Thanks to Dan for being my Santa's helper during a Christmas Eve Day version of Ear Candy. We played all Holiday tunes for your listening pleasure.

Ear Candy Playlist 12/24/05:

Yo La Tengo "It's Christmas Time" Merry Christmas From Yo La Tengo EP * Egon
Low "Just Like Christmas" Christmas EP * Cranky Records
Aislers Set "Christmas Song" The Last Match * Slumberland
April March & Los Cincos "Last Train To Christmas" S/T * SFTRI
Jens Lekman "Run Away With Me" October 2005 Tour CD
Wedding Present "Step Into Christmas" Hit Parade 2 * BMG
Shonen Knife "Space Christmas" Birds & The B-Sides * Virgin
The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping" The Best Of The Waitresses * Polydor
Asobi-Seksu "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" Season's Greetings 7" * Romantic Air
The Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" Brain Drain * Sire
Stars "Fairytale of New York" Your Ex-Lover Is Dead 7"
Belle & Sebastian "O Come, O Come Emmanual" Xfm: It's Cool Cool Christmas * Import
Opiate "Snow Story" Seasonal Greetings * Mobilé Records
Hit Parade "Christmas Tears" More Pop Songs * Vinyl Japan
South Ambulance "Hanging In A Tie" * Labrador
Bunnygrunt "Hannukah Scoot" Blue Christmas 7" * Septophilia
Kisswhistle "Verhanukkah" I Made It Out Of Clay * Little Shirley Beans
Frazier Chorus "Christmas Every Year"
Badly Drawn Boy "Donna & Blitzen" Seasonal Greetings * Mobilé Records
Language of Flowers "Christmas" Songs About You * Shelflife
Saint Etienne "My Christmas Prayer" Seasonal Greetings * Mobilé Records
Joni Mitchell "The River" Blue * Reprise
Comet Gain "Asleep On The Snow" A Christmas Gift From Fortuna Pop! Vol 2 * Fortuna Pop
The Coctails "First Snow Fall" Winter Wonderland 7" * Carrot Top
Teenage Fanclub "Chritmas Eve" Xfm: It's Cool Cool Christmas * Import
Red Sleeping Beauty "Christmas" Singles * Siesta
The Catskills "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Christmas In Stereo * Kindercore
El Perro Del Mar "Oh What A Christmas"
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names "skwbn-julsang"
Death Valley "Little Drummer Boy" 7" * Double Naught
My Morning Jacket "Christmas Curtain" My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style * Darla

xo,
Jennifer

Many thanks to Kelly and Jason for helping me host Ear Candy this past Saturday! As always they brought lots of amazing things to play from their record collections.

Comet Gain "Fist In The Pocket" City Fallen Leaves * KRS
The Pipettes "Because It's Not Love( But It's Still A Feeling)" Dirty Mind 7" * Memphis Industries
Jim O' Rouke "Prelude To 110 or 2201" Eureka * Drag City
Claudine Longet "I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You" Digitally Remastered Best * A&M
The Carstairs "It Really Hurt Me Girl" 7" * Red Coach
Edwyn Collins "Keep On Burning" Keep On Burning Pt.1 7" * Setanta
The Supremes "Shine On Me" New Ways But Love Stays * Motown
The Byrds "Draft Morning" Notorious Byrd Brothers * Columbia/Legacy
Sandy Salisbury "Spell On Me" Sandy * Poptones
Time Rose "Morning Dew" Morning Dew * Demon
Status Quo "Paradise Flats" Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo * Pye
Eric Burden & The New Animals "Good Times" Story Of The Animals * Import
Sylvie Vartan "garde moi dang te poche" 7"
Jacqueline Taieb "seis houres ju martin" 7"
Justus Köhncke "Old Man" Spiralen der Erinnerung * ICI
Joan Lewie "Kitchen At Parties" On the Other Hand There's a Fist * Stiff
Serge Gainsbourg "requiem pour un con" 12"
Michel Plonareff "Beatnik" French Rock-Blues * Four Corners
Plastic Bertrand "stop ou encore": l'album plastic * Attic
Sparks "No. 1 Song In Heaven" Propaganda * Island
Depeche Mode "Shout" New Life 12" * Warner Bros.
Only Ones "Another Girl Another Planet" Optimo Kill The DJ Vol. 2 * Tigersushi
Runaways "Heartbeat" Queens Of Noise * Touchwood
Mudhoney "She's Just Fifteen" Mod Showdown! * Amphetamine Reptile
Nirvana (UK) "Rainbow Chaser" All Of Us * Island
Sema 4 "Even If I Know" This Is Mod, Vol. 5: 1979-1983 * Anagram
The Fall "Various Times" 7"
Yummy Fur "Supermarket" 7"
Self Control "The Drug" 7"
Robert Wyatt "Ship Building" Compilation * Gramavision
Love "Everybody's Gotta Live" Optimo Kill The DJ Vol. 2 * Tigersushi

xo,
Jennifer

Camera Obscura "San Francisco Song" Keep It Clean EP * Elefant Records
The Concretes "Sugar" Layourbattleaxedown * Astralwerks
Holiday "She's Not The Person You Think You Know" Ready, Steady, Go! * March
The Nerves "Working Too Hard" S/T * Offence
Alex Chilton "I Can Dig It" 1970 * Ardent
The Alarm Clocks "Yeah" Yeah * Norton
Comet Gain "Fingernailed For you" City Fallen Leaves * KRS
The Finches "Daniel's Song" Six Songs
The Finches "The Road" Six Songs
Rose Melberg "The Time Has Come"
Heavenly "Snail Trail" Red, Hot, & Bothered * Red Hot/Kinetic/Reprise
Love Is All "Talk Talk Talk" Nine Times That Same Song * What's Your Rupture?
Ladytron "Weekend" Witching Hour * Rykodisc
Voxtrot "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, & Wives" Demo
Belaire "Back Into The Wall" S/T EP
Clue To Kalo "Your Palsy To Protect You" One Way, It's Every Way * Mush
Electrelane "Blue Straggler" Rock It To The Moon * Let's Rock!
Broadcast "Tears In The Typing Pool" Tender Buttons * Warp
Jens Lekman "Me On The Beach" October 2005 Tour EP
The Clientele "Step Into The Light" Strange Geometry * Merge
The Montgolifier Brothers "Quite An Adventure" S/T * Vespertine & Son
The Crabs "Anything & Everything" Brainwashed * K
Kissing Book "Should've Seen Us Yesterday" Lines & Color Magic Marker
The Wake "Carbrain" Crush The Flowers * Sarah
Soviet "Marbeleyezed" We Are Eyes We Are Builders * Head
The Bodines "Therese" NME C-86
The Wolfhounds "Feeling So Strange Again" NME C-86
The Would-Be-Goods "Everybody Wants My Baby"Emmanuelle Béart EP Matinée
Tender Trap "Talking Backwards" Language Lessons EP *Matinée
Dolly Mixture "Dead Rainbow" single
Figurine "New Mate" Transportation + Communication = Love * Blackbean & Placenta

xo,
Jennifer

I was out, thanks to Gary for forging ahead with the Indiepop A To Zs:

Black Box Recorder "Child Psychology" England Made Me * Chrysalis
Black Tambourine "Throw Aggi Off The Bridge" The Complete Recordings * Slumberland
Blake Babies "Temptation Eyes" Innocence & Experience * Hollywood
Blind Bats "Waiting For The Summer" Woosh!
Blind Mr Jones "Regular Disease" Stereo Musicale *Cherry Red
Blindside "To Be Found" Just A Taste
Blondie "Dreaming" The Platinum Collection * Chrysalis
Blood Group "Long Blond Hair" Volunteers * Le Grand Magistery
Bloody Marys "Stain" The Sound Of Leamington Spa Vol.3 * Clarendon Records
Blow Up "Pool Valley" Creation Soup Vol. 5 * Creation Records
Blue Aeroplanes "Ups" Tolerance * Fire
Blue Orchids "No Looking Back" A Darker Bloom - The Blue Orchid Collection * Cherry Red
Blueboy "Amoroso" If Wishes Were Horses * Sarah
Blur "Country House" The Best Of Blur * Food/Virgin
BMX Bandits "Rosemary Ledingham" On the Radio * Vinyl Japan
Phillip Boa & The Voodoo Club "Container Love" Fine Art On Silver * Motor Music
Bob Hope "I Don't Know" The Sound Of Leamington Spa Vol. 2 * Clarendon Records
Bobby Scarlett "White Pearl" La-Di-Da.... So Far...
Bodines "William Shatner" Creation Soup Vol. 3 * Creation
Marc Bolan "One Inch Rock" The Beginning Of Doves * Track Record
Book Of Love "Boy" Book Of Love * Sire
Boomtown Rats "The Elephants Graveyard" Greatest Hits * Columbia
Boothby "Diamond Ring" Homemade Hits Vol. 1
Bounce The Mouse "Will You Ever Say" The Sound Of Leamington Spa Vol. 3 * Clarendon Records
Bouquet "Dream All The Way" The Pink Blossom In OuterSpace EP
Bowlarama "Present Tense" Library Records
Boy Genius "My Dream Girl" Green Light Go * BottlecapRecords
Boy Hairdressers "The Assumption As An Elevator" 53rd & 3rd: Fun While It Lasted * 53rd & 3rd

xo,
Jennifer