Don't be swayed by heathen holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving--Christmas is just around the corner in 57 days! In honor of the approaching festivities, Starbucks, your one-stop source for yuletide merriment (and diabetes-inducing holiday drinks), is offering a compilation of hip Christmas covers sure to melt your cold, cold heart. Holidays Rule features Andrew Bird, Heartless Bastards, The Civil Wars, Rufus Wainwright (w/Sharon Van Etten), among others, and will be available starting tomorrow, Oct. 30, via Hear Music. Listen below to The Shins doing their cheery best on a "Wonderful Christmastime." [Stereogum]
Holidays Rule
01 fun. – “Sleigh Ride”
02 The Shins – “Wonderful Christmas Time”
03 Rufus Wainwright With Sharon Van Etten – “Baby It’s Cold Outside”
04 Paul McCartney – “The Christmas Song Ages”
05 Black Prairie Feat. Sallie Ford – “Man With The Bag”
06 Civil Wars – “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day”
07 Calexico – “Green Grows The Holly”
08 AgesandAges – “We Need A Little Christmas”
09 Holly Golightly – “That’s What I Want For Christmas”
10 Irma Thomas With Preservation Hall Jazz Band – “May Everyday Be Christmas”
11 Heartless Bastards – “Blue Christmas”
12 Eleanor Friedberger – “Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me”
13 Fruit Bats – “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”
14 Y La Bamba – “Senor Santa”
15 The Punch Bros. – “O Come O Come, Emmanuel”
16 The Head & The Heart – “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”
17 Andrew Bird – “Auld Lang Syne”