Santapalooza
The best in new Christmas music since 2011!
- It's Santapalooza 2025 picks for the best new Christmas songs of the year! Congrats to @nicklutsko.bsky.social, @robertafidora.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, @simonloverules.bsky.social, @knpknpknpknp.bsky.social, @dandyboyrecords.bsky.social and everyone else! We'll be back on November 20, 2026!
- OH NO!!! "It's Not Christmas Anymore" sez @willmoustache.bsky.social on @fikarecordings.com fine Christmas 2015 EP at @Bandcamp.com!
- Did you spend all Christmas day in a hot tub? The Annual Christmas Album Band (who record a new album every Christmas) did, and they even wrote an album about it! And it's pretty good, too! Now at @bandcamp.com!
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- France finally chimes in with Dimmicks' MERRY MAYHEM! which proves they love our Christmas movies as much as we love our Christmas movies, and they have a lot of fun with them, too. Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
- Boston's Hesh Mesh closes out Christmas 2025 with a top DIY release that's just a hell of a lot of fun to listen to. Low key lo-fi that still knock it out of the park. Kudos, Hesh Mesh! Now at @bandcamp.com!
- This Lonesome Doves Christmas EP is pretty haunting stuff. Got a real Low Christmas album quality, and you know that means a lot. Damned good stuff. Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com, but worth top dollar.
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- San Diego's The Vargo Family gets in under the wire with their 2025 single, "Somewhere In The Snow", yet another power pop winner from these very reliable Christmas mirth makers. Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
- Maybe the best of this year's Alt comps, BERMUDA SNOWHAWK 2025 proves this annual comp (running since 2006!) is one of the most dependable out there. GET IT! AND they're all Name Your Price at @bandcamp.
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- Talk about end of season treats, Chris Lambert's NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR MY FRIENDS (AND EVEN MY ENEMIES) - VOLUMES 1 AND 2 is just that, a really wonderful collection of covers and originals that's a delight to listen to. AND it's just $1 at @bandcamp.com! $1!
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- Have yourself A VERY EX NORWEGIAN CHRISTMAS VOL. 1 with this very merry batch of "seasonally inspired remix set of fan faves and deep cuts" that's an ideal end of the season surprise. AND it's Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com! Christmas miracle!
- NYC's Tuff City Records (great label, BTW) has reissued the classic Detroit Junior single "Christmas Day/This Time Last Christmas" as a digital 45, and if you don't have this song in your collection then you're just gonna have to buy it now. It's a Christmas music must. Get it at @bandcamp.com!
- UK's doubledotdash!? 2025 comp HO! is a very alternative Christmas comp, which is totally fine if that's your thing. And it should be your thing. Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
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- Get ambient this Christmas day with VA's Fantasy Princess CHRISTMAS SONGS VOL. 1, which is perfect "just sitting here opening presents and enjoying a nice cup o' tea" kinda music. Just $3 at @bandcamp.com!
- If you're looking for a Christmas music playlist, this is ours! We're adding lotsa new stuff to it this year (it's now up to 9 hours), but we're probably moving it to Tidal after this year.
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- Huh. Turns out SANTA IS AN ALEIN. We had no idea. Thanks for clearing this up, Ryan Hill! Name Your price at @bandcamp.com!
- MA's Something Avenue give us a last minute winner with STARRING SANTA, a really fun EP that's funny but also rockin' and a real fun listen. Glad they got this in on time! Now at @bandcamp.com!
- It's down to the wire, but Vista Blue has come through with their CHRISTMAS AT WRIGLEY single for 2025, and once again these reliable punkers have given us more fun tunes that make our Christmas bright. Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
- OR's Axolotl Daydream offer up something candy colored and very different with THE DEATH OF A SNOWGIRL, which sounds unlike a lot of the stuff we've heard this year, which is why we like it! Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
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- Squeezing in another comp before Christmas 2025's finally here, NJ's @afewgoodrecords.bsky.social have GIFT WRAPPED VOL. 5 their latest indie DIY comp, and it's all good stuff, as usual. Because it's Jersey, ya know? Now at @bandcamp.com and also available on cassette!
- Michigan's Powder'd Sugar new single is called "Santa, Really" and it's about Santa. Really! And it's a cute song, too. Now at @bandcamp.com!
- Dublin's The Light want to take you to SANTA CITY on their new 2025 LP, and we can tell you it's definitely a trip worth taking. We like this one a lot! Now at @bandcamp.com!
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- Hey, folks. Been a while... Take a listen to my 2025 Christmas mix, The King of Jingaling Fling. All from vinyl. hearthis.at/falalalala/2... Link to download in the comments. #christmasmusic #christmasmix #christmasmusicmix #falalalala #kingofjingaling
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- They're called Notoriously Ambiguous Artist Collective but they're putting out this eclectic comp of 2025 Christmas music that's Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com, so we'll let them preserve the mystery.
- Spend this "Christmas in Paradise" with Lonesome Ocean on his fun + poppy new single! Or not! Your call. We can't tell you what to do, but we're going. Now at @bandcamp.com!
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- May you all receive BUDWEISER BOXERS this year! Or this fun new Noah Pauley EP, your choice. Now at @bandcamp.com!
- If you're looking for a Christmas music playlist, this is ours! We're adding lotsa new stuff to it this year (it's now up to 9 hours), but we're probably moving it to Tidal after this year.
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- One of our all time favorites, Jess Morgan's "Christmas Eve" deserves to be listened to tonight and every Christmas Eve.
- And that archive is now live! One of our favorite annual Christmas shows, no question. 🎄
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- If you're looking for a Christmas music playlist, this is ours! We're adding lotsa new stuff to it this year (it's now up to 9 hours), but we're probably moving it to Tidal after this year.
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- San Diego's Dr BLT recounts his Saskatchewan Christmases on A VERY PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS EP, full of all Christmas originals and that old tyme, folksy feel. Now at @bandcamp.com!
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- If you're looking for a Christmas music playlist, this is ours! We're adding lotsa new stuff to it this year (it's now up to 9 hours), but we're probably moving it to Tidal after this year.
- A VERY DIY BEACH BOYS CHRISTMAS? OK, we're in. The title says it all: DIY artists covering the classic Beach Boys Christmas album. And it works! Why shouldn't it? Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
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- LA's Strange Daisy Records brings the talents of many a Louisiana artists together for their A STRANGE DAISY CHRISTMAS comp, benefiting several local food banks and other charities. Good music, good cause. Get on that! Now at @bandcamp.com!
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- Fuzzrod sez NOTHING'S GONNA RUIN CHRISTMAS on their new single and you know what? They're right! We're not gonna let that happen! Real fun single, now available at @bandcamp.com!
- Merry "Christmas Eve Eve" from Johnny Mainstream's 2012 Christmas smash! GREAT Name Your Price 2-song EP @Bandcamp!
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- BC's the Flying Hospitals want to spend "the Holidays With You" on their new single, and this tune is definitely worth spending this holiday with. Now at @bandcamp.com!
- Nashville's Benjamin A. Harper has a CHRISTMAS COLLECTION for you of, well, Christmas songs. New Christmas songs! Originals, too! And we like them! Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
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- If you're looking for a Christmas music playlist, this is ours! We're adding lotsa new stuff to it this year (it's now up to 9 hours), but we're probably moving it to Tidal after this year.
- Philly's Super Friends return with their 15th Winter Mix comp, a reliable quality indie rock comp that always delivers. Now at @Bandcamp.com!
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- Those looking for ambient Christmas sounds will find just what they're looking for on @passedrecordings.bsky.social's new 2025 THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PASSED comp, featuring such titles as (not kidding) "Sipping whiskey on Christmas Eve, out in the snow, under a full moon". Just $5 at @bandcamp.com!
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- 2025's best comp title, KUNG FU SANTA WITH A CHRISTMAS PUNCHBAG comes from UK's Artists Against Success label and this indie Christmas comp sure earns its indie label, with no two songs sounding the same, which is how it should be. Name Your Price at @bandcamp.com!
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- Thanks to @christmasagogo.bsky.social for hipping us to Guiville ft. Tracey Phillips' fantastic "Snow Keeps Falling Anyway", another addition to 2025's stellar Christmas music lineup.
