Merry Chrismahanakwanzika Everybody! Happy Holidays Too! Here’s a compilation of some of the best Holiday songs that have been sent my way this holiday season, plus an original ditty by myself as well.

AZLTRON – It’s a Space Christmas!

The Joy Formidable – My Beerdrunk Soul is Sadder Than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees

Microfilm – There’s No Snow Here (For Christmas)

65 Days of Static – I’m Dreaming of a White Noise Christmas

Taylor Hollingsworth – Christmas Blues

The Bran Flakes – Lovely Sleigh Ride

It doesn’t surprise me that the Cure chose instrumentalists 65 Days of Static to support them on their upcoming tour. Everything about 65 Days of static has the atmosphere and emotion that would go perfectly next to any Cure track. From beautiful fluttering melodies to rumbling bass lines, to spastic guitar solos, to glitchy breakdowns, their wild mood swings have an undeniable momentum. Their selection also makes me curious as to what the new Cure songs will sound like since Robert Smith has an uncanny ability to find new ways of communicating through music and filtering them into a distinct ‘Cure’ style.

Anyway, 65 Days of Static sound like mainstream rock radio torn down, and then rebuilt by a master craftsman. All of the drama, the pathos and the stage theatrics of the wannabe post-post-post-grunge nu-rockers is there, except there is more depth, more feeling and more raw talent. If they ever did add vocals it would destroy that delicate balance that draws in your casual radio listener as well as pique the interest of those listeners with a more sophisticated palette. All the difference in the world is made by a hint of subtlety. It’s not often that you find something that indulges the rudimentary taste of the top 40, while at the same time provides the depth of a critical gem. Their new album, “The Destruction of Small Ideas” offers up more of the peerless cerebral rock that is garnering them even more attention.

MP3 – 65 Days of Static – Don’t Go Down to Sorrow

MP3 – 65 Days of Static – When We Were Younger and Better

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