You know, we were just thinking about Christmas and all that, and we thought “this seems like a job for Not Being Productive at Work Today!”, and so we wanted to share with you some further jams that you might consider adding to your Holiday Playlist.

Christmas Day 1923 – Future Clouds and Radar
You know, we’ve been meaning to tell you about these guys for a while now. They don’t really have an H-town connection, but they are doing some good stuff especially for folks who might be into messy smart pop and/or the latter part of the ELO catalog. Their recent full length, Peoria, seems destined for sleeper hit status, and has been getting good press from sources as varried as The New Yorker, No Depression, USA Today and Q.  We’re not sure that they’ve made it onto too many Best Of lists, but this track has made it onto our own Christmas Charts.

MP3: Christmas Day 1923.

Mlee Marie – Christmas Songs
Sufjan Stevens isn’t the only person out there that makes Christmas recordings as gifts for friends, turns out our own Mlee Marie (Hearts of Animals) has been doing the same thing going back to atleast 2001. She’s got a good portion of the recordings online. Treats. Various tracks on MySpace.