If you haven't been able to tell from the eleven Yule Tunes mixes I put together this year (easily found in one spot on the Yule Tunes Page), I picked up a fair bit of holiday music this year.
From that haul, here are some tracks and albums I recommend...
For your pulsing dystopian electronic Xmas track needs
Last year’s Blank Check Podcast slow christmas album was a fun lark, but this is a proper album that expands and refines the aesthetic
A surprisingly delightful industrial take on the classic.
Absorbing, mellow and deep—though that’s not a surprise since its duets of baritone saxophone and tuba. A profound contemporary classical take on holiday music.
A melancholy holiday tale of a self-aware, self-driving car…
The Joyful Noise Holiday specials are always an eclectic delight and support great causes.
This chiptune album is perfectly designed to hit me right in the Geriatric Millennial nostalgia feels.
I am a sucker for holiday music with unusual instrumentation and this year these two sitar albums hit the spot.
For when you want a very ye olde style of holiday with medieval instrumentation.
Of the dark and spooky xmas music I picked up this year, this is my top pick.
An improvised, postjazz christmas album which puts a spiky, jazzy take on holiday classics.
CHRISTMAS WENDIGO SONG… need I say more?
A theremin heavy, cosmic and inspiring concept album. The computer tracks about the philosophical underpinnings of the holiday hit hard in this time of selfish anti-vaxxing, but fortunately the album as a whole is playful and uplifting.
Instrumental prog rock holiday covers and originals that all shred.
Punk holiday songs, including some spot on takes on classic tunes. I cannot wait to grab their other albums to enjoy during future holiday seasons.
Playful synth versions of holiday classics—just as comfy and cozy as a warm sweater and as relaxing as sipping cocoa by the fire.
Funky and soulful, just a great holiday record for those who want something a little different but aren’t willing to expand their musical taste as far as hurdy-gurdys and black metal christmas song covers.
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