Hiya. So, it's nearly Christmas - well done everyone, it wouldn't have happened without you.

So, here's some music - the first mix contains some of my favourite music of 2008, with some representing some notable occasions of the year (like the passing of Humphrey Lyttelton and Davey Graham, and my total obsession with The Wire). Less speak, more music...

DOWNLOAD IT HERE, NOW.

Songinglisting:

1. Too Drunk To Dream - The Magnetic Fields
2. Martha Ann - David Karsten Daniels
3. Run To Your Grave - The Mae Shi
4. Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttleton
5. Something About Ghosts - Matt Elliott
6. Doomsdayer's Holiday - Grails
7. The Adolescent - Gregor Samsa
8. Burden - Horse Feathers
9. Party Barge - Silver Jews
10. MMV - The New Year
11. Gazing At the Fire - Ignatz
12. The Body of an American - The Pogues
13. Lullaby - Judy Henske & Jerry Yester
14. Invisible Ink - Made Out of Babies
15. This Is Not A Test - She & Him
16. Invisible - Grouper
17. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men - Davey Graham
18. I Had A List And I Lost It - The Drift
19. Notes For Future Lovers - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
20. Life Caught In The Rain - Envy
21. To a bond - Islands

22. The Fall - Andre Burke/Blake Leyh

And here are some Christmas related songs of varying quality that will hopefully drown out the sound of carolers at the door.

FREE ANTI-CHRISTMAS MUSIC ABOUT CHRISTMAS.

1. Christmas Sucks - Tom Waits and Pete Murphy Impersonators
2. Gift X-change - Calexico
3. Don't Believe in Christmas - The Sonics
4. No Christmas In Kentucky - Phil Ochs
5. Christmas Downer - Departure Lounge
6. Merry Christmas Everybody - Daniel Johnston
7. It's Christmas Time - Louvin Brothers
8. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Death Cab For Cutie
9. Christmas Song - Medicine
10. Christmas 1914 - Shuttah
11. Chris Morris Ruins A Little Girl's Xmas