Indie Christmas songs from Big Love Hospital and Gritty Midi Gang

"All right, listen up guys. 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation."

Doesn't that just make you want to hear some Christmas music? Stuff you've not heard before? Yes, good.

The first band with Christmas songs to offer is Big Love Hospital. Big Love Hospital "is what happens when The Evangelicals, Cheyenne, Ryan Lindsey and friends get together to write and record tribute albums to American holidays." They wrote and recorded a 5 song EP of original Christmas songs titled The Christmas Rush and have just recently made available four of these songs for download on MySpace. I've posted one song below - the rest are available HERE.

Listen:
Big Love Hospital - "All My Friends Are Snowmen"

Secondly, we've got an outstanding Christmas song from The Gritty Midi Gang. You know them well - as Time Out NY said: "the Gritty Midi Gang plays tender, intelligent indie pop that has a British sort of melancholy - oh and there's MIDI aplenty, or at least chintzy beats and textures." Or, you maybe remember that they played the Family Business, EAR FARM, Deli Magazine CMJ show. Whatever the case, they've written one heck of a good Christmas song for your enjoyment. You can get it on their MySpace page, or just check it out below.

Listen:
The Gritty Midi Gang - "How's The Nog?"

I know you're totally going to impress all kinds of people with these uber-indie Christmas songs on that mix you're making. Don't thank me - thank the musicians.