XMAS4EVA 2024

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Every year, all year long, Hump Day News writes up Xmas songs. Because #xmas4eva. Now we’ve compiled all the 2024 picks into one sweet BNDCMPR playlist for you to enjoy while Santa is riding on his merry sleigh like a fucking idiot.

We start off with a goddamn ringer, Phoebe Bridgers, and have a few more names you know like Silversun Pickups, Oneida, Manchester Orchestra, and Sloan. We’ve also got in-house favorites Daniel Knox and Naomi Westwater. We’ve got artists you might not know, plus mysterious elfin Xmas weirdo randytaylor69.

Stream, share, buy to your heart’s content.

Happy Xmas!

#xmas4eva
Colleen Green: “I Believe In Santa Claus”
Colleen Green: “I Believe In Santa Claus”

But does Santa Claus believe in you?

Nicholas Burgess: “Santa Planet”
Nicholas Burgess: “Santa Planet”

The North Pole is…. Everywhere!

Rebuilder: “Antarctica”
Rebuilder: “Antarctica”

An Xmas original.

Kestrels: “Last Christmas”
Kestrels: “Last Christmas”

Is Wham’s #xmas4eva banger a new classic?

The Ghouls: “Will We Even Have a Christmas Time?”
The Ghouls: “Will We Even Have a Christmas Time?”

Santa has an online gambling addiction.

Matt Hagen: “Christmas Bath”
Matt Hagen: “Christmas Bath”

We’re taking a steamy soak with a Burlington songsmith.

Julie Christmas: “End of the World”
Julie Christmas: “End of the World”

Not an Xmas tune, technically.

A Chicago Artists' Christmas Collective: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
A Chicago Artists' Christmas Collective: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”

Xmas cums but once a year.

Daniel Knox: “Last Christmas”
Daniel Knox: “Last Christmas”

A quirky holiday new classic.

XMAS4EVA 2024
XMAS4EVA 2024

Celebrate the YOOL TIDE.

Perfect Saturday: “Christmas In My Hometown”
Perfect Saturday: “Christmas In My Hometown”

An acoustic punk Xmas strummer.

Naomi Westwater: “Quiet Christmas”
Naomi Westwater: “Quiet Christmas”

#Xmas4eva, for real.

Oneida: “In The Court of the Christmas King”
Oneida: “In The Court of the Christmas King”

Joyful Noise Recordings loves them some holiday cheer.

Stars: “Christmas Anyway”
Stars: “Christmas Anyway”

Boston shout out in the first line!

Dead Door Unit: “Christmas Alley”
Dead Door Unit: “Christmas Alley”

Avant garde electric noise artists love Xmas too!

Sloan: “12 Days of Christmas”
Sloan: “12 Days of Christmas”

Over a decade ago Sloan recorded this benefit Xmas single.

Talib Kweli: “War On Christmas”
Talib Kweli: “War On Christmas”

Who’s declaring war on Sandy Claws?

randytaylor69: “jólnir”
randytaylor69: “jólnir”

No idea what’s going on with this artist.

randytaylor69: “Kentucky Fried Christmas”
randytaylor69: “Kentucky Fried Christmas”

This artist exclusively traffics in Christmas tunes.

Echo Kid: “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)”
Echo Kid: “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)”

Nobody loves Xmas indie rock tunes more than Hump Day News.

Michael Christmas: “Nissan Altima”
Michael Christmas: “Nissan Altima”

Named after a car with an 84 out of 100 reliability rating.

Phoebe Bridgers: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
Phoebe Bridgers: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

XMAS Is 4 EVA – we’re not fucking joking.

Phoebe Bridgers: “Christmas Song”
Phoebe Bridgers: “Christmas Song”

Christmas come early, or Christmas come late?

Me In Capris: “Lonely Christmas”
Me In Capris: “Lonely Christmas”

It’s not lonely... It’s a merry Christmas because it’s #XMAS4EVA.

The Ophelias: “Silver and Gold”
The Ophelias: “Silver and Gold”

An overlooked holiday number.

Teen Idle: “Another Christmas Song”
Teen Idle: “Another Christmas Song”

The Asbury Park artist is here to celebrate Christmas in the summer.

Silversun Pickups: “Just Like Christmas”
Silversun Pickups: “Just Like Christmas”

Silversun Pickup’s cover Low’s “Just Like Christmas” for charity.

Manchester Orchestra: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
Manchester Orchestra: “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

The Christmas classic comes alive in the hands of Manchester Orchestra.

U.S. Christmas: “The Valley Path”
U.S. Christmas: “The Valley Path”

“The Valley Path” is an experience you need to set aside time to appreciate.

Keith Christmas: “Round The Stones”
Keith Christmas: “Round The Stones”

An uplifting acoustic picker from a British chap with the last name “Christmas.” Done.

Hump Nights
Robopumpkin | Cat Crash | Lions & Lavender | Cricket
Aug 2
Robopumpkin | Cat Crash | Lions & Lavender | Cricket

Matinees are punk rock (and a little emo) at Midway Cafe.

Somergloom: Night 1
Aug 7
Somergloom: Night 1

Somergloom hits its 5th year anniversary of heavy music at Deep Cuts.

Somergloom: Night 2
Aug 8
Somergloom: Night 2

Somergloom hits its 5th year anniversary of heavy music at Crystal Ballroom.

Headband / Brandolino / TBA
Aug 8
Headband / Brandolino / TBA

The 4th Wall celebrates its 21-month anniversary at Capitol Theater.

Somergloom: Night 3
Aug 9
Somergloom: Night 3

Somergloom hits its 5th year anniversary of heavy music at Crystal Ballroom.

Johnnie & the Foodmasters / K.O. Queen / Electric Street Queens
Aug 14
Johnnie & the Foodmasters / K.O. Queen / Electric Street Queens

Johnnie & the Foodmasters celebrate a lost decade at Deep Cuts.

Disasterpiece Theatre
Aug 25
Disasterpiece Theatre

A monthly Z-movie night at Capitol Theatre.

Dear Maryanne | Blame it on Whitman | Pink Slip | Jerrys Got Jokes
Aug 30
Dear Maryanne | Blame it on Whitman | Pink Slip | Jerrys Got Jokes

Ska punk matinee & Jerry’s return from the dead at Midway Cafe.

Hack the Planet: Hackers celebrates 30 Years
Sep 12
Hack the Planet: Hackers celebrates 30 Years

30th anniversary of Hackers explodes with screening, celebs, and A/V bonanza.

Latest Music
Model/Actriz: “Poppy”
Model/Actriz: “Poppy”

New pathways between rock and industrial.

Pixel Grip: “Stamina”
Pixel Grip: “Stamina”

A club banger with a roving synth bass line.

Billy Woods: “Misery”
Billy Woods: “Misery”

Blaring horn sample sings over snares out of New York, New York.

Colleen Green: “I Believe In Santa Claus”
Colleen Green: “I Believe In Santa Claus”

But does Santa Claus believe in you?

Tournament Arc: “Limitless”
Tournament Arc: “Limitless”

Video game-inspired hair metal chicanery.

Little Brother: “Glory Glory”
Little Brother: “Glory Glory”

“Three in the morning-type shit.”

Rid Of Me: “Cut”
Rid Of Me: “Cut”

Heavy music, heavy themes.

Neptune: “#40”
Neptune: “#40”

Homemade instruments sending up a cloud of experimental noise.

Ariel Zetina: “Smooch Track (DANNN VIP)”
Ariel Zetina: “Smooch Track (DANNN VIP)”

Revisiting Cyclorama with remix love.

Your Friends In Hell: “Dive Bar”
Your Friends In Hell: “Dive Bar”

“When you haunt the dive bar, it haunts you back.”

Florry: “Hey Baby”
Florry: “Hey Baby”

A good piece of rockin’ Americana.

Mohini Dey: “In-N-Out”
Mohini Dey: “In-N-Out”

It’s all about the bass.

Allegra Krieger: “Came”
Allegra Krieger: “Came”

Folk rock poetry.

Abort The ‘Port
Abort The ‘Port

John Borders IV lets it flow at Grace By Nia.

Salem 66: “Widow’s Walk”
Salem 66: “Widow’s Walk”

From out of the early 80s Boston underground.

All Chaps Are Assless
All Chaps Are Assless

the frenzy of tongs rock lowercase at Cantab Underground.

Mary Halvorson: “Polyhedral”
Mary Halvorson: “Polyhedral”

An effervescent jazz driver.

The Backyard
Monotalk: Fix Me Up
Monotalk: Fix Me Up

Some sort of cheap Israeli Radiohead knockoff.

Caspian: Tertia
Caspian: Tertia

Straight outta Beverly with no vocals.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Even as the bombs fall, art matters.

Shany Kedar: Bloodlines
Shany Kedar: Bloodlines

Israel’s Hope Sandoval?

Great Waves: Blue Blood
Great Waves: Blue Blood

From Sammamish with love.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Election coverage returns to Hump Day News.

Badboss: Fun Under The Sun
Badboss: Fun Under The Sun

Album review from the Archives.

The Seedy Seeds: Count The Days
The Seedy Seeds: Count The Days

Album review from the Archives.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Phil has empathy issues. Who is this guy?

Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim
Holiday Shores: Columbus’d the Whim

Archives: Album Review // Holiday Shores’ Columbus’d The Whim.

Drug Rug: LIVE
Drug Rug: LIVE

Archives: LIVE at Middle East (8/8/2009).

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Free Rumeysa Ozturk.

Mobius Band: LIVE
Mobius Band: LIVE

Archives: LIVE at Middle East (12/2007).

Weather Pending: And How!
Weather Pending: And How!

Archives: Album // Weather Pending: And How!

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

To everything, a season — except fascism.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007).

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