their fans like.

The Whos know from ritualistic expression, yet “The Grinch’s Christmas Celebration” is so much lip service–despite the awesome vocal calisthenics from Jenner Davis and back up singers Hannah & Shane Wyttree. Wah Hoo Doris.

Cimrya Deal’s “Christmas Celebration” is a retro pop indie that, in fact, causes spontaneous rambunction. Woo woo!

Big Show: Xmas Ceremony BLUE ALERT

Aspiga thrums the drum for an indie “Tree Lighting Ceremony.” It’s over loud, and probably overly bright as well. Perfect.

BearRon wants you to have just the best “Festamus.” Not sure what that is, but this folk blessing makes me want it just the same.

Discomfort & Joy interrupt the trip to the Christmas show to sing and grieve over recent horrors in “White Winter Hymnal (A Tragedy In Three Acts).” BLUE ALERT, also hilarious in this chorale of contrasts.

Big Show: Whoop-de-do

A Christmas show is not the same as a party; on the other hand–who cares!

Bored siblings arrange “The Christmas Talent Show” despite our protagonist’s blasé attitude. Then Andrew J. Mair applies snuffly AI country rock and the hijinx flies.

Len Maxwell’s “The Monster Christmas Bazaar (For The Monster Retirement Fund)” is a sideshow of celebration. But don’t call it a freak show! Comedy. Of a sort.

Matt Roach’s “The Christmas Show” is raucous and ornery, but surely it’s not all about his family dysfunction! Indie noise at its best.