Christmas in Stereo
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Christmas in Stereo is a 1997 Christmas
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

 album featuring various indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 bands. Each band had only two weeks to write their song.

A followup compilation, Christmas Two, was released in 1999.

Track listing

  1. Autumn Teen Sound - Christmas Wish – 2:36
  2. My First Keyboard
    My First Keyboard
    My First Keyboard is the solo project of Dottie Alexander, keyboardist for of Montreal. The project has been defunct since 2000, and there are only three known recordings to date. The first, "Christmas is Only Good if You are a Girl ," appeared on the Kindercore Records compilation "Christmas in...

     - Christmas Is Only Good If You Are a Girl (Boy) – 2:02
  3. The Catskills - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
    Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
    "Christmas " is a Christmas holiday song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 Christmas compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records. The song was written by Phil Spector, along with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, with the intentions of being sung by Ronnie...

      – 2:35
  4. Glacier Park - Candy, Toys, And Snow – 1:55
  5. Kincaid
    Kincaid
    -People:*April Kincaid , U.S. professional wrestler and model*Aron Kincaid , U.S. voice actor*Bradley Kincaid , U.S. folk singer and radio entertainer*Charles Augustus Kincaid, co-author of "The History of the Maratha People"...

     - White Christmas – 2:54
  6. Of Montreal
    Of Montreal
    Of Montreal is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontman Kevin Barnes in 1996, named after a failed romance with a woman "of Montreal." The band is one of the bands of the Elephant 6 collective...

     - My Favorite Christmas (In a Hundred Words or Less) – 2:55
  7. Sky Mic- Pierced by a Stranger's Heart – 4:50
  8. Mendoza Line
    The Mendoza Line (band)
    The Mendoza Line were a rock and roll band whose members began playing together while in college in the mid-1990s in Athens, Georgia, and who eventually settled in Brooklyn. Their name comes from the dismal .200 batting average of Mario Mendoza...

     - Mairie d'Ivry – 2:24
  9. Aden
    Aden (band)
    Aden is a band currently based in Washington, D.C. which is heavily influenced by 1970s soft rock such as Steely Dan .-History:...

     - Silent Night – 1:59
  10. Teacups
    Teacups
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     - Heritage Heights – 4:23
  11. Gritty Kitty - Why They Chose the North Pole – 3:22
  12. Bunnygrunt
    Bunnygrunt
    Bunnygrunt are an American indie pop band from St. Louis, Missouri composed of guitarist/vocalist Matt Harnish and drummer/vocalist Karen Ried.-1993 - 1998:...

     - I Am Gonna Be Warm This Winter – 2:03
  13. Masters of the Hemisphere
    Masters of the Hemisphere
    Masters of the Hemisphere are an American indie pop group, founded by Bren Mead and Sean Rawls. The two moved to Athens, Georgia, to attend college in 1996. There they met Ryan Lewis, co-founder of Kindercore Records, who played drums at the first Masters of the Hemisphere show. Jeff Griggs ...

     - The First Noel – 2:25
  14. The Starroom Boys - (That's How I Know) It's Christmas Time – 3:29
  15. The Snowsuit Sound - Merry Christmas, Baby  – 2:52
  16. Summer Hymns
    Summer Hymns
    Summer Hymns is a band based in Athens, Georgia.Summer Hymns was formed in 1997 by singer/guitarist Zachary Gresham and drummer Philip Brown, both formerly of mid-90's Athens favorites, Joe Christmas...

     - Santa Couldn't Fit You Under My Christmas Tree – 2:57
  17. Major Organ and the Adding Machine
    Major Organ and the Adding Machine
    Major Organ and the Adding Machine is an Elephant 6 supergroup led by the elusive and possibly fictional Major Organ. The liner notes of Major Organ and the Adding Machine, the band's debut album, leave it a mystery as to who is officially featured, and when performing live on the Holiday Surprise...

     - What a Wonderful World – 2:06
  18. The Marble Index
    The Marble Index (band)
    The Marble Index was a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. The group formed in 2001, and comprised Brad Germain , Ryan Tweedle , and Adam Knickle . The band is named after the album “The Marble Index” by Nico.-History:...

     - The Calendar Year – 2:45
  19. The Olivia Tremor Control
    The Olivia Tremor Control
    The Olivia Tremor Control is an indie rock band prominent in the mid to late 1990s which, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of the three original Elephant 6 projects...

     - Christmas With William S. – 2:53
  20. Kindercore Records
    Kindercore Records
    Kindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....

    - Merry Christmas In Stereo – 1:14
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