- Tyler the Creator led the new "Grinch" movie soundtrack with two Grinch-related songs, and he went further, releasing an EP, Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' "The Grinch." It's six tunes with a bit of Christmas to them, but not a lot; check them out for yourself.
- Sleeping at Last has a Christmas album that came out six years ago, but the artist kept adding to it with a new song each year. For 2018, he dropped a cover of the "Frozen" tune "When We're Together," which is actually from "Olaf's Frozen Adventure." The artist bills this as the start of Volume 2, if you're interested. Free from Noisetrade.
- If you'd like to keep up with what you've been reading on Mistletunes this season, the Paste Holiday Sampler is freely downloadable and includes a bunch of songs already reviewed here.
- I was recently made aware of the Brantley Family Band, which has been dropping full Christmas albums every year since 2004, and they've released a new one for 2018 on Bandcamp. The current one is a greatest-hits compilation and the new song for 2018 is "This Christmas." I opted against a full review because there's a lot of "letting the kids sing" to the more recent numbers, but I noticed there were some fairly crunchy-sounding numbers in the earliest years of this endeavor, so you might want to go spelunking in their discography.
- And for those of you hungry for a classic rock holiday reference, this post at Dangerous Minds regarding a little-known Rolling Stones Christmas number might just liven up your holiday conversations, especially if the topic turns to whether anybody got tickets to the 2019 tour.
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