Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

Our annual counter-carol episode, devoted to (mostly) lesser known holiday music to yuletide your way through the very overplayed tunes you hear elsewhere. Most of the focus at the end is tied to soul through the Chess and Daptone labels but there's a folky melancholy air to this year's proceedings. 1. LCD Soundsystem: Christmas Will Break Your Heart (2015) DFA 2. Venetian Snares: Decembers (Traditional Synthesizer Music, 2016) Timesig/Planet Mu 3. Greg Lake: I Believe in Father Christmas (1975) Manticore 4. David Bowie & Bing Crosby: Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth (1977) RCA 5. Carter Burwell: Christmas Trees (Carol OST, 2015) Varèse Sarabande 6. Low: Some Hearts at Christmas Time (2016) Sub Pop 7. Erik Koskinen: On Christmas Day (2016) self-released 8. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Christmas Eve (Spanish Dance Troupe, 1999) Mantra 9. Kathryn Calder: Little Ones (2012) self-released 10. Good Lovelies: Ancient Forest (Winter's Calling EP, 2014) Six Shooter 11. R.E.M: Christmas in Tunisia (Christmas Fan Club sing