The Noisey Advent Calendar
Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Remains Perfect
On the last day of The Noisey Advent Calendar, let's all listen to Darlene Love's staggering original from Phil Spector's 1963 Christmas compilation.
Only Fucked Up Could Save "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
The original Band Aid single stunk real bad, but a star-studded, indie rock remake in 2009—featuring Bob Mould, Tegan & Sara, and David Cross—turned it upside down.
With "Santa's Coming Over," Low Embraced a Creepy-Ass Christmas
The Duluth trio's "Just Like Christmas" might be the indie classic, but the terrifying "Santa's Coming Over" deserves more attention.
Put Rae Sremmurd's Christmas Songs in the Holiday Hall of Fame
Slim Jxmmi's "Nothing for Christmas" and Swae Lee's "Christmas at Swae's" are both weird, nonsensical, and unfocused. What a relief.
De La Soul's "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa" Is the Darkest Christmas Song
The core of their 1991 LP 'De La Soul Is Dead' told a story of violent abuse and murderous retaliation. It's as frightening today as it was when it first came out.
Pete Wentz Has Learned the True Meaning of Christmas
Fall Out Boy's bassist tells us about his band's 2002 Christmas song, "Yule Shoot Your Eye Out" and his new, mellower attitude towards the holidays.
How an Early Christmas Single Helped Hip-Hop Explode
Kurtis Blow's 1979 track "Christmas Rappin'" was proof that rap had a place in the money-or-nothing recording industry. It was also just really sweet.
Owen Ashworth Writes the Loneliest Christmas Songs
As both Advance Base and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Ashworth has traversed America, carefully detailing the coldest Christmases imaginable.
Remember When Beck Made The World's Greatest Hanukkah-Themed Funk-Rap Song?
"The Little Drum Machine Boy," stashed away on a Geffen Records compilation, was absurd even by Beck's standards. Twenty-two years later, it's still great.
Glam Rock's Friendly Fight for Christmas Dominance
In 1973, Britain's obsession with the Christmas number one took hold. Forty-five years later, with the country in crisis again, Slade and Wizzard aren't going anywhere.
For the Love of Joey Ramone, Put the Fighting Aside This Christmas
"Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" slowly became a punkish Christmas mainstay, but Joey's raw first demo of the song deserves more attention.